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Speakers include:
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator, Author, TV host, American Museum of Natural History, USA
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Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization
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Mohammed Ali Pate, Minister of Health, Nigeria
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Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB, and Malaria, Switzerland
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Fola Adeleke, Executive Director, Global Center on AI Governance, Canada
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John Wong, Senior Vice President, Health Innovation & Translation, National University of Singapore
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Solange Baptiste, Executive Director, ITPC Global, South Africa
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Abebe Bekele, Dean, School of Medicine UGHE, Rwanda
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Richard Damania, Chief Economist, The World Bank
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Kashmira Date, Senior Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs Pfizer, USA
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Wafaie Fawzi, Professor of Global Health, Harvard University, USA
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Emilie Filmer-Wilson, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Linda Fried, Dean Emerita, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, USA
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Sofia Gruskin, Director, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, USC, USA
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Adil Haider, Fmr. Dean of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
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Chris Hanley, Director, Grand Challenge on Climate and Health, National Academy of Medicine, USA
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James Hospedales, Founder, EarthMedic and EarthNurse, Trinidad and Tobago
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Judy Khanyola, Vice-President, AFREhealth, Kenya
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Peter Kilmarx, Acting Director, Fogarty International Center NIH, USA
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Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist, UN Environment Program
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Yodi Mahendradhata, Dean Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
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Mogomotsi Matshaba, Executive Director, Botswana Baylor Children’s Trust, Botswana
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Zoë Mullan, Editor in Chief, The Lancet Global Health, UK
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Dean Peacock, Director, Global Coalition for WHO Action on Firearm Violence, South Africa
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Carolina Palmieri, Director of Programs, Child Family Health International, Costa Rica
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Mary Mulusa, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank- IDA
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Richard Oberhelman, Associate Dean for Global Health, Tulane University, USA
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Leila Hanafi, Senior Integrity Specialist, World Bank, and Senior Legal Specialist, Global Financing Facility
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Priya Shyamsundar, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy, USA
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Dorlim Uetela, Head of Research Programs on Endemic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique
Conference Highlights

200+ Speakers
Leading experts from around the world sharing insights on global health challenges

40+ Panels
Interactive discussions on critical topics shaping the future of global health

500 Abstract
Comprehensive program including workshops, networking events, and special sessions
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Pre-Conference Workshops
Hands-on sessions to build skills, foster collaboration, and dive deeper into key topics.
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Paige Alexander
Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center, USA
Rhonda Sealey-Thomas
Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Monika Kosinska
Global Head of Economic and Commercial Determinants, WHO
Jorge Saavedra
Executive Director, AHF Global Public Health Institute, Mexico
David Peters
Dean, Faculty of Health, York University, Canada
Christian Acemah
Executive Secretary, Uganda National Academy of Sciences, Uganda
Kathleen M. Neuzil
Director, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA
Jimmy Kolker
Former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, US State Department, USA
Eche Ezeanolue
Country Lead, West Africa Implementation Alliance, Nigeria
Ximena Garzon Villalba
Former Minister of Health, Ecuador
Patricia Garcia
Former Minister of Health, Peru
Elizabeth Bukusi
Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Elizabeth Bukusi
Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Elizabeth Bukusi
Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Elizabeth Bukusi
Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Elizabeth Bukusi
Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Stacy Rasmus
Director, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Launette Woolforde
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Northwell Health
Calae Phillipe
Longevity and Regenerative Therapies, Bahamas
James Hospedales
Director, Earth Medic/Earth Nurse, Trinidad and Tobago
Prabhat Jha
Head, Department of Population Health, Oxford University, UK
Olawale Maiyegun
Director for Social Affairs, African Union, Nigeria
Roger Glass
President, China Medical Board, China
Sofia Gruskin
Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health USA
Juliet Iwelunmor
Associate Director, Global Health and Dissemination, USA
Leo Anthony Celi
Senior Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Lauren Swan-Potras
Managing Editor, Journal of Health Communication, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, USA
Yodi Mahendradhata
Vice Dean for Research and Development, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Nelson Sewankambo
President, Makerere University. The African Forum for Research and Education in Health, Uganda
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