Global Health in International Affairs

A panel chaired by Professor Philippe Kourilsky, Collège de France.
– Professor Pierre Chirac, Médecins sans Frontières, PSIA Global Health program : “WTO, intellectual property and access to medicines in low income countries”
– Matias Meier, International Rescue Committee : “Congo and elsewhere: IRC’s experience in post-conflict countries”
– Mead Over, Centre for Global Development : “The AIDS Transition”
– Prrofessor Art Reingold, University of California – Berkeley : “Ending 100+ years of Epidemic Meningitis in the Meningitis Belt of Africa”
– Elisabeth Sando, OECD : “The Effectiveness of Aid and Health”.
Introducing the new minor program in Global Health at PSIA, this panel will illustrate the interplay between international affairs and global health. The panelists will address intersections between AIDS and international security; trade, WTO intellectual property rights, and public health emergencies; access to health care in conflict and post conflict countries; as well as the history of epidemic meningitis in Africa, and aid effectiveness in health. Through lectures by highly distinguished guests on pressing global issues, PSIA is offering a vibrant platform for public debate in international affairs.