On April 2, the Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Conversation on Progress webcast and live Q&A will be broadcast from Institut Pasteur in Paris from 18:00 - 19:30 Central European Summer Time/12:00 - 13:30 Eastern Standard Time.
The webcast will feature a conversation with some of the world’s leading voices on NTDs, including:
· Opening Remarks by:
o French Minister of Social Affairs & Health Hon. Marisol Touraine
o Institut Pasteur President Dr. Christian Bréchot
· Panel Discussion moderated by Institute for Sustainable Development & International Relations Director Dr. Laurence Tubiana with:
o Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
o Jamie Cooper-Hohn, Chair, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
o Dr. Tim Evans, World Bank Director of Health, Nutrition and Population
o Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
o Dr. Onésime Ndayishimiye, National Director, Neglected Tropical Disease & Blindness Control Program, Ministry of Health, Burundi
o Chris Viehbacher, CEO, Sanofi
Panelists will address progress and challenges in the effort to control and eliminate 10 NTDs by 2020, with an overarching theme of how the unique alliance of pharmaceutical companies, development agencies, endemic countries, research organizations and private foundations has driven progress forward since the launch of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases in 2012.
The live webcast of this event and archived video of the London Declaration will be available on the Uniting to Combat NTDs website.
You can also see the webcast here.
