Global Health Speaker Series 2023-2024
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 / 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lessons in global health are often perceived as being unidirectional—from the Global North to the South. In this talk, we will use Botswana’s impressive record in achieving the UNAIDS 95:95:95 targets for HIV and Botswana’s Covid-19 response as examples of global health leadership and best practices that hold important lessons for advancing public health in the Global North. We will also highlight the importance of shaping public health responses to meet community needs, using the example of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Mosepele Mosepele is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Botswana. He served as Deputy Coordinator of the Presidential Covid-19 Task Force in Botswana, for which he received the Presidential Order of Honor (the 2nd highest award conferred by the President of Botswana). He also served as Acting Deputy Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Botswana. He has published more than 50 peer reviewed scientific publications and has been continuously funded by the U.S. NIH since 2015. He trained as a physician and infectious diseases specialist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals.
