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 Sunday, 25 May 2008
13:00
21:00
Registration Desk Opens
Opening Ceremony
17:30
19:00
Official Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Health Forum 2008
19:00
20:30
Welcome Reception / Marketplace


 Monday, 26 May 2008
7:30
8:45
Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30
Tomorrow's Health Systems: In Phase with Reality?
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30
Management of Chronic Disease I:
A Multistakeholder Approach
Future Health Systems:
Regional Perspectives
Strengthening National Health Information SystemsSocial Determinants of Health: What is Next?Patient-Centred Health Systems: Good Wishes and Harsh RealitiesPublic-Private Partnerships: The Human Factor
12:30
14:00
Lunch Session: Improving Access to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Low-Income Countries
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00
15:30
Primary Healthcare Revisited in a Multi-Stakeholder LandscapeCan We Deliver?
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00
17:30
Management of Chronic Disease II:
Adapting Health Services, Engaging Communities
Can Mixed Health Systems Be Equitable?
Research to Support Development of Equitable
Health Systems
Access to Health Services in Crisis and Fragile StatesAgequake in Health Systems: Imperatives of an Ageing PopulationAccess to Affordable Medicines
17:45
19:30

10th Anniversary Celebration Global Forum for Health Research
Poster presentations / Marketplace



 Tuesday, 27 May 2008
7:30
8:45
Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30
The Global Health Workforce: Challenges for the Future
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30
Oncology: Only for the Rich?Primary Healthcare Revival: Beyond DeclarationsGlobal Health Education in ActionHuman Resources: Policies and Retention StrategiesHealth Knowledge at a Time of Web 2.0Physicians in Global Health
12:30
14:00
Lunch Break / Marketplace
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00
15:30
Sustainable Health FinancingBusiness, Lifestyles & Public Health
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00
17:30
ICT in Support of Health WorkersInnovative Healthcare FinancingSocial Accountability and Accreditation of Medical Schools: Are New Norms Needed?Task Shifting: The Solution for Healthcare Worker Shortages?Neglected Diseases: Improving Patient Access to New Diagnostics and TreatmentsDeveloping In-House Capacity in Applied Research: Lessons Learned
Plenary
17:30
19:00
Open-to-the-Public Event: Marketplace, Photo Exhibition from the World Medical Association, Special Documentary Film Sessions
19:00
20:30
The First Mile: Setting the Framework for Effective Community Health Systems
(Videoconference with Global Health Council, Washington D.C.)


 Wednesday, 28 May 2008
7:30
8:45
Free Communications
Plenary
9:00
10:30
Research & Training for Health: Seeds for the Future
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00
12:30
Hospitals and Health Systems:
Only High Tech?
Sustainable Healthcare for People Living with HIV/AIDSThe Business of Health and the Health of BusinessBiotechnology to Improve Access to Health: Can It Make a Difference?Clinical Research on Infectious DiseasesSelected Case Studies on Neglected DiseasesEnduring Research Infrastructures in Low-Income Countries
12:30
13:45
Lunch Session: Global Health Watch 2: An Alternative World Health Report
Parallel Sessions
14:00
15:30
Making Mental Health a Global Priority: Scaling Up ServicesHuman Rights and Health SystemsGlobal Health Initiatives: More than Just about Medicines and VaccinesNew Approaches to Field-Based Malaria TreatmentMedical Tourism: Emerging Poles of ExcellenceGlobal Health: A European Perspective
15:30
15:45
Coffee Break / Marketplace
15:45
17:00

Closing Plenary Session

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News by Session
Forum Themes
Health and Health Systems in a Globalised World
Confronting Health Transition
Responsive Health Systems
Health Policy and Health Systems Financing
Primary Healthcare and Social Determinants of Health
The Global Health Workforce
Education, Knowledge and Technology
Social Accountability of Universities and Training Institutions
Health Research
Access to Diagnostics, Medicines and Treatments
The Role of the Private Sector

Quotes For Health
quoteThe way health systems are designed, managed and financed affects people's lives and livelihoods. The difference between a well-performing health system and one that is failing can bemeasured in death, disability, impoverishment, humiliation and despair.quote

- Dr Gro Brundtland, World Health Report 2000