2021 Global Health Seminar Series
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In the endeavour to encourage and inspire more colleagues to have their research matter, the Department of Global Health has launched a webinar series showcasing stories of knowledge to action.
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ACHIEVING EQUITY IN HEALTH WORKFORCE DISTRIBUTION – A PIPE DREAM?
11th November 2021, Thursday | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm SAST (via MS Teams)
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Professor Ian Couper,?
Director, Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Department of Global Health, FMHS,
Stellenbosch Un?iversity?? ? ?
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Ms Theadora Koller??
Senior Technical Advisor (Equity), WHO |
Addressing equity in rural health care ?
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Dr Michelle McIsaac??
Economist, Health Workforce Department, WHO |
The WHO guideline on health workforce development, attraction, recruitment and retention in rural and remote areas ?
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Ms Karessa Govender
Project Officer, Rural Health Advocacy Project |
Achieving health workforce equity in South Africa – a rural perspective ?
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Dr Maggie Ravhengani??
Director: Human Resource Stakeholder Relations & Management, NDoH |
Progress in South Africa in relation to equity in health workforce distribution ?
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?GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON THE PANDE??MIC TREATY: WILL IT COMBAT FUTURE PANDEMICS?
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GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON THE PANDE??MIC TREATY: WILL IT COMBAT FUTURE PANDEMICS?
9th September 2021
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His Excellency Mr John Dramani Mahama
Former, President of Ghana |
Keynote Address ?
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Ms Malebona Precious MatsosoPanel Member - The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), Honorary Lecturer, Wits Pharmacy and Pharmacology? |
The need for legal instruments to tackle pandemics - Overview ? |
Ms Preeti SudanPanel Member – The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), PMNCH Acting Chair (Retd. Civil Servant, Indian Administrative Service), India? |
Findings & recommendations of the IPPPR - Global & Regional equity ?
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Prof Lawrence O. Gostin肆客足球 Professor and Founding O’Neill Chair in Global Health Law, Georgetown 肆客足球 Director, WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, United States of America? |
Do we need a Treaty or Convention? (Lessons from the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control and IHR) ?
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Mr Mark HeywoodEditor, Maverick Citizen, South Africa |
Will a treaty or convention improve EQUITABLE ACCESS to vaccines, diagnostics & therapeutics? ?
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Mr Zane DangorSpecial Adviser - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), South Africa |
What this treaty/ convention will mean for South Africa and the African Continent? ?
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GLOBAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE BREAKDOWN: A PROGRAMME OF ACTION
?13th May 2021
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Prof Anthony Costello??
Co-Chair of the international Lancet Countdown for Climate Action and Health Professor Anthony Costello is co-chair of the international Lancet Countdown for Climate Action and Health, and senior advisor to a new WHO UNICEF Lancet Commission Countdown to 2030 (CAP-2020, Children in All Policies). |
Climate Breakdown challenges of how to protect our children’s future ?
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?Dr Marina RomanelloData Scientist and Research Fellow for The Lancet Countdown Dr Marina Romanello is Data Scientist and Research Fellow for The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change, where she leads the research of the collaboration, and is in charge of the scientific development and refining of the Lancet Countdown's indicators. |
Lancet Countdown’s research, outlining the key findings of the Lancet 2020 report ?
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Ms Almaaz Mudaly
Climate Change Activist; High School Liaison for the Youth Climate Action Plan at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Ms Almaaz Mudaly is in Grade 9 at Roedean School and a Multi-award winning debater. She has used the Climate Change agenda to influence policies and leaders at the provincial, national and global level. |
A youth perspective on the systemic change needed to solve the climate crisis ?
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Mr Saliem FakirExecutive Director of the African Climate Foundation MMr Saliem Fakir has served as Director of the World Conservation Union, South Africa (IUCN-SA) for eight years and has served on a number of Boards and is a prolific writer who contributes regularly to leading South African publications like Engineering News, Business Day and the Daily Maverick. |
Climate Breakdown and Global Health on the African Continent – A time for action ?
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DECOLONISING GLOBAL HEALTH - THE CASE FOR VACCINE EQU?ITY
?11 March 2021
Prof Keymanthri Moodley??
Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Prof Keymanthri Moodley is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stellenbosch 肆客足球 and Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics & Law. The Centre is one of 13 WHO Collaborating Centres in Bioethics in the world and the first on the African continent. |
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine allocation in South Africa: ethics and collective responsibility? ? |
?Dr Heinrich Cyril Volmink
Public Health Medicine Specialist Dr Heinrich Cyril Volmink is a Public Health Medicine Specialist currently consulting in industry. He is also a board member of OUTA. He previously served as a MP in the National Assembly and a MPL in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. ? |
COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in selected African countries: lessons and challenges ? |
?Prof Leslie London
Head, Division of Public Health Medicine, Prof Leslie London is a Public Health Medicine Specialist at UCT with an interest in human rights, public health ethics. He is a Steering Committee member of the People's Health Movement in South Africa and convenes its work in SA on Equitable Access to Health Technologies for COVID 19. ???? |
Bad for your health - the impact of patents on Equity of Access to Health Technologies for COVID-19
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