Against All Odds: Strengthening Health Systems to Better Serve Vulnerable Women and Children
Against All Odds: Strengthening Health Systems to Better Serve Vulnerable Women and Children
In situations of instability, women and children bear disproportionate consequences, often in silence. The intersection between women’s health and complex settings was seen most recently in the Ebola and Zika emergencies, where health systems were taxed and workforces decimated. In other countries, political instability, migration, and natural disasters have contributed to high levels of violence, infant mortality, and maternal mortality and morbidity.
This panel will explore the challenges health systems face in complex and post-conflict settings, how these challenges impact the health of the most vulnerable—women and children—and how we can harness the power of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to build more resilient health systems.
Conférenciers
Dr. Bernice N. T. Dahn
Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Republic of Liberia
Dr. Ferrozuddin Feroz
Public Health Minister, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Catharine Taylor
Vice President, Health Programs Group, Management Sciences for Health
Dr. Ed Kelley, Director
Department of Service Delivery & Safety, World Health Organization
Dr. Nosa Orobaton
Deputy Director, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Gates Foundation
Samalie Kitooleko
Registered Nurse, Uganda Health Institute
Jude Nwokike
Director, Promoting the Quality of Medicines Program, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
Roopa Dhatt
Director and Co-Founder, Women in Global Health