Episode 245: Health, Human Rights and Resilience with Aggrey Aluso and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week is the final installment in our collaboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. In a fitting conclusion, Aggrey Aluso, the Director, Africa Region and global policy lead for the Pandemic Action Network, driving strategic advocacy efforts in Africa and globally joins the conversation. Born, raised and currently based in Kenya, Aggrey also serves as the incoming Executive Director of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), PAN’s networked advocacy partner, where he is mobilizing advocates to champion an Africa-centric, globally-facing resilience agenda. He brings over 15 years of experience in advancing intersectional justice, using citizen-led, rights-based approaches in Africa. Previously, he served as an Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa’s (OSIEA) Health and Rights program senior manager. He also coordinated the Open Society Africa (Pan Africa) Vaccine Justice to advance Africa’s vaccine-related research, development, and manufacturing. He served as the University of Manitoba’s Global Institute for Public Health’s East African Policy and Advocacy Manager. Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, Aggrey offers excellent insights into the current M-pox crisis as well as a thoughtful discussion on the global policy landscape around elevating health as a human right for all. All are invited to join this week’s program on Thursday, October 31st at 1PM WAT using this link (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85846014227?pwd=yy9uV1BDt0xefbDsQ4ZbXVmvrWxp9m.1) Where to find Aggrey? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aggrey-aluso-108a89130/) On Instragram (linnk https://www.instagram.com/aggreyaluso/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/aggrey.aluso/?_rdc=1&_rdr) On X (https://x.com/aggrealuso) What’s Aggrey reading? As a Man Thinketh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81959.As_a_Man_Thinketh) by James Allen 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and other books (https://www.ynharari.com/book/21-lessons-book/?_gl=1cbq9a_upMQ.._gaNDYxMDg1NjIyLjE3MzAwNzE0MTY._ga_3VXWK7L4ZR*MTczMDA3MTQxNS4xLjAuMTczMDA3MTQxNS4wLjAuMA..) by Yuval Noah Harari Whats Aggrey watching? The Lincoln Lawyer (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/81303831) New Amsterdam (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/80241181) Other topics of interest: Nyanza, Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanza_Province) More on Mpox (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mpox) and zoonotic diseases (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/zoonotic-diseases) UN Summit of the Future (https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future) The Global Fund (https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/) Kenya Finance Bill Protests (https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/26/kenyas-finance-bill-this-is-what-led-to-the-protest//) About Wangari Maathai (https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai) About the Mpox Joint Action Plan ([https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-cdc-and-who-launch-joint-continental-plan-scale-mpox-outbreak-response#:~:text=Priority%20actions%20are%20outlined%20for,comprising%20members%20from%20key%20partners.&text=About%20Africa%20CDC-,The%20Africa%20Centres%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(Africa%20CDC,prevention%20and%20control%20of%20diseases.](https://www.afro.who.int/news/african-cdc-and-who-launch-joint-continental-plan-scale-mpox-outbreak-response#:~:text=Priority%20actions%20are%20outlined%20for,comprising%20members%20from%20key%20partners.&text=About%20Africa%20CDC-,The%20Africa%20Centres%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(Africa%20CDC,prevention%20and%20control%20of%20diseases.)) The Man Died (https://youtu.be/9nHTlAgL1SM?si=zUHR1lsPkyPIy4xe) Film Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Aggrey Aluso.