Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic on all fronts. We are caring for patients; offering health education and mental health support; and strengthening infection prevention and control measures in health facilities to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. At the same time, we’re working to keep our other lifesaving medical programs running for the tens of thousands of patients who depend on these services.
Join us as our online discussion series continues to find out how MSF is responding to the evolving coronavirus emergency. |
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ONLINE DISCUSSION SERIES
Thursdays
April 9 & 16
1:00 PM EDT
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MSF-USA Executive Director Avril Benoît talks to MSF aid workers and medical experts who will answer your questions about the humanitarian impacts of COVID-19.
This Thursday, April 9, our focus will be on mental health as we welcome Dr. Kaz de Jong, clinical and health psychologist and head of the staff health department for MSF based in Amsterdam.
Dr. de Jong provides psychosocial support to MSF staff responding to the coronavirus pandemic and other emergencies. He is also working independently in his home country of the Netherlands to support health care workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response there. He will talk about how aid workers and health workers around the world can cope with intense pressures, exhaustion, and social isolation, as well as manage feelings of guilt, fear, grief, and loss. He will discuss some of the anxieties we all share in these uncertain times, and how we can take care of our own mental health.
NOTE: Your registration allows you to attend all events in this series. After you register, you'll receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link to attend online. You'll also receive email reminders before each online event.
(If you missed it, click here to watch the first discussion in our event series, "Let's Talk COVID-19: An OB-GYN on the Frontline".)
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