FacebookLive - Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention During COVID-19

FacebookLive - Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention During COVID-19
Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention During COVID-19

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, celebrated each 10 September, the Pan American Health Organization will dedicate the weekly session in the Facebook Live series "Ask the Expert", to the theme "Suicide Prevention during COVID-19". The session will take place that same 10 September, at 11.00 am EDT at the @PAHOWHO page.

The session will be in English (at 2.00 pm EDT there will be a session in Spanish

PARTICIPANTS

Conductor: 

  • Ashley Baldwin. Specialist, Media and Communication, PAHO

Experts:

  • Dr. Claudina Cayetano. Mental Health Advisor, PAHO

  • Dr. Eduardo Vega. Founder, CEO and Principal of Humannovations, a U.S. social impact organization working in mental health and suicide prevention  

Special guest: 

  • Dr. Raquel Thomas-Caesar. Director, Resource Management and Training,
    Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, Guyana 

 

RECORDING

 

 

 

HOW TO JOIN:

  • DATE: Thursday, 10 September 2020 
  • TIME: 11:00 am EDT [check the time correspondence below]
  • HOW TO CONNECT: At the time of the event, go to the PAHOWHO Facebook page at @PAHOWHO

TIME CORRESPONDENCE: 

  •  8:00 am. - Los Angeles
  •  9:00 am. - Belmopan,Guatemala City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, San José
  • 10:00 am.-  Bogotá, Kingston, Lima, México City, Panam City, Quito
  • 11:00 am .- Brigdetown, Caracas, Castries, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Nassau, Port of Spain, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Washington DC.
  • 12:00 pm.- Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Paramaribo.  

For other cities, you can check the time in the following link.

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