NEWS & EVENTS
RECENT EVENTS
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GWU 2008 World AIDS Day Roundtable Series
International Partnerships Addressing AIDS in Africa
12:30 to 2:00 pm
2nd Floor – 2175 K Street NW (22nd and K above the Starbucks)
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Tuesday 27 November
HIV/AIDS in 2031
"What institutional response will be needed to address the epidemic 25 years in the future?"
Dr. Peter Piot
Executive Director, UNAIDS
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Wednesday 28 November
Academic Partnerships and AIDS
"How can northern Universities contribute to African technical capacity development?"
Dr. Robert Einterz
AMPATH Founder and Director,
Indiana University – Moi University (Kenya) Partnership
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Tuesday 4 December
AIDS and the African Health Workforce
"What policy change strategies are required to address near-term workforce shortages?"
Dr. Alex Coutinho
Executive Director, Infectious Disease Institute (Kampala)
Dr. Fitzhugh Mullen
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
The George Washington University SPHHS/DHP
Eric Friedman
Senior Global Health Policy Advisor
Physicians for Human Rights
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Thursday 6 December
Trade and AIDS
"Can we achieve tiered drug pricing without tiered drug quality?"
Dr. Michael Ryan
Director, Creative and Innovative Economy Center at the GWU Law School
Dr. Ruth Lopert
GWU SPHHS Department of Health Policy
Hosted by the George Washington Center for Global Health in cooperation with the Africa Center for Health and Human Security; the GWU AIDS Institute; Forum for Collaborative HIV Research ;the GWU SPHHS Departments of Global Health, Prevention and Community Health, Health Policy and Epidemiology; International Development Studies Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs; and the Creative and Innovative Economy Center at the GWU Law School
Egypt: A Model for Public Health Success
Presented by The George Washington University Center for Global Health
Orator:
Dr. Hatem M. El-Gabaly
Minister of Health and Population
Government of Egypt
Monday November 26, 2007
3:00PM to 4:00PM
Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st St., NW
Washington, DC 20037
Public Health, Health Care and the French Approach to Pandemic Flu Preparedness
Presented by Trust for America’s Health and The George Washington University Center for Global Health
Tuesday October 30, 2007
4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
The George Washington University Hospital
Executive Suite Room 6115
900 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Orator:
Professor Didier Houssin is the Director-General of Health in the Government of France. He was formerly the chief medical officer for flu at the Paris Hospital Center. Professor Houssin was joined in leading the interactive discussion by Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health.
Topic Description:
Professor Houssin spoke about France’s pandemic influenza policies and procedures, including communication, stockpiles of antivirals and protective gear, including N95 respirator masks. He also discussed questions of equitable distribution of resources in the event of a pandemic, and described in depth the government’s internal and inter-continental coordination and simulations of pandemic response
New Priorities and Challenges: A Discussion with Rajat Gupta
Presented by The George Washington University Center for Global Health
Thursday October 11, 2007
10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
The George Washington University Hospital
Executive Suite Room 6115
900 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Orator:
Rajat Gupta was elected Chair of the Board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in April 2007 and is a voting member of the private sector delegation. He is the senior partner and former managing director of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. He is also the Chair of the Board of the Indian School of Business and Chair of the Public Health Foundation of India, a public/private partnership to establish seven schools of excellence in public health to train over 10,000 professionals each year.
Topic Description:
Gupta will discuss new priorities and challenges at The Global Fund. The Global Fund has a unique board structure as donor and recipient countries, non-governmental organizations, the private sector (including businesses and foundations) and affected communities all share governance responsibilities. During the five years since its creation, the Global Fund has grown to become the dominant financier of programs to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, with US$10.4 billion in firm pledges and commitments of US$7.1 billion for programs in 136 countries. So far, programs supported by the Global Fund have averted 1.7 million deaths, through providing AIDS treatment for 770,000 people, TB treatment for 2 million people, effective medicines for 23 million cases of malaria and distributing bed nets to 18 million families in Africa and beyond. Gupta gave brief remarks and opened the floor to an interactive discussion of the future of The Global Fund.
Achieving Universal Health Care: Lessons Learned from Thailand
Presented by The George Washington University Center for Global Health
Thursday October 4, 2007
4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
The George Washington University Hospital
Executive Suite Room 6115
900 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Orator:
Suwit Wibulpolprasert, M.D. is the Senior Advisor in Disease Control and Health Policy in the Thai Ministry of Public Health. Dr. Suwit served as a Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, during 2000-2003. Currently, he serves at the highest rank of government official (PC 11) as a Senior Advisor in Disease Control; and is also responsible for health policy and international health works of the ministry. He represented Thailand and the South-east Asia Region as a member and Vice Chair of the governing board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria from mid-2001 to March 2004.
Topic Description:
Dr. Wibulpolprasert spoke about his work towards achieving universal health care in Thailand. He has a wide range of experience in the health system, having worked as a general practitioner, public health specialist, administrator and policy advocator for the past thirty years.
Identifying the Determinants of Coexisting Over and Under Nutrition in Cebu, Philippines
Presented by IFPRI and the Department of Global Health of George Washington University
Friday July 27, 2007
9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
IFPRI
4th Floor - Conference Rm. 4A
2033 K St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
Orator:
Anna Jennings is a PhD candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a defense date set for October 26, 2007. She is currently a Research Assistant in the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology working with the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey from Cebu, Philippines. Her doctoral research focuses on identifying sociodemographic and economic determinants of under and overnutrition in a developing country setting. She has worked extensively in Ecuador and in the Philippines .
Topic Description:
This presentation will focus on two studies using data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) which identifies sociodemographic characteristics of the dual-burden household and explores weight-related behavior patterns, including a detailed exploration of physical activity. The first study documents trends over time in the dual-burden of maternal overweight and child underweight and identifies sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics influencing this pattern. The second study seeks to identify socioeconomic and demographic correlates of physical activity that might also help explain the mother-offspring weight divergence observed in the first study.
