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Dr. Vanessa Kerry

Dr. Vanessa Kerry is the co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, a nonprofit organization focused on health systems strengthening and transformation. In June 2023, Dr. Kerry was appointed WHO special envoy for climate change and health.

Latest Articles

Global health
Global health
Opinion: The climate crisis is driving a global public health emergency
18 Dec 2023
To address this public health emergency, we need the global community's commitment to a just transition toward clean energy to protect people’s health, well-being, and livelihoods.
Global health
Global health
Opinion: Don't repeat COVID mistakes as Uganda Ebola outbreak spreads
19 Oct 2022
Despite the very recent experience of the pandemic, the international response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda has been myopic, leaving the country more isolated than it should be in the struggle to address this latest threat.
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Opinion: Our collective vulnerability
17 Sep 2020
In mobilizing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the world must come together to strengthen comprehensive health systems and maintain progress on global goals in health and beyond, according to this op-ed.
Family Planning
Family Planning
Opinion: The economic case for reproductive rights
20 Nov 2018
"There is a simple truth: Investing in women's health creates a ripple effect that results in healthy societies on all levels." Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry weighs in on the economic case for family planning and reproductive rights.
UNGA 2018
UNGA 2018
Opinion: Skilled health workers are the foundation of a healthy world
21 Sep 2018
While there is no simple solution to achieve the SDGs, none of the health targets can be achieved without the health professionals who diagnose and treat disease in all its complexity. Overlook the major role they have in creating strong health systems, or fail to invest in building their capacity and sustainability will remain a faraway dream.
AIDS 2018
AIDS 2018
Opinion: We won't end AIDS unless we invest in health workers
23 Jul 2018
Vanessa Kerry, CEO and co-founder of Seed Global Health, makes the case for investing in health workers ahead of the AIDS 2018 conference in Amsterdam.
Maternal health
Maternal health
Opinion: 4 sustainable solutions to save millions of mothers and children
28 Jun 2018
Despite success in reducing mortality rates, the world’s most vulnerable, hard-to-reach women and children continue to face great barriers to accessing basic health services. Kris Perry, Save the Children Action Network president, and Vanessa Kerry, Seed Global Health co-founder and CEO weigh in.
Human resources
Human resources
Opinion: Making it possible for refugee health workers to answer their calling
14 Apr 2017
For thousands of physicians, medical credentials have been replaced by a new label: Refugee. Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry explains how we can overcome the problems that are preventing trained health workers from being fully utilized as clinicians and educators in the health workforce.
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