Building Health Workforce Resilience: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Climate and Health Crises

Pandemics, climate change, chronic disease and conflict have pushed health systems to the breaking point, and the health workforce is constantly under pressure to respond to multiple health crises simultaneously. All cadres of health workers – nurses, community health workers, physicians, pharmacists and others – are needed to effectively address the changing needs of patients from the health facility to the last mile. If health workers are the backbone of the health system, then to build health systems that are better prepared for crises requires a robust, more resilient health workforce.

Join us on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to hear perspectives from health workers, NGOs, governments, donors and multilateral partners to examine how to build a resilient, multidisciplinary health workforce that is better prepared and more able to respond to the stressors to the health systems.

Special Guest: Dr. Vanessa Kerry, Co-Founder and CEO, Seed Global Health, Special Envoy Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Bassim Birkland, Seed Global Health Country Director, Zambia
• Rachel Deussom, Health Practice Senior Director, Chemonics International
• Tina Flores, Director, Frontline Health Workers Coalition, IntraHealth International
• Dr. Mariia Kholostenko, Medical Coordinator, Project HOPE Ukraine
• Crystal Lander, Executive Vice President, Pathfinder International
• Alice Lin Fabiano, Global Head, Social Impact & Partnerships, Global Health Equity,
  Johnson & Johnson
• Aparajita Ramakrishnan, Director, Family Planning, Gates Foundation
• Ritu Sharma, Vice President, U.S. Programs and Policy Advocacy, CARE USA
• Erin Stieber, Chief Programs Officer, Smile Train

This is a hybrid event. Because of space limitations, in person attendance to this event in New York is by invitation.