The British Consulate General New York on Wednesday hosted a panel that focused on intersectionality in global public health.
The panel — “International Intersectionality: A Global Perspective on Public Health” — focused on the coronavirus’ impact on vulnerable populations, the parallels between the pandemic and the HIV epidemic and how mental health has been impacted in marginalized communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Ananda Seeram, the public diplomacy coordinator of the British Consulate General New York, moderated the panel. Anne Aslett, the global chief executive officer of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, British Ambassador Karen Pierce and Phyll Opuku-Gyimah, the executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust and co-founder and director