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Saturday, 30 May 2015

Young Professionals in Global Health Conference - Barcelona 25-26 June



Global Health NGN Conference  - website here
"Ensure the Voice"
Barcelona 2015



Day 1 - Thursday 25 June
08.00 - 09.00

Registration Handout of conference material, guides and schedule.

09.00 - 09.30

Opening ceremony Welcome by GHNGN board, introduction of the conference by the representatives of the organizing committee and conference inauguration.

09.30 - 10.30

Plenary Session I: Global Cooperation in Global Challenges Chaired by a young professional in Global health, this session will discuss the main challenges in global cooperation and the role of young professionals in overcoming these challenges. The senior professionals represent the areas of politics, academia, research and fieldwork in global health. Prior to the conference, Professor Jeffrey Lazarus will engage with the participants through Twitter on a conversation on this subject and bring up your opinions and tweets to the other panelists, Ms. Leire Pajín, Dr. Oriol Mitjá and Ms. Elena Urdaneta. Chair: Dr. Vânia de la Fuente-Nuñez.

Click here to see the biographies of all the speakers


10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 14.00

Lectures: The Grand Global Health Challenge: In these lectures, our panelists and other invited senior professionals will give individual talks on the main challenges in global health

L1: Open access to information in Global Health by ScienceOpen
Communication is essential to science. The standard way of sharing ideas and experimental results is to publish them in the form of a research article in a scientific journal. This workshop will give an overview of several important aspects of the publishing process. How to choose a journal? What are the advantages of Open Access over pay-walled journals? What does it mean to transfer “Copyright” to a publisher? What are the alternative Creative Commons licenses? How does peer review work and what are alternatives? The scholarly publishing paradigm is changing fast with the digital generation introducing new forms of sharing and setting new standards. It is therefore essential for the next generation of young scientists to have a good overview of the evolving publishing landscape and make informed decisions. At ScienceOpen we strongly believe that scholarly publishing is not an end in itself, but the beginning of a dialogue to move the whole scientific venture forward.

Click here to visit ScienceOpen oficial website.

L2: One step closer to the eradication of a human disease
Information coming soon.

L3: A New look at Global Health by Elena Urdaneta.
information coming soon.

L4: Climate Change and Health (TBA)
information coming soon.

L5: LivingNepal response to emergencies (TBC)
information coming soon.

Click here to see the biographies of all the speakers



14:00-16:00 Lunch Break


16:00-18:00

Global Health Skill Workshops I: Senior professionals will impart the first round of skills-based workshops

W1. Global Health Leadership by Magda Rosenmöller

W2. The Sustainable Development Goals by Rafa Vilasanjuán/Gonzálo Fanjul.


19:00-21:00

Global Health Cinema and reception: Screening of the documentary by medicusmundi and Kanaki Films on the tortuous path that Mozambique is living in the construction of its public health system. Since its independence in 1975, Mozambique is a country in constant change. In this context, governments, foundations, NGOs and companies preach noble intentions that seek to improve the poor health for much of the population. "A Luta Continua" (The fight continues) reviews the progress, challenges and difficulties in building a health system for everyone in a country increasingly uneven and where, sometimes, aid strategies do not always move in the same direction.
This screening will be followed by a discussion on the construction of public health systems based on the strategy of primary health care and the role of international cooperation in the development of a country like Mozambique and it's health services and infrastructure.
Read more about this project: http://www.medicusmundi.cat/en/a-luta-continua








Day 2 - Friday 26th June

09.00 - 10.30

Plenary Session II: Ensure the voice of young professionals in Global Health Challenges: Chaired by a senior proffesional, this session will feature young global health leaders and professionals from different organisations and institutions. They will discuss how to ensure the voice of young professionals, with remarks on the comments and opinions made by the senior professionals on the first plenary session.

