Leadership Lessons Learned: Eradicating Polio in Nigeria Thursday, September 8, 2016 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate served as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health from 2011-2013. Prior, he was the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Pate is currently a professor at the Duke University Global Health Institute. He also serves on the agenda committee of the World Economic Forum and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of … Continue reading “Muhammad Pate, Former Minister of State for Health of Nigeria”
Negotiating Act Three for Global Health on the World’s Stage Thursday, January 28, 2016 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Nils Daulaire served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as the United States Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, as well as Alternate U.S. Board Member to the Global Fund. Earlier, he served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy at the … Continue reading “Nils Daulaire, Former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services”
Leadership in Getting AIDS on the World Bank Agenda Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian national, has led strategy, policy implementation, and management of development programs at country, regional, and global levels for international bodies such as the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She conceptualized and managed the groundbreaking US$1 billion Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program that changed the AIDS funding landscape and pioneered the large-scale multi-sectorial response with direct … Continue reading “Debrework Zewdie, Former Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund”
Leading as a Surgeon by Day and Writer by Night Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is professor in both the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint … Continue reading “Atul Gawande, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs”
Leading New Solutions for Global Health Friday, April 10, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Trevor Mundel, president of the Global Health Program, leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts in research and development of health solutions including vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics, focusing on health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. He oversees the Global Health Program’s work which harnesses innovations in science and technology, to fight diseases such as … Continue reading “Trevor Mundel, President, Global Health Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”
Leadership in Fighting HIV/AIDS in Guyana Thursday, January 22, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has served as Minister of Agriculture for Guyana since 2011. Previously, he was Minister of Health from 2001 to 2011, where he worked extensively in reducing deaths and infections in Guyana from HIV/AIDS. His broad public health stewardship saw him elected Chair of The Global Fund board for Affordable Medicines for Malaria, a position that he currently holds. Dr. Ramsammy has also served as President of … Continue reading “Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Agriculture for Guyana”
Paul Farmer on Leadership in Public Health for the Poor Watch on YouTube. Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. He chairs the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and is a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living … Continue reading “Paul Farmer, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, Partners In Health”
