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Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar

Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar

Minister of Health and Population of the Arab Republic I Egypt

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Sara Ibrahim Abdelgalil

Sara Ibrahim Abdelgalil

The Academy of Medical Education during Conflicts (AMEC)
CEO
United Kingdom

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Javid Abdelmoneim

Javid Abdelmoneim

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
International President
Switzerland

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Niveen Abu-Rmeileh

Niveen Abu-Rmeileh

Birzeit University
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Palestine

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Ibrahim Abubakar

Ibrahim Abubakar

University College London
Vice-Provost for Health
United Kingdom

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Anurag Agrawal

Anurag Agrawal

Ashoka University
Dean of the Trivedi School of Biosciences
India

Koita Center for Digital Health
Head

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Maria Pilar Aguar Fernandez

Maria Pilar Aguar Fernandez

European Commission
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Director « People: Health and Society »

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Ximena Aguilera

Ximena Aguilera

Diego Portales University (UDP)
School of Medicine
Director of the Health Observatory
Chile

Former Minister of Health
Chile

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Jamal Ahmed

Jamal Ahmed

World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
Director for Polio Eradication and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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Babatunde Aiyelabola

Babatunde Aiyelabola

Public Services International (PSI)
Health & Social Services Officer
France

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Kwabena Mintah Akandoh

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh

Minister of Health
Ghana

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Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari

Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari

World Health Organization (WHO)
Prospective Candidate for Director-General

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Reem Alabali Radovan

Reem Alabali Radovan

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Minister
Germany

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Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro

Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Director General
United Kingdom

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Nurudeen Alhassan

Nurudeen Alhassan

African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)
Senior Research and Policy Analyst - Acting Theme Lead, Environment and Climate Change
Malawi

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Domenico Alvaro

Domenico Alvaro

Sapienza University of Rome
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Dean
Italy

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Niels Annen

Niels Annen

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
State Secretary
Germany

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Marie Antignac

Marie Antignac

Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
In-Hospital Pharmacy
Head of Department
France

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Anamaria Aranha Camargo

Anamaria Aranha Camargo

Hospital Sírio-Libanês
Scientist and Research Manager
Brazil

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Evangelina Araújo

Evangelina Araújo

Instituto Ar
CEO & Founder
Brazil

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Javier Arcos

Javier Arcos

Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
General Manager
Spain

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James Avoka Asamani

James Avoka Asamani

World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for Africa
Health Workforce (HWF) Team Lead

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Inger Ashing

Inger Ashing

Save the Children International
CEO
United Kingdom

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Garry Aslanyan

Garry Aslanyan

World Health Organization (WHO)
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
Manager, Partnerships and Global Engagement

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Hanan Balkhy

Hanan Balkhy

World Health Organization (WHO)
Prospective Candidate for Director-General

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Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Director

World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director for the Americas
United States of America

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Priya Basu

Priya Basu

The Pandemic Fund
Executive Head
United States of America

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Philipp Beckhove

Philipp Beckhove

Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT)
Director
Germany

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Abebe Bekele

Abebe Bekele

University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)
Academic Affairs and Research
Deputy Vice Chancellor
Rwanda

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Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire

Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire

World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for Africa
Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response

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Carolyn Bennett

Carolyn Bennett

Ambassador of Canada to Denmark
Canada

Former Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations & Mental Health and Addictions
Canada

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Katri Bertram

Katri Bertram

Doctors of the World
Director
Germany

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Peter Beyer

Peter Beyer

Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP)
Deputy Executive Director
Switzerland

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Monica Bharel

Monica Bharel

Google
Global Clinical Lead of Public Health and Public Sector Health
United States of America

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Tisha Boatman

Tisha Boatman

Siemens Healthineers AG
External Affairs and Healthcare Access
Executive Vice President
Germany

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Amy Booth

Amy Booth

Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Research Fellow
United Kingdom

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Hiba Boujnah

Hiba Boujnah

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM)
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre
Germany

