The global outbreak of COVID-19 has demonstrated that infectious disease threats know no borders. Global action and leadership are essential to fighting this pandemic and strengthening global health infrastructure.

Join Devex and ONE Campaign on April 29 as we discuss how the United States should lead in this response, what actions we need to take to give low- and middle-income countries the resources they need to fight this pandemic, the impact on the world’s most vulnerable, and how we must strengthen global health security.

Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar will be joined by ONE Campaign’s CEO, Gayle Smith, global health expert, Mark Dybul, and ONE fellow, Michael Gerson, for a deep dive into the pandemic’s impact.
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The Speakers

Moderator

Raj Kumar

President & Editor-in-Chief
Devex
Raj Kumar is the Founding President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex, the media platform for the global development community. He is a media leader and former humanitarian council chair for the World Economic Forum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His work has led him to more than 50 countries, where he has had the honor to meet many of the aid workers and development professionals who make up the Devex community. He is the author of the book "The Business of Changing the World," a go-to primer on the ideas, people, and technology disrupting the aid industry.

Gayle Smith

CEO
ONE Campaign
Gayle E. Smith is the CEO at ONE Campaign. She served as a top adviser for two American presidents and is one of the world’s leading experts on global development. She brings unparalleled expertise on development and democracy issues and an extraordinary network of relationships across the African continent and around the world.

Mark Dybul

Co-director
Center for Global Health Practice and Impact
Mark Dybul, M.D., is the co-director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, and professor in the department of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. He is also a chair and fellow with the Joep Lange Institute. Dr. Dybul served as executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and as the U.S. global AIDS coordinator.

Michael Gerson

Fellow
ONE Campaign
Michael Gerson is a nationally syndicated columnist who appears twice weekly in the Washington Post and in more nearly 100 other newspapers. He is a fellow at ONE Campaign. He appears regularly on the PBS NewsHour, Face the Nation, and other programs.

Sandra Jennifer "Sandy" Cheeks

Squirrel
From the Surface
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”
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