What is the state of the world's health systems and what actions are needed to address the world’s preventable diseases, emerging diseases and problems that disproportionately affect the health of the world’s poor?

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Panel Moderator:
Dr. Allan Rosenfield, [Bio] Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Panel Chair:
Dr. Ronald Waldman, [Bio] Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, and Deputy Director, The Center for Global Health and Economic Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Panelists:
Dr. Gerald T. Keusch, [Bio] Professor of Medicine and Professor of International Health, Assistant Provost for Global Health, Medical Campus, Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University
Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, [Bio] Director and Principal Investigator, Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory, Mailman School of Public Health, and Professor of Neurology and Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Dr. Alfred Sommer, [Bio] Professor and Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Awash Teklehaimanot, [Bio] Director, Malaria Program, The Center for Global Health and Economic Development, and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Dr. Derek Yach, [Bio] Executive Director of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization