Health and Healthcare Systems
Overdue yet within reach: sustainable health systems that put people first
Our healthy future cannot be achieved without putting the health and well-being of populations at the centre of public policy.
Helen E. Clark
1968, studies in Politics, University of Auckland. Formerly: Lecturer in Political Studies, University of Auckland; 1971, joined Labour Party; 1975, stood for election to Parliament; 1981, Member of Parliament for Mount Albert; 1984-87, Chair, Foreign Affairs and Defence Select Committee; 1987, elected to Cabinet; held portfolios including conservation, housing, labour and health; 1989-90, Deputy Prime Minister; 1993, Leader, Labour Party; until 1999, Leader of the Opposition. 1999-2008, Prime Minister of New Zealand; also Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage; 2009, became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the first woman to lead the organization. Chair, United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues. Since 2017, active participant in public discourse on issues related to life's work and serves on public goods advisory boards and commissions. Chairs the boards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, and the Advisory Board of the Global Education Monitoring Report hosted by UNESCO. Patron of The Helen Clark Foundation, an institute established to support evidence-based public policy debate. Co-Chaired The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response mandated by the World Health Assembly, 2020-2021
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