Anna Wielogorska

•She joined World Bank in 2003 after holding a consulting job with Hunting Technical Services Ltd., specializing in land management and GIS.
•She obtained her BSc Geography from King’s College, London and MSc. Geophysics from Imperial College, London
•Anna speaks 4 languages – English, French,  Polish and Russian.

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

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 production, ADB's own response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as policy implications and lessons learned from path health crises.