HFI Summer Newsletter Insights: WB Health Forum, Sanofi Global Health Unit, and moreRead more about several recent events, the importance of maternal health and reproductive rights, & available roles at HFI
Health Finance Institute’s Response to Ruling on Roe v. Wade
Health Finance Institute supports the right of women to exercise their human rights. These rights include deciding on, without fear or restriction of freedom of speech, the number and spacing of their children, and access to information, education, and healthcare services. Health Finance Institute stands with other global organizations, such as UN Women, remaining steadfast in our determination to contribute to and support programs that ensure that the rights of women and girls are fully observed and enjoyed worldwide.
On July 4, Dr. Feigl spoke at Sanofi’s Global Health Unit in Paris on the necessity of Building Holistic and Resilient Health Systems to Manage Non-Communicable Diseases.
Health Finance Institute was center stage at the launch of Sanofi‘s Global Health Unit, joined by Anil Soni, Katie Dain, Gregory Rockson, Lenias Hwenda, Shashank Joshi, Dr. William Mapham, Ruchika Singhal, Edwina Ong, and Prof. Mamouna.
Panelists conveyed the importance of the unmet needs of healthcare and healthcare access for those with cardio metabolic conditions, diabetes, and cancer in LMICs around the world. Dr. Feigl addressed how institutions and governments need to invest in chronic care systems to tackle supply chain barriers to NCD medicines and products and understand the pipeline of cash flow in public and private sectors.
The CARISCA Supply Chain Research Summit on June 28 gathered expert researchers to discuss supply security challenges that affect NCD care and treatment, as well as lessons from success in other health areas. HFI CEO Andrea Feigl spoke on the panel titled Global noncommunicable diseases (NCD) supply security challenges: why they matter and applicable learnings from other areas of health. This educational conversation flowed to focus on how HFI gives insight into financing challenges for supply chains and how financing gaps affect supply security for NCD medicines and products.
Maternal Health in the US: Where We Stand Compared to Other Nations
After the recent proceedings of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, limiting abortion services across the country has now made sexual reproductive health a public health emergency. As a high-income country, maternal and reproductive health services have failed to become the priorities on various political agendas for years even with the economic benefits of having healthy populations.
The Nexus Global Summit, held in New York, was an exciting convening of philanthropists, impact investors, and social innovators from around the world. Social innovators like Lisa Dyson (Air Protein), Loliware’s CEO Chelsea Briganti, and leading figures like Chelsea Clinton were among the top key note speakers and discussants, inspiring the participants to keep asking the perennially important question of "what can I do to make the world a bit better today and tomorrow"?
HFI at the World Bank Annual Health Financing Forum
Health Finance Institute attended the World Bank 6th Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF) in Washington, DC. AHFF allowed experts to focus on the topic of Financing Primary Health Care: Opportunities at the Boundaries and approaches on mobilizing and pooling funds to pay for PHC.
We are excited to welcome Jeffrey L. Sturchio to HFI's Executive Board. Jeffrey is past Chairman and CEO at Rabin Martin, a global health strategy consulting firm, and former President and CEO of the Global Health Council. Before joining the Council in 2009, Dr. Sturchio was vice president of Corporate Responsibility at Merck & Co. Inc., and president of The Merck Company Foundation.
He is currently also chairman of the U.S. Corporate Council on Africa, chairman of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria, chairman of the BroadReach Institute for Training and Education, and a member of the boards of ACHAP and the Science History Institute. His most recent book is The Road to Universal Health Coverage: Innovation, Equity and the New Health Economy (edited with I. Kickbusch and L. Galambos, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019).
HFI and Health Wildcatters Accelerator – Applications Now Open
HFI and Health Wildcatters are partnering to bring the Health Wildcatters accelerator program to one mutually selected healthcare startup with an application in chronic disease management or treatment.
Since its inception in 2013, Health Wildcatters has grown its portfolio to 88 startups and has raised over $250 million, solidifying Health Wildcatters as one of the top healthcare accelerators in the country.
Applications are now open! Learn more about this exciting opportunity below.
HFI Rallies with Others to Institute Change in Davos, Geneva, and Beyond
In May, HFI was represented in Geneva and Davos, Switzerland during the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA). As multiple events were held in these locations, HFI was a prominent player at the World Heart Summit (WHS), World Economic Forum (WEF), Female Quotient Equality Lounge, Access to Oncology Medicines Coalition (ATOM) Coalition announcement, and an HFI hosted WHA side-event.
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