IMA President and CEO Rick Santos to present at PQMD forum

MA World Health President and CEO Rick Santos will join nearly 100 international health leaders at the PQMD 2018 Global Health Policy Forum April 11 in Washington, D.C.

Santos will share his expertise in health systems strengthening on a panel assembled to discuss the importance of partnerships in supporting public health ecosystems. Other panelists will include Michael Bzdak, global director for Global Community Impact at Johnson & Johnson; Sonak Pastakia, a USAID Jefferson Science Fellow; Rachel Cohen, regional executive director, North America Office, DNDi; and Joël Calmet, senior director of communications for Sanofi-Pasteur. It will be moderated by Veronica Arroyave, senior director of Global Health Programs for PQMD.

IMA is a founding member of PQMD, which began in 1996 as the Product Donations Steering Committee. The organization has grown into a global alliance of more than 40 corporations and nonprofit organizations leading the development and championing of high standards in medicine and medical equipment and services donations.

Santos recently sat down to reflect on IMA’s history with PQMD. Watch here.

Founded in 1960, IMA World Health is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with communities to overcome their public health challenges.