Chair: Professor Jeffrey V. Lazarus, University of Copenhagen and LUHS Medical Academy

Simone Mohrs, Germany – Swedish Network for International Health
Miguelhete Lisboa, Mozambique - PhD Student in International Health, NOVA University of Lisbon
Aymen Meddeb, Tunisia - Young Leaders for Health
Caity Jackson, Canada - This Week In Global Health
Abubakar S. Hoza, Tanzania - PhD student, Medical Microbiology, University of Leipzig
Fidel Buddy, Liberia - Union of Liberian Organizations in the UK

Click here to see the biographies of all the speakers


10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 - 14.00

Global Health Skills Workshops II: Young professionals from different institutions and organisations will host the second round of skills-based workshops (Participants will be asked to choose three workshops).

W1. Global Health 101: Multidisciplinarity solving issues by Abubakar hoza.
Through this workshop, it is envisaged that as global health participants, we will be able to develop partnerships skills and networks that will help developing countries design effective and sustainable measures that will help solve an important global health issue.


W2. How to establish a national network in the field of global health by the SNIH.
Within this workshop you will gain practical guide from two co-founders of Swedish Network for International Health (SNIH) on how to establish national and regional networks on your own area to strengthen the role of global health on a local level and to provide support for students and young professionals in the beginning of their career.


W3. Global health, Global network: Using social media to network into your global health career by Caity Jackson from TWIGH
In a time where our phones and technologies seem like extra limbs, it is a natural process that our networking game has moved past personal interaction and into the world of social media. This is great news for a subject that is in its name alone, a global field. This workshop will focus on highlighting the different social media channels and techniques to virtually network yourself in your desired career realm.


W4. Health in all policies: learning how to negotiate for health development by Aymen Meddeb from Young Leaders for Health.
This workshop is designed to be an introduction to negotiation for health development.
After a short theoretical introduction to the strategies and tools, the participants will engage in small groups in intersectorial negociations using different case studies. Finally, we will together analyse the process of negotiating, the outcomes and how strategies could be improved.

W5. Building sustainable research capacity in social determinants of health for LMICs
Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Nelly Salgado de Snyder and German Guerra, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), México. *[On behalf of SDH-Net EU Funded project.
The purpose of this mini- workshop is to:
-Highlight and jointly discuss the role of research to support local action to reduce health inequalities and the on-going challenges;
-Provide an overview of how to build sustainable research capacity in Social Determinants of Health (SDH) for Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) settings, based on the SDH-Net experience(http://www.sdh-net.eu/);
-Demonstrate the use of the capacity building resources developed and freely available in the SDH-Net virtual learning platform, including how to access and use them and provide an explanation of the usefulness of the material in different settings;
-Briefly pilot together one on-line SDH-Net courses: ‘Essentials of SDH’, and Jointly discuss the sustainability of SDH-Net products and similar actions; the role of South-North Global Health Research Collaborations; on-going challenges faced by LMIC researchers and national research systems; how policies and decisions makers can support the research capacity building process in LMIC.


W6. Find your PhD programme and learn what you need to know for a successful PhD application by PhD students from different programs:
-Xu Wang, China. PhD programme, evidence-based Medicine, Universite Rene Descartes, France
-Sofía Mira, Spain, PhD Transglobalhealth.
-Steven Marcos, Egypt. PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL).
-Camila González-Beiras, Spain. PhD Global Public Health, University of Porto and NOVA Unviersity of Lisbon, Portugal.


W7: Sanitation in rural and low-resource settings by MANAVTA
This will be an interactive workshop where participants will learn about sanitation in rural and low-resource settings. This will be done through simulating a community mobilizing intervention. Bring your creativity! We will need your participation!

W8. Ethics in Global Health by Vânia de la Fuente-Nuñez, UCL.




Click here to see the biographies of all the speakers


14.00 - 16.00 Lunch Break


16.00 - 17.30

Final Workshop: Find your way by Jordi del Bas. After last year's success, Jordi is back to help us "find our way" in global health with an updated version of his inspiring career workshop.


