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On Wed Nov 3 starting 2PM ET join us for the new Global Summit to End Pandemics.

Hear about the State of the World and World Health Network projects, programs and opportunities to be involved.

Great speakers and sessions.

worldhealthnetwork.global/summit-info

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Here are some of them:
Airborne Precautions (DIY and More)

Nov 3, 4:00pm ET

Airborne precautions for schools and workplaces, and the international coalition to implement them. We will livestream the production of a box in real-time as a livestream during the sessions.

worldhealthnetwork.global/summit-info
Coordinated Disinformation

Nov 4, 12:00pm ET

Session will cover how the coordinated Covid disinformation network organizes, operates in mainstream media, interacts with policy makers and explain how this results in street level activity.

worldhealthnetwork.global/summit-info

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Covid Responses in South American Countries

Nov 4: 9:00am ET

South America the most unequal region globally, has been hit hard, with high cases and deaths and severe social and economic consequences. We will discuss responses in three countries and lessons learned.

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Essential Data

Nov 3: 4:00pm ET

Challenges and opportunities for public access to Covid Data. Increasingly, community members and paretns are looking at data to help them understand risk. Speakers will discuss key considerations for sharing data in the public interest.

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Harm Reduction

Nov 3: 9:00pm ET

Question: How are harm reduction tools, including vaccines, tests, masks, and ventilation being implemented globally in different ways? We will show how not accepting the science is preventing optimal implementation of harm reduction tools.

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Healthy Survival and Prevention: Networking from people in Physical Distancing

Nov 4: 10:00am ET

This session will discuss how families can avoid COVID-19 infections and keep resilience levels high to survive the COVID-19 pandemic healthy in body and soul.

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How to Light Up on Social Media: Joint session MaskTogetherAmerica and Teens for Vaccines

This joint session will examine how to spark a grassroots movement, run completely by volunteers, using the internet. Our goal is to empower those who are unfamiliar with social media.

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World Health Network Communications: A transdisciplinary journal

The motivation for starting a new journal, and the opportunity to contribute to academic, policy and public conversations.

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Listening to Children on "Back to School" in the pandemic

In the pandemic it is a very difficult time for children to cope with going back to school. WHN is reaching out to learn from the perspective of children from diverse backgrounds in this virtual WHN summit

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How pathogen persistence must be evaluated for and addressed

This session will cover the pandemic of chronic illness caused by COVID, and the importance of research on persistent infections in those with autoimmune, chronic and psychiatric illness, and explain the science.

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Scientific Knowledge Use for COVID Responses

Nov 4: 8:00am ET

During the pandemic scientific knowledge and technologies such as vaccines has been questioned and faced with misinformation. This session discusses the limits of scientific knowledge to guide policy.

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