Ráðstefna um heilbrigðisþjónustu í fátækum löndum

Ráðstefna um heilbrigðisþjónustu í fátækum löndum var haldin í Reykjavík föstudaginn 29. september í því skyni að styðja við vaxandi umræðu og áhuga hér á landi um þann vanda sem mörg fátæk ríki standa frammi fyrir í almennri heilbrigðisþjónustu. Ráðstefnan var haldin á vegum Þróunarsamvinnustofnunar Íslands (ÞSSÍ) í samvinnu við heilbrigðis- og tryggingamálaráðuneytið, læknadeild Háskóla Íslands og Heilsugæslu höfuðborgarsvæðisins.

Programme

09:00 Opening remarks by Minister of Health                               Siv Friðleifsdóttir

09:10   Millennium Development Goals and health sciences               Sefán B. Sigurðsson

09:30   Key challenges for WHO-AFRO                                             Luís Sambo 

10:25   Key challenges for WHO-EURO                                             Guðjón Magnússon

11:05   Maternal and child mortality in low-income countries               Cesar G. Victora

11:45   Child death and maternal reactions in Guinea-Bissau              Jónína Einarsdóttir 

13:30   Evaluations of health projects in real life settings                   Cesar G. Victora

14:10   ICEIDA’s health project in Malawi                                          Geir Gunnlaugsson

14:45   Challenges and experiences of developing health services in Malawi  Wesley O.O. Sangala 

15:35   Essential medicines in developing countries                            Einar Magnússon

15:55   Great things happen slowly child health in late 19th century Stockholm  Lars Smedman

16:25   Panel discussions: Chair: Davíð Á. Gunnarsson

Panellists: Cesar G. Victora, Wesley O.O. Sangala, Lars Smedman, Luís Sambo

17:00   Conclusions and summing up                                                Sigurður Guðmundsson

17:10   Closing remarks                                                                  Sighvatur Björgvinsson

Research Seminar: maternal and child health in Monkey Bay, Malawi

Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006

13:05   The setting                                                                          Geir Gunnlaugsson

13:10   Antenatal care                                                                      Sigríður Bára Fjalldal

13:30   TBA services                                                                         Eva L. Stefánsdóttir

13:50   Deliveries                                                                             Eyþór Jónsson

14:10   Newborn care                                                                        Berglind Guðmundsd.

14:40   Implementation of IMCI                                                        Sigurður Ragnarsson

15:10   U5-clinics                                                                             Björg Jónsdóttir

15:30   Immunization coverage                                                         Þórður Þ. Þórarinsson

15:50   Training of medical students in global health                            Lars Smedman

16:20   General discussions

17:00   End of session