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Moving the needle on the social determinants of health
Coincident with recent reports published by the Rockefeller-Boston University 3-D Commission and by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, join global experts for a discussion on leading-edge science on social determinants of health — and where we are headed from here.
For more information and to register, visit the event’s official page here.
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3-D Conversation: Dr. Julio Frenk
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Julio Frenk as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Dr. Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami
A fourth-generation physician whose paternal grandparents fled Germany in the early 1930s to build a new life in Mexico, Julio Frenk catalyzed his deep gratitude for the kindness of strangers into a lifelong mission to improve the health, education, and well-being of people around the world. Dr. Frenk became the sixth president of the University of Miami in August of 2015. He also holds academic appointments as Professor of Public Health Sciences at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Professor of Health Sector Management and Policy at the Miami Herbert Business School, and Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining the University of Miami, he served for nearly seven years as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Julio Frenk was the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. There he pursued an ambitious agenda to reform the nation’s health system and introduced a program of comprehensive universal coverage, which expanded access to health care for 55 million previously uninsured persons. He was the founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, one of the leading institutions of its kind in the developing world. He also served as executive director in charge of Evidence and Information for Policy at the World Health Organization and as senior fellow in the global health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among other leadership positions.
Dr. Frenk holds a medical degree from the National University of Mexico, as well as a Master of Public Health and a joint PhD in Medical Care Organization and in Sociology from the University of Michigan. His scholarly production, which includes over 180 articles in academic journals, as well as many books and book chapters, has been cited more than 23,000 times. In addition, he has written three best-selling novels for youngsters explaining the functions of the human body. He serves on the boards of the United Nations Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and has chaired the board of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington since its founding in 2007. Julio Frenk is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico. In 2017, he was elected as a member of El Colegio Nacional, one of the most prestigious learned societies of Mexico, comprising intellectuals, artists, writers, and scientists.
He has received numerous distinctions, including the Clinton Global Citizen Award for changing the way practitioners and policymakers across the world think about health, the Bouchet Medal for Outstanding Leadership presented by Yale University for promoting diversity in graduate education, the Welch-Rose Award for Distinguished Service from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and the Columbia University Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health in recognition of his transformational contributions to the field. Ten universities in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and Mexico have granted honorary degrees to him. In September 2016, the Julio Frenk Professorship of Public Health Leadership was established at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with an anonymous endowment gift.
In summary, Dr. Frenk’s career has included leadership positions in all relevant aspects of public health and higher education: research, teaching, analysis of public policies, institution-building, international cooperation, and national public service. He has also been involved in various initiatives to reform higher education.
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Regional Launch: Europe
This regional launch of the 3-D Commission report in Europe will feature experts discussing the region-specific challenges to, and opportunities for, achieving the 3-D “ideal”, where data on the social determinants of health are utilized in decision-making and policies are implemented that contribute to the achievement of health equity. Following the panel discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Speakers
Ms. Katie Dain
Chief Executive Officer, NCD Alliance
Prof. Seval Akgun
Professor of Public Health, Baskent University School of Medicine
Dr. Terje Andreas Eikemo
Leader, Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Prof. Martin McKee
Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio (moderator)
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Dr. Sandro Galea (remarks)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Partners
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Regional Launch: Africa
This regional launch of the 3-D Commission report in Africa will feature experts discussing the region-specific challenges to, and opportunities for, achieving the 3-D “ideal”, where data on the social determinants of health are utilized in decision-making and policies are implemented that contribute to the achievement of health equity. Following the panel discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Speakers
Dr. David Parirenyatwa
Vice President, Society for AIDS in Africa
Dr. Magda Robalo
High Commissioner for COVID-19 and Former Minister of Health, Guinea-Bissau
Dr. Sheila Tlou
Co-chair, Nursing Now Global Campaign and Global HIV Prevention Coalition
Prof. Jesse Uneke
Director, African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems, Ebonyi State University
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio (moderator)
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Dr. Sandro Galea (remarks)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Partners
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Regional Launch: Asia
This regional launch of the 3-D Commission report in Asia will feature experts discussing the region-specific challenges to, and opportunities for, achieving the 3-D “ideal”, where data on the social determinants of health are utilized in decision-making and policies are implemented that contribute to the achievement of health equity. Following the panel discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Speakers
