Bay Area Global Health Alliance 2022 Annual Meeting | May 16, 2022

About the event

Global health professionals from academia, NGOs, tech, biotech and other private sector partners gathered for the Alliance’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 16, at UCSF. Amy Lin, acting director of USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact, discussed the future of the global health sector in a fireside chat moderated by PHI president and BAGHA board chair Mary Pittman. Lin explored where the sector is headed in light of the decolonization movement, pandemic/post-pandemic preparedness and recovery, climate change, and the current geopolitical situation.

Their conversation was followed by a series of flash talks on the state of global health financing and investments from representatives from the Hewlett Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. The meeting concluded with highlights on the state of the Alliance and key partnerships.

WATCH THE RECORDING:

SPEAKERS:

Amy Lin – Acting Director, USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact

Dana Hovig – Director of the Gender Equity and Governance team, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Shannon Larsen – Senior Program Officer, Development Policy and Finance at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Oliver Rothschild – Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

MODERATORS:

Mary Pittman – President and CEO, Public Health Institute, BAGHA Board Chair

Neha Agarwal – Global Program Co-Lead, Diagnostics, PATH, BAGHA Board Co-Vice Chair