SwitchPoint 2019 to Tackle Global Health Impacts of Misinformation, Immersive Tech, African Innovation, and More

April 15, 2019 Chapel Hill, NCHumanitarian experts and innovators from around the world will gather April 25 and 26 in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, for IntraHealth International ’s annualSwitchPoint conference. This year ’s lineup features speakers from throughout Africa, Central America, and the US, including:Toyin Saraki, founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, who will be talking about women in the health workforce, maternal and child health, gender equity, and more.Leah Borromeo, creator of the Climate Symphony, which turns data on climate change into musical composition.Andrew Zolli, head of global impact initiatives at Planet, a breakthrough space and AI organization that has deployed the largest constellation of Earth-observing satellites in history.Githinji Gitahi, CEO of Amref Health Africa, who will be speaking about rights-based universal health coverage in Africa.Tine Knott, vice president of the Center for Secure and Stable States  at DAI, who designs programs to counter violent extremism and build peace and security.Hawa Talla, a chief of party for IntraHealth in Senegal, who pioneers efforts to expand new contraceptive technologies in West Africa and new ways to get African city mayors involved in family planning.Serge Attukwei Clottey,  an artist known for Afrogallonism, a concept that explores the relationship between material objects—such the ubiquitous yellow, gallon-size oil container—in relation to consumption and necessity in ...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Technology Advocacy SwitchPoint Gender Equality Source Type: news