Last Update: March 24, 2010

Alliances for Global Health Education:
Learning from South / South Collaboration

April 9 - 11, 2010

a co-production of:
The 19th Annual GHEC Conference &
1st Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health

Hosted at:
Instituto Nacional Salud Publico (INSP)
Cuernavaca, Mexico

 

GHEC Distinguished Service Award and Keynote Address: Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins University

Christopher Krogh Award; Lancet/GHEC Awards; Velji Awards; Poster Awards
Special Events:
Poster Presentations; Topic Tables; Student Career Clinic; Lancet Student/Faculty Mixer


Following sessions are distributed over the course of 3 days: April 9 - 11, 2010.


Plenary Panels:

The Role of Institutional Alliances in Advancing Global Health Education

• Ethics and Equity Issues of Collaborations for Global Health

• Social Determinants of Health

• Global Health Diplomacy

• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health Education: Beyond the traditional medical model

• Lessons Learned from the Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic



Concurrent Panels:

Track: Public Policy and Global Health
• Strengthening Policies for Health

• Examples of South/South Collaborations
• Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances
• Nutrition

Track: Social Issues and Global Health
Migration and Health
• Social Justice and Equality
• Community Health
• Lifestyle and Chronic Disease

Track: Clinical Practice and Research in Global Health
Trauma, Injury and Violence
• Avian and Pandemic Flu
• Infectious Disease
• Global Health Research

Track: Education and Human Resources Development
Global Health Competencies
• Building Capacity for Women's and Maternal/Child Health
• Student Training - Ethics and Preparation
• Workforce Development

Track: Current Issues in Global Health
• South/South Alliances for AIDS

• Networks that Really Work: Building partnerships based on mutual health missions
• Innovations in Teaching
• Nursing in Global Health 


Topic Tables:

Include:
• Migration and Health in the Context of Globalization

• Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS
• Global Health Workforce Crisis

• The Cuban Health Care System: Locally and abroad
• Global Health Experiences and Perspectives of the Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic
• Creating/Running Rehabilitation Programs in Underserved Areas
• Nursing Issues in Global Health
• Student Perspectives on Global Health
• Workforce Development
• Education - Internet Tools
• Mental Health
• Overseas Experiences
• Public Health - Partnerships