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Global Health Policy 2011 covered a wide range of themes of relevance to those making resource allocation decisions in healthcare systems.

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Thursday 29 September 2011

08.00

Registration

09.15

Welcome and introduction

Dr Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief, BMJ Group, UK

Prof. David Haslam, President, BMA, former President, RCGP and National Clinical Adviser, Care Quality Commission, UK

09.30

Keynote 1: Universal health coverage in Turkey: the challenges and opportunities

Prof. Recep Akdağ, Minister of Health, Turkey

10.15

Refreshments

10.35

Breakout 1 (part a)

Clinical trials in low income settings: changing policy and practice

Prof. Jeremy Farrar, Director, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (Vietnam), UK

 

Prof. Ian Roberts, Director, Clinical Trials Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

 

 

Breakout 2 (part a)

International aid, national institutions and prevention and control of non-communicable and infectious diseases

Dr David Heymann, Chairman, Health Protection Agency:  the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Prof. Shah Ebrahim, Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Director, South Asia Centre for Chronic Disease, New Delhi, India

11.20

Breakout 1 (part b)

Interaction between regulators and payers

Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom, AO, Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth of Australia , Australia

Dr Sripen Tantivess, Senior Researcher, Health Intervention & Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Thailand

Breakout 2 (part b)

Capacity building through global learning partnerships

Lord Nigel Crisp, Member of the House of Lords, UK

Prof. Parveen Kumar, President, Royal Society of Medicine, UK

Mr Ian Wylie, Chief Executive, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

 

12.15

Keynote II: Universal healthcare coverage in India and the role of NICE-like institutions

Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, Director, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India
(Introduced by Dr Robert Hecht )

13.00

Lunch

13:30-
14:10

Lunchtime session by VodafoneDelivering Mobile Health to both emerging and mature markets, Axel Nemetz, Head of mHealth, Vodafone

14.15

Breakout 3

The biggest healthcare reform ever: insuring 800m people in China

Exploration of the Chinese Rural Health Reform

Dr Tsung-Mei Cheng, Executive Editor, International Forum, Princeton University, USA

Dr Dezhi Yu, Director General, Centre for Project Supervision and Management, Ministry of Health, China

Prof. Kun Zhao, Researcher, China National Health Development Research Center, Ministry of Health, China

Breakout 4

Setting national healthcare priorities in Asia: experiences from Korea, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand

Dr Michael Borowitz, Senior Health Economist, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Dr SM Lee, Executive Director, Centre for New Health Technology Assessment, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency

Dr Asrul Akmal Shafie, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Dr Ataru Igarashi, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr Sripen Tantivess, Senior Researcher, Health Intervention & Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Thailand

15.15

Refreshments

15.30

Breakout 5

Pharmaceutical industry initiatives to improve quality and access in Africa

Dr Richard Barker, Independent Consultant and Former Director General, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical  Industry (ABPI), UK

Jon Pender, Vice President, Government Affairs, Access and IP, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

Breakout 6

NICE International working with policy makers around the world


Dr Francoise Cluzeau, Senior Adviser, NICE International, UK

Prof. Tim Kendall, Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, UK

Prof. Klim McPherson, Fellow, New College, University of Oxford, UK

Prof. Tom Treasure, Professor, Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, UK


16.20

Keynote III

Dr Ferdinando Regalia, Stagnant expenditures and increasing demand for care: the need for explicit priority setting processes in the emerging economies of Latin America and the Caribbean

17.05

Close of day 1

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE (as of 6.5.11)

Friday 30 September 2011

08.00-
09:00

Breakfast Symposium – Rethinking healthcare: towards total health

Raymond J. Baxter, PhD
, Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Research, and Health Policy President,  Kaiser Permanente

09.15

Welcome and introduction by the chair

Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, NICE, UK

09.30

Keynote IV: Using research to improve policy: lessons from Vietnam

Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Minister of Health, Vietnam

10.15

Refreshments

10.35

Breakout 7 (part a)

National health insurance schemes in Thailand and Ghana

Prof. Tony Culyer, Professor University of York, UK, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Yot Teerawattananon, Leader of Health Intervention & Technology Assessment Program (HITAP). Senior Researcher of International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Mr Sylvester Mensah, Chief Executive, National Health Insurance Scheme, Ghana

Mrs Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Ministry of Health, Ghana

Breakout 8 (part a)

Strengthening explicit priority setting processes in Latin America Countries: Lessons from IDB’s work in the region

Ursula Giedion, IDB Consultant; Co-Director, Regional Project on Health Benefits Plan, Inter-American Development Bank, Colombia

Dr Ignez Tristao, Social Protection Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, USA

11.20

Breakout 7 (part b)

Ethics and equity in health technology appraisal

Prof. Tony Culyer, Professor, University of York, UK, University of Toronto, Canada

Breakout 8 (part b)

The role of NICE-type institutions in global health strengthening efforts

Dr Amanda Glassman, Director, Global Health Policy Program, Centre for Global Development, USA

Dr Kalipso Chalkidou, Director, NICE International, UK

Dr Neil Squires, Head of Profession, Health, DFID, UK

12.15

Keynote V: Expanding access to healthcare in Thailand

Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Senior Advisor on Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thailand

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Breakout 9

Institutional frameworks to support health sector innovation and reform in India: NHSRC's role in supporting the National Rural Health Mission

Dr Robert Hecht, Managing Director, Results for Development, USA

Dr T Sundararaman, Executive Director of National Health System Resource Centre, New Delhi, India

Breakout 10

Tackling non communicable diseases through health policy: A case study from China

Prof. (Sir) Andy Haines, Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Mr Shiyong Wang, Senior Health Specialist, World Bank, China

Dr Patricio Marquez, Lead Health Specialist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

15.00

Refreshments

15.20

Breakout 11

The burden of chronic disease: global research and policy initiatives

Dr Richard Smith, Director, United Health Chronic Disease Initiative, UK

Dr Gerry Bloom, Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, UK

Breakout 12

International collaboration for HTA in LMICs: challenges and opportunities

Dr Laura Sampietro-Colom, Outgoing President, Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)

Dr Rabia Kahveci, President of Turkish Evidence Based Medicine Association, Turkey

Eva Turk, Senior Researcher, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia

16.15

Keynote VI: The role of the pharmaceutical industry in improving Global Health

Mr. David Brennan, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca & President of International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)

17.00

Close of day 2

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE (as of 6.5.11)

 

Presented by:

Nice International

BMJ Group

Headline Sponsor:gsk

Breakfast Symposium Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

Lunchtime Symposium Sponsor: Vodafone