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Newsletter No. 4
Berlin, July 23rd, 2011
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Summit 2011
World Health Summit 2011 | October 23rd-26th, 2011 | Berlin, Germany
World Health Summit 2011
2nd Announcement available online!
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Speaker Update
Speaker Update
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Antoine Flahault is dean of the EHESP School of Public Health (Ecole des hautes études en santé publique) and a professor in epidemiology at the University Paris-Descartes. He directed a public health department at the hospital Tenon in Paris and was also responsible of the national system of communicable disease surveillance in France.
In addition, he has developed together with the WHO Headquarters in Geneva the global monitoring of influenza (FluNet). Furthermore, he is the director of the WHO collaborating centre for electronic disease surveillance at the University Paris 6. In this context, he coordinates a program which combines public health surveillance, mathematical modeling and epidemiology. Last but not least, he led task forces against a chikunguya outbreak in the Indian Ocean and against dengue fever in the French Caribbean islands.
Antoine Flahault will speak at the following sessions:
From Evidence Based Medicine to Evidence Based Management
Monday, Oct 24th, 2011
7.15-8.45
Ensuring the Effectiveness of EU Expenditure on Global Health
Tuesday, Oct 25th, 2011
12.00-13.30
Response to Global Emerging Infectious Outbreaks
Monday, October 24th, 2011
10.15-11.45
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Mickey Chopra took up his post as Chief of Health and Associate Director of Programmes at UNICEF’s New York Headquarters in August 2009, leading the agency’s work on maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, pediatric HIV/AIDS, and health systems strengthening, policy and research.
Prior to his appointment to UNICEF, Mickey Chopra was the director of the Health Systems Research Group of the South Africa Medical Research Council. A British national, Mickey Chopra is qualified as a medical doctor with an additional degree in medical sociology from the University of Southampton in England. He went to work as a district medical officer in the rural health district of Hlabisa, South Africa and focused especially on child health and nutrition programs. After receiving his Masters in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997, he joined the nascent School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In 2008, he earned his PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. Mickey Chopra has published over 70 international peer-reviewed papers and contributed to numerous book chapters concerned with international child health and nutrition. He currently lives in New York with his wife and two children.
Mickey Chopra will speak at the following sessions:
World Health Summit Ceremony
Sunday, Oct 23rd, 2011
18.30-20.30
Adolescent Health – It’s Promise and Potential
Sunday, Oct 23rd, 2011
15.00-16.30
Jane Waterman is the IAVI (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) Executive Director in Europe and oversees activities across 10 European countries and the European Union institutions. A member of IAVI’s Senior Management Team, she guides IAVI’s programs in Europe, covering advocacy and policy research, resource mobilization, communications and media relations.
Jane Waterman was previously on the senior management team of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, a global network of national organizations that provide financial and technical support to community-based organizations in more than 40 countries. As director of external relations at the Alliance, she was responsible for raising the profile of the organization, developing and managing its fundraising and communication strategies, and maintaining the organization’s relationship with corporate, philanthropic and government donors. Prior to joining the Alliance in 2004, Jane Waterman worked in resource mobilization at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She spent time in sub-Saharan Africa between 1987 and 1993 where she worked with the British Council. She has a Master’s degree in Gender and Development, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and a Certificate in Fundraising Management.
Jane Waterman will speak at the following sessions:
Bridging Health Gaps with Vaccines
Monday, Oct 24th, 2011
17.00-18.30
Link to Speakers List
See the list of all confirmed speakers here.
Registration
Registration & Grants
Early Bird rate extended!
Early Bird Registration is extended to August 31st, 2011. Further information and online registration can be found <link registration participant-registration _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>here.
The World Health Summit provides a limited number of 10 complimentary registration grants and 5 travel grants for NPO employees and students, who’s work addresses questions of health care of a high global impact and develops perspectives of clinical application to increase global health. Travel grants include travel, accommodation and registration for the duration of the summit. Application Deadline is August 31st, 2011. For more information and application visit the Summit <link registration participant-registration _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>websit<link registration participant-registration _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>e.
Program
Session Planner
Preliminary Program available.
Session Highlights
Session Highlights
The Economic Crisis: Impacts on Health
The current financial crisis impacts on health of populations worldwide. More than ever countries are struggling to afford the cost of health care systems. Many reforms emphasize short term effects and interests of individual stakeholders rather than looking at health system in the whole and the global picture.
Applying short-sighted budget restrictions to health spending could have disastrous middle to long-term impact on population welfare and potential economic growth.
