Bridging the Divide: Overcoming Barriers to Equitable Healthcare for Women in Africa through Global Leadership Discussion

Inequality, fueled by poverty and economic factors, as well as sexual and gender-based violence, are significant barriers to improving women’s health in Africa. Global health leaders must recognize that equal access to achieving better health outcomes is crucial. In an upcoming program, two distinguished African global health leaders will discuss how to overcome these obstacles and provide equitable healthcare for women on the continent.

Interested viewers can register for free to submit their questions to the speakers. Following the event, an on-demand video will be made available for viewing.

The program features two distinguished global health leaders from Africa: Awa Marie Coll Seck, Former Senior Minister to the President of Senegal, and Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, Former Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Executive Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The moderator for this program is Wafaie Fawzi, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.