Join HFI at the World Health Assembly, World Heart Summit, World Economic Forum, and much more.HFI proudly recaps recent successes, our new strategies, and exciting events ahead in May. Keep reading for more details!
Health Finance Institute and Health Wildcatters are partnering to bring the Health Wildcatters accelerator program to one mutually selected healthcare startup that has an application in chronic disease management or treatment applications. Priority will be given to applications targeting developing countries and/or underserved, low-income, or vulnerable communities.
Through this partnership, startups may apply for one position, underwritten by Health Finance Institute in partnership with Health Wildcatters. This selected startup will go through the Health Wildcatters program in the fall, but also enjoy the support of the Health Finance Institute's global and high-impact network of supporters.
In Case You Missed It: HFI's 2022 SKOLL World Ecosystem Event (Video Here)
On April 8, 2022, HFI hosted its first World Forum Event of 2022. We were honored to have such profound leaders join us to share their views on defining post-pandemic global health solidarity. The full recording is available for viewing, in addition to video highlights. Our panelists shared their perspectives and visions of an actionable path forward in fostering solidarity and accountability in global health equity. These panelists included:
Right Honourable Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, former Co-Chair, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response, former Administrator of UNDP,
Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to WHO Director-General
Honorable Seth Terkper, Former Minister for Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana & Advisor and Senior Consultant, African Development Institute (ADI)
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva
Dr. Andrea Feigl, CEO & Founder, Health Finance Institute
HFI CEO Andrea Feigl joined Season 2, Episode 10 of the Just for a Change podcast, powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The episode is entitled “The Role of Women in the Health Investment Space” and also included guest speaker Dr. Mara Airoldi, Academic Director of the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) at the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford.
HFI is honored to welcome Dr. W. Douglas Evans to its Executive Board. Dr. Evans is a Professor of Prevention and Community Health & Global Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters on health education, communication, and social marketing behavior change interventions. Specifically, Dr. Evans’ work focuses on the translation of marketing strategies, including health branding and digital technologies, into intervention strategies to promote the adoption of health behaviors and avoidance of health risk behaviors, both in the United States and in LMIC worldwide.
The World Health Organization will be hosting the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on 22-28 May. HFI will be in attendance in Switzerland at the Assembly so please feel free to let HFI know if you will attend. Click on the link to learn more about the Assembly agenda.
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