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The Geneva Health Forum Final Programme

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  Sunday, 25 May 2008
13:00
21:00		 Registration Desk Opens
Opening Ceremony
17:30
19:00		 Official Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Health Forum 2008
19:00
20:30		 Welcome Reception / Marketplace

 

  Monday, 26 May 2008
7:30
8:45		 Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30		 Tomorrow's Health Systems: In Phase with Reality?
10:30
11:00		 Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30		 Management of Chronic Disease I:
A Multistakeholder Approach		 Future Health Systems:
Regional Perspectives		 Strengthening National Health Information Systems Social Determinants of Health: What is Next? Patient-Centred Health Systems: Good Wishes and Harsh Realities Public-Private Partnerships: The Human Factor
12:30
14:00		 Lunch Session: Improving Access to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Low-Income Countries
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00
15:30		 Primary Healthcare Revisited in a Multi-Stakeholder Landscape Can We Deliver?
15:30
16:00		 Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00
17:30		 Management of Chronic Disease II:
Adapting Health Services, Engaging Communities		 Can Mixed Health Systems Be Equitable?
 Research to Support Development of Equitable 
Health Systems		 Access to Health Services in Crisis and Fragile States Agequake in Health Systems: Imperatives of an Ageing Population Access to Affordable Medicines
17:45
19:30

10th Anniversary Celebration Global Forum for Health Research
Poster presentations / Marketplace

 

  Tuesday, 27 May 2008
7:30
8:45		 Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30		 The Global Health Workforce: Challenges for the Future
10:30
11:00 		Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30		 Oncology: Only for the Rich? Primary Healthcare Revival: Beyond Declarations Global Health Education in Action Human Resources: Policies and Retention Strategies Health Knowledge at a Time of Web 2.0 Physicians in Global Health
12:30
14:00		 Lunch Break / Marketplace
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00
15:30		 Sustainable Health Financing Business, Lifestyles & Public Health
15:30
16:00		 Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00
17:30		 ICT in Support of Health Workers Innovative Healthcare Financing Social Accountability and Accreditation of Medical Schools: Are New Norms Needed? Task Shifting: The Solution for Healthcare Worker Shortages? Neglected Diseases: Improving Patient Access to New Diagnostics and Treatments Developing In-House Capacity in Applied Research: Lessons Learned
Plenary
17:30
19:00		 Open-to-the-Public Event: Marketplace, Photo Exhibition from the World Medical Association, Special Documentary Film Sessions
19:00
20:30		 The First Mile: Setting the Framework for Effective Community Health Systems
(Videoconference with Global Health Council, Washington D.C.)

 

  Wednesday, 28 May 2008
7:30
8:45		 Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30		 Research & Training for Health: Seeds for the Future
10:30
11:00 		Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30		 Hospitals and Health Systems:
Only High Tech?		 Sustainable Healthcare for People Living with HIV/AIDS The Business of Health and the Health of Business Biotechnology to Improve Access to Health: Can It Make a Difference? Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases Selected Case Studies on Neglected Diseases Enduring Research Infrastructures in Low-Income Countries
12:30
13:45		 Lunch Session: Global Health Watch 2: An Alternative World Health Report
Parallel Sessions
14:00
15:30		 Making Mental Health a Global Priority: Scaling Up Services Human Rights and Health Systems Global Health Initiatives: More than Just about Medicines and Vaccines New Approaches to Field-Based Malaria Treatment Medical Tourism: Emerging Poles of Excellence Global Health: A European Perspective
15:30
15:45		 Coffee Break / Marketplace
15:45
17:00

Closing Plenary Session

Last updated on 27/05/2008
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Health and Health Systems in a Globalised World
Confronting Health Transition
Responsive Health Systems
Health Policy and Health Systems Financing
Primary Healthcare and Social Determinants of Health
The Global Health Workforce
Education, Knowledge and Technology
Social Accountability of Universities and Training Institutions
Health Research
Access to Diagnostics, Medicines and Treatments
The Role of the Private Sector

Quotes For Health
quoteThe way health systems are designed, managed and financed affects people's lives and livelihoods. The difference between a well-performing health system and one that is failing can bemeasured in death, disability, impoverishment, humiliation and despair.quote

- Dr Gro Brundtland, World Health Report 2000