Interested in learning more about global health, One Health/EcoHealth, environmental justice, or health disparities?

On October 12 from 6-7:30 pm east coast time, please join us for a conversation about how indigenous peoples in the Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon are responding to the COVID Pandemic and other threats to their communities. Webinar participants will learn about the region and its people, how COVID has changed the way that people are currently living, key challenges going forward, and identify strategies to assist. Speakers include indigenous community members, a white water kayaker and film-maker, and experts in epidemiology, One Health/Ecohealth, global health, and anthropology.  

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the health, wellbeing, and livelihoods of over 476 million indigenous people in 90 countries. As the UN Secretary noted in early August: “Prior to the current pandemic, indigenous peoples already faced entrenched inequalities, stigmatization, and discrimination.  Inadequate access to health care, clean water, and sanitation increases their vulnerability…. Lapsed enforcement of environmental protection during the crisis has brought increasing encroachment on indigenous peoples’ territories by illegal miners and loggers… Realizing the rights of indigenous peoples means ensuring their inclusion and participation in COVID-19 response and recovery strategies.”  However, the lack of governmental support and the collapse of ecotourism and other income streams has placed additional pressures on indigenous communities in remote areas.

To learn more and to register, please visit: https://sph.umd.edu/event/webinar-pandemic-and-other-threats-indigenous-peoples-amazonian-rainforest