17.30 - 19.00 "

Free style" Mingling and drinks with GH professionals: Informal gathering at the university patio with professionals from different backgrounds and institutions.


19.00 - 19.30
GHNGN Projects: Introduction to our Mentorship Programme: The GHNGN upcoming mentorship program in collaboration with the SNIH aims to create multidisciplinary and international groups for advice and research. By Suvi Ristolainen, Finland, SNIH and Olumide Ogundeji, UK, GHNGN.

Click here to visit the Global Health Me, website!


19.30-20.00 Conclusions and Good-Bye

21.00 – Sunrise Tapas Dinner at Barceloneta Beach.

-Ensure the Voice of Young Professionals in Global Health-
The Global Health Next Generation Network 2nd Annual Summer Conference.


Conference Fee: 65 Euros* via PayPal or bank transfer
* Registration fees includes: conference materials, lunch, coffee breaks and a drink & tapas on Friday night at Barceloneta




Conference location:

Facultat de Medicina (Faculty of medicine, main entrance)
Carrer de Casanova, 143
08036 Barcelona
España

Subway station: hospital clinic (blue line)
More directions will be sent to you after registration.

Monday, 7 April 2014

Geneva (global) Health Forum 2014 - Programme Overview


GHF2014 – Programme Overview

This is a tentative program. Session details continuously updated.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
08:00
08:45
NETWORKING OVER COFFEE
08:45 10:15PLENARY
PL01 – Room: 2

Integrated Care, Empowered People

10:15
10:45
 COFFEE BREAK Ÿ     •     MARKETPLACE      •     NCD CAFÉ
10:45 12:15PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS01
Rm:Motta

Co-hosted by
Geneva University Hospitals
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PS02
Room:Leman
 Co-hosted by WHO
Who-logo
PS03
Room:15

Co-hosted by

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PS04
Room:18
 Co-hosted by
WHO & UNIGE
Who-logo
Fac-de-medecine-UNIGE-logo_imagelarge
PS05
Room:14
Co-hosted by
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
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12:15 13:45LUNCH SESSIONS   •   MARKETPLACE   •   NCD CAFÉ
LS01 • Room: 2
Co-hosted by 
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
LS02 • Room:3
Co-hosted by IFPMA
logo_ifpma
14:00 15:30PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS06
Room: Motta
ghf14
PS07
Room:Leman
ghf14
PS08
Room: 15
ghf14
PS09
Room: 18
ghf14
PS10
Room: 14
ghf14
POSTER SESSION
VENUE: MARKETPLACE
15:30
16:00
 COFFEE BREAK Ÿ     •    MARKETPLACE      •     NCD CAFÉ
16:00 17:30PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS11
Room:Motta

Co-hosted by
The Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
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PS12
Room: Leman

Co-hosted by
Doctors Without Borders
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PS13
Room: 14
ghf14
PS14
Room: 18

Co-hosted by
Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action
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PS15
Room: 3
Co-hosted by
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
17:30
17:45
BREAK
17:45
19:15

Room: 2 – Official Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Health Forum 2014

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

08:00
08:45
NETWORKING OVER COFFEE
08:45 10:15PLENARY
PL02 • Room: 2

Integrated Health Systems in a Pluralistic and Fast Changing Environment

10:15
10:45
COFFEE BREAK   •   MARKETPLACE   •   NCD CAFÉ
10:45 12:15PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS16
Room: 3
Co-hosted by
The Alliance for Health Policy and System Research
alliancehpsr_logo
PS17
Room: 15
Co-hosted by
WHO & UNIGE
Who-logo
Fac-de-medecine-UNIGE-logo_imagelarge
PS18
Room:Leman
ghf14
PS19
Room: Motta
Co-hosted by
The World Health Organization
Who-logo
PS20
Room:18
ghf14
10:45
12:15
WS01 • Room: 14
wrike-logo
12:15 13:45LUNCH SESSIONS   •   MARKETPLACE   •   NCD CAFÉ
LS03 • Room: 3
Co-hosted by
2014 International Summit of Cooperatives
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LS04 • Room: 2
Health in Armed Conflicts, Challenges, Dilemmas and Prospects
Co-hosted by
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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14:00 15:30PLENARY
PL03 • Room: 2

