This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
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This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on African health leadership
UNGA Decoded
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Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma on African health leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed stark inequalities in the global health architecture. As the virus spread, a handful of mostly wealthy countries proved to have the money, the private sector relationships, and the power to be first in line for vaccines, treatments and supplies — and global health institutions struggled to even the playing field. Health leaders on the African continent have taken that lesson to heart, and one institution at the forefront of a new vision for African health security is the Africa Centers for Disease Control. Raj Kumar, editor in chief of Devex, spoke to Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, second in command at Africa CDC, about how the continent’s quest for greater self-reliance is unfolding — and what a more regional approach to preparing for pandemics might look like.
UNGA Decoded
This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
