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OAS Permanent Council to Discuss “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Building Resilience in the Health Care Sector”

  February 22, 2022

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special meeting on Friday, February 25 at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) to discuss “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Building Resilience in the Health Care Sector.”

The event will include presentations by:

• The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne.
• The Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States, Mitchell Wolfe.
• The Social Affairs Officer of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Camilo Cid.
• The Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Benigno López Benítez.

Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.

The meeting will be broadcast live - with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website, Facebook and YouTube

Press Contact: Mónica Reyes ([email protected]).

WHAT: OAS Permanent Council to Discuss “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Building Resilience in the Health Care Sector”

WHEN: Friday, February 25 at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT)

WHERE: OAS website, Facebook and YouTube

Reference: AVI-029/22