Getting Local With Global Health Security: A Pathway Towards Sustainable Action

Co-Convened by: Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Global Health Council (GHC), Global Health Security Agenda Consortium (GHSAC), Resolve to Save Lives, PATH, Vital Strategies, Devex and the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)

Protecting the world from infectious disease threats requires that national governments share the responsibility of serving those most in need, but how do countries prioritize their investments in a rapidly changing world?

On the margins of the 71st World Health Assembly, this event will convene global and national leaders for a discussion on how investments in global health security strengthen public health systems, promote universal health coverage, and drive economic growth and local research and development. This event will outline the best case for investment in health security, explore how to scale up innovative programming at the country level, and provide recommendations on increasing country ownership and domestic buy-in for health security.

Speakers:

• Dr. Tom Frieden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies
• Dr. Robert Redfield, Director, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Ms. Loyce Pace, President & Executive Director, Global Health Council
• Ms. Catharina Boehme, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
• Dr. Diane Gashumba, Minister of Health, Rwanda
• Rüdiger Krech, Director, Health Systems and Innovation, Office of the Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization
• Mr. Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Ms. Marian W. Wentworth, President and Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health