Strengthening Health Systems and the Global Health Workforce
The Geneva Health Forum 2008 will maintain the broad range of themes considered as priorities: access to health systems; health and inequities; access to drugs, vaccines and diagnosis; civil society and social issues in health; and capacity building and partnerships.
The Geneva Health Forum 2008 places special emphasis on the strengthening and integration of health systems and the importance of the global health workforce. The year 2008, the 30th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration, offers a special occasion to revisit the primary health care model within the current health services context, marked by the increasing burden of chronic diseases and HIV/AIDS, the potential of new drugs and technologies, and the growing role of the private sector and global health initiatives.
Health systems cannot be addressed without a critical look at the current crisis of the global health workforce. The Forum will focus on key initiatives and best practices that address issues such as motivation, working environment, migration, and gaps in competencies. The role that universities, hospitals, and training institutions can play in this domain will be reviewed in light of innovative partnerships and programmes.
Forum at a glance / Themes 2008
The globalization of health and care
Strengthening health systems
Financing health services
The global health workforce in crisis (Rethinking competencies and professions, The rise of new health professionals, Towards international accreditation of doctors and nurses)
Hospitals and health: Bridging the gap
Access to medicines
Self-informed global patients: New partners for health systems
Social responsibility of universities and training institutions
Research for health or health research (includes the ehtics of effective research, ....)
Secretariat e-mail: info.genevahealthforum@hcuge.ch
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