RECORDING: Aging in Place: The Care Challenge
In this talk, Professor Ann Forsyth explores how the built environment can support older adults who wish to remain in their homes and communities as they age.
RECORDING: Financing Global Health’s Future: Beyond the Budget Cuts
Amid deep cuts to U.S. and global health funding, Dr. Vanessa Kerry and Professor Jayati Ghosh examine the urgent need to rethink how global health is financed. They explore alternative models that prioritize sustainability, equity, and local ownership, offering a compelling vision for a more resilient global health future.
Featuring:
- Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health; Co-founder and CEO, SEED Global Health
- Jayati Ghosh, PhD, MPhil, MA, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Moderator: Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Faculty Director, Harvard Global Health Institute
Key Points
- Overview of current health financing landscape and impact of funding cuts
- Fragility of donor-driven models and opportunities for reform
- Global public goods and the case for collective action
- Public sentiment, media narratives, and leadership accountability
- Financing mechanisms: global compacts, public investment, debt restructuring
- Effective strategies from SEED Global Health and WHO
- Role of pharmaceutical companies in advancing global health
- Power dynamics, reform advocacy, and localized systems
Related Materials
- Research Finds More Than 1.4 Million Preventable Deaths by 2030 If USAID Defunding Persists | UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- Nations Approve WHO Membership Fee Increase as US Exit Squeezes Budget | Health Policy Watch
- Tedros Urges Countries to Support Modest Budget, Which Still Has $1.7M Gap | Health Policy Watch
- Our Impact – SEED Global Health | SEED Global Health
- Press Release: Jubilee Comission to Address Debt and Development Crises | Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
- 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) | Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation
- The Untapped Potential of Health Taxes | Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
- Rwanda’s health-care transformation: a case study for war-torn countries | The Lancet, Commission on Global Health Security
- Why and How Economics Must Change | IMF Finance & Development Magazine | Jayati Ghosh
- The New Multilateralism: Promoting Equity and Global South Agency | Global Policy Journal
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