Social Work Global Conference Report 2020

Speaker Biographies Poor Health: Assumptions, Facts, Opportunities | Abdul El - Sayed How do social and economic factors influence health outcomes? Dr. Abdul El - Sayed explores these issues of unequal health and describes how public health can be leveraged to disrupt intergenerational poverty. Dr. El - Sayed is an internationally recognized expert in health policy, social determinants of health, and health inequalities. He is currently a candidate for governor of Michigan. He previously served as the Health Officer and Executive Director of the Detroit Health Department. Under Dr. El - Sayed ’ s leadership, Detroit emerged as a state and national leader in public health innovation, with major initiatives to reduce infant mortality, promote vision access, and integrate early childhood services. His work on urban health policy has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, Al - Jazeera, and The Hill. https://youtu.be/s84Rw2WU0q8 Richard Baffo Kodom, MPhil, Social Work Richard Baffo Kodom is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. His research interests include migration studies, family welfare, disability and health care. Currently, his research projects focus on independent adolescent migrants and women living with obstetric fistula.