Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) and Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) organised the 3rd medical webinar between Thailand and Peru under the Thailand-Peru Development Cooperation Programme 2021-2023.

On October 27, 2021, Mr. Sorayut Chasombat, Ambassador of Thailand to Peru, together with Dr. José Luis Seminario Carrasco, Director of the National School of Public Health (ENSAP)gave the opening remarks for the 3rd Medical Webinar on "Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Peru: Management since the First Wave, Vaccination and Response to the Challenges of New Variants”

This webinar was led by 4 distinguished speakers from Peru, namely; 1) Dr. Alexis Holguín, General Director of the General Directorate of Strategic Interventions in Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Peru 2) Dr. Roger Araujo, Responsible for Genomic Surveillance of the National Institute of Health-INS of the Peruvian Ministry of Health 3) Dr. César Ramal, Infectious Diseases Physician of the Loreto Regional Hospital of the Loreto Region and 4) Dr. Graciela Rocio Meza Sánchez of the San Juan of Loreto Health Center, Professor and Researcher of the University of Loreto.

This activity is organised as a part of the Thailand-Peru Development Cooperation Programme 2021-2023, which is an umbrella cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including public health. This programme offers an invaluable platform for knowledge and experience exchanges in the prevention, surveillance and treatment of COVID-19 through a series of webinars which are organised throughout 2021.

With over 300 participants, the webinar was actively participated by both Thai and Peruvians healthcare professionals. After the presentation by the 4 Peruvian speakers, substantive questions for the speaker cover various issues, such as the clinical manifestation, characteristic of severe cases,  drug use guidelines for COVID-19 patients in Peru and vaccination policy.