CDC/IDSA COVID-19 Clinician Call: The Global COVID-19 Situation: Focus on India

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*This call was funded by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant number 6 NU50CK000477-04-01). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this call does not necessarily represent the policy of CDC or HHS, and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.

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Moderator:

Dana S. Wollins, DrPH, MGC
Vice President, Clinical Affairs & Practice Guidelines, IDSA

Topics and Featured Experts:

The current global situation

Sarah D. Bennett, MD, MPH
Commander, U.S. Public Health Service
Head of the International Task Force for COVID-19
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Focus on India: What’s happening now, and what can help?

Pavitra Mohan, MD
Secretary, Basic HealthCare Services
Director Health Services, Aajeevika Bureau
Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, FIDSA
Section Head, Neurologic Infectious Diseases
Staff, Department of Infectious Diseases
Cleveland Clinic
Rajesh Gandhi, MD, FIDSA
Director, HIV Clinical Services and Education
Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, Harvard Center for AIDS Research
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chair, HIV Medicine Association

What needs to be done to help increase vaccine uptake and prevent spread?

Peter V. Chin-Hong, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Regional Campus
Director, Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease Program
University of California, San Francisco