The session is hosted by the Indian Alliance for Public Health Preparedness (led by Precision Health Platform of Swasti Health Catalyst) and aims to mainstream the role of environmental surveillance for public health preparedness.
The session will begin with a showcase of ongoing work being done in South Asia to mainstream Environmental surveillance as an equitable, scalable and inclusive tool for public health preparedness in cities across the globe. This will be followed by a knowledge exchange among practitioners working in this space globally on the role of partnership building that can lead to research, advocacy and scale-up initiatives, data modelling and communication.
Catalysing Change Week | 1–5 May 2023
Solutions From the Frontlines
Environmental Surveillance: The Future of Health Equity in Asian Cities
03 May 2023 | 09:00 - 10:00
Discussions with government officials, corporate, business representative or UN representatives, High-level whole of society roundtable discussions, Workshops, seminars and lessons
(Policy) Roundtable discussion
The hosts
Dr. Rezaul Hasan, Program on Emerging Infection (PEI), ICDDR Bangladesh Dr. Praveen Kandasamy, Project Leader, PATH India Dr. Varsha Shridhar, Co-founder, Molecular Solutions Care Health
Sustainable development goals
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 10 - Reduced Inequality SDG 13 - Climate Action