Join us for a virtual conversation on the real-world consequences of international aid cuts on global health outcomes, disease surveillance, and pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Davide Rasella is an ICREA Research Professor and head of the Global Health Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group, specializing in social epidemiology and how policies and financing shape population health in low- and middle-income countries. His work quantifies the health effects of reductions in development assistance, focusing on child and maternal health, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Check out Dr Davide Rasella’s paper which will ground our conversation, where he finds aid cuts could result in more than 22 million additional deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five : https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00008-2/fulltext
Dr. Alexandra Phelan is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, specializing in global health law, infectious disease governance, and the legal and policy impacts of pandemics, climate change, and biodiversity loss. She advises governments and international organizations including the WHO and the US National Academies on pandemic preparedness and global health security.
Dr. Brooke Nichols is an infectious disease mathematical modeller and health economist specializing in transmission dynamics, implementation modeling, and optimal resource allocation for pathogens including HIV, tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens of pandemic potential. Her work seeks to minimize the health and economic impact of infectious diseases through innovative quantitative approaches.
This discussion will explore:
- Quantifying the impact of aid cuts on global health and development outcomes - Effects on vaccination programs, disease surveillance, and pandemic preparedness - Operational challenges facing NGOs and frontline implementing partners - Shifting geopolitical and multilateral dynamics in global aid