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Health Equity Launches
at UNGA High-Level Week
Setting the Global Health Equity Agenda towards 2030
Hosted at the SDG Media Zone on September 21, 2023, during The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level week, the inaugural Health Equity Forum (HEF) brought together a curated group of passionate leaders from both the public and private sectors for this pioneering event, harnessing a special spirit of collaboration and a sense of urgency to address health disparities and advocate for better health outcomes for all.
Companies included in the inaugural session are engaged as part of the Steering Committee, forming a powerful brain trust to set priorities and shape the multi-year 2030 agenda, rallying attendees to champion health equity in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3: Good Health & Wellbeing and SDG 10: Reduce Inequalities.
Leading Voices on SDoH
Health Equity in Action: Public, Private Partnerships as a Driver for Health Equity
How activating the power of science, innovation, policy and solutions can help address SDOH and make a sustainable impact on health outcomes.
Gerald E Johnson II
Executive Vice President, Health Equity & Chief Diversity Officer, American Heart Association.
Neela Montgomery
Former President & EVP, CVS Pharmacy. Board Director, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Logitech and Squarespace.
Stephen Shaya, M.D.
Executive Servant Leader, J & B Medical
Mariana Atencio - Moderator
Television host, author, and motivational speaker. Former correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News.
Industry Change Makers: Redefining the Role of Pharma as a Catalyst for Health Equity
How the evolving role of industry manufacturers/ pharma companies and their research, commercial, and impact priorities are serving as a catalyst for health equity and better outcomes for all.
Carmen Villar
VP of Social Business Innovation, Merck.
Marion Brooks
VP and US Country Head, Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Novartis.
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Seema Kumar - Moderator
CEO, Cure. Former Global Head, Office of Innovation, Global Health and Scientific Engagement, Johnson & Johnson.
The Social Science of Clinical Science: Reimagining Care Delivery for Better Outcomes
Changing the paradigm of care delivery through interventions and patient care that integrates SDoH factors, access, and cultural competence to make an impact- beyond the treatment alone.
Juliet Nevins
MD - Medical Director, CVS/Aetna.
John Vu
Vice President, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente.
Mauricio Gonzalez - Moderator
MD Triple Board Certified Physician. Health advocate. Media personality and regular contributor to CNN, Telemundo, Televisa-Univision, and featured on Forbes, The Today Show, and InStyle, among others.
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