AstraZeneca
Join Gena Restivo, Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, as she discusses AstraZeneca's commitment to gender health equality.
Speakers
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Gena RestivoVice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, AstraZeneca CanadaGena Restivo
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, AstraZeneca Canada
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Eliezer Lappots-AbreuCEO & President, Health Horizons InternationalEliezer Lappots-Abreu
CEO & President, Health Horizons International
Dr Eliezer Lappots-Abreu was born into the midst of political unrest in a Venezuelan favela called Petare, steeped in crime and violence. His parents, Dominican-Brazilian immigrants, decided to move to Puerto Rico in order to give him and his sister a better chance at life. Since he was 15 years old, he developed an unstoppable passion for providing development opportunities to young people like himself in vulnerable communities and who could become agents of social change. For more than a decade, he implemented projects that identified, trained and developed over 2000+ young people to become leaders in health education, NCD prevention and integral management; who do not only contribute to the provision of primary care services but also shape public policies related to the accessibility of health services and systems in developing countries with a focus on immigrants, women and children. During his professional journey, he has implemented over 10+ fully-functioned CHW programs, partnered with local government authorities and international organizations to implement over 35+ community health programs related to NCD, infectious diseases, waterborne diseases, food security, social justice, and human rights; and participated in the lobbying of laws and policies to recognize health access as a universal law. For the past 15 years he has led nonprofit and community-based organizations, public policies and international projects aimed at guaranteeing that vulnerable populations in developing countries have access to health services, education, employment, housing, and political participation. His career as a defender of human rights, access to public services, health, equity and social justice has touched more than 16 countries such as Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic , Burkina Faso, Ghana, Somalia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, and India, among others.