For me, there wasn't a dull moment at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, but one moment in particular stood out because it touched on a highly consequential issue — and allowed me to share my controversial position on that issue.
The ONE Campaign staged a debate to examine whether the golden age of global health replenishments is over, and I was firmly on the “it’s over” side.
Even though my sparring partner from the ONE Campaign, Jenny Ottenhoff, did her best to maintain the nuance and rich factual texture of the question at hand, I went straight for the jugular as to why the current approach to funding the likes of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is doomed in the coming years.
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Bright Simons
Bright Simons is a social innovator, multipatent-holding technology inventor, and policy activist. Through his work at mPedigree and with think tanks like IMANI, he contributes to the breaking of silos and crossing of boundaries necessary to finding lasting solutions to society's ever more complex problems. As a senior adviser to international NGOs, global multinationals, leading universities, and social movements around the world, his impact has been recognized with awards and prizes by multiple prominent institutions.
