Health & Medicine - Lectures

The world faces an unprecedented range of humanitarian crises in more than two dozen countries resulting from armed conflict, natural disasters increasingly being accelerated and multiplied by climate change, and the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. On February 16, 2022, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss the organization’s work to improve health in communities around the world to survive, recover, and regain control of their futures. For more information on other videos in this series, please visit: •YIGHEvents YIGH launched the Global Health Conversation Series as a moderated forum for the Yale community and alumni to listen to and learn from some of today’s pivotal decision-makers in the world of global health and the COVID-19 pandemic. The series is generously supported by the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture Fund in International Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Cente

Started in 1946 to prevent malaria from spreading across the United States, the mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the CDC, its guidance, leaders and policies to the center of attention with daily news stories and everyday conversations among the general public. With more focus than ever on this government agency, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed three former CDC directors on March 16, 2022 to reflect on the work of the CDC including how the agency can evolve to keep pace with health challenges around the world and what it means to have the microscope of the public on their decisions. For more information on other videos in this series, please visit: •YIGHEvents YIGH launched the Global Health Conversation Series as a moderated forum for the Yale community and alumni to listen to and learn from some

Yale School of Nursing is honored to welcomeSten H. Vermund, MD, PhD as our speaker. As an infectious disease epidemiologist and pediatrician, Dr. Vermund serves as the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. His work has focused on diseases of resource-limited settings, and in 2020, he pivoted towards COVID-19 research and intervention.

Over 40 years ago smallpox was eradicated from the planet, representing the first time in history that an infectious disease was defeated. On May 4, 2022, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed Dr. Bill Foege, former Chief of the Smallpox Eradication Program and CDC Director, to reflect on his pivotal role in eradicating a disease that was estimated to have killed 300 million people in the 20th century, how this work fits into the larger context of key chapters in the history of global health, and what lessons we can learn to address COVID-19 and future pandemics. For more information on other videos in this series, please visit: •YIGHEvents YIGH launched the Global Health Conversation Series as a moderated forum for the Yale community and alumni to listen to and learn from some of today’s pivotal decision-makers in the world of global health and the COVID-19 pandemic. The series is generously supported by the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture Fund in International Studi

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the world's vulnerabilities to health and economic ruin from disease outbreaks. The pandemic has also revealed fundamental weaknesses and contradictions in global health. During this conversation, Dr. Olusoji Adeyi will discuss the roots of these weaknesses and contradictions; how geo-politics, power dynamics, knowledge gaps, racism, and corruption affect global health; and why foreign aid for health is due for a radical overhaul. Drawing on his 30 years of experience, Dr. Adeyi will outline his recommendations for a brighter future for global health.

The Arab region hosts close to 50% of all refugees and displaced populations in the world, suffers from multiple concurrent wars and violent conflicts and faces existential environmental and climate change threats. Lebanon is on the brink of state failure. Dr. Nuwayhid will put the current and future public health challenges in the Arab world, with a focus on Lebanon, in a historical and political context. Amid all this pain, he will also share stories of hope and resilience.

Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease first discovered in 1958 after outbreaks occurred in monkeys kept for research. It is a more benign version of smallpox that is endemic in parts of Central and West Africa. During this panel conversation, we will discuss what is monkeypox, how concerned we should be in the U.S. and around the world, and measures that state, national, and international organizations are taking to monitor and address this issue.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical need to better prepare for future pandemics and other biological threats. During this panel event, the central elements to an effective response were discussed, including building workforce and surveillance capacity; accelerating and expanding R&D and manufacturing for the equitable distribution of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics; and, establishing the global structures and institutions necessary to rapidly respond. The event was generously supported by the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture Fund in International Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale.

On October 24, 2022, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed Dr. Faisal Sultan, Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) of Pakistan on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination/Minister of Health to discuss the challenges of a pandemic response in a country with a federally devolved health system and the need to make real-time, data driven decisions. The conversation focused on how these challenges were overcome, including lessons for how to respond to future pandemics. For other videos in this series, please visit: •YIGHEvents YIGH launched the Global Health Conversation Series for the Yale and global health community to listen to and learn from some of today’s pivotal decision-makers in the world of global health. The series is generously supported by the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture Fund in International Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. To learn more about YIGH, please visit

Barkha Dutt's latest book, To Hell and Back: Humans of Covid, tells India’s pandemic story through the stories of the people she met while traveling across India, covering thousands of miles by road. In this event, Dutt spoke about her reporting journey and was joined in conversation by Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore of Inclusion Economics at Yale University, who shared insights from recent research on how the Covid-19 economic crisis impacted women's opportunities. The program included a Q&A with the audience. The event was hosted by Inclusion Economics at Yale University the South Asian Studies Council, and the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. Barkha Dutt is one of India’s foremost broadcast journalists. After two decades with the news channel NDTV, she founded Mojo Story, an independent digital media platform. A columnist for The Washington Post, she has received more than fifty national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian hono