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Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 and Beyond this Pandemic

18 August 2020
This presentation discussed mitigation measures against indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19, such as appropriate building engineering controls, such as sufficient and effective ventilation, air disinfection, avoiding air recirculation, and overcrowding. It also emphasized the need for new…

Letting Loose Without Letting Up: Global Evidence on Controlling COVID-19

28 July 2020
This presentation explored how effective the different measures are proving to be in controlling the spread of COVID-19, and which measures are associated with larger/smaller economic downturns by analyzing date from a number of economies on control measures, behavioral shifts, and COVID-19 spread.

Restarting Economies and COVID-19 Control: Letting Loose without Letting Up

28 July 2020
This presentation discussed the age-structured epidemiological model observing transmission of COVID-19, what researchers have learned from the earlier phase of the pandemic, and the implications of reopening up a country or region.

ADB WASH and health webinar: WaterAid’s health systems strengthening approach for WASH in healthcare facilities

23 June 2020
This presentation discussed a health systems-strengthening approach to improve WASH in health care facilities; hand and environmental hygiene behavior change in health care facilities; and how WASH links to health security and antimicrobial resistance. It also highlighted the progression of WASH…

Looking beyond WASH for water security: The roles of IWRM and climate change

18 June 2020
This presentation discussed mitigating climate risks for WASH; interlinks between WASH and integrated water resources management (IWRM); and approaches to climate resilient WASH and securing water resources.

Strengthening Urban Resilience: Integrating Inclusive Infrastructure, Energy, Climate and Health Systems

16 June 2020
In our response strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are effectively undertaking a massive experiment where we disrupt our entire economy and how we work and live within it. This has implications for our health and infrastructure, as well as gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) linkages.…

WCTRS COVID-19 Task Force: Aims, Action Plans, and Preliminary Recommendations

12 June 2020
The World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) established a Task Force to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 and support emergent policy decisions on ways to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This Task Force also aim to maintain supply chains for the survival of industries and…

Impacts of COVID-19 on Transport Sector and Measures Agaisnt Public Health Threats: Policymaking Based on PASS Approach

12 June 2020
Considering the various uncertainties about COVID-19 and its impacts (especially long-term impacts), the presentation showed the findings of a study carried out by the WCTRS COVID-19 Task Force. A world-wide questionnaire survey of experts in the field of transportation and other relevant fields is…

Recovery of Cities after Disasters and Pandemics via Mobility Data Analytics

5 June 2020
This presentation focuses on the role of mobile phone and social media data to understand the recovery trajectories of businesses after disasters.

Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications

4 June 2020
This presentation discussed the unprecedented excess demand for PPEs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to domestic and international PPE supply chain disruptions and put frontline healthcare workers at risk. It also discussed various trade barriers to PPE supply, how governments ramped up PPE…