A4BGU Partners with ASU to Discuss Global Health Solutions
A4BGU Partners with ASU to Discuss Global Health Solutions
February 14, 2025
Medical Research, Social Sciences & Humanities
BGU’s Prof. Nadav Davidovitch
Jewish News – On Monday, February 3, Prof. Nadav Davidovitch joined Arizona State University (ASU) Interim Dean of the College of Health Solutions Professor Michael Yudell for a public discussion about polio, food security, and future-focused solutions for global health. The public event, “Israel and the Way Forward: Public Health Lessons from Wartime,” took place at Temple Solel in Paradise Valley and was sponsored by Americans for Ben-Gurion University’s (A4BGU) Phoenix Chapter.”
Prof. Nadav Davidovitch from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Department of Health Policy and Management, serves on the Israeli National Health Council as chair of health economics and policy, where various health reforms, including following the current Gaza war, are implemented, points he expanded on during the presentation.
He worries that the current retreat from the World Health Organization of the U.S., led by President Donald Trump, “is a dangerous move” and an ironic one given the country’s role in the 1948 founding of the organization.
For example, he credits Israel’s success in vaccination campaigns and pandemic response to its data-driven approach.
Communication and community engagement were also crucial in Israel’s pandemic response, he said. Davidovitch advises a comprehensive approach to communicating health risks via social media, television, radio, and other online outlets. He added that transparency and availability of information will build trust with students, faculty, and staff.
“There is a great need to promote trust, not just with the public, but also within the professional community, including between countries, within regions (as diseases know no borders), and on an international level,” he said.
“Looking back, the most important lessons for infectious disease experts are the need for more multi- and inter-sector collaborations; this must be ensured by structural changes, with incentives for all stakeholders,” he said.
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