Monday, 4 October 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

Joint Virtual Seminar on Health Equity and Pandemics – a Moonshot for Sustainable Health

When: Wednesday, 6 October, 11.00 to 13.30 CEST

Subject: World Health Organization (WHO) and the Karolinska Institutet will hold a joint virtual seminar on current and future action needed to redress health inequities, prevent pandemics and achieve sustainable health for all.

The seminar is part of a deepened collaboration between WHO and Karolinska to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal of #HealthForAll.  Read more about the collaboration.

Opening remarks:

• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
• Ole Petter Ottersen, President, Karolinska Institutet

Keynote speakers:

• Melinda French Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Ola Rosling, Gapminder Foundation 
• Mariana Mazzucato, University College London and Chair WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All

Panel discussion:

• Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
• Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, United Kingdom
• Rhoda Wanyenze – Professor and Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda
• Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

The virtual seminar is open to anyone interested and media are welcome.  To connect:  https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/6223475 8753

Media contacts:
mediainquiries@who.int

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