Sumali Mehta is a PhD in Epidemiology candidate at the University of Ottawa. Over the course of her graduate work, she has worked on a range of different global health issues, ranging from AMR policy and governance, to applied sexual and reproductive health needs assessments in rural Uganda. Her current research interests focus on political determinants of health across the municipal, provincial and federal levels in Canada. Previously, Sumali has been a member of the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health and has contributed to the Youth Declaration on a Global Pandemic Accord. With the NATO Association of Canada, she is interested in continuing to advocate for and raise awareness on different global health security issues.
Global medical supply chains are among the most complex and interdependent systems in the modern world, linking raw material producers, manufacturers, distributors, and healthcare providers across multiple continents. This interdependence has historically enabled efficiency, cost reduction, and broad access to life-saving medicines and technologies. However, recent geopolitical tensions, coupled with the lessons of the COVID-19 Read More…
