Maximizing human capital by aligning investments in health and education
This webinar discusses a new report by USAID on how to maximize human capital by aligning investments in health and education. It aims at:
- Providing key findings from the report,
- Sharing how investments in human capital, and education and health specifically, promote human capital, economic sustainability, and a country’s long-term self-reliance,
- Discussing the simple health interventions that can support equity and inclusion in education, both of which are vital to the development of human capital.
Moderator: Jane Davies, Senior Education Specialist – Gender Equality, GPE Secretariat
Presenters:
- Ishrat Husain, Family Planning and Health Systems Strengthening Advisor USAID/Africa Bureau
- Brad Strickland, Senior Education Advisor, USAID/Africa Bureau, USAID/Africa Bureau
- Donald DAP Bundy, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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