Dr. Gabriel Leung
Dean of Medicine and Helen & Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University of Hong Kong
Dr. Sabina Rashid
Dean and Professor, BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
President, Public Health Foundation of India
Dr. Kiran Regmi
Professor, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal
Dr. Saunthari Somasundaram
President, National Cancer Society Malaysia
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio (moderator)
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Dr. Sandro Galea (remarks)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Partners
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Regional Launch: Americas
This regional launch of the 3-D Commission report in the Americas will feature experts discussing the region-specific challenges to, and opportunities for, achieving the 3-D “ideal”, where data on the social determinants of health are utilized in decision-making and policies are implemented that contribute to the achievement of health equity. Following the panel discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Speakers
Dra. Gerry Eijkemans
Unit Chief, Health Promotion and Social Determinants of Health, Pan American Health Organization
Dr. Felicia Knaul
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Dr. Stephanie Psaki
Senior Advisor on Human Rights and Gender Equity, US Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Sebastian Garcia Saiso
Director, Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, Pan American Health Organization
Dr. Joy St John
Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency
Dr. Jeanette Vega
Chief Medical Innovation and Technology Officer, Red de Salud UC-Christus, Chile
Dr. Georges C. Benjamin (moderator)
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Dr. Sandro Galea (remarks)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Partners
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Regional Launch: Middle East
This regional launch of the 3-D Commission report in the Middle East will feature experts discussing the region-specific challenges to, and opportunities for, achieving the 3-D “ideal”, where data on the social determinants of health are utilized in decision-making and policies are implemented that contribute to the achievement of health equity. Following the panel discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Speakers
Dr. Maha El-Adawy
Director, Health Protection and Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Prof. Fadi El-Jardali
Professor, American University of Beirut
Dr. Cother Hajat
Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health Institute, United Arab Emirates University
Prof. Ziad A. Memish
Director, Research & Innovation Centre, King Saud Medical City, Saudi Ministry of Health and Former Deputy Minister of Public Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sherine Shawky
Senior Scientist, Social Research Center, The American University in Cairo
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio (moderator)
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Dr. Sandro Galea (remarks)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Partners
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UNGA report launch
Hosted on the occasion of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, this event will serve as the official launch of the 3-D Commission’s report on data, social determinants, and better decision-making for health. During the event, the Commission co-chairs will discuss the Commission’s principles and recommendations and expand upon the report’s central argument: namely, that better understanding and action in marshalling big data on social determinants supports evidence-informed policymaking to improve population health. The discussion will be moderated by Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea. Introductory video remarks will be offered by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Further remarks will be offered by Senior Vice President of the Health Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Naveen Rao. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (remarks)
Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr. Naveen Rao (remarks)
Senior Vice President, Health Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Laura Magaña
President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Co-chair, Determinants Working Group
Dr. Blessing Mberu
Head of Urbanization & Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center
Co-chair, Determinants Working Group
Dr. Heidi Larson
Risk and Decision Science and Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Co-chair, Data Working Group
Dr. Kyu Rhee
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Aetna at CVS Health
Co-chair, Data Working Group
Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Co-chair, Decision-making Working Group
Dr. Nana Twum-Danso
Senior Vice President, Global, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Co-chair, Decision-making Working Group
Dr. Sandro Galea (moderator)
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Chair, 3-D Commission
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3-D Conversation: Professor Sundari Ravindran
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Professor Sundari Ravindran as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Professor Sundari Ravindran
Principal Visiting Fellow, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
TK Sundari Ravindran is currently Principal Visiting Fellow at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, and Visiting Faculty at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Applied Economics and served for twenty years as Professor of Public Health in the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
Sundari’s research interests include inequities in health, with a focus on gender-based inequities, sexual and reproductive health and rights, political economy of health, and health systems research. She has been a researcher, activist, and trainer working at the local and international levels for close to four decades. She is founding co-editor of Reproductive Health Matters (now Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters) and is currently a member of its editorial advisory board. She has worked with the World Health Organization in its headquarters and regional offices in various capacities. Sundari is a founder-member of CommonHealth, a National Coalition for Reproductive Health and Safe Abortion (India). She is also a founder Member of Rural Women’s Social Education Centre, a grassroots women’s health organization in Tamil Nadu, and has been involved in the organization’s activities in various capacities since its inception in 1981.
