Health and Healthcare Systems
More, not less, multilateralism is needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic
The isolation politics of the past decade have been damaging. We now have the choice now to strengthen and rebuild multilateralism.
Lucas Scherdel
Lucas Scherdel manages the Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare and acts as Project Lead for the Global Coalition for Value in Healthcare; the World Economic Forum’s flagship multi-stakeholder community on value-based healthcare. Prior to joining the Forum, Lucas worked for the World Health Organization’s European and Global offices and spent time in the UK’s health service working on large-scale health system transformation projects. He holds degrees in Neuroscience as well as Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health.
He can be reached on Twitter (@scherds) and on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-scherdel-656a8841/).
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