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UCL-Lancet Lectures

The UCL Lancet lecture is an annual global health event, open to the public and free-of charge. Special guest lecturers are invited to share their insights on global issues, and follow up with a panel discussion and audience Q&A.

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2024:ÌýUnderstanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on the Health of People
Professor Linda Villarosa, author, educator and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine
&²µ³Ù;ÌýLancet Lecture -ÌýUnder the Skin: Understanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on the Health of People
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2021:ÌýLessons from the Pandemic for Science and Public Health
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, on key learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
&²µ³Ù;ÌýLancet Lecture -ÌýLessons from the Pandemic for Science and Public Health
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2020:ÌýGlobal Health Preparedness in the Face of Emerging Epidemics
Dr Muhammad Pate,ÌýGlobal Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group, on global health preparedness to face epidemics.
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2019:ÌýNon-communicable diseases are a global health emergency
Dr Rachel Nugent, Vice-President for Global Non-Communicable Diseases at RTI International, on the NCD crisis.Ìý
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2017:ÌýLancet Lecture - Sexual and reproductive health
Ms Liliane Ploumen,ÌýDutch MP and former Development Cooperation Minister, on sexual and reproductive health and President Trump's reinstatement of the global gag rule.Ìý
&²µ³Ù;ÌýRead more about the lecture and watch it online.

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2016: Action for Climate Change for a healthier world
Ms Christiana Figueres, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change chief, on the need to tackle climate change to protect & improve health.Ìý
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2015:ÌýThe universal Sustainable Development Goals for 2030
Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of Environment of Nigeria, on the universal Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.ÌýRead more about the lecture and watch it online.
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2014:ÌýThe Half-Life of Caste: The ill-health of a nation
Ms Arundhati Roy,Ìýacclaimed novelist and political activist, onÌýthe practice of caste in India.Ìý
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2013:ÌýCharity does not rhyme with development
Dr Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of Rwanda, onÌýher country's experiences mobilising partnerships on the long road to universal health coverage.Ìý
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2012:ÌýHealth Justice and the Future of Development
Mr Michel Sidibé,ÌýExecutive Director of UNAIDS, onÌýglobal health governance for the post-2015 development era.
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2011:ÌýEconomic growth in India and women's health outcomes
Professor Jayati Ghosh, on economic growth and women's health outcomes in India.Ìý
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2010: OvercomingÌýglobal health challenges to meet the Millenium Development Goals
Ms Helen Clark,ÌýAdministrator of the UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, on overcoming global health challenges to meet the Millenium Development Goals.Ìý

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2009:ÌýClimate change and global health
Professor Lord May,ÌýGovernment Chief Science Adviser and former President of the Royal Society, on climate change and global health.Ìý
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2008:ÌýHealth, Equity and Globalisation
Professor Michel Kazatchkine,ÌýExecutive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on the importance of health in the development agenda.Ìý
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2007: Health reform in Nigeria
Professor Adenike Grange, Minister of Health for Nigeria, onÌýthe work underway to develop a National Health Investment Plan for Nigeria.Ìý
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2006:ÌýMr Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway, on reducing child mortality.Ìý
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2005: Daniel Kahneman, psychologist and Nobel Laureate

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2004: Amartya Sen, economist and Nobel Laureate

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2003: Vandana Shiva, environmentalist and social activist

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2002: Jeffrey Sachs, economist and special adviser to several UN Secretaries-General

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2001: Clare Short, Minister for Overseas Development