Thrilled to have #SwitchPoint #FutureLeague members Zipporah Iregi & Frankline Wirsiy joining Ag. Dir. of the Africa CDC, & all the young Africans participating in the Youth Pre-Conference at the Int’l Conf.on Public Health In Africa.
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Tonight after years of talking & doing #SwitchPoint #FutureLeague work together I got to meet Lual Mayen and Dr Frankline Wirsiy IN PERSON at our switchpoint in DC w/many other favorite SwitchPoint speakers I deeply admire. Such powerful stories, such outstanding humans-so grateful. #whocounts? #globalhealth #GDHF2022 https://event.switchpointideas.com/

Important read for those in dev/ emergency/humanitarian response featuring one of my fav SwitchPoint speakers Nathaniel Raymond, coleader of the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale’s School of Public Health https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-twitter-isnt-ready-for-the-next-natural-disaster/

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Iran Shutting Down Morality Police, Official Says, After Months of Protests- The decision a major victory for feminists who have sought for years to dismantle the force and for the protest movement ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini. The unrest has amounted to one of the biggest challenges in decades to Iran’s system of authoritarian clerical rule and the decision to scrap the morality police was the government’s first major concession to the protesters. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/iran-morality-police.html

Left Bank 8 year anniversary party tonight #saxapahaw

10 speakers/performers/presenters/ 1 musical artist & a 17 hoop basketball game in one hour. #SwitchPoint « Who Counts? » is coming to the Global Digital Health Forum Dec 5 at 4. Don’t miss it. Presented by IntraHealth w #SwitchPointFutureLeague support from #GlobalFund event.switchpointideas.com/who-counts

Fascinating calls today w/ human rights investigator & Global Affairs lecturer at Yale Nathaniel Raymond, Dr. Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy- a global health security specialist & epidemiologist from Cameroon, Phaedra Boinodiris an AI Ethics lead at IBM, Jumana Qamruddin of The World Bank & Olivia Velez of IntraHealth in prep for the SwitchPoint event Dec 5 at the Global Digital Health Forum to answer the question “Who Counts?” - we need to have real conversations like this. https://event.switchpointideas.com/who-counts

Congratulations to Jessica Francisca Colaço and Dr. Githinji Gitahi - two of my favorite SwitchPoint speakers and each a true leader.