Preliminary Session Programme

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Monday, 19 April 2010

Plenary
9:00 10:30	Globalization and Health Systems: Regional Innovations
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	Impact of Global Health Initiatives on the Health Workforce	Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learned from H1N1	Health Systems Strengthening: What Are We Talking About?	Health Biotechnology: The World as a Playing Field	Health Workforce Distribution and Retention Strategies
12:30 14:00	Lunch Session / Official Opening of the Marketplace
	The Global Health Challenge of Malnutrition: Can it be Defeated?
Parallel Sessions
14:00 15:30	Global Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World	Are GHIs Moving Towards Effective Health Systems Strengthening?	Strengthening Health Systems: Do's and Don'ts	The Spread of Health-Related Markets: New Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges	Access to Essential Medicines: Case Studies from the Field
15:30 16:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00 17:30	Partnering Globally for Safer Care	HIV/AIDS Programmes: Access, Care & Funding	Strengthening Family Medicine Networks in Eastern Europe	Foreign Policy, Trade and Health: Finding the Right Balance	Accountability and Access to Essential Medicines: Global Perspectives
17:30 17:45	Break
Opening ceremony
17:45 19:15	Globalization, Crisis, and Health Systems: Confronting Regional Perspectives

Plenary
9:00 10:30	Crisis as Catalyst for Health Reform: Quick Fixes or Sustainable Solutions?
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break / Poster presentations
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	Healthcare Delivery during Crisis and Conflicts	Shared Responsibility and Concerted Responses to Antibiotic Resistance	Emergency and Essential Surgery: Where Do We Stand?	Participatory Tools Influencing Health Systems	Migrant Access to Health in Switzerland: From Policy to Practice
12:30 14:00	Lunch Sessions / Marketplace
	The Wake of the Haiti Crisis: Lessons To Be Learned
Parallel Sessions
14:00 15:30	Access to Health for Refugees and Displaced Populations in Urban Settings	Neglecting Neglected Diseases: More of the Same?	Improving Patient-Provider Communication in the Context of Chronic Disease	Participatory Approaches to Health: Case Studies from around the World	Developing Youth Friendly Health Services: Do It Yourself!
15:30 16:00	Coffee Break / Poster presentations
Parallel Sessions
16:00 17:30	Rebuilding Post-Conflict Health Systems: Challenges and Opportunities	Epidemics, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Non-Traditional Surveillance	WHO and Global Health Governance	Innovative Strategies for Chronic Disease Management	Improving Migrant Health in Europe
17:30 17:45	Break
17:45 19:15	Global Health Governance: Lost in Translation?

Plenary
9:00 10:30	Global Access to Health: The High's and Low's of Technology
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break / Poster presentations
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	The Challenges of Working with Corruption	ICT: Improving Access for Health Professionals in Remote Settings	Ethics in Biomedical Research: Who is in Charge?		Training for Humanitarian Assistance	Globalization Reshaping Medical Education: Case Studies
12:30 14:00	Lunch Session / Marketplace
	*Geneva* *Innovation Network: Improving Access to Medicines*			World Alliance for Wound and Lymphoedema Care (WAWLC)
Parallel Sessions
14:00 15:30	Universal Coverage and Social Protection	Web-Based Health Communities: What's Behind the Hype?	Human Rights in Health: Good Wishes and Practical Tools		International Hospital Partnerships: Key to Capacity Development	Mobilizing Students for Change: The Medsin Campaign
15:30 16:00	Coffee Break / Poster presentations
Closing ceremony
16:00 17:30	Resilience, Ownership, and Political Space: Getting Access to Health in the Mainstream

Session Reports by Themes

Health threats and access to health at times of crisis

Documents and References

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