Global Health and Sustainable Development
Ambassador John Lange
Monday, 24 Oct 2016 at 3:00 pm – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union
Ambassador John E. Lange (Ret.) is Senior Fellow for Global Health Diplomacy for the United Nations Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2013, Lange spent four years at the Gates Foundation working with African governments to improve public health. He has served as co-chair of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Polio Partners Group as well as Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator at the inception of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Ambassador Lange had a 28-year career in the Foreign Service at the U.S. Department of State, including service as Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. He was Ambassador to Botswana from 1999 to 2002, where HIV/AID was his signature issue. Ambassador Lange co-chaired the U.S. Institute of Medicine committee that produced the 2014 report Investing in Global Health Systems: Sustaining Gains, Transforming Lives. World Affairs SeriesCosponsored By:
- Iowa-United Nations Association
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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