In this talk, Professor Viterna will present findings from the study and discuss the maternal health consequences of abortion criminalization in cases of severe fetal anomaly, including implications for reproductive health policy in the United States.

This conversation will bring together Dr. Marie-Roseline Darnycka Belizaire, Emergency Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa, and Prof. Yap Boum II, Head of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division at Africa CDC, to examine how countries and partners coordinate during a fast-moving outbreak.

In this presentation, Dr. Azza Idris will discuss how insights from protective human monoclonal antibodies are informing the development of next-generation malaria vaccines, including approaches to designing immunogens that target conserved sites of vulnerability on P. falciparum.

In this presentation, Dr. Goodarz Danaei will discuss emerging approaches to cardiovascular risk prediction and prevention, including the use of causal inference methods and nationally representative data to develop more accurate risk models. He will explore the limitations of existing prediction tools, which often rely on outdated cohort studies or nonrepresentative electronic medical record data, and present new research aimed at improving population-level prevention strategies in the United States and globally.

This session examines the state of AI in global health through a central question: What structural challenges does global health face, which of those can AI realistically help address, under what conditions, and where does hype outpace the evidence?

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in health systems, how can we know whether these tools are delivering meaningful health benefits? AI tools can be updated and redeployed faster than the evidence validating them, raising the question of whether current evaluation frameworks are built for the speed of adoption. This session explores what rigorous impact assessments for AI tools should address.