Kee Park

Dir. Policy/Advocacy @HarvardPGSSC | EIC @JournalGNS | Korea Health Policy Project #UHC fan

[Kee Park @keepark]

Thank you, Dilan Ellegala and @mtlawton at @BarrowNeuro, for the interview. We had so much fun talking about one of my favorite topics!
#GlobalNeurosurgery.

To watch, go to this link:
https://t.co/NAq2w5grWs

[Abbas Karim @_abbaskarim]

Incredible first #WHA79 in Geneva! 🇺🇳

Filled w/ many highlights, including advocating for innovative financing for surgical care in the EMRO region, contributing to ECO care discussions, attending events on TBI, acute care, and migrant health, & more with the @HarvardPGSSC team!

[Kee Park @keepark]

Great initiative by former @HarvardPGSSC fellow, Saksham Gupta.

[MGB Neurosurgery @MGBneurosurgery]

For the third consecutive year, members of our MGB Neurosurgery Global Health Program traveled to West Africa to collaborate with local teams in expanding access to neurosurgical care.

This year marked the team’s first visit to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, with a focus on endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery and epilepsy surgery.

Congratulations to every member of this incredible team for their dedication, partnership, and commitment to advancing global neurosurgery. And a massive thank you to all of the sponsors and partners who make this work possible #globalneurosurgery

[Kee Park @keepark]

Interesting fact – H.E. Dr. @Musaab_Al_Ali is a #neurosurgeon!

[HananBalkhyحنان بلخي @HananBalkhy]

I was pleased to meet again with H.E. Dr @Musaab_Al_Ali, Minister of Health of Syrian Arab Republic, after having met him in Damascus earlier this year and witness firsthand the determination to rebuild and strengthen the country’s health system.

We discussed advancing Syria’s health system recovery, strengthening emergency preparedness and sustainable financing, and ensuring health remains at the centre of national recovery efforts. @WHO remains committed to supporting the Syrian people and the Ministry of Health on the path towards resilient, inclusive and equitable health for all. #WHA79

@WHOSyria | @syrianmofaex | @SyriatoUN | @SyrMOfH

[Kee Park @keepark]

Powerful piece about how #sanctions impact #surgical care in #Cuba. #Blockade

https://t.co/xcNx9TBUo1

[Aleksandra Kuzmanovic @KuzmanovicA]

The world is getting more polarised and our digital environment is a growing reflection of it.

Here’s my take on how we can craft our own digital intelligence - one post at a time: https://t.co/XH4km43dOa

Thank you, @TEDx, for the invite. It’s been a fun journey!

[Kee Park @keepark]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

It was my special privilege and honour to present my friend, former Executive Director of the @WHO Health Emergencies Programme and colleague Dr Mike Ryan from #Ireland, with the Director-General's Award for Global Health for his leadership in strengthening global health emergency preparedness and response.

Mike helped establish the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (@WHOGOARN), which has supported responses to hundreds of disease outbreaks worldwide.

From leading WHO’s response to major health emergencies, including SARS, Ebola and COVID-19, to also serving as Deputy Director-General, his leadership has helped shape how the world detects, prepares for and responds to health emergencies.

Mike's work has had a profound and lasting impact on the protection of vulnerable communities and global health security. #WHA79

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

It was my special privilege and honour to present my friend, former Executive Director of the @WHO Health Emergencies Programme and colleague Dr Mike Ryan from #Ireland, with the Director-General's Award for Global Health for his leadership in strengthening global health emergency preparedness and response.

Mike helped establish the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (@WHOGOARN), which has supported responses to hundreds of disease outbreaks worldwide.

From leading WHO’s response to major health emergencies, including SARS, Ebola and COVID-19, to also serving as Deputy Director-General, his leadership has helped shape how the world detects, prepares for and responds to health emergencies.

Mike's work has had a profound and lasting impact on the protection of vulnerable communities and global health security. #WHA79

[Prof. Faustin NTIRENGANYA @Fostino21]

"When there is less than one trained surgeon for hundreds thousands of people, access to surgery is not delayed, it’s denied"..
Thank u @DylanWilliams 4 telling our story https://t.co/OhnAAJOtPh #WHA79 @GVAGrad.
Gratitudes @operationsmile @drrubenayala
@RwandaHealth @Uni_Rwanda

[Kee Park @keepark]

Thank you, Guatamala 🇬🇹, South Sudan 🇸🇸, and Cambodia 🇰🇭 for joining the #TBI @TBICoalition team as cosponsors!🙏🙏🙏

[Harvard Global Surgery @HarvardPGSSC]

Powerful moments from the TBI Side Event Session at #WHA79, moderated by @keepark, culminating in H.E. Minister Barnoya of Guatemala announcing co-sponsorship of the resolution to recognize TBI as a chronic and notifiable condition! 🧠🙌🏼

[Kee Park @keepark]

This was a great event. Proud of the intervention from @HarvardPGSSC @_abbaskarim

[HananBalkhyحنان بلخي @HananBalkhy]

At #WHA79, I was pleased to join a timely and forward-looking discussion on health care financing for universal health coverage #UHC. I would like to thank Burkina Faso, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye and the @OIC_OCI for bringing together partners to tackle one of the defining health challenges of our time.

