Advancing Healthcare Financing in Latin America: A Collaborative Dialogue on the Sidelines of the G20 Health Ministerial

Agenda

1:00 P.M.       Welcome Remarks

                        Varnee Murugan, Executive Director, Global Initiative on Health and the Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

1:05 P.M.       Keynote Address

  •                      Dr. Carlos Gadelha, Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Health Complex, Ministry of Health Brazil, G20 Presidency 2024

1:15 P.M.         Catalyzing Change: A Study of Value-Based Healthcare in the Latin America Context

  •                      Dr. Michael Touchton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Miami

1:25 P.M.       Panel Discussion

Moderator: Ana Petry, Head of Corporate Affairs and Market Access- Viatris

Speakers:

  • Dr. Reem Albunyan, Executive Director, G20 Global Innovation Hub for Improving Value in Health
  • Cristiani Vieira Machado, Vice President of Education, Information and Communication, Fiocruz
  • Sean McCluskie, Chief of Staff, US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Dr. Cecilia Loccisano, Vice Minister, Secretary of Administrative Management Ministry of Health, Argentina

1:55 P.M.       Q&A
2:05 P.M.       Socioeconomic Burden of Diseases in Latin America

  • Dr. Dennis Ostwald, CEO, WifOR Institute

2:15 P.M.       Panel Discussion

Moderator: Cristiane Santos Blanch, Senior Director, Latin America and Canada Policy and Public Affairs Lead, Pfizer

Speakers:

  • Pablo Ibarraran, Chief of Social Protection and Health, IDB
  • Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, OECD
  • Dr. Dennis Ostwald, CEO, WifOR Institute
  • Dr. Socorro Gross, PAHO/WHO Representative in Brazil

2:45 P.M.      Q&A

2:55 P.M.       Transition to 2025 Remarks (5 mins)

  •                      H.E. Dr Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, South Africa (invited)

3:00 P.M.      Closing Remarks and Group Photo (5 mins)

  •                      Silvana Lay, Director of Access and Public Affairs, FIFARMA                            

Note: This will be a private meeting without press. Lunch will be served during the event.