*Global Launch Event: “The Ethical Principle of Equity in the Response to the Pandemic and Beyond"

International Webinar

Sustainable Health Equity Movement

Global Launch Event:

“The Ethical Principle of Equity in the Response to the Pandemic and Beyond”

Dr. Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations (Keynote)

Delegate United Nations Secretary General (TBC)

Delegate World Health Organization General (TBC)

Dr. Laetitia Rispel (South Africa) – World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)

Professor, Sir Michael Marmot (UK) – World Medical Association (WMA)

Dr. Volker ter Meulen (Germany) – The Inter Academy Partnership (IAP)

Mr. Adriano Friganović (Croatia) – World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN)

Dr. Meerjady Flora (Bangladesh) – International Association of

National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)

Dr. Maria del Rocio Saenz (Costa Rica) – Latin American Alliance of Global Health (ALASAG)

Dr. Bernice Dahn (Liberia) – Former Minister of Health of Liberia and current Dean of the College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia

Opening remarks:

Dr. David Chiriboga – University of Massachusetts Medical School

Dr. Juan Garay – Escuela Nacional de Sanidad (Spain)

Dr. Paulo Buss – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazil)

Thursday, July 2^nd, 2020

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM (New York)

2:00 PM – 3:00PM (Geneva/Johannesburg)

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (Dhaka)

Hosted by the University of Massachusetts Medical School

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