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Winnie Byanyima

Winnie Byanyima

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Executive Director

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Maurice Cabanis

Maurice Cabanis

Clinic Stuttgart
Centre for Mental Health, Addiction Medicine and Addictive Behavior
Director
Germany

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Vivian Camacho

Vivian Camacho

Indigenous Health Leader
Bolivia

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Gunilla Carlsson

Gunilla Carlsson

Partnership for International Politics and Diplomacy for Health
Program Co-Director
Sweden

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Erika Castellanos

Erika Castellanos

GATE – Global Action for Trans Equality
Executive Director
Netherlands

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José Luis Castro

José Luis Castro

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO Director General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases

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Kalipso Chalkidou

Kalipso Chalkidou

World Health Organization (WHO)
Director of Health Financing and Economics

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Jagan Chapagain

Jagan Chapagain

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
CEO and Secretary General
Switzerland

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Lourino Alberto Chemane

Lourino Alberto Chemane

National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC)
Chairman of the Board
Mozambique

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Maria Paola Chiesi

Maria Paola Chiesi

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A
Vice Chair
Italy

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Emi Chutaro

Emi Chutaro

Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA)
Executive Director
United States of America

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Alarcos Cieza

Alarcos Cieza

World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of NCDs and Mental Health
Management of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
Unit Head

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Helen Clark

Helen Clark

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Chair of the Board

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José Luis Cobos Serrano

José Luis Cobos Serrano

International Council of Nurses (ICN)
President

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Francesca Colombo

Francesca Colombo

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Head of the Health Division

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Oliver Conz

Oliver Conz

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)
Director-General for Nature Conservation, Sustainable Use of Nature, and Natural Climate Solutions
Germany

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Jahidul Kabir

Jahidul Kabir

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Deputy Chief Conservator
Bangladesh

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Beate Kampmann

Beate Kampmann

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité Center for Global Health (CCGH)
Director
Germany

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Natalia Kanem

Natalia Kanem

Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health
Co-Chair
United Kingdom

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Former Executive Director
United States of America

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Jean Kaseya

Jean Kaseya

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Director General

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Diene Keita

Diene Keita

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Executive Director

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Miles Kemplay

Miles Kemplay

Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Executive Director, SRHR
United Kingdom

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Merette Khalil

Merette Khalil

YourEgyptianDoula and Women in Global Health Egypt
Founder
Egypt

Gender and Health Systems Thematic Working Group (TWG) for Health Systems Global
Founder and Co-Host
Egypt

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Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Center for Humane Technology (CHT)
Project Director, Psychological Evaluations of AI
United States of America

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Rubayat Khan

Rubayat Khan

Endless
Director of Health Programs
United States of America

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Minnie Kibore

Minnie Kibore

Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition
Senior Manager
United Kingdom

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Ilona Kickbusch

Ilona Kickbusch

Global Health Center
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Founding Director
Switzerland

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Georg Kippels

Georg Kippels

Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Parliamentary State Secretary
Germany

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Sabine Kleinert

Sabine Kleinert

The Lancet
Deputy Editor
United Kingdom

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Hans Kluge

Hans Kluge

World Health Organization (WHO)
Prospective Candidate for Director-General

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Bärbel Kofler

Bärbel Kofler

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Parliamentary State Secretary
Germany

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Carsten Köhler

Carsten Köhler

University Hospital Tübingen
Center of Excellence of Tropical Medicine, Institute for Tropical Medicine
Tropical Disease Specialist and Director
Germany

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Akhila Kosaraju

Akhila Kosaraju

Phare Bio
CEO & Co-Founder
United States of America

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Markus Kosch

Markus Kosch

Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Head of Oncology Europe and Canada
Germany

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Frederik Kristensen

Frederik Kristensen

Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative (RVMC)
Managing Director
Norway

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Ralf Kuhlen

Ralf Kuhlen

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Chief Medical Officer
Germany

