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Richard Hatzfeld
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Richard Hatzfeld is a global communications leader and public health champion who has led campaigns in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas to confront many of the most urgent health issues of our time. Richard is a senior partner at Finn Partners, leading the firm's global public health group from Washington, DC. He was previously a senior leader at Ogilvy, where he advised multinational companies, foundations and NGOs on global health issues, including infectious and parasitic diseases, maternal and child health, immunization, pandemic preparedness, and antimicrobial resistance. Before Ogilvy, Richard was communications director at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and led communications activities for their vaccine development, infectious disease and advocacy efforts, as well as the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and its award-winning END7 Campaign. Richard began his global public health career pioneering the development of the first reproductive health product line and a nationwide network of maternal/child clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on behalf of USAID.
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Why the American healthcare sector should oppose plans for U.S. diplomatic withdrawal from Africa. Imagine it’s the mid-1990s and the U.S. has decided to pursue policies that would restrict trade and investment to Asia instead of promoting it. Would those markets still prosper? Would the U.S. have grown as strongly or had the same counterweight […]

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It’s time to speak with a shared voice in defense of our health security

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America’s public health system has been slow to track H5N1, ignoring important lessons from Covid-19 and downplaying the potential threat that could be on the horizon.

1 year ago no Comment

How innovative partnership models may help slow the erosion of medical care in America’s rural and Indigenous tribal areas

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As incomes continue to rise in more than 100 countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America, so too will the demand for better healthcare, convenience products, electronics, and household staples.

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Investments in public health are the building blocks of a brighter future for all of us

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Framing Alzheimer’s Disease as a public health imperative linked to chronic disease prevention could be the catalyst we need to encourage younger people to adopt healthier behavior while there’s still enough time.

2 years ago no Comment

This is not the time to roll out stale messaging delivered by a carousel of health officials trying to convince the public to get the test kits.

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Malaria remains one of the greatest public health threats facing humanity.

2 years ago no Comment

We continue to lose many of the battles we should win against cancer.

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