(March 25, 2014)
In recognition of World TB Day 2014, please join Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez,USAID's Assistant Administrator for Global Health, in honoring champions dedicated to creating a TB-free world.
Master of Ceremonies: Kojo Nnamdi, host of WAMU's "THE KOJO NNAMDI SHOW"
TB claims a life every 18 seconds and especially effects the poor and vulnerable as well as women, children, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, TB is one of the world's best buys in global health, since it can be cured with inexpensive drugs, and major innovations are on the horizon that will reduce suffering and save lives.
Luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General with MDG Advocacy Group at the World Economic Forum
23 January 2014
With 707 days left until the target date for the Millennium Development Goals, the Secretary-General, along with the two Co-chairs and several members of his MDG Advocacy Group, will participate in a luncheon discussion to accelerate progress on the MDGs focusing on girls as a critical investment. The Secretary-General and the two Co-chairs, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Prime Minster Erna Solberg of Norway, will open the programme and Hannah Godefa, a 16-year old UNICEF National Ambassador for Ethiopia and Sumaya Saluja, a member of the Global Education First Initiative’s Youth Advocacy Group, will lead an inter-generational dialogue with the Advocates. The programme will include interventions from other governments, businesses and media leaders, including Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the UN Foundation, Tina Brown, Founder and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media. It will close with a call to action by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.
A #2030Now Perspective on the Global Agenda
Progress in the next 15 years and beyond—including effectively setting and achieving the next set of global development goals—can’t just be left to the same old power players. Now you can actively involve people in shaping these goals, using new participatory, transparent, and bottom-up new power models.
(Thursday January 23, 2014)
Innovations in national financing a Discussion with Ministers, Multilateral, Bilateral, Philanthropic, and Corporate Institutions
Global leaders meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum will propose and discuss innovative ways to optimize funding for health programmes in developing countries.
Introduction
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird
Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of USAID and
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, UNF Board Member, Nobel Prize Laureate
Financing the Future of Global Health - Entire Session
The Center for Global Health and Development (previously known as the Center for Global Health and Diplomacy) was born out of the need to continue the progress made in global health over the past two decades. With resources increasingly scarce, global health leaders realized that leveraging the investments already made would require establishing new partnerships and reaching out beyond the global health community. In order to facilitate new partnerships, stakeholders needed a platform where they could communicate ideas and share best practices. In 2012, a group of innovative leaders including heads of state, public health professionals and diplomats came together to create such a platform: the Center for Global Health and Diplomacy (CGHD).
In 2017, CGHD recognized that the key to true sustainable global health initiatives rested on attracting private and public capital to these undertakings as reliance on grant or donor funding was insufficient to ensure the continuation of programs that millions of people had come to depend upon. CGHD therefore developed strong networks of both global health leaders, but also leaders in the public and private capital sectors and brought these disparate groups together to form partnerships that leveraged the different expertise of each to enable true sustainability. Thereafter, our center became known as the Center for Global Health and Development.
