Join us for an in-person symposium at the Warwick Hotel in Geneva on Monday, May 27th, 2024 from 08:00 – 12:00 for insightful panel discussions on best practices, locally led solutions, and partnerships that help create an enabling environment for health workers. Hear from globally recognized thought leaders on leveraging increased investments in the health workforce to deliver on global commitments alongside examples of projects and partnerships that have led to better health outcomes and a stronger pipeline of health workers.
Agenda
8:00 – 8:15 Registration and networking
8:15 – 9:00 Welcome and keynote remarks
9:00 – 10:05 Conversation 1: Best practices and locally-led solutions for an enabling environment for health workers: Compensation, training, integration, empowerment
10:05 - 10:15 Health break
10:15 – 10:25 Short film: Healthier Together: A path to a better world
10:25 -10:30 Remarks
10:30 – 11:35 Conversation 2: Making it happen: Supporting and protecting health workers through partnerships
11:35 – 11:40 Closing remarks and thank you
Special Guests
Hon. Dr. Robert Lucien Jean-Claude Kargougou, Minister of Health, Burkina Faso
Hon. Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, Secretary of Health, Philippines
Hon. Sylvia Masebo, Minister of Health, Zambia (TBC)
Priya Basu, Executive Head, The Pandemic Fund
Speakers
Irene Atuhairwe, Country Director, Uganda, Seed Global Health
Dr. Carlos Castillejos, Global Head, Medical & Patient Assistance Solutions,
Global Health Equity, Johnson & Johnson
Madhu Deshmukh, Vice President Program Strategy and Innovations, CARE USA
Michelle Erwee, Global Head of Access to Medicines, Takeda
Jules Souleymane Gaye, Country Director, Burkina Faso, Living Goods
Crystal Lander, Executive Vice President, Pathfinder International
Paul Marsden, Senior Health Workforce Specialist, World Health Organization
Chikwe Mbweeda, Country Director, CARE Zambia
Jed Meline, Director Advocacy & Policy, Project HOPE
Dr. Uche Ralph Opara, Chief Health Officer, Project HOPE
Vicky Reed, Interim Executive Director, Sierra Leone, Partners in Health
Susannah Schaefer, President and CEO, Smile Train
