SESSION INTRO

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a global health crisis not seen since World War Two. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and as of August 2022, there have been over 594 million confirmed cases and more than 6.4 million deaths worldwide. Conventional quarantine systems for responding to infectious diseases consist of restricting exchanges between countries through quarantine, monitoring indicators, such as infection and mortality rates, for diseases, and designing a surveillance system based on scientific evidence. However, due to global changes, including increased trade, globalization, and urbanization, emerging infectious diseases are now able to spread rapidly across borders. Therefore, to prevent or overcome global crises, international relies on sharing a systematic transnational approach, public-private partnerships, and state-of-the-art technology is necessary.

 


- Discussion on the main messages of World Medical association and Korean government

- Discussion on how to move forward to control and manage infectious disease crisis

- Discussion on how to establish global infectious disease management system


| Speakers


Otmar Kloiber 

Secretary General, World Medical Association 


Kwon Jun-Wook

Deputy Minister, National Institute of Health 


Lidia Morawska

Distinguished Professor, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at Queensland University of Technology, Australia 


Susann Roth 

Director, Asian Development Bank, Philippines 


Kim Hyun-Cheol 

Professor, Hong Kong Science & Technology University, Hong Kong


Shin Jae-Yong 

Professor, Yonsei University


[Moderator] Shin Dong-Chun 

Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a global health crisis not seen since World War Two. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and as of August 2022, there have been over 594 million confirmed cases and more than 6.4 million deaths worldwide. Conventional quarantine systems for responding to infectious diseases consist of restricting exchanges between countries through quarantine, monitoring indicators, such as infection and mortality rates, for diseases, and designing a surveillance system based on scientific evidence. However, due to global changes, including increased trade, globalization, and urbanization, emerging infectious diseases are now able to spread rapidly across borders. Therefore, to prevent or overcome global crises, international relies on sharing a systematic transnational approach, public-private partnerships, and state-of-the-art technology is necessary.


  • Discussion on the main messages of World Medical Association and Korean government
  • Discussion on how to move forward to control and manage infectious disease crisis
  • Discussion on how to establish global infectious disease management system


| Speakers 

Otmar Kloiber

Secretary-General, World Medical Association 

Kwon Jun-Wook 

Deputy Minister, National Institute of Health

Lidia Morawska 

Distinguished Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 

Susann Roth 

Director, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Kim Hyun-Cheol

Professor, Hong Kong Science & Technology

University, Hong Kong

Shin Jae-Yong 

Professor, Yonsei University

[Moderator] Shin Dong-Chun 

Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine