[EQ] A New Vision for Health Systems in the 21st Century: Investing in People

A New Vision for Health Systems in the 21st Century: Investing in People

World Bank - Human Development Network - March 7, 2011

Website: http://bit.ly/hlqe2H

Chair: Cristian Baeza, Sector Director, HDNHE

Keynote Speaker: Hon Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health Dean and Former Minister of Health, Mexico

Respondent: Al-Karim Haji, Director General and CFO, The Aga Khan Univ.

Panel:

Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

Jeffrey L. Sturchio, President and CEO, Global Health Council

Wrap Up:

Alexander S. Preker, Head of Health Industry Group, CICHE

Hope Sukin, HealthTeam Leader, Office of Sustainable Deve., Bureau for Africa, USAID

“….The first decade of the 21st Century ended with a much improved understanding about the health threats facing developing countries as well as innovative and affordable technologies to address them. Despite the financial crisis and economic downturn, global health expenditure has continued to grown rapidly during the past decade both in terms of domestic and donor funding.
The binding constraint to further advances is no longer money or knowledge. It is the lack of people. Hon Julio Frenk will present their vision on these issues and discuss recommendations by the "Global Independent Commission" that he recently chaired in commemoration of the centenary of the Flexner Report….”

Link to the book:
Health Professionals for a New Century: Transforming Education to Strengthen Health Systems in an Interdependent World

http://bit.ly/edUAoJ

Presentation:
 A New Vision for Health Systems in the 21st Century: Investing in People – Julio Frenk http://bit.ly/gBmzPE

 

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