Nov 11, 2021
This Public Health Power Hour examines activism in public health, looking at decades of HIV/AIDS activism in particular and discussing how it may apply to today’s challenges, especially confronting COVID-19 vaccine inequity.
HIV/AIDS activism successful created a movement that changed the global public health landscape. Are there strategies, tactics, or common causes we can make to more effectively respond to the challenges of the pandemic era?
Speakers include:
- Maria Sarungi-Tsehai, Founder, Change Tanzania
- Gregg Gonsalves, Associate Professor, Department of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
- Fatima Hassan, Founder and Director of the Health Justice Initiative
Our panel draws particularly on their expertise and roots working in countries in Africa, mobilizing for change both within nations and internationally.