R4D President and CEO Gina Lagomarsino presented at Harvard’s Global Development Conference as part of a panel discussion on “Global Health: Universal Access to Care.”
From the event program: “UHC” or Universal Health Coverage has garnered a lot of interests from the global health community in past decade. The WHO defines UHC as the condition in which“all people and communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.” In some countries, the dream of UHC has converted into a reality, and in others are still in the design or implementation stage. In this panel, we will discuss the right to healthcare, and what is necessary to ensure it. Furthermore, we will debate how emerging challenges, such as new diseases and pandemics (e.g., Zika, ebola, AMR, global security) make the goal of UHC even more complex and demanding.
Panelists:
- Gina Lagomarsino, Co-Founder and CEO of Results for Development
- Michelle Morse, Co-Founder and Co-Director of EqualHealth
- Sujata Saunik (India experience), Principal Secretary at Public Health Department, Government of Maharashtra, India, Takemi Fellow at Harvard School of Public Health (India experience)
- Tuba Agartan (Turkey experience), Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management (Providence College), Takemi Fellow in International Health at Harvard School of Public Health
- Peter Berman, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Systems and Economics (Harvard School of Public Health), Co-Author of Getting Health Reform Right. Professor will most likely serve as a Moderator.