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Asha S. Kumar

Asha S. Kumar

State Institute of Medical Education and Technology (SI-MET)
Director
India

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Catherine Kyobutungi

Catherine Kyobutungi

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Executive Director
Kenya

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Alain Labrique

Alain Labrique

World Health Organization (WHO)
Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI Department
Director-General

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Stefan Lampl

Stefan Lampl

European External Action Service (EEAS)
EU Military Staff
Director for Logistics
Belgium

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Thainá Landim de Barros

Thainá Landim de Barros

FOUR PAWS
Science/Research Senior Specialist
Austria

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Margrieta Langins

Margrieta Langins

World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for Europe
Nursing and Midwifery Policy Advisor

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Heidi Larson

Heidi Larson

Global Listening Project
Co-Founder and Chair of the Board

The Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP)
Founder and Director
United Kingdom

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Eicke Latz

Eicke Latz

German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
Scientific Director
Germany

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Luc Laviolette

Luc Laviolette

Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF)
Head of Secretariat
United States of America

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Ephrem Tekle Lemango

Ephrem Tekle Lemango

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) I Associate Director, Health, and Chief of Immunization

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Gabriel Leung

Gabriel Leung

Institute of Philanthropy (IoP)
Director
Hong Kong SAR, China

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Sharon Lewin

Sharon Lewin

Doherty Institute
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Director
Australia

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Anna Liakopoulou

Anna Liakopoulou

International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
Vice-President for External Affairs
Greece

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Viktor Liashko

Viktor Liashko

Minister of Health
Ukraine

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Carsten Linnemann

Carsten Linnemann

Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Federal Minister
Germany

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Natalia Linou

Natalia Linou

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS)
Global Health Policy Lead, Prosperity and Wellbeing Hub

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Guo En  Liu

Guo En Liu

Peking University
Institute for Global Health and Development
Dean
China

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Frank Louwen

Frank Louwen

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
President
United Kingdom

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Manjula M. Luthria

Manjula M. Luthria

The World Bank
Social Protection Labor and Jobs Global Practice
Senior Economist

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Julius Julian Lutwama

Julius Julian Lutwama

Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)
Assistant Director
Uganda

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Laura Maaß

Laura Maaß

Univerity of Bremen
Health, Long-Term Care and Pensions
Researcher
Germany

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John Dramani Mahama

John Dramani Mahama

President
Republic of Ghana

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Marc-Alexander Mahl

Marc-Alexander Mahl

Fresenius Kabi AG
President Pharma, Nutrition and Sustainability
Germany

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Serah Makka

Serah Makka

ONE Campaign
Executive Director, Africa
Nigeria

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Wessam Abdelazeem Sadek Mankoula

Wessam Abdelazeem Sadek Mankoula

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Acting Director, Center of Public Health Emergency & Lead, Continental IMST for Ebola Response
Ethiopia

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Rosemary W. Mburu

Rosemary W. Mburu

WACI Health
Executive Director
Kenya

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Justin McBeath

Justin McBeath

Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC)
CEO
United Kingdom

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Ren Minghui

Ren Minghui

Peking University
Professor at the School of Public Health
Director of the Institute for Global Health
China

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Tlaleng Mofokeng

Tlaleng Mofokeng

The Lancet
Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health
Commission Chair
United States of America

Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

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Brigitte Mohn

Brigitte Mohn

Bertelsmann Stiftung
Chairwomen of the Executive Board
Germany

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Nathalie Moll

Nathalie Moll

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Director-General
Belgium

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Bernd Montag

Bernd Montag

Siemens Healthineers AG
CEO
Germany

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Mario Monti

Mario Monti

Government of Italy
Former Prime Minister
Italy

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Dirk Mueller

Dirk Mueller

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Senior Health Adviser
United Kingdom

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Nigina Muntean

Nigina Muntean

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Chief of Staff

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Mary Muthoni Muriuki

Mary Muthoni Muriuki

Ministry of Health
Public Health and Professional Standards
Principal Secretary
Kenya

African Permanent and Principal Secretaries for Health
Chair
Kenya

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Fionnuala Murphy

Fionnuala Murphy

Frontline AIDS
Head of Global Advocacy
United Kingdom

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Christopher Murray

Christopher Murray

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Director
United States of America

