Webinar: Shifting the paradigm: NCDs, economics, and the push toward well-being

17 March 2021 13:00 – 14:30 CET

We are pleased to announce distinguished panellists and speakers joining us for the upcoming NCD Hard Talks webinar being held on 17 March 2021 at 13:00 CET, titled “Shifting the paradigm: NCDs, economics, and the push toward well-being.” 

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NCD Hard Talks speakers and panellists

Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, United States of America

Professor Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham Medical School, United Kingdom

Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

Ms Veronica Shiroya, Doctoral student, the Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

H.E. Dr Hussein Al Rand, Under Secretary, Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates

Ms Saila Ruuth, State Secretary to Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Finland

Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Director to the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, OECD

Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director Department for NCDs, WHO, Switzerland

Dr Hope Corbin, Associate Professor, Health and Community Studies, Western Washington University, United States of America

Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy Director General, WHO, Switzerland

Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, Healthier Populations, WHO, Switzerland

Dr Rüdiger Krech, Director, Health Promotion Department, WHO, Switzerland

Moderated by

Dr Mihály Kökény, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Public Health in Hungary, WHO consultant

Dr Gaya Gamhewage, Head of Learning & Capacity Development, WHO Health Emergencies Programme

We hope you can join us this Wednesday – and looking forward to a timely and rich discussion.

Kind regards on behalf of the WHO Department for NCDs and the Department of Health Promotion