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

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. Better health is a measure of progress in diverse dimensions, including sustainable energy, cities, transport, and GESI. Being better prepared and learning how to become more resilient, is a more viable long-term option than waiting for disasters to occur.

Patrick Duigan

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Dr. Patrick Duigan has been working in the field of migration health for the past 12 years in a range of humanitarian and development settings. He is currently serving as the Regional Migration Health Advisor with the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok. In this capacity, he provides support and advice to IOM Country Missions, governments and local, regional and global partners to promote the migration health agenda across the Asia Pacific. 

Migration and Health: Implications of COVID-19 and Achieving Universal Health Coverage

The sixth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Migration and Health: Implications of COVID-19 and achieving Universal Health Coverage” featured global good practice examples and policy options to address issues related to migration and mobility in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, including migrant-inclusive responses that can support the safe return to countries' economic and social functioning.

Debopam Raha

Debopam has more than 22 years of industry experience across different sectors and multiple geographies. He has worked for 7 years in USA and last 15 years based in India. He currently serves  as Executive Director in KPMG Government and HealthCare Practice. His experience includes large scale Digital Transformation projects both in public and private sector. Debopam has deep sectoral technology expertise in healthcare delivery in areas of universal health care, hospital information systems, public healthcare, digital technologies for Health IT.