Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for preparedness, response and recovery to health emergencies, including COVID-19

Co-organized by the Gender, Equity, and Human Rights Team in the Office of the Director-General and Health Emergencies Programs, WHO/HQ, this webinar seeks to describe how measurements of multidimensional poverty and vulnerability can be used in preparedness, response and recovery from health emergencies, including in the COVID-19 context. This webinar is a part of the ‘WHO Global Webinars on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Equity and the Social Determinants of Health’ series and it also constitutes part of the knowledge exchange events being convened for World Health Day 2021 on Health Equity.

• Oliver Morgan, Director, Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment, WHO 
• Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) 
• Atal Khan Gardiwal, Field Operations Director, National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA), Afghanistan 
• Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director, National Statistics Department (DANE), Colombia 
• Elsa Servellon, Director, National Center for Social Sector Information (CENISS), Honduras 
• Riyaza Fathimath, Deputy Statistician, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Maldives 
• Christine Brown, Head, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development 
• Princess Nothemba Simelela, Assistant Director-General for Strategic Priorities, WHO 
• Yanchun Zhang, Chief of Statistics, Human Development Report Office, UNDP