MASLD and MASH: prioritising a global public health threat
23.09.2024
- Date
- 23/09/2024
- Hour
- 08:00 - 10:30 h
- Place
- Paramount Club, 1301 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Join Economist Impact for ‘MASLD and MASH: prioritising a global public health threat’, supported by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
The event is scheduled for September 23 2024 from 08:00 - 10:30 h in New York and will explore the critical public health threats posed by MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease) and MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis), diseases that affect one in three adults worldwide.
It will bring together senior global stakeholders (Government [including policymakers, regulators and influencers], Civil Society and/or Patient Organizations, Multilateral Organisations [e.g., UN or NCD-related], Healthcare providers) to discuss the future outlook and policies required to reduce the environmental, social, economic, and human contributors to these diseases.
Broad themes for the session include:
- The social and economic consequences: What are the impacts of leaving MASLD and MASH unaddressed on both societal and economic levels?
- Raising awareness: How can awareness around MASLD and MASH be improved to encourage more action by governments, healthcare providers, and civil society?
- Building a cohesive community: How can a more cohesive community of practice around MASLD and MASH be developed, nurtured, and supported?
- Policy development: What types of policies can be implemented to reduce the environmental, social, economic, and human contributors to MASLD?
Moderator
- Elly Vaughan, senior global health manager, Economist Impact
Speakers
- H.E. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, minister of public health, Qatar
- Anupriya Patel, minister of state for health, Government of India (tentative)
- David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, director general , National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran
- Christoph Benn, director for global health diplomacy, Joep Lange Institute
- Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Head of Public Health Liver Group, ISGlobal; Professor of Global Health, CUNY SPH; Chair, Healthy Livers Healthy Lives coalition
- Johanna Ralston, chief executive, World Obesity Federation
- Arun J. Sanyal, director, Stravitz-Sanyal institute for liver disease and metabolic health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Programme
8:00 h - Registration opens
8:45 h - Opening remarks and research findings by Economist Impact
- Elly Vaughan, senior global health manager, Economist Impact
9:00 h - VIP Fireside chat: Action-oriented policymaking at a national and international level
Speakers:
- H.E. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, minister of public health, Qatar
- Anupriya Patel, minister of state for health, Government of India (tentative)
- David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, director general, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran
9:30 h - Panel session: Creating cohesion in policy, awareness and community of practice around MASLD and MASH
Panellists:
- Christoph Benn, director for global health diplomacy, Joep Lange Institute
- Jeffrey V. Lazarus, head of public health liver group, ISGlobal; professor of global health, CUNY SPH; chair, Healthy Livers Healthy Lives Coalition
- Johanna Ralston, chief executive, World Obesity Federation
- Arun J. Sanyal, director, Stravitz-Sanyal institute for liver disease and metabolic health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
10:20 h - Closing remarks
10:25 h - Networking and light refreshments
11:00 h - Event concludes
The event is supported financially by Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, Echosens, The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and the CUNY SPH Foundation.
