Dagfinn Høybråten, Board Chair and Governance Committee Chair, GAVI Alliance

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Annette Schavan, Federal Minister, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

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Ala Alwan, General Director, World Health Organization, Switzerland

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No Health without Mental Health

Access to Health in Low-Income Countries

Four Years after the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis – Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges

Working Session on Oct. 25th,
10.15-11.45

Since the Lancet Series on Global Mental Health (2007), awareness has grown of the gross inequity in the provision of care and respect for human rights of persons living with mental disorders, between rich and poor countries. The treatment gap for mood disorders exceeds 75% for low and middle income countries (LMIC), while 90% or more of people with psychosis have never been treated in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Working Session on Oct. 25th,
14.00-15.30

This Working Session aims at discussing how various financing mechanisms can contribute to address specific access to health issues in developing countries. The past decade has seen a remarkable series of public and private initiatives to support public health issues in low income countries, and in particular the creation of novel financing mechanisms such as The Global Fund, UNITAID, the Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria (AMFm), etc.

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Partner Symposium on Oct. 25th,
17.00-19.00

In Oct 2007, a Ministerial Forum was organized by the German Federal Ministry of Health and WHO-Euro. The health ministers discussed current challenges and problems in tuberculosis control in the WHO-Euro region and adopted the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis containing self-commitments and precise steps to be initiated by both high and low burden countries. It was also agreed upon evaluating progress and obstacles every two years.

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