Seminar: Investeringer i sundhed – hvordan og hvorfor?

TID: Torsdag den 6. november kl. 13-16

STED: Københavns Universitet, Alexandersalen, Bispetorvet 1-3, København K.

TILMELDING: Senest den 2. november til [email protected] 

SEMINAR WITH GAVIN YAMEY FROM THE LANCET COMMISSION

Dr Gavin Yamey from the University of California, San Francisco and the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health will deliver the keynote speech discussing the Lancet Commission’s report ‘Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation,‘. Development Economist Poul Buch-Hansen and Journalist Kirsten Larsen will serve as discussants.

SEMINAR: INVESTING IN HEALTH – HOW TO DO IT AND WHY?

PROGRAMME

12.30-13.00  Sandwiches, coffee and networking
13.00-13.10  Opening remarks by Professor Morten Sodemann, Global Health Minders
13.10-13.50  Keynote speech by Dr Gavin Yamey, Lancet Commission
13.50-14.20  Comments by discussants Poul Buch-Hansen and Kirsten Larsen
14.20-15.40  Discussion and questions from the audience
15.40-16.00  Closing remarks

KEYNOTE SPEAKER GAVIN YAMEY
Dr Yamey serves on two international health commissions, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. He led the writing of Global Health 2035, the report of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, which was published on December 3, 2013.

DISCUSSANTS POUL BUCH-HANSEN AND KIRSTEN LARSEN
Poul Buch-Hansen, Development Economist, former Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen and External Advisor to e.g. Danida, and Kirsten Larsen, Journalist, Diplomatic Correspondent and part-time Editor of a prime time radio programme called Orientering for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.

THE REPORT

The report Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation makes the case that:

The returns on investing in health are even greater than previously estimated
Within a generation—by 2035—the world could achieve a “grand convergence”, bringing preventable infectious, maternal and child deaths down to universally low levels

Taxes and subsidies are a powerful and underused lever for curbing non-communicable diseases and injuries
Progressive universalism, a pathway to universal health coverage (UHC) that targets the poor from the outset, is an efficient way to achieve health and financial protection.

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