Session Programme

Plenary

Monday, 19 April 2010

Session PL01/room 2

Globalization and Health Systems: Regional Perspectives

Chair: Yibeltal Assefa, Medical Services Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
Bruno Marchal, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

The aim of this session is to introduce some of the complex challenges that countries face in meeting health-related needs in contexts of rapid economic and social change. The recent financial crisis and the increased involvement of several African, Asian and Latin American countries in global negotiations have highlighted the global nature of many of these challenges. It also underlines the importance of strengthening communications and learning between researchers and policy actors in different regions. Three thinkers from India, China and Brazil will introduce key issues that are taking on growing importance, followed by discussion and reflexions by a discussant from Africa to reflect on efforts to address major public health problems in that continent.

The Private-not-for-Profit Healthcare Sector in Uganda

Josefien van Olmen, Research Officer and Coordinator, Network Health Systems, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

Training of Medical Doctors in DR Congo: Consequences of Uncontrolled Explosion of Medical Schools

Sara van Belle, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

Experience with People-Centred Care in Thailand: From Demonstration Diffusion to Policy Transformation

Yongyuth Pongsupap, National Health Security Office, Nonthaburi, Thailand (via visioconference)