Heather Ignatius

We're excited to partner with @socinnovation for the annual Flagship Summit on June 4-5 in Chicago welcoming more than 1,000 social impact leaders! Join us for insightful conversations, networking & more. Register to attend #SIS24: socialinnovation.com

We look forward to continued partnership with USAID and champions in the US Congress, the Governments of India, Kenya and Senegal, UNICEF, and others as we work towards a renewed push to end preventable child and maternal deaths.

In 2014, I joined as world leaders from around the world convened in DC for the launch of the first Acting on the Call Report, outlining a bold new vision for US support to end preventable childhood deaths within a generation.

Because even though much has changed in this last decade, progress towards the SDGs for maternal and child health has stalled and we must get back on track to accelerate progress towards the SDGs.

Yesterday, USAID released an exciting new framework for maternal and child health based on strategies we know work to improve coverage, quality, and equity in healthcare for women, newborns, and children.

Yesterday, I joined many of the same partners to celebrate a decade of global commitment that positively impacted the lives of millions of mothers and children and discuss what more needs to be done for #MomAndBaby

Finally, we can support long-term progress by ensuring US global health agencies are committed to supporting a sustainable marketplace and procuring locally manufactured goods (4/4)

US leaders must also strengthen investment and technical support to operationalize the African Medicines Agency, making lifesaving vaccines and drugs available for people when they need them. (3/4)

Excited for day 1 of the #USAfricaLeadersSummit22. At @PATHtweets, we are calling on the US government to make concrete commitments to advancing a sustainable R&D ecosystem in Africa. (1/4)

With the US Africa Leaders Summit beginning tomorrow, PATH calls on the US government to support the New Public Health Order for Africa, a roadmap put forward by African leaders to drive health security.

Japan put the following topics on the table for pandemic preparedness and response ➕Pandemic preparedness and treaty ➕IHR amendments ➕ACT accelerator ➕100-day R&D mission ➕Pandemic financing ➕Formalizing a health and finance ministers' meeting ➕High-level threats council

At #WHS2022, Japan discusses the health priorities for its upcoming G7 leadership ✔️Pandemic preparedness and response ✔️Universal health coverage and the need to highlight longstanding health challenges ✔️ R&D and innovation More in this 🧵

What a delight to see ⁦⁦⁦⁦@joelletanguy⁩ one of my first bosses, after all these years! Thanks for giving me my start, Joelle!

With a US$14.25 billion pledge at hand, the @_AfricanUnion Member States must sustain the continuum of supporting @GlobalFund and mobilising domestic resources for #AIDS, #tuberculosis and #malaria response and resilient #health systems #FightForWhatCounts

#UNGA77 is a wrap. In the words of the great @MaEllenSirleaf: there are too many meetings. Listen to the people and act!!

Today @AfricaCDC and @PATHtweets signed an MoU on the side-line of #UNGA. Were in attendance, @laktarr001 Ag. #AfricaCDC @nikolajgilbert #PATH President & CEO @NanthalileM Mugala, PATH Chief of Africa Region #JeffBernson @HeatherIgnatius @PromesseCKaniki

“We need to enhance national health systems. If we don’t do that, all the global actions will just be policies that never happen." "If we don’t have financing to scale we will never get the fullest effects.” Bold call by @MaEllenSirleaf, co-chair of @TheIndPanel

Julia, a community organizer from Kenya, asks countries to step up to support local manufacturing: as a person from Africa, you can’t imagine watching your friends die while you wait for prices to come down. #UNGA

Today, PATH signed a memorandum of understanding with @AfricaCDC to reaffirm our shared commitment to strengthening health systems and improving health equity and security on the African continent. In the words of Acting Director @laktarr001, “now it’s time to get to work.”