Hope in Global Health | Peter Drobac

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"Rwanda's focus on equity helped make the steepest gains in healthcare provision in recorded history." Are we all worthy of being cared for? For Peter Drobac, “equity” is not just a buzzword - it is the foundation of any meaningful form of social change, especially in the global health sector. In this moving talk, Peter tells the story of his struggle to provide universal access to care in poor countries, and how he helped rebuild the Rwandan health system around the principles of equity and justice. About Peter Drobac: A global health physician and social entrepreneur, Peter Drobac is the Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Peter was a co-founder and first Executive Director of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda. For over a decade Peter played a key role in the transformation of Rwanda’s health system, which has delivered unprecedented gains in population health and prosperity. As Executive Director of Partners In Health in Rwanda, Peter established community-based health system incubators that developed and scaled care delivery innovations from infectious diseases to cancer. Filmed at Founders Pledge Forum 2019, hosted at the Conduit, London.