Globalization and Health: How can globalization be managed to reduce inequalities?

Spring 2002 Policy Roundtable Series The Globalization of Health
Keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH Director, Centers for Disease Control 13 February 2002 Harvard Medical School MEC Amphitheatre 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 RSVP Abstract: Health challenges and health solutions are increasingly common among developing and developed countries. We will explore what these issues are and why few health issues can be considered strictly domestic ones. Watch the VIDEO. You will need RealPlayer. Dr. Koplan's complete biography About the CDC International Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease March 24-27, 2001, Atlanta, GA, USA Building Infrastructure to Protect the Public's Health September 21, 2001 Interview with Dr. Koplan: CDC Anthrax Update 18 October 2001 CDC Anthrax Update 7 November 2001 Testimony by Dr. Koplan before Congress: Antimicrobial resistance as a public health issue, September 20, 2000 Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Strategy for the 21st Century This event is co-sponsored by: The Tosteson Health Policy Lecture Series The Tosteson Health Policy Lecture Series is a student-organized lecture series designed to educate medical/dental students on current and pertinent health care policy issues, concerns, events, and concepts by bringing relevant experts to HMS for monthly lectures and discussions. The goal is to present students with insight into the broader professional health care arena to which we have committed ourselves and to help promote thought and discussion on important issues beyond the scientific facts and clinical concepts which consume the formal academic curriculum. Abbott Laboratories and Biological Sciences in Public Health The Distinguished Lecture Series is a monthly outside speakers series funded by the Abbott Laboratories. Each department in the BPH program is provided an opportunity to select a notable speaker in their field of study to come speak at the school. The students in the BPH program are also privileged to invite a speaker of their decided interest to speak on a topic of their choosing with topics ranging from a specific research interest to science policy. Additionally, the students are provided an opportunity to informally meet with all the speakers over lunch to discuss science and research, graduate life, and what lies beyond graduate school.		Links to Other Policy Roundtable 2002 Series Discussions: Keynote Address: Jeffrey P. Koplan, Director of the Centers for Disease Control 13 February 2002 Healthier or Wealthier: Which comes first in the new global era? 25 February 2002 The Crisis of Neglected Diseases: Creating R&D Incentives for Diseases of Developing Countries 28 February 2002 Health Care Education in the Developing World: Bridging Global and Local Health Care Practices 07 March 2002 Building a Legal Framework for Global Health: How can the US and UN work to reduce global disparities? 20 Marchl 2002 Riding East: The Global Tobacco Control Movement and the Role of the Mass Media 25 April 2002 PRS Meeting Materials Introductory Meeting Materials (19 September 2001) Agenda Planning Timeline 2001 Series Minutes of Meeting PRS Planning Materials (from the Operations Manual) Contents of the Ops Manual Planning Timeline Contact Information Speaker Invitation Information Logistics- includes month by month deadlines Topic Ideas- as of October 10th Checklist Webpage content- what your panel-page needs to contain Note that these are all PDF files. Resources for panel organizers. Includes links to websites, papers, articles that may be of use.
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Spring 2002 Policy Roundtable Series

The Globalization of Health

Keynote address by

Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH

Director, Centers for Disease Control

13 February 2002

Harvard Medical School MEC Amphitheatre

260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

RSVP

Abstract:

Health challenges and health solutions are increasingly common among developing and developed countries. We will explore what these issues are and why few health issues can be considered strictly domestic ones.

Watch the VIDEO. You will need RealPlayer.

Dr. Koplan's complete biography

About the CDC

International Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease

March 24-27, 2001, Atlanta, GA, USA

Building Infrastructure to Protect the Public's Health

September 21, 2001

Interview with Dr. Koplan:

CDC Anthrax Update 18 October 2001

CDC Anthrax Update 7 November 2001

Testimony by Dr. Koplan before Congress: Antimicrobial resistance as a public health issue, September 20, 2000

Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Strategy for the 21st Century

This event is co-sponsored by:

The Tosteson Health Policy Lecture Series

The Tosteson Health Policy Lecture Series is a student-organized lecture series designed to educate medical/dental students on current and pertinent health care policy issues, concerns, events, and concepts by bringing relevant experts to HMS for monthly lectures and discussions. The goal is to present students with insight into the broader professional health care arena to which we have committed ourselves and to help promote thought and discussion on important issues beyond the scientific facts and clinical concepts which consume the formal academic curriculum.

Abbott Laboratories and Biological Sciences in Public Health

The Distinguished Lecture Series is a monthly outside speakers series funded by the Abbott Laboratories. Each department in the BPH program is provided an opportunity to select a notable speaker in their field of study to come speak at the school. The students in the BPH program are also privileged to invite a speaker of their decided interest to speak on a topic of their choosing with topics ranging from a specific research interest to science policy. Additionally, the students are provided an opportunity to informally meet with all the speakers over lunch to discuss science and research, graduate life, and what lies beyond graduate school.