We need global solutions for global challenges - why Omicron is a lesson for us all
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Omicron variant have lessons for us all on global collaboration and how to reduce inequity.
Junaid Nabi is an internationally recognized expert on health policy, digital health, and health care strategy. His current research portfolio at Harvard Business School focuses on examining how value-based health care strategy can transform care delivery and promote health equity. Previously, he has led research and implementation projects on investigating health system factors that lead to racial disparities in cancer care, evaluating the economic impact of innovative medical technologies, and implementation of novel digital decision support tools into electronic medical records—especially for vulnerable patient communities. He is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute and is serving on the Working Group on Regulatory Considerations for Digital Health and Innovation at the World Health Organization. In 2020, he served as an Emerging Leaders Fellow at the United Nations Association of the United States and coordinated one of the first global lectures on systems-based public health response to COVID-19. In 2021, he was selected as one of the twenty global leaders by the Atlantic Council.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Omicron variant have lessons for us all on global collaboration and how to reduce inequity.
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