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Friday, May 11, 2012

[EQ] Transcendiendo fronteras para la equidad en salud - Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe sobre Salud Global - Chile 9-11 Enero 2013

2º CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE SOBRE SALUD GLOBAL

Transcendiendo fronteras para la equidad en salud

Santiago de Chile 9-11 de enero, 2013

Instituciones convocantes:

La Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG),

La Escuela de Salud Pública "Dr. Salvador Allende G." de la Universidad de Chile

Website: http://bit.ly/K8dT7U

Objetivos

Compartir conocimientos y fortalecer alianzas para la educación, investigación y abogacía a favor de la Salud Global en la Región de América Latina y El Caribe.
Aportar la mirada latinoamericana a los temas más candentes de la agenda mundial sobre salud y desarrollo, tales como el impacto de la crisis económica, los movimientos y conflictos sociales y los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM).
Establecer un Foro de discusión y propuesta para avanzar hacia el logro de mayores niveles de equidad y justicia social dentro y entre todos los países del mundo.

Ejes de trabajo:

- Migración, violencia y desplazamientos poblacionales

- Colaboración internacional para el manejo integral de desastres y epidemias

- Desafíos de los movimientos y las redes sociales

- Mecanismos de cooperación y diplomacia para la salud global

- Cobertura universal y protección social

- Investigación, innovación e implementación en salud global

- Hacia los nuevos Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio

- Crisis económica y su impacto en la salud pública

- Cambio climático, desafíos y oportunidades para la Salud Global

- Cooperación para el desarrollo y diplomacia en Salud Global

Ponentes

Estamos en proceso de extender invitaciones a diversos y destacados ponentes de América Latina y otras regiones del el mundo cuya labor los constituye en referentes de la salud pública y el desarrollo social.
Dra. Michelle Bachelet, Programa de Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (ONU Mujer);
Dra. Mirta Roses, Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/OMS);
Dr. Wolfgang Munar-Angulo, Fundación Gates;
Dr. Roger Glass, Fogarty International Center,
Sir Michael Marmot, UCL International Institute for Society and Health;
Prof. Ronald Labonté, Universidad de Ottawa;
Dr. Paulo Buss, Fundación FIOCRUZ;
Prof. Julio Frenk, Universidad de Harvard;
Dr. Jaime Mañalich, Ministerio de Salud, Chile;
Dra. Jeannette Vega, Fundación Rockefeller;
Dr. Ilona Kickbusch, The Graduate Institute

Para mayor información: alasag@insp.mx

Giorgio Solimano Cantuarias

Presidente 2º Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe sobre Salud Global

Escuela de Salud Pública Universidad de Chile

V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder

Secretaría Técnica Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG)

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública - Cuernavaca, México

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[EQ] Food Security, Health and Sustainable Development - Online seminar 16 May, 2012

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE - PAHO/WHO

Family and Community Health – FCH – PAHO/WHO

Food Security, Health and Sustainable Development:
Are the current production, distribution and use of food healthy, safe, secure and sustainable in the Americas?
Reflections towards Rio+20

XV Seminar: Wednesday 16 May, 2012 – PAHO/WHO Rio+20 (In English with simultaneous translation to Spanish)

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - EDT (Washington, DC USA)
To check local time see the World Clock

Website PAHO/WHO Rio+20 at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS

“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food security covers availability, access, utilization and stability issues, and — in its focus on individuals —also embraces their energy, protein and nutrient needs for life, activity, pregnancy, growth and long-term capabilities.” The World Food Summit, Declaration on World Food Security. Held in Rome, Italy 13-17 November 1996.

In the Americas, 45 million people are estimated to be at-risk for insufficient food, despite the fact that production is estimated to be in excess of 40% of caloric needs.

Food is one of the seven critical issues at Rio+20; the others are jobs, energy, cities, water, ocean, and disasters). The Right to Food was first recognized in the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In 1996, the formal adoption of the Right to Adequate Food pointed the way towards the rights based approach to food security.

Presently the world is facing the rapid degradation of soils, freshwater, oceans, forests and biodiversity, and the pressure that climate change is putting even more on the already limited resources. Economic drivers define crop production, distribution, availability and access. Food is not only subject to climate uncertainties, but also to market fluctuations and commodity prices.

