Derek Yach has focused his career on advancing global health. He is currently the Executive Director of the Vitality Institute. Previously, Dr. Yach served as the Senior Vice President of Global Health and Agriculture Policy at PepsiCo, where he supported portfolio transformation and led engagement with major international groups as well as new African initiatives at the nexus of agriculture and…
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Mr Panu Saaristo (CRNA, MSc Disaster Relief Healthcare). Mr Saaristo is the Emergency Health Coordinator at the Geneva Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In that role he oversees the emergency health work of the largest humanitarian organisation in the world, spanning the spectrum from preparedness to emergency response. Mr Saaristo has held…
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Patricio V. Marquez is a World Bank Lead Health Specialist, who is currently serving as Public Health Focal Point (I) at the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank. Since July 2014, he has been part of the WBG team that designed the Ebola Emergency Response Program for West Africa, prepared the US$390 million Ebola Emergency Response Project for Guinea, Liberia and…
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Hon. Tolbert G. Nyenswah is the Assistant Minister of Health & Social Welfare as well as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. In these capacities he plans and organizes activities related to the prevention and control of diseases of public health concern, including communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as, mental health. He also…
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Dr. Edward Kelley currently serves as the World Health Organization’s(WHO) director on Service Delivery. He is also WHO’s lead on Health System Recovery for the organization’s Ebola response efforts. Prior to joining WHO, Dr Kelley directed the US National Healthcare Reports for the US Department of Health and Human Services in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He also…
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Keith E. Hansen is the World Bank Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda. Mr Hansen, who is based in Nairobi, works closely with the four countries to provide innovative products and services that respond to their diverse development challenges and contribute to achieving sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction, with a specific emphasis on COVID-19 recovery. He has a…
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Ms. Agborsangaya-Fiteu provides operational and analytical support for fragile and conflict affected states and on thematic areas including: citizen engagement, extractives and jobs. She also leads the World Bank Group’s Fragility, Conflict and Violence Community of Practice. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2008, she was a senior program manager at Freedom House where she led a wide-ranging…
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Nii Osah Mills was appointed as Hon. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in July 2014. He is a former Member of the General Legal Council and Judicial Council of Ghana. He also served as a Member of the Lands Commission of Ghana from 2008. Nii Osah Mills is a seasoned lawyer, who has been in private practice for more than 30 years. Over the period he has held various positions in the Ghana…
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Dr. Guerrero has spent his life in academic activities such as teaching epidemiology for undergraduate and graduate students and in administrative activities (Head of Department, Dean of Health Sciences and President of Universidad del Valle, Secretary of Health of Cali). He graduated as MD from Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia and later had a Master of Science and Dr. P.H. in Epidemiology…
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Martin Indyk is the Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and the founding Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. From July 2013-July 2014, he served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations at the U.S. Department of State. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1995 to 1997 and 2000 to 2001. Before his first…
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