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Canadian Conference on Global Health 2010

 

GLOBAL HEALTH: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS?

 

Sunday, October 31st to Wednesday November 3rd, 2010

Crowne Plaza Ottawa Hotel 101 Lyon Street N, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 5T9

 

 

The conference program has been accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Ontario Chapter, for up to 16.0 Mainpro–M1 credits.

 


 

Keynote Speaker Presentations

 

Monday, November 1 – Defining the Crisis: Global Health, Equity and Humanitarian Crises

  • Dr. Nevio Zagaria - Acting Director of the Department of Emergency Response and Recovery Operations (RRO) in
    the Health Action in Crises cluster, WHO (PDF powerpoint presentation)
  • Dr. Jon Andrus – Deputy Director, PAHO (PDF powerpoint presentation)
  • Dr. Paul Spiegel – UN Refugee Agency’s Chief of Public Health; Senior Associate, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 02/10-present;Senior Visiting Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Program, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2008-present; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 07/99-present (PDF powerpoint presentation)

Tuesday, November 2 – Evidence and Interventions

  • Dr. Andrew Padmos - Chief Executive Officer, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (PDF powerpoint presentation)
  • Dr. Mickey Chopra – Chief of Health and Associate Director of Programmes at UNICEF; Former Director of the Health Systems Research Group of the South Africa Medical Research Council  (PDF powerpoint presentation)
  • Dr. Wesler Lambert – Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for Partners in Health Haiti Programs; Director of Unité Communale de Santé for the Ministry of Health of Haiti; Consultant for Partners in Health, Rwanda (PDF powerpoint presentation)

Wednesday, November 3 - Thinking Globally/Acting Locally: The Reality and Challenges for the Future

 


Contact us:
Canadian Conference on Global Health
c/o Canadian Society for International Health

1 Nicholas St, Suite 1105
Ottawa, ON, Canada  K1N 7B7

Phone: 613 241-5785 x 326
By email:
sbrown@csih.org