In this seminar, the speakers will give an overview of the multidimensional nature of food security: from crop protection to abuse of agrochemicals, food safety and nutrition, and the impact each of these dimensions has on public health and on sustainable development in the Region. Critical steps towards sustainable development will be explored during the debate

Related material:

- Save and Grow, FAO, 2011

- Reshaping agriculture for nutrition and health http://bit.ly/IZeWaj

- Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health http://bit.ly/IJHq5n

- Food safety: equity and social determinants http://bit.ly/cv95bR

Agenda

12:00h Introduction: Moderator, Dr. Carlos Samayoa, Senior Advisor and Project Coordinator Healthy Life Course, PAHO/WHO

12:05 FAO Sustainable Crop Production Intensification: Save and Grow

Mark Davis, Senior Officer, Pesticides Management, Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP) Food and Agriculture Organization

12:15 Agriculture Pesticides and Public Health

Catharina Wesseling, Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas (IRET), Costa Rica

12:25 Food safety in the Americas and the Caribbean

Enrique Perez-Gutierrez, Advisor, Veterinary Public Health, PWR-Panama

12:35 Food security and nutrition: trends in the American Region

Chessa Lutter, Senior Advisor, Food and Nutrition, PAHO/WHO

12:45 Debate: Questions & Comments from the participants

13:00 Closing remarks

How to participate

In person:
PAHO/WHO
525 23rd ST NW
Washington DC, 20037 Room C – 12h to 13h Eastern Time (WDC)

Online: via Elluminate link:

- Spanish room: www.paho.org/virtual/SeminariosSDE

- English room www.paho.org/virtual/SDESeminars

SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20

For those who cannot follow the live seminar, we will have it available later at PAHO Rio+20 Toolkit at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS

Global Sustainable Development and Environmental Health
No.14 Global Sustainable Development and Environmental Health- Joint Discussion with the US Institute of Medicine
http://bit.ly/M4zpwg

Sustainable Development Indicators
No.13 Health at the heart of Sustainable Development Indicators

http://bit.ly/IQGhgE

Economic – social aspects Non Communicable Diseases

No.12 Economic and social aspects of Non Communicable Diseases NCDs

http://bit.ly/IisLCg

Non Communicable Diseases

No.11 Non Communicable Diseases and Sustainable Development

http://bit.ly/JGgnvr

Workers health

No.10 Green Economy /Green Jobs: Health Risks & Benefits
http://bit.ly/IhCwK2

Regional Experiences

No. 9 The Voice and Experience of the Caribbean Islands towards SD
http://bit.ly/HGvKCh

Road Safety

No. 8 Road Safety and Public Transportation towards Sustainable Development:
an agenda for health for Rio+20
http://bit.ly/IS7rAH

Globalization

No. 7 Globalization and Health Equity towards Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/HJ0PTT

Civil Society

No. 6 The Voices of Civil Society - Creating the Healthy Future
http://bit.ly/HRsJyd

Working Environments
No. 5 Employment and working conditions for Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/ILtlHE

The Environment

No. 4 Amazon Region: Environment and Health in the Context of Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/IlMMmK

Climate Change

No. 3 Climate Change and health in the context of Rio+20
http://bit.ly/J7NLFJ

Water

No. 2 Water and Sanitation
http://bit.ly/HP7kGw

Sustainable Development

No. 1 Public Health Challenges
http://bit.ly/Iv3LWW

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[EQ] Can the European elderly afford the financial burden of health and long-term care?

Can the European elderly afford the financial burden of health and long-term care?

Assessing impacts and policy implications

Xenia Scheil-Adlung, Jacopo Bonan

ESS Paper N° 31 Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All
International Labour Organization 2012

Available online PDF file [50p.] at: http://bit.ly/K2BLoY

This research report assesses the financial impact of private health and long-term care expenditure on households of the elderly, in particular, the impact of out-of-pocket payments at the time of service delivery and related policy implications.

“…….Receiving health and long-term care when in need and adequate social health protection from related financial impacts are considered fundamental human rights, which are highlighted in the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No 102).

The elderly are particularly at risk, as they are prone to ill health and disability conditions that necessitate health care and long-term care LTC. However, social protection systems in the countries observed do not provide adequate protection for the elderly:

· Out-of-pocket payments for health care concern on average about 70 per cent of the elderly population; about 5 per cent have to face Out-of-pocket payments and expenditures as a consequence of long-term care LTC.

