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Event Date Mon Feb 26 +03 (10 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Sun Feb 25 4:00pm - Sun Feb 25 4:00pm
Location Webinar
Region EMEA
Details

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted global health supply chain weaknesses and the region's lack of local manufacturing capabilities. Addressing many of the issues encountered - including medicine and equipment shortages, a dearth of infrastructure and resources, storage and manufacturing capabilities, untrained personnel, and weak procurement practices - provides an unprecedented opportunity to modernise existing health systems and strengthen the region’s ability to prevent, prepare and respond to future health emergencies including new pandemics and health-related vulnerabilities linked to climate change and natural disasters.

Increasing local manufacturing capabilities can be an effective way of addressing supply chain challenges but will require coherent policies that support high-quality and sustainable local production. The private sector also has an important role to play. In Pakistan, for example, the private health sector is estimated to serve 70% of the population. An effective health emergency response to supply chain and other challenges can only be achieved if both public and private capacities can be deployed in a coordinated and efficient manner. The digital transformation of healthcare can also play a role in achieving health resilience – enabling efficiencies in manufacturing, as well as continuity of supply and routine services during an emergency.

This webinar discussion, hosted by the Financial Times and IFC, will explore the challenges, opportunities for localising health supplies and production in Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Pakistan & Afghanistan (MCT) and identify concrete areas for action to increase resilience across the healthcare systems of the MCT region.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Hela Cheikhrouhou
Regional Vice President, International Finance Corporation

Bassam Kanaan
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Sara Saeed Khurram
Co-founder, CEO, Sehat Kahani

Michael Peel
Science Editor, Financial Times

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsor

• International Finance Corporation