Global Health Governance: Integrating Competing World Views

15:30 16:00 COFFEE BREAK Ÿ     •    MARKETPLACE      •     NCD CAFÉ
16:00 17:30PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS21
Room: 3
ghf14
PS22
Room:Motta
Co-hosted by
The World Health Organization
Who-logo
PS23
Room:Leman
ghf14
PS24
Room: 18
ghf14
PS25
Room: 14
ghf14
POSTER SESSION
VENUE: MARKETPLACE
17:30
17:45
BREAK
17:45 19:15PLENARY
PL04 • Room: 2

Big Data and the Knowledge Economy: What is there for Global Health?


Thursday, 17 April 2014

08:00
08:45
NETWORKING OVER COFFEE
08:45 10:15PLENARY
PL05 • Room: 2

Integrating Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability

10:15
10:45
 COFFEE BREAK Ÿ     •     MARKETPLACE      •     NCD CAFÉ
10:45 12:15PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS26
Room: Motta
Co-hosted by
The Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
thp_logo_o_cmyk
PS27
Room: 14
ghf14
PS28
Room: 15
Patient-Centric Technology: Innovation for Health
Co-hosted by
ITU
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PS29
Room:Leman
Co-hosted by
The Institute for Public Communication, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano
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PS30
Room:3
Debate
Co-hosted by
The Globalization & Health Journal
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12:30 14:00LUNCH SESSIONS    •   MARKETPLACE   •   NCD CAFÉ
MOOCs
Co-hosted by 
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
POSTER SESSION
VENUE: MARKETPLACE
14:00 15:30PARALLEL SESSIONS
PS31
Room:
Co-hosted by
The The New York City Center for Active Design
NYCenterFor Active Design
PS32
Room: Leman
Local Food for All or How to Create Sustainability through Local Mobilization
ghf14
PS33
Room: 14
Global Health Education: What are the Priorities for the Global Health Curriculum?
ghf14
PS34
Room: Motta
Malaria Integration in the Post-MDG Agenda
Co-hosted by
Roll Back Malaria and SDC/Swiss Malaria Group
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PS35
Room: 3
Social Media for Global Health
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15:30 17:00PLENARY
PL06 • Room: 2

Closing Session

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Geneva Health Forum, 18 - 20 April 2012


http://www.ghf12.org/ 



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A Critical Shift to Chronic Conditions: Learning From the Frontliners

Chronic diseases are of growing importance. While non-communicable diseases currently seem to be capturing the agenda, both chronic infectious and non-infectious diseases, pose major challenges to health systems in high and low-incomes countries in stable and emergency situations. The long-term nature of many chronic conditions warrants a comprehensive and sustainable health systems response that brings together a trained workforce with appropriate skills, affordable and reliable supplies of medicines and technologies, and empowerment of patients and communities. These new realties reflect the interplay of various factors such as changing lifestyles, economic development and urbanization. The need for a multi-sectorial response has never been greater. These challenges present new opportunities for science and technology to contribute to the improvement of access to health.
This year’s theme is the result of a consultative process involving hundreds of previous participants and partners. While there have been several calls to action, aiming at raising the profile of non communicable diseases, very little has been heard from those at the frontlines. Those, who are already active all over the world in this field, dealing with both chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases.
We intend to give them a voice and keep the health debates pragmatic and grounded in action.
We therefore welcome submissions along the entire health continuum- from upstream multi-sectoral policies for prevention (of chronic conditions) and related risk factors to downstream actions in the health sector for detection and treatment.
Click here for a detailed list of themes covered by the Geneva Health Forum 2012.
Click here to download the GHF 2012 1st Announcement