Friends of the Global Fight: Video and Panel Discussion: Effective Leadership and Partnership are Key to Global Health Progress
“As the global community celebrates the 15th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), PBS’s Great Decisions documentary series asks, ‘Is the golden age of global health coming to an end, or just getting started?’ To help address that issue, Friends of the Global Fight recently co-hosted two events to screen the Great Decisions episode, ‘Global Health: Preventing Pandemic,’ in Washington, D.C., and New York. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) co-hosted the Washington screening. After the film, panelists discussed challenges and opportunities in global health — particularly preparedness to prevent future outbreaks — and how to foster new and continued health resources. … On World Malaria Day, Friends co-hosted the New York premiere of the video with Rabin Martin and the Foreign Policy Association. The panel discussion following the screening focused on the importance of partnerships in global health…” (5/4).