Health is more than medicine. Medicine is a social science. The health economy is one of the biggest financial sectors with high ethics and remarkable stability in times of crisis. Among the key question to be discussed are:
- How do we ensure that our healthcare expenditures correspond with our healthcare priorities, and provide best value for money spent?
- How and where to set health priorities when money is tight?
- What are the different dimensions of "value for money" in healthcare from straight budget cuts to adoption of more efficient methods of care and technologies?
- How to control public spending in the short term while supporting our long-term goals for equitable, responsive, effective and efficient health systems?
- How can we achieve long-term growth in a real market health economy?
The World Health Summit will respond to these important issues amongst others in the following sessions:
Title Session 1 Global Perspective...
M8 Symposium
Global Perspectives on Health Care Reforms
Wednesday, October 26th, 14.00 – 15.30
Text Session 1
Countries around the world are struggling to afford rising health care costs, leading many to consider various reforms to slow the growth in future health care spending. Many of these reforms are emphasizing the important role of health care providers in improving the value of care delivered throughout the health care system. This session will present an overview of these provider-oriented reform efforts underway in China, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States.
Hosts:
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Peking Union Medical College
Chair:
- Bradley Herring | Associate Professor | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | United States
Speakers:
- Wouter Bos | KPMG | Former Minister of Finances, Netherlands
- Darrell Gaskin | Associate Professor | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | United States
- Peter Smith | Professor of Health Economics | Imperial College London | United Kingdom
- Dao Tai | Director, Institute of Medical Information | Peking Union Medical College | China
- Bradley Herring | Associate Professor | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | United States
Title Session 2 Austerity...
Partner Symposium
Austerity Measures and Health Care. Fiscal Discipline vs. Investing in Health
Tuesday, October 25th, 14.00 – 15.30
Text Session 2 Austerity
For its 2010 Health Minister Meeting, the OECD met with the health ministers to discuss "Health priorities when money is tight". Policy makers are now under tremendous pressure to achieve macro-economic stability and are looking at all public spending for potential savings and cuts. At the same time, applying short-term budget restrictions to healthcare spending could have a disastrous middle to long-term impact on population welfare and potential economic growth. The key question is thus, how to ensure that our healthcare expenditures correspond with our healthcare priorities, provide value for money, and ensure that we continue to prolong the morbidity threshold in order to keep our ageing population healthy and active.
Our panel will discuss this complex policy landscape and provide elements for responding to the following questions:
- How to control public spending in the short-term while supporting our long-term goals for equitable, responsive, effective and efficient health systems?
- How strong is the case for sustainable spending in healthcare to achieve long-term economic growth?
- What are the different dimensions of "value for money" in healthcare from straight budget cuts to adoption of more efficient methods of care and technologies?
Host:
- MSD Sharp & Dohme
Chairs:
- Melinda Crane | Journalist | Deutsche Welle | Germany
- Bruno Strigini | President EuCan | MSD SHARP & DOHME | United Kingdom
Speakers:
- Wolfgang Greiner | Health Economist | University Bielefeld | Germany
- Frank Lichtenberg | Health Economist | Columbia University New York | United States
- Michael Schoenstein | Economist | OECD | Germany
- Dieter Moehler | President | German Diabetes Association | Germany
- Bruno Strigini | President EuCan | MSD SHARP & DOHME GMBH | United Kingdom
Satellite Meeting
Satellite Meeting
IAMP Young Leaders Meeting at the World Health Summit
We are very pleased to inform you that the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) – and the M8 Alliance of leading Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities worldwide are joining to establish a “Young Physicians Leadership Program” to be inaugurated during the World Health Summit October 23rd – 26th 2011, in Berlin, Germany.
Together we seek to identify 20 outstanding young physician leaders, nominated by IAMP members, for a specific workshop to develop their leadership skills during mentoring sessions with an international group of physician leaders. The program includes participation in the World Health Summit from October 23rd – 26th 2011, which will provide an outstanding scientific and policy program and networking opportunities with a global group of outstanding medical and scientific professionals, government officials, business leaders and health related organizations.
IAMP member academies will nominate eligible physicians under 40 years of age with demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in clinical medicine, medical education, public health or health policy and who show significant promise for leadership in their fields in the future. The Co-Chairs of the IAMP, Jo Ivey Boufford and Looi Lai-Meng, will be chairing this program in Berlin.
Contact
Contact
Contact
Summit Secretariat
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz
110117 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 450 572 117
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Organizing Office
c/o K.I.T Group GmbH
Association & Conference Management Group
Kurfürstendamm 71, 10709 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 246 03 240