India COVID Emergency Briefing | May 5, 2021

As the crisis continues in India and South Asia, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance is working to identify the best ways institutions and individuals can support existing and effective responses, in line with India’s foreign contributions laws, and to mobilize the Bay Area into action.

On Wednesday, May 5, at 8am PST, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance convened members and regional stakeholders together for an emergency briefing. The purpose was to: get real time information from on the ground in India; and identify the most effective emergency responses currently being undertaken, that the Bay Area, through our Alliance members and the community more broadly, can support.

Bay Area Global Health Alliance Board member Purnima Mane hosted the session. Speakers were:

Anurag Mairal, Stanford and Sewa International

• Director Global Outreach Programs, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign

• Lead Faculty, Technology Innovation and Impact, Center for Innovation in Global Health

• Adjunct Professor, Stanford School of Medicine

• President, Sewa International’s Bay Area Chapter

Mohammed Ameel, PATH India

• Head, Primary Healthcare, Technology & Innovations at PATH India

• Former Senior Consultant, Healthcare Technology Division, WHO Collaborating Center, National Health Systems Resource Center

Watch here.

Learn more (new India COVID Crisis page).

The Alliance will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide regular updates to members. Many members — including PATH, PHI, Google, Facebook, Americares, UCSF and UNICEF — are already working with their partners and affiliates to support emergency responses to India’s COVID crisis. The Alliance is also polling its members to produce a comprehensive overview of the actions taken by our members.