Implementing WHO’s neurology revolution
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Chair: Dr Nicoline Schiess, MD, MPH Technical Officer, World Health Organisation (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, Brain Health Unit. Nicoline Schiess is a technical officer working in the Brain Health Unit in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at the World Health Organization. In this role she serves as the point person for various adult neurological disorders as well as assists in the implementation of the Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, a global plan of action for neurological disorders.
Dr Marie-Pierre Preziosi MD, PhD Lead Meningitis and Co-Lead R&D Blueprint for Action to prevent epidemics World Health Organisation (WHO), Department of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals. Dr Preziosi is leading on the Global road map on defeating meningitis by 2030 at the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as co-leading on the R&D Blueprint for action to prevent epidemics. From 2012-2014, she was director of the Meningitis Vaccine Project, a partnership between WHO and PATH, established in 2001. The project mission was to eliminate epidemic meningitis as a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa through the development, testing, introduction and widespread use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines.
This is an open session for policy makers, academics and clinicians organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Neurology & COVID-19 Global Forum and The Global Health Network.
Learning Objective -Gain insights into practice in different settings through knowledge exchange with fellow participants.