Thursday 4 June 2020 2pm

On behalf of Frank Tanser, Director of the Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health (LIIRH) we are delighted to invite you to join a guest webinar by Professor Neil Squires.   Neil will use this opportunity to talk about “PHE’s work to strengthen Global Health Security and lessons from work to strengthen International Health Regulation capacity for the COVID-19 response”

Professor Neil Squires is Director of Global Public Health for Public Health England, with responsibility for PHE’s global health activity and a Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln.

Neil has spent the majority of his career working internationally for the Department for International Development, including being the Head of Profession for Health (2011-2014). He spent 4 years working in Mozambique, including being the donor lead for multi-agency support to Mozambique’s Health Sector Wide Approach (SWAp); 2 years working in Bangladesh; 5 years as the Senior Health Adviser for West and North Africa, covering Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone and working on DFID’s Africa Regional Programmes. Neil has also spent 3 years working at the European Commission, during which time he developed the EU Strategy on Human Resources for Health in Developing Countries. Prior to training in Public Health, Neil worked as a District Health Officer in Malawi, and in Leprosy control in India.

Register your interest for the event via this link: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-by-professor-neil-squires-tickets-106882598730