PHILIPPINES-AUSTRALIA BUSINESS COUNCIL

Looking Through the Different Lenses of COVID-19 Response: The Filipino-Australian Perspective A webinar with speakers from the Filipino Australian Health Professionals Inc. (fahpi.org.au) 3 September 2020, Thursday, 2 to 3:30 pm through Zoom videoconference

The presentations will explore the experiences of Australia through the lenses of Filipino-Australian health professionals. The speakers will talk about the COVID-19 response in various levels and facets of health and public health practice. They will share information and experience in the health response and public policy in the midst of the pandemic, as well as individual patient care and the hospital setting in Australia.

Speakers:

Dr. VJ Ibay, FAHPI Director of Advancement, Research, and Policy: “Australian health system/COVID epidemiological approach (i.e. epidemiological modelling, lessons learned from the first wave, measures in place)”

Dr. Mon Seartres, Director of Medical Program: “Clinical COVID response approach (i.e. treatment, controversies)”

FAHPi is a group of Filipino Australian Health professionals committed to provide support to all of its members practicing within Canberra and the surrounding region of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to ensure the continuous development and enrichment of their respective disciplines.

We will be joined in the webinar by Department of Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega, MD, FPCS, FPATACSI, MBA-H.