Global Citizenship Resiliency in Response to COVID-19:
Through a
Global Health Perspective

Pratap Singhasivanon
Secretary General/Coordinator
SEAMEO TROPMED NETWORKCovid-19• Global Health Disaster• causing huge impact on the social, economic and healthof population resulting to inequities, poverty and athreat to sustainability• Nation-states cannot solve the problem on its own

vrequires a global response;vCOVID-19 is a matter of whole-government, whole-society
and collective global responsibility

Covid-19 Pandemic•We are not in thesame Boat, but inthe same Storm!
Damian Barr, WSJ

ILLUSTRATION: BARBARA KELLEYGlobal Health• Worldwide improvement of health,- reduction of disparities, and- protection against global health threats- that disregard national borders• Note the same universal values are underscored in
the definitions of Global Citizenship andGlobal HealthCOVID-19 AND TRIAD OF GLOBAL UNIVERSAL VALUESGlobal Citizenship

RESILIENCY &ADAPTABILITY

Global Health

SUSTAINABILITY

COVID-19

HEALTH LITERACY

Global CitizenshipEducation

COVID-19 AND TRIAD OF GLOBAL UNIVERSAL VALUESGlobal Citizenship

RESILIENCY &ADAPTABILITY

Global Health

SUSTAINABILITY

COVID-19

HEALTH LITERACY

Global CitizenshipEducation

Health Literacy• defines “the degree to which individuals havethe capacity to obtain, process, andunderstand basic health information needed
to make appropriate health decisions.
• adequate health literacy may increase aperson’s capacity to take responsibility for
their health and their family’s health.

Levels of Prevention•Primary•Secondary•TertiaryIndirect Impact On Other Diseases• COVID-19 significantly impacts health services
for non-communicable diseases and othercommunicable diseases.
• This situation is of significant concern because
people living with NCDs are at higher risk ofsevere COVID-19-related illness and death.

Framing COVID-19 in GCED …
• COVID-19 is an issue that extends the ideas of rights andresponsibilities beyond the limits of one’s local community• In some instances, there’s a surge in stigma, polarization, racism
and hate speech against vulnerable communities• GCED underscores the individual’s responsibility arising frommembership in a global community.
vIn the COVID-19 pandemic an example of one’s responsibility toother peoples’ health is theissue of mask• Thus
it is most appropriate to frame COVID-19 within theframework of GCED which nurtures

shared values and responsibilities.

Global responses to COVID-19• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerators - a plan toüaccelerate the development and distribution of
the vaccines (COVAX),üdiagnostics, andütherapeutics (Solidarity Trials)
we need, and to ensure they are available toall countries on the basis of equity.

• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator brings

together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society,and philanthropists and global health organizations

“Solidarity” Clinical Trials• “Solidarity” clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments
Solidarity is an international clinical trial to help find an effective
treatment for COVID-19, launched by the World Health Organizationand partners. It is one of the largest international randomized trials for
COVID-19 treatments, enrolling almost 12 000 patients in 500 hospitalsites in over 30 countries.

Global responses to COVID-19• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerators - a plan toüaccelerate the development and distribution of
the vaccines (COVAX),üdiagnostics, andütherapeutics (Solidarity Trials)
we need, and to ensure they are available toall countries on the basis of equity.

• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator brings

together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society,and philanthropists and global health organizations

Will poorer countries have delayed access to vaccinations?

Global responses to COVID-19• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerators - a plan toüaccelerate the development and distribution of
the vaccines (COVAX),üdiagnostics, andütherapeutics (Solidarity Trials)
we need, and to ensure they are available toall countries on the basis of equity.

• Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator brings

together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society,and philanthropists and global health organizations

Global responses…
• Sharing of reliable information among countries(example –Genome sequence, variants)• Promotion of individual responsibilities forprevention and control

Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator• is a groundbreaking global collaboration to accelerate
development, production, and equitable access to COVID19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
• the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, FIND, Gavi, The Global Fund, Unitaid, Wellcome, the WHO, and the WorldBank).

Challenges• GCED is a minority subject in the school- limited time with students allocated to priority learning
outcome of the learners (due to online classes, blended
learning and closure of schools)• Preparation of learning resources related to COVID-19• Teacher preparation• Implementation of the delivery of the content

Suggested COVID-19 Content forGCED• How COVID-19 spread infecting all countries• Effect of the pandemic on the social, mental and physicalhealth, economic, poverty and vulnerable population• Universal values underlying COVID-19• Global Responses• Individual responsibility as a global citizen

TROPMED Network Regional Centres Response to COVID-19(National, Regional, Global)§ Development of COVID-19 Vaccines§ Human Resource Development focus on Continuing Webinars on Different Regional/GlobalIssues§ Research Initatives: Gene Sequencing. PPEs, Diagnostics§ Technical Assistance for National, Regional and Global Health organizations§ Provision of direct services§ Information Dissemination

Thank you