by Andrew Meyer, UNA-SNY Young Professionals Intern
On April 18th, the UNA-United Nations Association Young Professionals of the Southern New York Division (UNA-SNY YP) hosted the Young Professionals World Health Day Summit: Cultivating the Next Generation of Global Leaders.
The event, hosted at the Roger Smith hotel, brought together health experts from around the world, highlighted by representatives from the United Nations Foundation and the CDC. With the implicit understanding that in the 21st century health is an issue the global community must face united, as we are all affected by it in the global age, the summit had a variety of panels meant to both inform those in attendance, but also to showcase the variety of ways you could get involved and help make change.
The topics at the summit varied from hot button issues such as the Ebola crisis, with a speech by Dr. Neil Vora of the CDC, to ideas that were more
abstracted out, such as a panel that focused on Mental Health’s role in Societal Development, featuring Dr. Rashmi Jaipal of the UN, Noor Baker, of Columbia University, Claude Chemtob of NYU, and Robin F. Goodman of A Caring Hand. The range and diversity of the topics gave the conference a very comprehensive and positive feel, and many of the speakers also commented on the importance of youth. “What's awesome about youth is we are curious and open and are excited about change” said Jennifer Gottesfeld, the Program Manager of Global Health Corps.
See photos from the summit here.
The event, hosted at the Roger Smith hotel, brought together health experts from around the world, highlighted by representatives from the United Nations Foundation and the CDC. With the implicit understanding that in the 21st century health is an issue the global community must face united, as we are all affected by it in the global age, the summit had a variety of panels meant to both inform those in attendance, but also to showcase the variety of ways you could get involved and help make change.
The topics at the summit varied from hot button issues such as the Ebola crisis, with a speech by Dr. Neil Vora of the CDC, to ideas that were more
abstracted out, such as a panel that focused on Mental Health’s role in Societal Development, featuring Dr. Rashmi Jaipal of the UN, Noor Baker, of Columbia University, Claude Chemtob of NYU, and Robin F. Goodman of A Caring Hand. The range and diversity of the topics gave the conference a very comprehensive and positive feel, and many of the speakers also commented on the importance of youth. “What's awesome about youth is we are curious and open and are excited about change” said Jennifer Gottesfeld, the Program Manager of Global Health Corps.
See photos from the summit here.