Every year, the Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) brings together inspiring speakers to motivate, advocate, and share knowledge around critical topics in global health. CSIH, along with partners HealthNexus and the Alliance for Health Promotion, are pleased to announce the following line-up for CCGH 2020.
Opening Plenary:
Honorable Karina Gould
Minister of International Development, Government of Canada
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Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute
UN Messenger of Peace
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Dr. Rohit Ramchandani
CEO, Antara Global Health Advisors
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health Innovation, University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems
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Innovating for Health: Funder perspectives
Tammy Clifford
Vice-President of Research Programs, CIHR
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Dr. Moredreck Chibi
Regional Innovation Adviser, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
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Montasser Kamal
Program Leader, Maternal and Child Health team, International Development Research Centre
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Jean-Bernard Parenteau
Director General, Canadian Partnerships for Health and Social Development, Global Affairs Canada
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Dr. Karlee Silver
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Grand Challenges Canada
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Changing Politics Plenary:
Dr. Shannon McDonald
Acting Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority British Columbia
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Dr. Maria Neira
Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization
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Dr. Martin McKee
Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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André Picard
Health columnist, The Globe and Mail
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Changing Environment Plenary:
Dr. Musonda Mumba
Chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit, UN Environment
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Onno Ruhl
General Manager, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat
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Antonella Risso
International Climate Technical and Research Manager, Health Care Without Harm
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Dr. Renzo Guinto
Chief Planetary Doctor of PH Lab
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Gairdner Global Health Panel: Reading Signposts: Sustainable Development Goals & Global Health through the Pandemic Lens
Featuring:
Quarraisha & Salim Abdool Karim, 2020 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureates, CAPRISA
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Co-Director, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children
Tony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 2016 JDCGGHA Laureate
Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
Peter Piot, Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2015 JDCGGHA Laureate
10th Global Forum on Health Promotion
Dr. Rüdiger Krech
Director of the Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization
Mihály Kökény
Former Minister of Health, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Ilona Kickbusch
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Closing Plenary: Ensuring the future of Global Health: A tribute to Nursing and Midwives
Dr. Zeenat Sulaiman-Khan
Director of Projects and Clinical Programmes Development, Aga Khan Health Service(AKHS) East Africa; Adjunct Professor: Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery Tanzania
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Nathalie Pambrun
President, Canadian Association of Midwives
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Sarah Walji
Registered Nurse, Halton Healthcare, Nursing Now Young Nurse Board Member
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