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UCL-Lancet Lectures
Professor Linda Villarosa, author, educator and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine
> Lancet Lecture - Under the Skin: Understanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on the Health of People
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Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, on key learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
> Lancet Lecture - Lessons from the Pandemic for Science and Public Health
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Dr Muhammad Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group, on global health preparedness to face epidemics.
> Lancet Lecture - Global Health Preparedness in the Face of Emerging Epidemics
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Dr Rachel Nugent, Vice-President for Global Non-Communicable Diseases at RTI International, on the NCD crisis.
> Lancet Lecture - Non-communicable diseases are a global health emergency
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Ms Liliane Ploumen, Dutch MP and former Development Cooperation Minister, on sexual and reproductive health and President Trump's reinstatement of the global gag rule.
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Ms Christiana Figueres, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change chief, on the need to tackle climate change to protect & improve health.
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Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of Environment of Nigeria, on the universal Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Read more about the lecture and watch it online.
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Ms Arundhati Roy, acclaimed novelist and political activist, on the practice of caste in India.
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Dr Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of Rwanda, on her country's experiences mobilising partnerships on the long road to universal health coverage.
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Mr Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on global health governance for the post-2015 development era.
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Professor Jayati Ghosh, on economic growth and women's health outcomes in India.
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Ms Helen Clark, Administrator of the UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, on overcoming global health challenges to meet the Millenium Development Goals.
Professor Lord May, Government Chief Science Adviser and former President of the Royal Society, on climate change and global health.
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Professor Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on the importance of health in the development agenda.
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Professor Adenike Grange, Minister of Health for Nigeria, on the work underway to develop a National Health Investment Plan for Nigeria.
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