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Bill Bowtell

Bill Bowtell AO is one of Australia’s foremost health policy strategists. As senior adviser to the Australian health minister, Bill Bowtell was an architect of Australia’s world-renowned response to the emergence of HIV/AIDS which brought together affected communities, researchers, clinicians and politicians, changing the course of the Australian pandemic and saving thousands of lives. For over four decades, Bill Bowtell has served in many roles and capacities at the intersection of health, development and politics in Australia and internationally. He served as a senior adviser to Australian prime minister Paul Keating. From 2005, Bill Bowtell led the advocacy organisation Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase funding and support for the Global Fund. Since early 2020, Bill Bowtell has written, broadcast and tweeted extensively on the Australian and international response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Events

Launch: Brown. Female. Doctor. (Invitation Only)

Pran Central Shopping Centre 325 Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia

Brown. Female. Doctor. A Memoir by Dr Sarah Arachchi A conversation event with Dr Sarah Arachchi, Shivani Gopal, and Professor Michelle Leech. When: Thursday 15 May Time: 7.00 for 7.30pm start Venue: Bossy...