Utrecht University: Sustainability, Health & Innovation

Fatema will participate in a series of digital guest lectures about challenges for the development and distribution of medicines in resource-restricted settings. The goal of Sustainability, Health & Innovation (SHI) is to teach students about issues related to the development and distribution of medical interventions for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). 

In her virtual lecture, Fatema will discuss a number of topics, including:

• Challenges for developing medicines in LMICs and directions for solutions

• The work of the Access to Medicine Foundation, in particular the rationale for the Access to Medicine Index and the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark

• A case study on tuberculosis 

• Insights on the development and accessibility of prospective COVID-19 interventions in LMICs.

Other guest speakers from the following organisations will also join the lecture:

• KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation

• Lygature

• Phasuma

• Vereniging Innovatieve Geneesmiddelen (VIG)

• Ministerie VWS

• WEMOS