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Programme
Global Health Policy 2011 covered a wide range of themes of relevance to those making resource allocation decisions in healthcare systems.
| Thursday 29 September 2011 |
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08.00 |
Registration |
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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 |
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09.30 |
Keynote 1: Universal health coverage in Turkey: the challenges and opportunities Prof. Recep Akdağ, Minister of Health, Turkey |
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10.15 |
Refreshments |
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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
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Breakout 2 (part a) 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 |
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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
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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 |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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13:30- |
Lunchtime session by Vodafone – Delivering Mobile Health to both emerging and mature markets, Axel Nemetz, Head of mHealth, Vodafone |
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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 |
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15.15 |
Refreshments |
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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
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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 |
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17.05 |
Close of day 1 |
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| Friday 30 September 2011 |
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08.00- |
Breakfast Symposium – Rethinking healthcare: towards total health |
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09.15 |
Welcome and introduction by the chair Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, NICE, UK |
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09.30 |
Keynote IV: Using research to improve policy: lessons from Vietnam Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Minister of Health, Vietnam |
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10.15 |
Refreshments |
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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) 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 |
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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 |
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12.15 |
Keynote V: Expanding access to healthcare in Thailand Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Senior Advisor on Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thailand |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
Breakout 9 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
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15.00 |
Refreshments |
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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 |
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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) |
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17.00 |
Close of day 2 |
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PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE (as of 6.5.11)



