WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT 2012  NEWSLETTER, NO. 1

Berlin, March 2012

World Health Summit 2012

World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany, October 21st-24th, 2012

Research for Health and Sustainable Development

 

Michael Klag
President 2012
Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, USA

Detlev Ganten
Founding President
World Health Summit
Charité -  Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Program

Selection of Topics 2012

Diseases of Modern Environments

•  The Epidemic of Chronic Diseases
•  The Future of Maternal and Reproductive Health
•  Urban Development and Mental Health

Translating Research into Policy

•  Integrating Research into Health Policies and Health Systems
•  Minimizing Waste of Research
•  Translating Genomic Research into Global Health Gains

Financing Health

•  Economic Crisis and Health Impact
•  Sustainable Health Systems Financing and
Universal Coverage

Educating Health Professionals

•  Brain Drain in Medical Professions
•  Educating Health Professionals for the
21st Century

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Speakers

Nobel Price Laureates confirm their participation

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Photo: D. Porges

Aaron Ciechanover
Biologist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004
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Peter Agre
Molecular Biologist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2003
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Highlights 2012

Partnerships with WHO Europe

We are very happy to announce that a close partnership between WHO´s Regional
Office for Europe and the World Health Summit has been agreed upon.
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From left: Leen Meulenbergs (WHO/Europe), Detlev Ganten (World Health
Summit), Zsuzsanna Jakab (WHO/Europe) and Mazda Adli (World Health Summit).
Photo: WHO/Sasa Delic

New Voices in Global Health

Call for Abstracts

The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres, Medical Academies and Universities is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for presentation at its upcoming 4th World Health Summit.  Read more

Start: April 2012
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1st Announcement

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The 1st Announcement is now available on the Summit website for Download.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the World Health Summit 2012 in October!

Contact

Academic Office

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin, Germany

Tel.: +49 30 450 572 117
secretariat@worldhealthsummit.org

Organizing Office

K.I.T. Group
Association & Conference Management
Kurfürstendamm 71
10709 Berlin
Germany

Tel.: +49 30 246 03 240
Fax: +49 30 246 03 200
secretariat@worldhealthsummit.org

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