WHEN 2022 - NYC

Conference Speakers Q&A's

Her Excellency, Dr. Lia Tadesse

Her Excellency, Dr. Lia Tadesse

Minister of Health, Ethiopia

Question: Please describe your vision of how we may improve women’s health by increasing access to quality, comprehensive cancer care? How can government help catalyze efforts to improve women’s health?

Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela

Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela

Assistant Director-General for Family, Women, Children and Adolescents, WHO

Question: How can partners work with the WHO to support the achievement of the 2030 goals for cervical cancer prevention and control?

Maggie Sprenger

Maggie Sprenger

Investor at Rose Park Advisors

Question: How may we get creative and innovative in terms of how we deploy different capital?

Dr. Wiljeana Glover

Dr. Wiljeana Glover

Professor for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship, Babson College

Question: How would you put entrepreneurship, industry, policy, and global surgery all together?

Valerie Sinden

Valerie Sinden

Director, Global Government Affairs, Varian

Question: How can companies such as Varian develop the necessary partnerships to increase women’s access to the full range of cancer care from awareness, screening, diagnosis and therapeutics?

Jan-Willem Sheijgrond

Jan-Willem Sheijgrond

Vice President Government and Public Affairs, Phillips

Question: What has been your experience at Philips in developing partnerships in Kenya and other countries., what has worked out, what are the lessons learned, and how can we move forward and successful partnerships to increase access to care for women and other underserved populations?

Robert Matiru

Robert Matiru

Director of Program Management, UNITAID

Question: How do we bring innovations into the public health sphere?

His Excellency Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete

His Excellency Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete

Minister of Health and Medical Services Fiji

Question: What is your perspective on challenges and financing on private health initiatives in Fiji?

Meghan Cross-Breeden

Meghan Cross-Breeden

CEO, AmplifyHer Ventures

Question: How would you recommend that the partners work in some of these implementation projects?

Stephanie Sassman

Stephanie Sassman

Portfolio Leader, Roche

Question: What is Roche’s thinking as to how to take the early technology and scale it to move forward with these implementation projects / How can big companies partner with early stage technology?

Sari Miller

Sari Miller

Leading Angel and Impact Investor CEO of Sarjay

Question: How do you balance ensuring a decent return as well as achieving social impact?

Dr. Emmanuel Makasa

Dr. Emmanuel Makasa

Global Surgery Foundation

Question: What do you think investors need to know in order to bring together a project for health care to finance?

Dr. Willibald Zeck

Dr. Willibald Zeck

Global Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Coordinator at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Question: Tell us a bit about your approach to women’s health and how do you anticipate brining all key stakeholders, like those in attendance here, to the next steps to get things done on the ground?

Osman Waheed

Osman Waheed

CEO of FerozSons Laboratories, Ltd.

Question: What has and hasn’t worked in the process of developing the primary health care model?