Saudi Conference on Health Economics & Financial Management
Dr. Andrea Feigl was invited to participate in The First Saudi Conference on Health Economics & Financial Management: Towards Sustainable Healthcare, organized by Al Faisal University.
As a panelist and guest speaker, Dr. Feigl shared knowledge about financial sustainability in global healthcare and discussed the status of healthcare finance and financial management in Saudi Arabia.
By addressing financial management, Dr. Feigl discussed how HFI works with a country and the knowledge partners, how united healthcare coverage financing factors into SDG2030, and the suggested ways how to move forward for the Saudi Arabia health system and financing.
World Cancer Congress
Four years after the last World Cancer Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2018, the 2022 World Cancer Congress (WCC) held in Geneva, Switzerland proved to be a successful event for HFI. This momentous event brought the most influential global health leaders together, setting forth post-pandemic public health designs to showcase best and new practices.
This hybrid event convened the NCD and cancer communities to share knowledge, discuss challenges, and identify opportunities on the fight against cancer at the local, national, regional, and international levels.
The WCC achieved the following aims in Geneva:
Facilitate useful and powerful connections amongst multisectoral leadership in cancer control
Deliver high-quality content that can make change happen and have a long-lasting impact
Equip changemakers with evidence and tools which will help accelerate progress in cancer control at all levels
Provide a global platform for stakeholders to launch new initiatives and/or make announcements which will strengthen global efforts in tackling cancer
HFI at Roche-Sponsored World Cancer Congress Event
Global leaders who are experts on health financing were brought together by Roche to generate a free-spoken conversation about innovative funding models, trends, opportunities, and case studies.
Building on the 2022 World Cancer Congress themes, Dr. Andrea Feigl joined three other panelists to share information on implementing innovative financing approaches, challenges, and what can be learned in implementation processes. As HFI continues to facilitate in global health spaces, Dr.Feigl included a discussion on how HFI plays a role in addressing cancer care, the financing gap in LMICs with nuance by MICs and LICs, and investment models that can be considered 'feasible’ in light of the profound economic shock that followed the pandemic.
Moderator:
Pablo Morales, Health Impact Leader, Healthcare Funding & Financing, Roche
Panel Speakers:
Dr. Andrea Feigl, Health Finance Institute
Dr. Olumide Okunola, World Bank/IFC
Cedrine Gisin, UBS Optimus Foundation
Mohit Misra, Founder & CEO of Mango Sciences
United Nations General Assembly Recap
The Health Finance Institute participated in a week full of activities in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77). As an organization, we are committed to building the global technical force needed to work against NCDs. Throughout the week, we built on existing partnerships and fostered new ones with policymakers and stakeholders who have made unwavering commitments to fighting NCDs by 2030.
HFI had representation at different events hosted throughout the week from the following:
CEO of HFI, Dr. Andrea Feigl
Global Health Economics Consultant, Tia Livingston
Technical Advisor, Geoffrey So
Senior Advisor, Kyle Peterson
Click on our video below to get a glimpse of HFI’s Recap of UNGA.
Podcast Launch 'What Am I Going to Do with All My Checked Boxes' with Dr. Andrea Feigl
Check out the podcast with Jodi Grinwald of Today is the Day Changemakers and where Dr.Feigl shares her experience on being a global change maker and what her extensive leadership experience has brought to the table.
The Future Investment Initiative is informally entitled the 'Davos of the Desert' and brings together global thoughts leaders and investors, such as Nobel Laureates, Ray Dalio, and global leaders in finance and investing. HFI participated on two days of the conference, forging connections in the carbon credit auction space - as HFI is developing new models as to how to incentivize investments in health.
Job Opening: Health Economics Lead
We are still seeking candidates for our senior role of Health Economics Lead. Please share with your networks!
This role will lead client-facing health economics projects and will be a key contributor to HFI’s work.
We are also continuing to recruit for a Senior Global Health Finance Associate and Senior Health Economics Advisor. All of these roles can be found on the Careers page of our website.
