EL PAÍS, CincoDías and the SER chain organize a virtual meeting in which several experts will discuss the collateral effects of the covid. An event that will reflect on the scope that the pandemic has had in the prevention and treatment of other diseases. This dialogue will take place on February 24 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and can be followed in the digital editions of EL PAÍS, CincoDías and the SER network.
The event will have the participation of the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, who will be the one to open the day. The nephrologist Rafael Matesanz, creator of the National Transplant Organization (ONT), will participate in a discussion table with María Neira, director of the Department of Public Health and Environment of the World Health Organization (WHO) and member of the Council Scientist at the Fundación España Salud, and Rafael Bengoa, former Minister of Health and Consumption of the Basque Country. Carmen Montón, permanent observer ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Pan American Health Organization will also participate in the event.
The forum will dedicate a space for presentations and dialogues on chronic diseases, children as collateral victims of the pandemic, cancer and other rare diseases. Some of the participants in these debates are Ishtar Espejo, director of the Aladina Foundation; the epidemiologist Salvador Peiró, who is also a communicator on health issues and a member of the Association for Health Economics; Raquel Jiménez García, head of Pediatrics at the Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital in Madrid, or Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, professor and head of Oncology at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid.
The event can be followed through the websites of EL PAÍS, CincoDías and the SER chain. The event has the collaboration of the Fundación España Salud and the sponsorship of the Takeda laboratory.
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