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Nujeen Mustafa

Nujeen Mustafa

Disability and Refugee Rights Advocate
Syria

World Health Summit
Council Member

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Miriam Mutebi

Miriam Mutebi

African Organisation for Research & Training in Cancer (AORTIC)
Consultant Breast Surgical Oncology

UICC
Board of Directors
Kenya

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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale
Director General
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Virchow Prize Laureate

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Budi Gunadi Sadikin

Budi Gunadi Sadikin

Minister of Health
Indonesia

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Sohel Saikat

Sohel Saikat

World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary Health Care
Senior Advisor

Health Systems Resilience & Essential Public Health Functions (EPHFs)
Lead

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Shadi  Saleh

Shadi Saleh

American University of Beirut (AUB)
Global Health Institute
Founding Director
Lebanon

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Gina Samaan

Gina Samaan

World Health Organization (WHO)
Western Pacific Regional Office
Health Emergencies Programme
Regional Emergency Director

World Health Organization (WHO)
Western Pacific Regional Office
Division of Health Security and Emergencies
Director

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Peter Sands

Peter Sands

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria
Executive Director
Switzerland

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Somphou Sayasone

Somphou Sayasone

Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute
Deputy Director General
Laos

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Bernhard  Schwartlaender

Bernhard Schwartlaender

Peking University Institute for Global Health and Development I Co-chair of the Governing Board and Distinguished Chair Professor of Planetary Health I China

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Soleine Scotney

Soleine Scotney

Financing Alliance for Health
Co-CEO
Kenya

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Brittany Seymour

Brittany Seymour

Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM)
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
United States of America

National Spokesperson of the American Dental Association

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Tom Shakespeare

Tom Shakespeare

The Lancet Commission on Disability and Health
Co-Chair
United Kingdom

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Angela Shippy

Angela Shippy

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Senior Physician Executive and Clinical Innovation Lead
United States of America

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Izukanji Sikazwe

Izukanji Sikazwe

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Head of HIV
Switzerland

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Tobias Silberzahn

Tobias Silberzahn

Bertelsmann Stiftung
BSt Gesundheit gGmbH
Senior Fellow
Germany

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Frédéric Singa

Frédéric Singa

World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
Wildlife Veterinarian
Central African Republic

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Oluwapelumi Solagbade

Oluwapelumi Solagbade

Digital Transformations for Health Lab (DTH-Lab)
Research Fellow
Nigeria

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Sabena Solomon

Sabena Solomon

GSK
VP & Head of Global Health Access
United Kingdom

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Mirjana Spasojevic Egger

Mirjana Spasojevic Egger

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
President

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Sabine Specht

Sabine Specht

Bayer AG
Global Clinical Program Excellence Lead
Germany

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Melvin Spigelman

Melvin Spigelman

TB Alliance
President and CEO
United States of America

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Kallaya Sritunyalucksana-Dangtip

Kallaya Sritunyalucksana-Dangtip

National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
Director of Integrative Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group
Thailand

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Tom Standage

Tom Standage

The Economist
Deputy Editor
United Kingdom

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Amie Steel

Amie Steel

Southern Cross University (SCU)
National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Professor
Australia

Research Consortium in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM)
Co-Director
Australia

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Christine Stegling

Christine Stegling

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Director of Management and Partnerships

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Dianne Stewart

Dianne Stewart

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
External Relations and Communications Division
Deputy Director
Switzerland

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Camilla Stoltenberg

Camilla Stoltenberg

NORCE Research AS
CEO
Norway

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Hendrik Streeck

Hendrik Streeck

Federal Ministry of Health of Germany (BMG)
Commissioner of Addiction and Drug Policy
Germany

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Iin Susanti

Iin Susanti

Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN)
Chair of the Board
Indonesia

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Elhadj As Sy

Elhadj As Sy

Kofi Annan Foundation
Chair of the Board
Switzerland

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