2026 PQMD Global Health Policy Forum

Breakouts will carry forward key Day 2 discussions, translating insights into practical considerations while helping to seed the financing, resilience, and delivery conversations on Day 3.

Health Under Pressure: Country Leadership and System Tradeoffs
Facilitator: Joy Phumaphi, Pape Gaye, Dr. Laura Hoemeke
Country leaders are navigating competing demands, constrained resources, and shifting external support. Drawing on ministerial and advisory perspectives, this session will explore what governments are prioritizing, where difficult tradeoffs are being made, and what is shaping decision-making at the country level.

Adapting Supply Chains: From Global Systems to Last Mile Delivery
Facilitator: Joanna Bichsel, Kevin Burlew
Supply chains are adapting to disruption. This session explores how procurement, distribution, and delivery models are evolving to ensure continuity and reliability, and what it will take to build more resilient systems moving forward.

From Innovation to Implementation: Making AI Work in the Real World
Facilitator: Neal Lesh, Anna Carter
Exploring what it takes to move AI from promising pilots to integrated, scalable solutions within operating and resource constrained health systems.

Frontline Delivery: Strengthening Systems Where Care Happens
Facilitators: Dr. Kate Tulenko, Dr. Jean Claude Kazadi
Examining how countries and partners are strengthening delivery systems, supporting health workers, and building continuity of care under sustained demand.

Disasters and Protracted Crisis: Sustaining Care in Complex Environments
Facilitator: Jessica Flannery, Chris Skopec
Examining how health systems and organizations adapt to continuous disruption, where crisis response and long-term delivery must operate simultaneously.

NCDs and Long-Term Sustainability: Financing and Delivering Chronic Care
Facilitators: Dr. Derek Yach, Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio
Exploring how systems can finance and deliver long-term care for noncommunicable diseases amid shifting priorities and constrained resources.

Health Under Pressure: Rethinking Access in the U.S. Context
Facilitators: Erica Taveres, Kate Masuch
As policy shifts reshape the U.S. health landscape, organizations are re-examining how health care is delivered across underserved communities. This discussion considers how approaches are evolving, including work in nontraditional settings, to address persistent gaps in access, affordability, and health outcomes.