The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) and Australian Global Health Alliance invites you attend a special conversation with Nina Schwalbe, “A new world order and disorder in Global Health. Perspectives on pandemic preparedness: future global health priorities and resource mobilisation.”
Nina is one of the world’s foremost commentators and thought leaders on global health policy. Together with Australian and regional commentators, we will discuss the United States’ changed role in global health, global pandemic agreements, new opportunities and challenges, and future global health equity in resourcing.
Nina Schwalbe, PhD, is the CEO and founder of Spark Street Advisors, a global public health think tank established in 2016. Before founding Spark Street, Nina held senior roles at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, the Open Society Institute, and led USAID’s COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Initiative. Nina is a senior scholar at Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, a commissioner for the Lancet medical journal on Gender Equality, Norms, and Health, and a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She holds degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and Witwatersrand Universities.
The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease is a visionary initiative of the University of Melbourne, the Doherty Institute and Burnet Institute (known as the Foundation Partners) with backing from the Victorian Government as the Major Supporting Partner. Together, these leading organisations will collaborate to enhance Australia’s capability in infectious disease and public health research to drive greater speed, innovation, equity and sovereign capability in our response to emerging infectious diseases, global health challenges and pandemics.
The Australian Global Health Alliance is the member-based peak body for Australian global health organisations, with a mandate to strengthen the global health ecosystem through national and global connections, partnerships, research, and innovation, promoting best practices in global health, and advocacy. Its membership is diverse, ranging from universities and research institutes to international and national non-government organisations or peak bodies, to government entities and public private partnerships. Founded in 2016 by a number of Australian global health organisations and leaders, the Alliance is currently the only OECD country global health alliance with a commitment to First Nations global health equity as part of its foundational mandate. The Alliance also hosts the secretariats of the Australian Network of WHO Collaborating Centres and Pacific Friends of Global Health.