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3-D Conversation: Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Rana Hajjeh as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Director of Programme Management, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
Dr. Hajjeh is a senior public health leader with 25 years’ experience in global health, health policy and diplomacy, and health management, especially in the Middle East Region. Dr. Hajjeh is currently holding the position of the Director of Programme Management (DPM) at the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO/EMRO) since April 2019 (i.e. deputy regional director for technical issues). In her capacity as DPM, she directs and leads all the technical public health programs at the regional level, including universal health coverage and systems, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, information and science, as well as health promotion, working closely with the Emergency department, Headquarters in Geneva, and all 22 countries and offices.
Prior to that position, she held the position of the Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control. In this capacity, she played a major role in supporting emergency response in the Region, and in accelerating the agenda for prevention and control of vaccine preventable diseases, HIV, hepatitis, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and antimicrobial resistance. Prior to joining WHO/EMRO in 2016, Dr. Hajjeh worked with the United States Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) for 23 years, where she held many senior positions with increasingly complex management responsibilities, and worked extensively in the Middle East. Between 2005-2010, Dr. Hajjeh was the Director of the GAVI Hib vaccine Initiative, that introduced lifesaving vaccines for Hib meningitis and pneumonia to millions of children in limited resource countries around the world. Between 1996 and 2016, Dr. Hajjeh led many responses to major epidemics across the world, including meningitis during Hajj in Saudi Arabia in 2000, cholera in Haiti in 2010, and recently MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia and Ebola in West Africa. She has considerable experience in health policies and systems, and supported development of various global policies for prevention of infectious diseases, such as for new vaccines and strategies for building laboratory and surveillance systems. Throughout her career, she managed increasingly complex departments and initiatives with large budgets. She is a well-known speaker and advocate for strong public health capacity in the region, and for the right to health of every person. She has broad health diplomacy skills working with ministries of health and governments in the Middle East and globally, and many global and regional partners and donors. She is fully fluent in Arabic (mother language), French, and English.
Dr. Hajjeh holds a Medical Doctor degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and has benefited from extensive training in medicine (American board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases) and public health (epidemiology training at the CDC-EIS). She has received many awards, including the prestigious United States Federal Employee of the Year Award in 2014 for her global vaccine work. Dr. Hajjeh has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, serves as a reviewer for multiple journals, and holds professor positions in medicine and public health at Emory and Johns Hopkins universities.
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3-D Conversation: Professor Sir Michael Marmot
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Professor Sir Michael Marmot as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
Professor of Epidemiology, University College London
Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity
Sir Michael Marmot has been Professor of Epidemiology at University College London (UCL) since 1985. He is the author of The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015), and Status Syndrome: how your place on the social gradient directly affects your health (Bloomsbury: 2004). Professor Marmot is the Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, on social determinants of health, in the new WHO Division of Healthier Populations; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2019-), and co-Director of the CUHK Institute of Health Equity. He is the recipient of the WHO Global Hero Award; the Harvard Lown Professorship (2014-2017); the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health (2015), and 19 honorary doctorates.
Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for nearly 50 years. He chaired the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas, set up in 2015 by the WHO’s Pan-American Health Organization and chaired the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which was set up by the WHO in 2005, and produced the report entitled Closing the Gap in a Generation in August 2008. At the request of the British Government, he conducted the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010, which published its report Fair Society, Healthy Lives in February 2010. This was followed by the European Review of Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide, for WHO EURO in 2014, and in 2020 Health Equity in England: Marmot Review 10 Years On, and Build Back Fairer: the COVID-19 Marmot Review. Professor Marmot also chaired the Expert Panel for the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research 2007 Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective; the Breast Screening Review for the National Health Service National Cancer Action Team, and was a member of The Lancet-University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health.
Early in his career, he set up and led a number of longitudinal cohort studies on the social gradient in health in the UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health (where he was head of department for 25 years): the Whitehall II Studies of British Civil Servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality; the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, and several international research efforts on the social determinants of health.
He served as President of the British Medical Association in 2010-2011, and as President of the World Medical Association in 2015. He is President of the British Lung Foundation. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology; a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for six years and in 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen, for services to epidemiology and the understanding of health inequalities. Professor Marmot is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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3-D Conversation: Dr. Naveen Rao
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Naveen Rao as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Dr. Naveen Rao
Senior Vice President, Health Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Naveen Rao is Senior Vice President of the Health Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Rao leads The Rockefeller Foundation’s work to ensure more equitable access to Covid-19 tests and vaccines, science-based tools, and data to fight the pandemic, while strengthening public health systems to prevent future outbreaks. Under Dr. Rao’s leadership, The Foundation launched the Precision Public Health initiative and rapidly expanded this data-driven public health approach to address the current Covid-19 pandemic in the US and abroad. Dr. Rao is also spearheading the Foundation’s efforts to use data to predict, prevent and quickly respond to future pandemics, including by facilitating greater global collaboration around genomic surveillance.
For decades, Dr. Rao has been a leader in equipping health care providers with the skills, tools, and technologies they need to succeed. He joined the Foundation after a 25-year career with Merck & Co., Inc., where he led Merck for Mothers, the company’s 10-year, $500 million initiative to reduce maternal mortality around the world. In this capacity, Dr. Rao was responsible for leveraging the company’s science and business expertise to accelerate progress in reaching the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and advancing the company’s mission to improve and save lives. Prior to leading Merck for Mothers, Dr. Rao was Head of Medical Affairs for Merck’s Asia-Pacific region and Managing Director of Merck’s subsidiary in India. Prior to joining Merck in 1993, he was the Associate Director of the Department of Medicine at Beekman-Downtown Hospital and practiced Internal Medicine in New York City for 10 years.
Dr. Rao is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Medic Mobile and represents The Rockefeller Foundation on the Private Foundation constituency of Global Fund ATM.
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3-D Conversation: Dr. Pascale Allotey
Join 3-D Commission Chair Dr. Sandro Galea and Dr. Pascale Allotey as they discuss the underlying forces that shape our health, the data that illuminate those forces, and the decisions that, when guided by data, can influence our collective health for the better. Following the discussion, all in attendance will be able to interact with and ask questions of the speakers. We hope this conversation will be the start of an informed and stimulating global engagement with these critical ideas. Closed captioning in multiple languages will be available. Registration is available here.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Grace Robbins.
Dr. Pascale Allotey
Director, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
Professor Pascale Allotey is the Director of the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, a position she has held since 2017. She is a nurse, midwife, and public health nurse with postgraduate training in public health, anthropology and epidemiology. Her research in global health covers health equity, health and human rights, gender and social determinants of health, migration, sexual and reproductive health, tropical diseases, and non-communicable diseases, and she has published extensively on these topics. She has worked in several countries in Africa and Southeast Asia and in Australia. She has pioneered methodological approaches for engaging communities in research and policy processes to ensure joint ownership and partnership in health and service delivery.
