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Vanessa Kerry

Vanessa Kerry is CEO of Seed Global Health, a non-profit organisation focused on health systems strengthening. She was appointed WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health in June 2023, and is building advocacy to ensure equitable and just climate action. She also co-chairs a workstream on the World Health Organization’s Public Health and Emergency Health Workforce Roadmap. She is a critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States and directs the Global Public Policy and Social Change programme at Harvard Medical School.