Learning from the past to move forward: Systems don’t have agency, people do

From Ebola to COVID, history has shown that a powerful tool for systems change is cultivating the individual and collective potential of proximate leaders. This panel, featuring global leaders in health and education, highlighted how proximate leaders exercised their agency and mobilized their communities in moments of crisis to address systems gaps. Hear their views on what it will take to strengthen health and education systems for pandemic preparedness and gain insights into how leadership development functions as a transformative lever for sustainable development.
Moderated by: The Honorable Mark Dybul, MD; Co-Director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, and Professor in the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Featuring:
Khadija Bakhtiar; CEO & Founder of Teach For Pakistan
Lorraine Kabunga; Associate Director at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in Uganda
Cornelia Kruah-Togba; A Liberian public servant and advocate for youth and women’s empowerment