· Economic consequences of such expenditures on households may be severe and constitute a threat to their financial sustainability and bring about impoverishment.

· The impact of related private expenditure for long-term care LTC is higher for the poor than for the rich, and some social groups – such as women and individuals living alone – are at a higher risk of Out-of-pocket payments.

· The availability of services constitutes an important problem in most countries given the lack of skilled workers providing services to the elderly.

Given demographic developments, the problems observed are likely to increase in the future. In order to meet the current and future needs of the elderly, and particularly vulnerable groups among them, population coverage should be universal and more effective; efficient social health protection systems are also desirable.

This requires, in particular, that more resources should be made available for the elderly, especially to further develop long-term care LTC schemes with a view to: increasing the scope of benefits; ensuring the affordability, availability and delivery of services; and improving the quality of services in order to respond more adequately to needs.

Furthermore, measures should be envisaged to facilitate the delivery of informal car by covering family carers in social protection systems and providing compensation, e.g. cash benefits and allowances. In addition, the widespread shortage of the health and long-term care LTC workforce needs to be addressed by creating decent working conditions.

Addressing inequities in the elderly population’s access to health and long-term care LTC services also requires an integrated policy approach within the broader social protection system. Raising the national social protection floor has the potential to reduce the social and economic vulnerability of the elderly. In addition to guaranteeing access to needed health and long-term care LTC services, it would focus on income support and financial protection. As a result, synergies of benefits from various schemes – e.g. old-age pension, social assistance and health care –would help to address the inequities observed…..”

Content:

1._ Introduction

2._ European social protection systems aimed at alleviating the financial burden of health and long-term care: Key characteristics

2.1._ Public expenditure investments in health and long-term care

2.2._ Coverage and financing mechanisms

2.3._ Extent of benefit packages and financial protection

2.4._ Availability and quality of services: the role of the workforce

3._ Assessing the burden of private health and long-term care expenditure on the elderly

4._ Who are the most vulnerable among the elderly?

5._ Assessment of the findings and policy implications

5.1._ Closing gaps in coverage and financial protection

5.2._ Addressing deficits in the availability of services

5.3._ Achieving equitable access for the most vulnerable

6._ Summary and conclusions

Appendix

Bibliography

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[EQ] The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs

The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs

World Bank

Outline available PDF [48p.] at: http://bit.ly/JqlrSk

“……….Recent world events have put jobs at the center of the policy debate. In advanced economies, there is concern about a jobless recovery; in developing countries, continued growth cannot shield workers who are vulnerable to shocks. Political upheavals in the Arab world have highlighted the discontent of educated youth whose employment opportunities fall short of their expectations.

The report will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development; and provide analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and examine differences in the nature of jobs, which in turn affects the potential of jobs to raise living standards, increase aggregate productivity, and enhance social cohesion.

The Report explores the notion of a “good job” in that some jobs do more for economic and social development than others, because they reduce poverty and inequality, strengthen value chains and production clusters, or help build trust and shared values.

The Report will examine efforts to stimulate production of higher value-added goods and services, boost the demand for labor, prepare today’s youth to become productive members of society, and ensure an efficient matching of supply and demand of labor.

WDR 2013 also looks beyond the labor market, identifying the complementary policies needed to support the necessary structural shifts and the supply of needed skills. Infrastructure development, policies for competition and innovation, reforms in educational and training systems to equip tomorrow’s workers with the relevant skills and the architecture of social protection all have a bearing on the chances to create more and better jobs.

The challenge for the WDR 2013 is to articulate a vision that cuts across sectors, addressing the dynamic links between growth strategies and jobs, and providing tools to consider policies and programs from a jobs perspective. The Report strives to provide a framework to address the most difficult jobs-related questions facing policy makers in developing countries.

The WDR 2013 on Jobs will be launched during the World bank Annual Meetings in the autumn of 2012……….”

Content:

Part I: Jobs are transformational. We tend to neglect jobs when thinking about growth, while in reality they are at the center of development. Jobs connect improvements in living standards, productivity gains and social cohesion.

Part II: What is a “good job”? Some jobs do more for economic and social development than others, because they reduce poverty and inequality, strengthen value chains and production clusters, or help build trust and shared values.

Part III: Policies through the jobs lens. Understanding how labor markets interact with government and market imperfections, and how this interaction affects development goals, is the key to identifying and evaluating policies for the creation of good jobs.

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