Dr. Fouzia Shafique is the associate director for health at UNICEF headquarters and focuses on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, primary health care/health system strengthening, and digital health and information systems. She is also the global lead for UNICEF’s work on community health.

Dr. Frida Njogu-Ndongwe is a global health and development practitioner, currently the regional director for East and southern Africa at IDinsight. She was previously director of programs at the Center for Health Solutions–Kenya and a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s Africa Delivery Hub. She also served as CEO and co-founder of Afyakit Technologies.

Dr. Gabriella Hyman is a medical officer and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, currently undertaking the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. George Uzonwanne is the director of education, health, and social services at the Niger Delta Development Commission in Nigeria. He is a senior public health policy development expert, with experience in disease control, public policy development, and implementation. Dr. Uzonwanne holds a doctor of medicine degree; a master’s in engineering and public policy degree; and an MBA. He has many years of experience in nonprofit management, health care service provision, and grant management, and remains passionate about improving the health status of people, especially those in under-served rural, hard-to-reach communities.

Dr. Goran Zangana is a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and is currently an acting consultant in acute medicine at NHS Scotland. He is a member of the board of directors of Health Systems Global where he is the co-chair of the advocacy working group. He is NHS Lothian lead for international medical graduates and is NHS Scotland Global Citizenship champion. Goran Zangana is originally from Kurdistan. He undertook his initial medical training and practice in Iraq.

Dr. Hala Jassim AlMossawi is the vice president for global health at RTI International. Dr AlMossawi is an accomplished global health professional with more than 24 years’ experience as a technical expert, strategist, and leader for implementing partners, programs, and government. She is a published expert on infectious diseases and health system strengthening, and a seasoned leader in business development and in the design and management of health programs. As vice president of global health at RTI, Dr. AlMossawi provides strategic leadership and overall management for RTI’s global health programs. In 2022, Dr. AlMossawi was selected as one of the top 50 women business leaders for Maryland.

H.E. Dr. Harsh Vardhan is minister of health and family welfare of the government of India.

Dr. Heather Alexander serves as the chief of the international laboratory branch in CDC’s Division of Global HIV and TB. In this role, Alexander leads approximately 70 staff collaborating with experts in CDC country offices, partner country governments, and other global and local stakeholders on laboratory capacity building and public health science, innovation, and program implementation in the areas of HIV serological and molecular diagnostics; treatment monitoring and surveillance; TB and advanced HIV disease testing systems; public health laboratory quality management systems; and diagnostic network optimization. Alexander holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Emory University.

Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, renowned for his public health and epidemiology expertise, has over 30 years of experience in the field. He was director of the global NTD program and assistant director-general for emergency response at WHO and has a strong background in strategic planning for health programs. Dr. Fall has a doctorate in medicine and public health, with specializations in tropical medicine and epidemiology.

Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga is the co-founder and chief operations officer of Sehat Kahani, a telemedicine startup based in Pakistan. She graduated from Ziauddin Medical University and has a Master of Science in Global eHealth from the University of Edinburgh. She is a Commonwealth scholar and an MIT Elevate Prize winner (2020). She was recently featured by Microsoft4Africa in 2020 for the women-led success stories in South Asia.