03/11/2021 – The OECD will launch Health at a Glance 2021 on Tuesday 9 November at 11.00 CET/Paris time. The report compares key indicators for people’s health and health system performance across the 38 OECD countries, as well as for Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. A special focus is given to the health impact of COVID‑19, including both direct and indirect impacts of the virus on people and health systems.

 

The following virtual briefings are planned on Tuesday 9 November (all times local):

 

Latin America – 8:00 am Costa Rica; 9:00 am Colombia and Mexico; 11:00 Chile. – webinar withFrederico Guanais, Deputy Head of OECD Health Division, via zoom. To register click here. More information with Carolina Ziehl, at the Mexico Centre office.

 

Austria/Germany/Switzerland – 11:00 a.m. – webinar with Michael Mueller, OECD Health Policy Analyst, at the OECD Berlin Centre. Register here.  

 

Japan – 17:00 p.m. – webinar with Rie Fujisawa, OECD health expert, at the OECD Tokyo Centre. To register, journalists should contact Yumiko Yokokawa at the OECD Tokyo Centre. 

 

Country notes will be available for Australia, Austria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

Requests to receive Health at a Glance 2021 and the country notes under embargo by e-mail ahead of release time should be sent to embargo@oecd.org. Journalists requesting an electronic version in advance of the release time agree to respect OECD embargo conditions. To get advance access to OECD reports, complete this short form.

 

For more information, journalists should contact Spencer Wilson at the OECD Media Office (tel. + 33 1 45 24 81 18).

 

Working with over 100 countries, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to preserve individual liberty and improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

 

 

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