As part of the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Conference agenda, Buzbee will moderate a global public health discussion looking at tuberculosis and strategies to eradicate the virus that features World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The conversation will be livestreamed on The Post’s site.
Tuesday, January 17 at 4:15pm
In 2020, almost 10 million people fell ill from tuberculosis and 1.5 million people died. Nevertheless, prospects for more effective TB vaccines have improved recently and new vaccines are in final stages of development. What mechanisms can accelerate development and deployment to save lives?
· Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva
· Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF), Geneva
· Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
Moderated by Sally Buzbee, Executive Editor, The Washington Post
In addition, Buzbee and Post CRO Joy Robins will lead conversations at the Female Quotient Equality Lounge® with brand leaders around workplace wellness and ways they can and should embrace uncertainty. Post Foreign Affairs Columnist Ishaan Tharoor will drive a discussion looking at key takeaways from the 2022 World Cup in a panel hosted by Goal 17 Partners.
The Forum’s annual gathering in Davos convenes global news leaders across sectors for in-depth, of-the-moment conversations that explore elements of the global economy and look ahead at what’s to come.
