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One World, One Health?

Political and Practical Challenges

Monday 9 March 2009
to Tuesday 10 March 2009

Location

Chatham House, London

To enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
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Confererence Overview

A nation's health is no longer its own business. Globalization, increase in population and changes in lifestyle have enabled new infections to emerge and spread rapidly around the world. HIV, SARS and Avian Influenza are but few of the examples - a new disease emerges, on average, every year and at the same time a number of infectious diseases have developed resistance to available treatments. Such problems cannot be managed by nations within their own borders; new directions for global cooperation need to be developed.

This conference, organized in collaboration with the European Council on Global Health, will explore global health policy as it intersects with the global political process and propose new ideas for policy and practice in cooperation on global health issues across government departments, between specialist international organisations and between government, the private sector and the NGO community.

Participants from the public and private sectors will bring relevant and current expertise to discuss questions including:

  • How can the divide between donor strategies, national competitiveness and corporate business priorities be bridged?
  • Are there any effective roadmaps for health recovery in post-conflict environments?
  • Are current approaches to domestic security at the border commensurate with the potential health threats?
  • What are the main issues surrounding intellectual property rights and what solutions exist that would support an effective global response to major infectious disease threats such as pandemic influenza?
  • The role and value of innovation: what structures to promote innovation are needed?

Speaker Highlights

  • Dr Nick Banatvala
    Head of Global Affairs
    Department of Health, UK

  • Dr Sara Davies
    ARC Postdoctoral Fellow
    Centre for Governance and Public Policy
    Griffith University, Australia

  • Anas Elturabi
    Special Adviser to the Director General, R&D
    Department of Health, UK

  • Andrew Jack
    Pharmaceuticals Correspondent
    Financial Times

  • Dr Mohga M Kamal-Yanni
    Senior Health & HIV Policy Advisor
    Oxfam GB

  • Professor Ilona Kickbusch
    Director Global Health Programme
    The Graduate Institute, Geneva

  • Ambassador John E. Lange
    Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza
    US Department of State

  • Dr David Nabarro CBE
    UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza
    United Nations

  • Dr Robin Niblett
    Director
    Chatham House

  • Dr Devi Sridhar
    Director, Global Health Project
    Global Economic Governance Programme
    Oxford University

  • Dr Geoff Watts
    Journalist and Broadcaster
    BBC Science

Places are limited so please register now for this high profile event.

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