The webcast will be live from Institut Pasteur Paris from 18:00-19:30 CET / 12:00-13:30 EST. A panel discussion of leading experts will review progress made since the London Declaration in 2012 to eliminate or control 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020.
Hon. Marisol Touraine, French Minister of Social Affairs and Health and Pr Christian Bréchot, President of Institut Pasteur, will give the opening remarks for a panel discussion featuring:
- Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
- Jamie Cooper-Hohn, Chair, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
- Dr. Tim Evans, World Bank Director of Health, Nutrition and Population
- Dr. Onésime Ndayishimiye, National Director, Neglected Tropical Disease & Blindness Control Program, Ministry of Health, Burundi
- Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Chris Viehbacher, CEO, Sanofi