Inspiring Smart Choices: Better Communication for Addressing Public Health Challenges in a Post-2015 World |
| April 2019: The Center for Global Health and Development, Sarona, Gilead and AfricInvest co-hosted a high-level roundtable on the margins of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, dedicated to creating an action plan to catalyze private sector investment into African markets. This discussion features representatives from governments, development agencies, multi-lateral organizations, heads of investment firms and investment banks and select NGOs who came together to discuss a new way forward to create strategic partnerships with the private sector to catalyze sustainable financing of global development initiatives. | |
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Gerhard Pries QUESTION 1: Sarona was one of the first impact investors. Opening remarks including why Sarona decided to invest into emerging and frontier markets. QUESTION 2: From the private investor side, what is needed to begin to move the discussion from theory into action? |
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Ziad Oueslati Co-Founder and Managing Director, AfricInvest QUESTION: As one of the oldest impact investment firms in Africa, what is the investment landscape in Africa, and what needs to happen to increase investment? QUESTION 2: What is your view on how to guide the attendees towards a practical and action agenda moving forward? |
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Clifford Samuel Senior Vice-President, Access Operations and Emerging Markets, Gilead Science QUESTION: Gilead has catalyzed capital into healthcare in emerging markets. How do we unlock the necessary human capital to create access to healthcare? QUESTION 2: What do you see as concrete next steps to catalyze private investment into emerging markets? |
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Colin Buckley Chief Operating Officer, CDC Group QUESTION: Historically, how have development agencies catalyzed investment with private sector capital and moving forward, where do we go from here? |
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Dana Barsky Deputy Assistant Chief Operating Officer and Head of External Partnerships, Credit Suisse International QUESTION: Moving to the private sector, Credit Suisse has invested in education and other sectors. How do we get practical, that is, how can we engage the private sector in endeavors such as the education offering at USAID? |
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Julie Cram Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Education and Environment, USAID QUESTION 1: Practicality requires solutions. As USAID has prioritized engagement of the private sector, what steps need be taken to increase private sector engagement and investments to develop partnerships from a financial and social impact perspective? QUESTION 2: There is quite a bit of private equity interest in what USAID is doing in education especially providing educational opportunities to the lower Join Us Via Live Stream for the Following Sessions:Opening Keynote and Business Call To Action on the Health MDGs
(5/16 9am EST.) The MDGs, The Looming 2015 Deadline and The Pivotal Role of The Private Sector. The ambitious vision of the MDGs has guided much of the best and most innovative work of GBCHealth Member companies and the global organizations we work with. But the completion date of Dec 31, 2015 is fast approaching. GBCHealth's 2013 Conference will feature three major MDG blocks delving into child health (MDG 4), maternal health (MDG 5) and the three pandemics of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (MDG 6). In partnership with the MDG Health Alliance, we will highlight new initiatives to accelerate progress through the explicit engagement of the private sector. MDG leaders-including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN MDG Advocate Ray Chambers-will provide context and vision. A Best Buy For Global Health: Family Planning. Last year the world's population surpassed 7 billion people, and today, the largest number of people in human history are entering their reproductive years. Yet more than 220 million women and girls around the world lack access to quality contraception. This number has devastating implications - complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of death among young women in developing countries. With access to family planning information and services, we could cut these deaths by 1/3 and save over 3 million children's lives every year.
We know that access to contraception is a critical tool for women to determine their own and their families' future. We also know that it's fundamental to countries' ability to thrive economically, to be environmentally sustainable, and to achieve political stability. Decisions about where companies, governments and donors invest their development resources need to be based on impactful solutions, and mounting evidence points to family planning as one of the smartest choices we can make. In this session we will discuss new evidence on the return-on-investment of family planning, particularly when it comes to meeting the Millennium Development Goals; hear insights on how addressing the global unmet need for family planning can improve families' health, protect human rights, keep young women in school, and grow national economies; share recent progress made through new global calls to action such as FP2020; and highlight ways interested companies and other organizations can make a unique difference. MODERATOR Replenishment in The Global Fund's New Era: The Private Sector's Impact
(5/16, 3:30pm EST.) Hear from Global Fund leadership, donors and private sector partners on why support for the Global Fund is more important now than ever, and how the private sector can play a leading role in ensuring success. As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria prepares to launch its Fourth Replenishment cycle, it is turning to donor governments and the private sector to increase their support. The upcoming replenishment will be critical to ensuring the Fund has sufficient resources to achieve its ambitious goals of saving 10 million lives and preventing 140-180 million new infections by 2016. By scaling up investments now, the Global Fund can help turn the tide against the diseases and save millions in investments down the road. MODERATOR Cost-Saving Meets Life-Saving: How A New Innovative Financing Partnership Aims To Accelerate Progress Toward The MDGs
(5/17, 9am EST.) Through a new, cutting-edge agreement with Pledge Guarantee for Health, leading public and private sector partners are joining together in an innovative financing partnership to increase the value delivered by donor aid. Join leaders from USAID, Swedish SIDA and private sector partners as they discuss how their new value-for-money partnership can help accelerate progress towards key global health goals: child health (MDG 4), maternal health (MDG 5) and HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (MDG 6). MODERATOR The Center for Global Health and Diplomacy (GHD), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), PATH, Aeras, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and Johnson & Johnson will be hosting a roundtable discussion highlighting the importance of women's health and diplomacy as it pertains to issues of maternal health, HPV and TB. We will also discuss opportunities for greater service integration as we move forward to the post-2015 MDGs era. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS |
