Alliances for Global Health Education:  Learning from South/South Collaboration
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico
April 9-11, 2010

A co-production of the 19th Annual GHEC Conference & 1st Latin
American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health

Since 1991, GHEC, Global Health Education Consortium, a consortium of health professionals, educators, students and institutions has been committed to improving the ability of the global workforce to meet the health and human rights of underserved populations worldwide.  They have all been dedicated to global health education in health professions schools and residency programs.  GHEC members are active in more than 70 health profession schools and training programs in the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean.  GHEC hosts annual events that bring together students, faculty and practitioners of global health.
 
This year, GHEC and its cosponsor, Mexico’s Instituto National de Salud Pública, will hold its annual conference in Cuernava, Mexico from April 9 – 11, 2010.  The conference highlights the South/South experience in fostering new collaborative mechanisms that reflect the vibrancy and variety of Global Health programs through the region. Selected webcasts of the conference are available on KaiserEDU.org (see below) and webcasts of the full conference are available through Kaiser’s Global Health Gateway. 

KaiserEDU.org Global Heath Resources:

Global Health Tutorial: 
Overview of U.S. Financing and Policy Priorities in Global Health
Peter Long, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Executive Operations

Global Health Issue Module: 
A collection of resouces and information that describes major trends, players, and financing issues in the area of global health and provides links to key organizations and resources for further study.

International Health Systems Issue Module:
Selected country profiles of health coverage, financing, and service delivery policies with links to articles.  

    Speakers:  Mario Henry Rodriguez, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica and Anvar Velji, Global Health Educaiton
    Consortium GHEC Distinguished Service Award   
    Reciptient and Keynote Address:  Paulo Buss, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   
    Note:  Due to technichal problems, the first few minutes of the video are in Spanish.

   Moderator:  Lilia Macedo de la Concha, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico 

   Panel: Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.
   Philippe Lamy, Pan American Helath Organizaiton (PAHO) - Mexico 
   Giorgio Solimano, Universidad de Chile, Chile                                                                                      Back to Top

  Moderator: Carlos Santos Burgoa, Academia Nacional de Salud, Mexico

   Panelists: Marco Akerman, Facultad de Medicina de la Región del ABC Paulista, Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
   Paulo Buss, Fundación Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
   Jeanette Vega, Ministerio de Salud, Chile                                                                                             Back to Top

   Moderator:  Francisco Becerra-Posadas, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)

   Panelists: 
   Global Health Institutions and Their Impact on Health, Peter Long, Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S.
   Global Health Security Initiative: The contribution to health preparedness, Pablo Kuri, Sociedad Mexicana de Salud 
        Pública, Mexico
   Promoting Regional Alliances for Global Health, Philippe Lamy, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mexico
   New Scenarios of International Cooperation in Global Health: Challenges for middle income countries, Rocío Sáenz,
   Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
                                                                                    
   Note:  The first 5:30 minutes of the video is in Spanish.                                                                        Back to Top