Preliminary PROGRAM
A challenge for Switzerland: Achieving health for all in a changing world
Health in Switzerland’s foreign policy and international cooperation
The program can be downloaded here
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8:45- 9:30
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Registration and Coffee |
Part 1: Health in the message on Switzerland's International Cooperation in 2017 - 2020
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9:30
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Welcome Speech
Thomas Vogel, President of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland
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Switzerland: How to meet responsibilities in a changing environment
by Ambassador Thomas Greminger (SDC)
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Development Policy, Health and the Money. A civil society health perspective on the “Message on Switzerland's International Cooperation in 2017 – 2020”
(Input in German with simultaneous translations) by Martin Leschhorn Strebel (MMS)
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Coffee Break |
Part 2: SDGs and health
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11:15
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The Social Determinants of Health and the search for health equity in the times of the SDGs
by Eugenio Raul Villar Montesinos (WHO)
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UNO Agenda 2030 for sustainable development: A milestone for radical transformation – or just all smoke and mirrors?
(Input in German with simultaneous translations) by Thomas Schwarz (MMI)
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Panel Discussion “Are we on the right track to health for all in a changing world?”
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12.30
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Lunch |
Part 3: Achieving health for all - roles and involvement of civil society in the global South and North
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14:00
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Engaging with civil society through parallel-tracking
By Glenn Laverack (WHO)
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Bridging between local engagement and global processes
by Nonjabulo Mahlangu (Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe)
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Group A:
What are the next steps for MMS advocacy work based on the message in Switzerland?
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Group B:
How have the MDGs influenced the programs/ projects of Swiss NGOs and our partner organisations and how to deal with the SDGs?
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Group C:
Change from the bottom – what is the role of international community to promote and support community participation in health issues through community mobilization and advocacy?
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16:00
16:30
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Presentation of the main findings
Closure
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Contact:
Carine Weiss
cweiss@medicusmundi.ch
Telefon: 061 383 18 12
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