Her previous positions include Professor of Global Public Health, Deputy Head of School (Research and Development), and founding Associate Director of the South-East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University (Malaysia), Professor of Race, Diversity and Professional Practice at Brunel University London, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Women’s Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Applying data on determinants to make transportation decisions
This event, designed and moderated by 3-D Fellow Dr. Opeyemi Babajide, explored the transportation sector’s role in supporting health in urban environments, as well as the ways in which data on determinants of health like transportation can be leveraged to promote equitable decision-making and multisectoral collaboration. Featured speakers included:
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean, Boston University School of Public Health
Dr. Carlos Dora, President, International Society for Urban Health
Dr. Taibat Lawanson, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Lagos
Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-Founder & Director, BudgIT
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Intersectionality: A framework for health equity
This event, designed and moderated by 3-D Fellow Dr. Zahra Zeinali, explored the methodological applications of intersectionality in the study of the social determinants of health and the policy and decision implications of adopting this framework. Featured speakers included:
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean, Boston University School of Public Health
Prof. Lisa Bowleg, Professor of Applied Social Psychology, The George Washington University
Prof. Sarah Hawkes, Co-founder, Global Health 50/50
Dr. Kenneth Munge, ET Consultant Health Economist, The World Bank, Kenya
Dr. Geordan Shannon, Lecturer, UCL Institute for Global Health
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WHA event: “Investing for the future: Policies and programs to address the social determinants of health”
This event, hosted on the occasion of the 74th World Health Assembly, explored how country leaders can utilize COVID-19 response funding streams to support sustainable investments in the social determinants of health through cross-sectoral partnerships. Featured speakers included:
Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean, Boston University School of Public Health
Dr. Jennifer Layden, Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Science, keynote speaker
Dr. Md. Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Deputy Team Leader, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
Katie Dain, Chief Executive Officer, NCD Alliance
Dr. Tamu Davidson, Head of the Chronic Disease and Injury Department, Caribbean Public Health Agency
Dr. Eric Goosby, Former UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis; Member, Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
Niels Lund, Vice President for Global Prevention and Health Promotion, Novo Nordisk
Dr. Sheila Tlou, Co-Chair, Nursing Now Global Campaign; Co-Chair, Global HIV Prevention Coalition; Former Minister of Health, Botswana
Dr. Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Chairman, Rabin Martin, moderator
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Third Commission meeting
During the third meeting of the 3-D Commission, Commissioners reviewed and offered feedback on the final report, principles, and recommendations and discussed dissemination and application of the Commission’s insights.
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(Part 2) Antiracism as health policy: Race, COVID-19, and policy reform
Co-sponsored by the 3-D Commission, this was the second event of a three-part series examining the racial disparities in health brought vividly to public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. This event focused on linking research to policy. For more information, visit the event’s official page here.
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Policy roundtable: Africa
This first roundtable discussion brought together current and former decision-makers from the African region to discuss "Insights on the policy decision-making process: the role of health data and social determinants". Guests included Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Dr. David Wilson, Dr. Blessing Mberu, and Dr. Sheila Tlou.
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Fourth Decision-making Working Group meeting
The Decision-making Working Group convened for the fourth time to finalize drafts for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Fourth Data Working Group meeting
The Data Working Group convened for the fourth time to finalize drafts for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Fourth Determinants Working Group meeting
The Determinants Working Group convened for the fourth time to finalize drafts for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Second Commission meeting
During the second meeting of the 3-D Commission, Commissioners reviewed and offered feedback on the final report outline, verified the initial ideas for recommendations and principles stemming from the final report, and discussed dissemination.
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Third Determinants Working Group meeting
The Determinants Working Group convened for the third time to finalize outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Third Data Working Group meeting
The Data Working Group convened for the third time to finalize outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Third Decision-making Working Group meeting
The Decision-making Working Group convened for the third time to finalize outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.
![UNGA event: “The data pandemic: Making decisions with too much, not enough, and politicized data”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2ca08b9fdf240fb1abb55b/1610650966062-URCXQJ6RF3EFZSO1GF4F/GettyImages-1220002896.jpg)
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Second Data Working Group meeting
The Data Working Group convened for the second time to review outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Second Determinants Working Group meeting
The Determinants Working Group convened for the second time to review outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.
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Second Decision-making Working Group meeting
The Decision-making Working Group convened for the second time to review outlines for the conceptual and empirical papers.