Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, PHR has delivered evidence-based information directly to the public through the trusted voices of health care professionals, scientists, advocates, researchers and attorneys on the front lines.
PHR’s webinar series delivers fact-based analysis on global health and human rights issues directly to the public, policy makers, fellow advocates and the health care community. To date, more than 20,000 people have signed up to watch expert conversations on the impact of the pandemic on global health care systems, asylum and detention, policing, and much more.
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Negligent treatment and inadequate medical care have long been hallmarks of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. The situation was only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving detainees without access to recommended protective measures such as soap, hand sanitizer, and the space to socially distance. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) will host a discussion on the realities of COVID-19 in detention and solutions needed to ensure the health and human rights of people in detention.
The conversation will be moderated by Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS, PHR senior medical advisor and Asylum Network member and trainer, professor of family medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and interim chief public health officer at Georgetown University.
Panelists will be:
- Dana Gold, JD is senior counsel and director of education at the Government Accountability Project.
- Katherine Peeler, MD is a practicing pediatric critical care physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, instructor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, medical director of Harvard Medical School’s Asylum Clinic, and a PHR medical expert.
- Dawn Wooten, LPN is a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center, an ICE detention center in Ocilla, Georgia, who was demoted after raising concerns about inadequate medical care of detainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past Webinars
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Protests, the Police, and the Pandemic
COVID-19 and Racial Disparities
Health Implications of Potential Election-related Violence
Policing and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19
Protests, the Police, and the Pandemic
Vaccines, Reopening, and Rebuilding a Global Approach to Public Health
Back to School in a Pandemic
Empowering Health Professionals as Human Rights Advocates
Health Professionals Combating COVID-19: Science-driven Solutions
Implications of U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organization
Medical Ethics and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Medical Students in a Pandemic
Pandemic and Possibility: What Will a Transformation Take?
The Path to a COVID-19 Vaccine and Implications for Universal Delivery – Part I and II
Protecting Health Care Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rebuilding a Global Approach to Health
Reopening: Balancing Public Health, Safety, Human Rights, and the Economy
Impacts on At-risk Populations and Vulnerable Communities: the United States and Beyond
COVID-19 Impacts on Native American Populations
COVID-19 in Refugee Encampments in Mexico
COVID-19 Risk to Meatpacking Plant Workers
Family Separation and Reunification Efforts
Gender-based Violence and COVID-19
Food Insecurity and COVID-19
Health and Immigration Detention in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Homelessness and COVID-19
Impacts of COVID-19 on Children
The Impact of COVID-19 on Elderly Populations
Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on At-risk Populations
Mental Health Impacts of the Pandemic
The Pandemic and Conflict-affected Populations: Iraq, Syria, and Yemen
The Risk of Mass Atrocities During a Pandemic
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