Global Health Tuesday: COVID-19 in Ecuador

Avriel Rose Diaz, executive director of Walking Palms Global Health in Ecuador discusses how national and regional municipalities reacted to the COVID-19 crisis, and how those actions impacted interconnected social and economic systems essential to maintaining quality public health. Diaz co-founded Walking Palms in the aftermath of a devastating 7.8 earthquake in Ecuador. She has collaborated with UW-Madison's Lyric Bartholomay on Moquitos y Yo to teach children about insect-borne diseases.