Speakers

26 May 2024 - Opening event: Galvanizing political leadership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa

Board Member, Health-Care professionals, Academic and Research Institutions

H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa, Republic of South Africa

Chair, Global Leaders Network for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health

Hon. Dr. Samanta Lal Sen

Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

Hon. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

Minister of Health and Population, Malawi

Hon. Dr Austin Demby

Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone

Dr Guled Abdijalil Ali

Director General, Federal Ministry of Health of Somalia

Chris Elias

President, Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mirriam Phiri

Youth Delegate, UNICEF Zambia

Revati Phaley

Global Director Health and Nutrition, Save the Children International

Bruce Aylward, World Health Organization (WHO)

Board Member, WHO Assistant Director-General

Pernille Fenger,

Director, UNFPA Geneva Representation Office

Ted Chaiban, UNICEF

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations

Rajat Khosla

Executive Director

Email: khoslar@who.int

29 May 2024 - Invest in What Matters: Making the Case for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health and Well-Being

Joy Phumaphi

Former PMNCH Board Chair

Flavia Bustreo, Fondation Botnar

Former PMNCH ED | 2009 - 2011

Gavin Yamey

Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Investing in Health

Bruce Rassmussen

Director, Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies (VISES), Victoria University

Bruce Aylward, World Health Organization (WHO)

Board Member, WHO Assistant Director-General

Hon. Xavier Becerra

Secretary of Health of Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Sine Grude

Norwegian Youth Delegate on Health

Luc Laviolette, Global Financing Facility

Board Member, UN Agencies & Global Financing Mechanisms

Rajat Khosla

Executive Director

Email: khoslar@who.int