PATH president participates in World Economic Forum 2007 annual meeting

What are the obstacles to global health? PATH president Chris Elias, MD, MPH, and others raised the question at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where more than 2,000 business leaders, academics, scientists, policymakers, and members of civil society organizations and the media—in all, representing 90 countries—gathered to take up crucial global, regional, and industry issues. The meeting’s theme was Shaping the Global Agenda: the Shifting Power Equation.

Dr. Elias participated in the panel entitled “Fighting Low-Profile Diseases.” The panel discussed obstacles that prevent relief from low-profile but devastating diseases—such as malaria—faced by millions of people in developing countries. Other panel members were Michael Kremer, Harvard professor; Ann Veneman, executive director of UNICEF; and Tachi Yamada, president of the global health program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Learn about PATH’s efforts to fight malaria and other infectious diseases.

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Posted February 20, 2007.