Date: Thursday, 1 July 2021
Time: 9.00am – 10.30am BST (10.00am – 11.30am CEST, 4.00pm – 5.30pm CST) 

Speakers included:

• Andrew Little, Minister of Health, New Zealand
• Prof Itamar Grotto, former Director of Public Health, Israel
• Prof Chien-wen Shen, Professor in Department of Business Administration at the National Central University, Taiwan

COVID-19 has had devastating effects on health systems and economies across the world and has put the importance of the prevention of ill health throughout the life course into sharp focus– from the importance of better pandemic preparedness to the need to promote the overall health of the population. 

But not all countries have fared the same. There have been huge discrepancies in case numbers, death rates and most recently vaccine uptake. And there have been just as many different approaches to handling the pandemic.  

But what has worked, what hasn’t and what can be learned for future preventative efforts in an ageing world? 

This webinar was part of our ongoing international Delivering prevention in an ageing world programme and discussed the different experiences of COVID-19 across New Zealand, Israel and Taiwan.

This webinar included: 

• Examples of good practice and how these could be applied elsewhere 
• Common challenges and solutions
• How countries have addressed the inequalities within and between countries that COVID-19 has highlighted and exacerbated
• The impact of the pandemic on decision makers, healthcare professionals and individuals’ attitudes to prevention
• The role of technology and data in the COVID-19 response
• What this all means for the prevention agenda going forward.