Effective COVID-19 responses: Insights from New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam

Berkeley Public Health Alumni Association Webinar Series – Effective COVID-19 Responses: Insights from New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam

Originally presented November 19, 2020

Speakers:

Dr. Sarah Bales, Visiting Professor, Hanoi University of Public Health

Dr. Jeremy Lim, Associate Professor and Director of the Leadership Institute for Global Health Transformation National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Chai Chuah, Former Director-General of Health and Chief Executive New Zealand Ministry of Health

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has demonstrated that some countries have fared better than others in controlling the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections after nearly a year since the first reported case in Wuhan, China in December 2019. New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam are currently at single digits in new community infections per day. Our esteemed panelists, moderated by PHAA, will discuss the policies and actions that government and health systems implemented in these countries that have led to successful control of COVID-19.