Esperanza Cabral Keywords SECURE ADB Health public health Read more about Esperanza Cabral Dr. Cabral served as Secretary of the Department of Health in the Philippines. Before her appointment as Secretary of Health, she was previously the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Dr. Cabral, a cardiologist, and clinical pharmacologist graduated from medical school at the University of the Philippines. She extended her medical and pharmacological training at the U.P. Philippine General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Joslin Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jemilah Mahmood Keywords SECURE Health public health ADB Read more about Jemilah Mahmood Prof. Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood is the Executive Director, Sunway Center for Planetary Health, Sunway University, Malaysia.
Glenn Roy Paraso Keywords SECURE public health COVID-19 Read more about Glenn Roy Paraso Dr. Glenn Paraso is the Executive Director and CEO, Mary Johnston Hospital, Philippines.
Vegard Skirbekk Keywords aging public health Health and worker productivity Read more about Vegard Skirbekk Vegard Skirbekk is a Professor of Population and Family Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and a Professor at Columbia University’s Columbia Aging Center. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health, and worker productivity in countries undergoing demographic change globally.
Lavanya Vijayasingham Keywords global health public health Health gender and health policy programming Read more about Lavanya Vijayasingham Dr. Lavanya Vijayasingham is an interdisciplinary global health research professional from Malaysia. She’s just completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, where she worked on gender and health policy, programming, and research- including on the integration of sex and gender factors in COVID-19 R&D, regulation and monitoring, and in national vaccine deployment programs.
Kenneth Hartigan-Go Keywords internist-toxicologist vaccination Health public health Read more about Kenneth Hartigan-Go Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go is a medical graduate of UPCM class 1985, an internist-toxicologist by training, and served previously at the UPCM Department of Pharmacology as a professor and in the DOH and FDA as Undersecretary and Director-General respectively. He is a fellow of the PCP, PSECP, PSCOT, FICD, FACP, FRCP Ed, and an honorary fellow of the Singapore Academy of Medicine and Singapore College of Physicians. He was the founding executive director of the Zuellig Foundation for 9 years.
Jean Munro Keywords gender-responsive transformative immunization public health Health vaccination Read more about Jean Munro Jean Munro is the Senior Manager for Gender Equality with Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance. She supports Gavi in implementing its revised gender policy, ensuring gender equality is mainstreamed in Gavi programs, and supporting countries to develop gender-responsive and transformative immunization initiatives. Jean has over 20 years of experience working in the area of gender equality, inclusion, and women’s rights across numerous sectors. She has enjoyed living and working in Malawi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Vietnam with CSOs, the UN, and the Canadian government. She holds
Beverly Lorraine Ho Keywords Health vaccination DOH public health universal health Read more about Beverly Lorraine Ho Beverly Lorraine Ho is the concurrent Director of the Health Promotion Bureau and Disease Prevention and Control Bureau at the Department of Health - Philippines. As HPB Director, she leads risk communication and community engagement, and demand generation for COVID-19 vaccines. As DPCB Director, she leads the primary care integration of various health programs.
Monica Nolan Keywords public health Health wastewater surveillance wastewater water COVID-19 ADB Pacific WASH Read more about Monica Nolan Dr. Monica Nolan (MBBS, MPH, EIS ’99) grew up in Victoria, obtained her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked in Victoria and the Northern Territory in Australia. While serving remote indigenous communities in Arnhem Land she saw the need to address structural determinants of poor health and wellbeing and was inspired to change curse and pursue a public heath career.
Restarting Economies and COVID-19 Control: Letting Loose Without Letting Up Read more about Restarting Economies and COVID-19 Control: Letting Loose Without Letting Up Lockdowns have helped restrict COVID-19 transmission but at a terrible cost for business activity and people’s livelihoods. Policymakers need to know: How can we reopen our economies while keeping this disease in check?