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Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with TALA AL-ROUSAN, Atlantic Fellow for EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH, and ANA SANTOS, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Each year Bangkok is host to the Prince Mahidol Award Conference known as PMAC, an international conference focusing on policy related health issues. The theme of the 2020 conference was accelerating progress towards universal health coverage, and participants included TALA AL-ROUSAN and ANA SANTOS. TALA, a Jordanian doctor, lives and works in San Diego, California, and is committed to the welfare of refugees, more than half a million of whom are hosted by Jordan. ANA is a journalist in the Philippines with a particular interest in reproductive rights. Both women took part in a side meeting at PMAC on the topic, ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO INCLUDE REFUGEES: THE MIDDLE EASTERN EXPERIENCE.The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.FURTHER INFORMATIONAtlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/aboutAtlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-equity-brain-healthAtlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-southeast-asia



