• The Right Honourable Helen Clark, former PM of New Zealand, Member of The Elders and Co-Chair Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response
• Priya Basu, Executive Head, Pandemic Fund
• Daniel Feakes, Chief of the Implementation Support Unit, Biological Weapons Convention
• Richard Hatchett, CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
• Raj Panjabi, Senior Partner, Preemptive Health and Medicine Initiative, Flagship Pioneering
• Eloise Todd, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pandemic Action Network

This in-person side event, jointly hosted by International SOS, the World Health Organization Foundation (WHOF), GIZ, and private sector partners including Sanofi and ENI, brings together key actors to explore the evolving role of the private sector in global health. The session will focus on aligning business objectives with public health goals and fostering impactful cross-sector collaboration.

Discussions will delve into how public-private partnerships can bridge critical funding gaps, ensure continuity in essential health services, and scale innovative solutions. Participants will also engage in dialogue around best practices, strategic approaches to common challenges, and opportunities for collaboration that promote sustainable, community-centered impact.

This event serves as a platform for meaningful exchange between public and private stakeholders, with the goal of accelerating progress toward shared health and development objectives.

📍 Location: The Royal Hotel Geneva

🎟️ Registration: Register here

Dear Hub members, 

We are pleased to launch a new format within our monthly GMHC members' meetings: the Brown Bag Lectures. Each session will begin with a short, focused presentation by a distinguished expert, followed by our regular community meeting. 

📅 Brown Bag Lecture Kick-Off 

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 
Time: 12:00 PM (noon CEST) 
Location: online [Link] 

🗣️ Lecture Topic 

Psychosocial Care in Gaza – Now and in the Future 

We are honored to welcome Mahmoud Hemmo as our first speaker. 
Mahmoud is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst at the University Hospital Zurich. He works in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and various NGOs in crisis and conflict regions. His work focuses on Problem Management Plus (PM+), an evidence-based psychosocial intervention with significant relevance for post-war Gaza and other humanitarian settings. 

🧭 Agenda 

12:00 – 01:00 PM 
▶ Brown Bag Lecture by Mahmoud Hemmo 

01:00 – 1:30 PM 
▶ GMHC Monthly Community Meeting 
Focus: Preparing GMHC’s contribution to the Global Health Talk 2025 in Berlin 

We hope many of you will join us for this important session and the launch of our new format. 

Warm regards, 
Franziska, Jinan & Michael 
GMHC Community Management