At the inaugural meeting of the Health CampaignTime-bound, intermittent activities which are deployed to address specific epidemiologic challenges, expediently fill delivery gaps, or provide surge coverage for health interventions. EffectivenessThe ability of a campaign to achieve specific objectives related to coverage, equity, efficiency and impact. Coalition, Orin Levine, Director of Global Delivery Programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke in the opening plenary session. Levine underscored the importance of the Coalition’s mandate, stating that health campaigns are one of the most impactful actions we can take, both for controlling disease and extending equityEquity in the context of public health campaigns refers to providing high-quality interventions uniformly and in a fair and impartial manner to to all the communities that deserve life-saving interventions.
“Our commitment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the work that you’re doing is really strong,” said Levine. “I’m excited for your conference because I see a lot of really, really exciting innovation and cooperation emerging.”
View his opening address below.