| PROGRAM |
Join us in spring 2016 for 3 days of global health panels, workshops and activities!
THE CORE PROGRAM WILL HIGHLIGHT 7 MAJOR TRACKS:
GOVERNANCE
• Autocracy, Democracy and Health
• Improving Health in Failed States
• Health Security and Governance - Implications for the architecture of global health
MDGs and SDGs
• SDGs: Implications for academic global health
• MDGS: Learning from their successes and failures
HUMAN RESOURCES and WORKFORCE
• Advancing Global Health Education: Innovations in technology and pedagogy
• Key skills gaps in the global health workforce
• Training and Capacity Building
PLANETARY HEALTH / GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / ONE HEALTH
• Water, Air and Health
• Animal Health and Human Health
• Food and Nutrition
• Environmental Sustainability
• Oceans and Coastal Health
TECHNOLOGY and INNOVATION
• Lessons from successful (and failed) technology development in global health
• Innovating for low resource settings
NEW and EMERGING PRIORITIES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
• Emerging Non Communicable Diseases Issues
• Emerging Maternal Child Health Issues
• Emerging Injury and Violence Issues
FINANCIAL and OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
• Improving relationships between funders and academic health
• Enabling Systems and Administrative Support
• Global Health Funding
WITH ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON:
GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
Global mental health is an important
source of the burden of disease, and has received much less attention
than infectious diseases and other NCDs.
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY
The ebola crisis, MERS, and WHO
reform efforts have brought significant attention and funding to the
topic of health security. However, the definition of health security and
the progress made against this emerging problem remain unclear. We will
explore the current state of affairs in health security and the
implications for academic global health.
URBAN HEALTH
As the megatrend toward urbanization
continues, the world will increasingly live in cities which have their
own distinctive health challenges. The battle for sustainability in
health will be fought in cities. We will discuss what makes urgan health
unique, how it changes the cost and access equation for health, and
what it means for universities.
Vaccination remains one of the most
effective and sustainable interventions in public health. Yet efforts to
expand vaccination rates and incorporate new vaccines face funding and
other challenges. We will discuss the possible limits of vaccination and
steps that can be taken to further expand and extend the impact of this
intervention
ERADICATION
Eradication of disease is the single
most effective way to achieve sustainability - once a disease is
eradicated, it no longer demands resources from health systems. We are
on the cusp of eliminating or eradicating several infectious diseases.
We will discuss what it takes to eradicate a disease, what can be
learned from the experiences of different vertical programs, and what
the future holds.
HIV
Progress against the HIV epidemics
is one of the best examples of successes in global health, and the Bay
Area has played a key role in that fight. And yet, sustaining the
progress made is proving to be challenging and expensive. We will
explore the lessons we can learn from fighting the HIV epidemic and
discuss the challenges we face going forward to achieve a sustainable
future and to get to zero.
