With only one dentist per 400,000 people and less than eye care professional per 1 million people, it’s a gross understatement to say that the citizens of Tanzania, few have critically limited access to much needed healthcare.
What you’ll learn:
Join us in the SKYGEN Café for our 30 minute coffee break webinar to hear Lisa Sweeney, Executive Director of the SKYGEN Foundation, discuss the importance of finding cost effective ways to improve the delivery of vision and dental care in underserved parts of the world by using emerging technologies.
Key learnings include:
- The mission and purpose of the SKYGEN Foundation
- Plans for the SKYGEN Foundation’s growth and expansion in 2022
- Ways you can help in the delivery of quality care to the underserved
Speakers
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Lisa SweeneyExecutive Director of SKYGEN International FoundationLisa Sweeney
Lisa Sweeney is the Executive Director of the SKYGEN International Foundation, which is focused on finding cost effective ways to improve healthcare in underserved parts of the world by using emerging technology. In this role, she is charged with developing all operations from the ground-up. The Foundation’s current initiative is generating funding to train local care teams to use the latest mobile diagnostic equipment for vision testing in Tanzania, and in the future, other developing nations. Children and adults in these communities will receive glasses custom-made to their specific prescription.
Ms. Sweeney moved into the charitable practice of SKYGEN after contributing to the success of the corporate side for more than 16 years as the Chief Financial Officer. During that time, she also led SKYGEN’s vision benefits management organization, as well as making contributions in a variety of functional areas including operations, quality, cost containment, compliance, facilities, and human resources.
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