Advancing Global Health: A Conversation with PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
On January 17th, the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute convened influential health leaders for a roundtable entitled "Advancing Global Health." Attendees included Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), US government representatives, multinational pharmaceutical executives, and Wilson Center fellows. Following this dialogue, Brazil Institute Director Bruna Santos interviewed Dr. Barbosa to spotlight PAHO’s crucial role in safeguarding the health of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dr. Barbosa outlined PAHO’s strategies for strengthening Primary Health Care in the region alongside the region's pharmaceutical manufacturing self-sufficiency. The discussion focused on PAHO’s critical role in the health of Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Dr. Barbosa emphasized G20’s role in fostering collaborative policies for clinical research and access to health technologies, and strategies for G20 countries to promote the transition to biosimilar drugs for cancer treatment, enhancing accessibility and innovation.
This event is part of G20 Dialogues, a project of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Through live broadcasts, articles, and events, we will analyze Brazil’s challenges and actions at the helm of the G20.
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Advancing Global Health: A Conversation with PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
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Brazil Institute
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more