At a moment of growing financial pressure on health systems, these conversations are more important than ever to help identify sustainable, locally driven solutions that protect access to care and strengthen resilience for the future. Traditional and innovative financing mechanisms, including Awqaf, Zakat, Sukuk and partnerships with development banks and the private sector, can help complement public financing and accelerate progress towards #UHC.

The priority now is moving from discussion to implementation: strengthening governance, building evidence, aligning these mechanisms with national health financing strategies, and advancing practical country-level action that delivers equitable impact for communities across the @WHOEMRO Region and beyond.

@WHOJordan | @mohgovjordan | @JordanUNGeneva | @WHOSyria | @syrianmofaex | @SyriatoUN | @SyrMOfH | @TC_BMCenevreDT | @WHO_Turkiye | @WHOAFRO | @WHO_Europe

[Kee Park @keepark]

Investing in surgical access in LMICs is an imperative but let’s not forget the gains through cost savings and efficiency strategies. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Well done to the @ughe_org team @DrBarnabasAlay @Pierra250 @nobsroy et al. @HarvardPGSSC @GlobalHealthBMJ

https://t.co/8z3g9pOKV9

[Kee Park @keepark]

Thank you, @HananBalkhy, for your commitment for the #TBI resolution. Over 130 organizations and 9 member states 🇵🇰🇮🇩🇹🇷🇮🇹🇬🇹🇰🇭🇸🇸🇶🇦🇹🇿are working together to put head injuries on global health agenda.🙏🙏🙏 @TBICoalition @ISGNS_ @HarvardPGSSC @WHOEMRO

[HananBalkhyحنان بلخي @HananBalkhy]

At a #WHA79 side event on traumatic brain injury (TBI), I joined partners and Member States to advance a stronger global response to one of the most overlooked public health challenges of our time.

With an estimated 69 million TBIs occurring every year globally, recognizing TBI as a notifiable and chronic condition can help strengthen prevention, surveillance, emergency care, rehabilitation and long-term support, especially in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the burden is compounded by conflict and displacement, making stronger trauma systems and continuity of care an urgent priority.

I thank Pakistan for formally submitting a draft resolution recognizing TBI as a notifiable, chronic and preventable condition, and Indonesia and Türkiye for co-sponsoring this important effort toward stronger global action on TBI.

Appreciation also goes to the @TBICoalition, @theG4Alliance, the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change @HarvardPGSSC, and the International Health Systems group at the University of Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni for convening this timely dialogue and advancing momentum toward a WHA resolution that puts patients, dignity and long-term recovery at the centre of global health action.

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

Franco Servadei, neurosurgeon and chair of the @WFNS_WHO_LC, states that “there is no neurosurgeon in the world who is not taking care of #TBI. This problem affects us all.”

#NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI #TBICoalition #TBIResolution #WHA79

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

What are the key messages from our panelists?

✔️Changing the mindset from #TBI being just an acute event, to a chronic and notifiable condition.
✔️ if we care about people, we must care about protecting their brain from #TBI
✔️ shared goals

#NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI #WHA79

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

Our keynote speaker is @HananBalkhy, Regional Director at @WHOEMRO. She will be addressing @WHOEMRO's perspective on TBI burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, including fragile, conflict-affected, and resource-limited settings. #TBIResolution #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

In her keynote speech, @HananBalkhy from @WHOEMRO tells us:

“TBI is one of the most significant but overlooked global health issue in our times”

“Across our region, TBI is a daily reality in emergency departments, operating rooms and rehabilitation centres”

#NotifyTBI #WHA79

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

Our first Ministerial panel is chaired by @global_neuro’s co-chairs Profs @pja_hutch and @FigajiTony

#NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI #WHA79

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

Prof Franco Servadei, neurosurgeon and @WFNS_WHO_LC chair, reads a message from Italy’s Ministry of Heath in support of a #TBIResolution for #NotifyTBI and #ChronicTBI #TBICoalition

#WHA79

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

“This international movement is very important. We fully support this movement

[Global Coalition for TBI @TBICoalition]

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health in Tanzania says:

“TBI is an alarming issue. Most patients suffering #TBIs are young- our students, our workers, our future.

Delays in care lead to poor outcomes”

#TBICoalition #TBIResolution #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI #WHA79