The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health. The event brings together stakeholders and decision-makers from 100 countries and every field in healthcare to find solutions to global health challenges and set the agenda for a healthier future.
Workshop
Neglected tropical diseases in the context of the WHO-NTD-Roadmap 2030
Date: Monday, 17 October 2021
Time: 9:00-10:30 CEST
Chairs: Achim Hörauf, Director of the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany and Carsten Köhler, Director of the Institute for Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Speakers:
- Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Team Leader, Department for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) World Health Organization (WHO)
- Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Division Manager, Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Other Parasitic Diseases Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center
- Dirk Meyer, Directorate-General 1, Department of Global Health, Employment, Transformation of the Economy, Digital Technologies, Food and Nutrition Security, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
- Moses Okwii, Research and Innovations Associate, Dev-com Consult Ltd, and Research Consultant, Christian Blind Mission (CBM), South Sudan
- Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
- Johannes Waltz, Head of Merck Schistosomiasis Elimination Programme, Merck Group, Germany
Panel discussion
The road to 2023: Are we achieving universal health coverage?
Date: Monday, 17 October 2021
Time: 14:00-15:30 CEST
Chair: Philippe Guinot, Chief of Business, Finance and Operations, PATH
Speakers:
- Sandrine Bouttier-Stref, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sanofi, France
- Alison Cox, Policy and Advocacy Director, NCD Alliance, Switzerland
- Gabriela Cuevas Barrón, Co-Chair of the Steering Committee, UHC2030, Switzerland
- Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, United States of America
- Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
- Peter Kwame Yeboah, Executive Director, Christian Health Association of Ghana
