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COVID-19 did not create the inequalities and the social, structural violence that prevents individuals from practicing their rights to health but has rather significantly exacerbated them. Similarly, COVID-19 did not create preconditions but has killed hundreds of thousands of people based on these preconditions. While the elderly are the most vulnerable, we cannot forget the increased vulnerability and the damages faced by minorities due to preexisting socioeconomic injustices as well as the bad leadership that is responsible for all of this. If we are to bring an end to injustice in healthcare for this crisis and prepare for any future global health threat, we need governance structures centered on wellness and inclusiveness.

Presenter:  Agnes Binagwaho MD, M(Ped), PhD:  Professor Binagwaho is a Rwandan pediatrician and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity. She worked for 20 years in the public health sector in Rwanda, serving in high-level government positions from 2002-2016 as the Executive Secretary of Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission, then as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and then for five years as Minister of Health. She is currently the Senior Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Global Health Equity, a member of US National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

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This event is free and all are welcome.