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15 November 2022
Jayasree K. Iyer joins MedAccess panel discussion on global health and equitable access
Access to Medicine Foundation CEO Jayasree K. Iyer will join a panel of experts to discuss global health and ensuring equitable access to vaccines and medicines.
Date
29 November 2022
Date
29 November
Time
18:00 to 20:00 GMT
Location
London, England
Format
In-person
You can watch the full recording of the panel discussion here.
About the eventÂ
MedAccess, a social finance company, will be hosting an event to commemorate its 5th anniversary. The event will bring together public health experts, policy-makers, parliamentarians and journalists to both celebrate the work of MedAccess and discuss global health priorities.
Panel discussion
Jayasree will speak at the MedAccess event as a panelist on the topic, ‘Global Health in Volatile Times: Ensuring equitable access to vaccines and medicines’.
The discussion will be chaired by Dr Helen Rees, Professor and Executive Director of Wits RHI. Other panelists include:
Dr Ebere Okereke – Senior Technical Adviser, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Seth Berkley - CEO of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Jayasree will draw on insights from the recently-published 2022 Access to Medicine Index, which was launched on 15 November.