Strategies to Support the COVID-19 Response in LMICs: A Virtual Seminar Series

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health produces a seminar series featuring experts from across Johns Hopkins and beyond to present a series of short lectures related to myriad COVID-19 topics. Phase 1 of the series covered the first 6 months of the pandemic, and Hopkins faculty shared about their experiences and the latest data across key topic areas, to provide resources to help our international partners prepare for and respond to the pandemic within their institutions.  Phase 2 of the series will feature a partnership with the Johns Hopkins India Institute, highlighting the COVID-19 crisis happening in India. JHU faculty members and partner organizations involved in response activities in India will provide their perspectives on the ongoing crisis. 

Topics covered:

 Phase 2 May 2021-Present

• May 20, 2021- COVID-19 in India: Voices from the Field
  Featuring:
  Raghukul Ratan Pandey, Senior Officer, Bloomberg School of Public Health (New Delhi)
  Dr. Ambrose Pradeep, Chief Medical Officer, YRG Care (Chennai)
  Aylur K Srikrishnan, Chief Operating Officer, YRG Care (Chennai)
  Dr. Abhijit Chowdhury, Liver Foundation (Kolkata)
  Dr. Nishi Suryavanshi, Clinical Research Site Coordinator, Deputy Director, BJGMC Clinical Research Site; Research Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  Link to Recording

  Phase 1 April-September 2020

• April 16- Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in Low Resource Settings 
                 Dr. William Checkley and Dr. Aditya Kasarabada 
                 Supported by Sarah Rapaport (MS1)
                Presentation PDF | Summary and resource page

• April 21- Clinical Screening, Triage, and Patient Flow
                Dr. Bhakti Hansoti
                Supported by Danielle Amundsen (MS2)
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page

• April 23- COVID-19 Therapeutics and Prophylaxis
                 Dr. Natasha Chida
                 Supported by Giorgio Cateuegli (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• April 28- Setting Up an Incident Command Center to Focus Your COVID-19 Response
                 Dr. Mustapha Saheed
                 Supported by Ivy Mannoh (MS1) & Austin Peer (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page 
   
• April 30- COVID-19 Diagnostics
                 Dr. Yukari Manabe
                 Supported by CJ Reuland (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page 
                 
• May 05- Capacity Building for Management of Health Emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
                Dr. David Peters and Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah
                Supported by Michelle Odonkor (MS1)
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 07- Supporting Your Healthcare Workforce (PPE, Burnout, Team Structures)
                Dr. Jason Farley and Dr. Lisa Maragakis
                Supported by Khadijah Tiamiyu
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 12- Monitoring and Evaluating your COVID-19 Response
                Dr. Shruti Mehta
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 14- Emerging Human Rights Issues in the COVID-19 Response
                 Dr. Chris Beyrer
                 Supported by Alexander Blum (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 19- Misinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
                Dr. Rupali Limaye and Molly Sauer
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 21- Convalescent Plasma Therapy
  ​              Dr. Evan Bloch 
                Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• May 26- Contact Tracing in COVID 19
                Dr. Emily Gurley
                Supported by Minnie Jang
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
    
• May 28- Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic
                Dr. Nancy Glass, Dr. Michele Decker, and Catherine Tallam
                Supported by Danielle Amundsen (MS2) and Katie O'Connor (Medical Resident)
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 2-  The Economic Impact of COVID-19
                Dr. David Bishai
                Supported by Sarah Rapaport (MS1)
                Link to Recording  | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 4- Mental health considerations in the COVID19 Response
               Dr. Neda Gould 
               Link to Recording  | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 9-  Women's Leadership in Global Health During COVID-19
  ​              Dr. Michele Barry 
                Supported by Olivia Paige and Alexandra Lombardo
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 11- Planning for the pandemic: Social distancing, containment, mitigation, reopening
                 Dr. Tom Inglesby
                 Supported by Sarah Rapaport (MS1)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and resource page
   
• June 16- Conducting clinical trials
                 Dr. Noreen Hynes
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource page
   
• June 18- Shifting the dialogue: A pulse check from the field
                 Dr. Bhakti Hansoti, Anna Kalbarczyk, Laura Pugh (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF 
   
• June 23- Modeling and forecasting COVID-19
                 Dr. Justin Lessler and Dr. Kyu Han Lee
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 25- NCD and Cancer Management during COVID-19
                 Dr. Anselm Hennis and Silvana Luciani
                 Supported by Danielle Amundsen (MS2)
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• June 30- The impact of COVID19 on key populations
                 Dr. Stefan Baral, Douda Diouf, and Amrita Rao
                 Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• July 2- Digital Health Technologies in the fight against COVID-19
              Dr. Alain Labrique
              Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• July 9- An update on COVID-19 Diagnostics
             Dr. Yukari Manabe
             Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• July 16- An update on Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
               Dr. William Checkley
               Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• July 23- Resource Guide to Assess Digital Health Platforms for COVID-19 Case Management and Contact Tracing
                Dr. Smisha Agarwal
                Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page 
   
• July 30- Vulnerabilities to the HIV Care Continuum during the COVID-19 Pandemic
               Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker
               Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• August 6- Supporting Community Health Workers on the Frontlines of the Global COVID-19 Response
              Dr. Madeleine Ballard
              Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• August 13- Update COVID-19 Therapeutics and Prophylaxis
                    Dr. Christopher Hoffmann
                    Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• August 20- COVID-19 Risks to Maternal and Neonatal Health
                    Dr. Julia Johnson
                    Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and Resource Page
   
• August 27- Principles and Emerging Trends of Risk Communication and Community Engagement for COVID-19 in Low Resource Settings      
                     Kathryn Bertram, MA
                     Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and resource page
   
• September 3- Bihar’s COVID response: Informal providers' COVID knowledge and practices, and primary health care facility COVID-19 preparedness
                     Dr. Krishna Rao
                     Link to Recording | Presentation PDF | Summary and resource page

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