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To safeguard the health and well-being of our speakers, staff, and attendees from across the globe from COVID-19, IntraHealth International has made the difficult decision to cancel our SwitchPoint 2020 in-person conference in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, this September.

In an effort to safeguard the health and well-being of our speakers and attendees from across the globe in light of COVID-19, IntraHealth has rescheduled SwitchPoint to September 17 & 18, 2020. 

Though we considered a virtual conference, the nature of SwitchPoint is human connection and interaction—and we can’t do the experience justice by trying to translate it online.

We want people from different fields talking to each other, coming up with ideas for how they can work together.

While there, I spoke on “The Role of U.S. Faith Leaders in Advocacy for Global Health,” which highlighted the history of conservative faith leaders since 2002 and their awareness raising, education, and advocating for funding to fight global AIDS, TB, and Malaria; support international family planning; and rally an increase in funding for global nutrition.

Wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, Toyin Ojora Saraki over the weekend delivered the keynote speech to SwitchPoint 2019 Conference in North Carolina, calling on attendees to consider what strategies needed to be implemented to ensure that healthcare workers can provide the necessary level of care at the right location, at the right time, at the right price – to get the right results.

It takes tenacity to work in global health and development. These folks have it.

There’s no stopping the changes coming to the development sector. But let’s be smart about them.

SwitchPoint brings together hundreds of leaders in global health, humanitarian response, technology, media, and more to report on new advances in social good and create unexpected collaborations across industries.