Updated Thursday28February 2008
Names are subject to change
GLOBAL HEALTH WORKFORCE ALLIANCE
HRH ACTION CONFERENCE
Forum Theme:Action on the Health Workforce- The Time is Now
Opening Ceremony
Monday 3rd March 2008
Key note speaker:
Lincoln Chen , GHWA board chair
Cultural event
Official greeting :
Manto Tshabalala Msimang, Chair, African Union bureau of Health MinistersMinister of Health of Republic of South Africa
Anarfi-Asamoa Baah, Deputy Director-General, WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General, UN - by video message
General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Head of State, Uganda
Theme I - Leadership (90 minutes)
Tuesday 4 March 2008, 8:30 - 10:00
Plenary session I - The Health Workforce and Countdown to the MDGs
Coordinators: Neil Squires, Francis Omaswa, BjarneGarden
Key note speaker:
Meles Zenawi , Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Panellists:
Manto Tshabalala Msimang, Minister of Health of Republic of South Africa
Paul Davis, Director US governmental affairs, Health Gap, USA
Yoshihisa Ueda,Vice president of JICA, Japan
Julian Schweitzer, Health Nutrition PopulationDirector, World Bank, USA
Mongkol Na Songkhla, Minister of Health, Thailand
Moderator:Suwit Wibulpolprasert, GHWA Board
Break out session 1.1. - Ministerial round Table Discussion
Chair : Stephen Mallinga, Minister of Health, Uganda
Moderators:Suwit Wibulpolprasert, GHWA Board
Francisco Songane, Executive Director of PMNCH
Theme II - Education, Training and Skill Mix (75 minutes)
Tuesday 4 March 200810:30 - 11:45
Plenary session II -Scaling up for Better Health- Education, Training and Skill Mix
Coordinators: TF Education and Training Task Force (Imogen Sharp and Amy Gardiner)
Co-Chairs: Nigel Crisp, Education and Training Task Force co-chair
Bience Gawanas, Education and Training Task Force, Commissioner for Social Affairs, AU
Keynote speaker: JoséGomesTemporão, Minister of Health, Brazil.
Panellists:
Paulo Ivo Garrido, Minister of Health,Mozambique
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health,Ethiopia
Judith Oulton, Chief Executive, International Council of Nurses, Switzerland
Geraldine Bitamazire, Minister of Education and sport, Uganda
Break-out sessions:
Breakout Session 2.1.-Task force for scaling up education and training health workers
Co-Chairs: Bience Gawanas and Nigel Crisp,Task Force Co-Chairs
Panelists:
Miriam Were, Task Force member & AMREF, Kenya
Peter Walker, TWG Coordinateur & University of Ottawa, Canada
Imogen Sharp, Task Force Director, Great Britain
Marjorie Ngaunje, Former MOH and Task Force member, Malawi
Breakout Session 2.2.-Country action-successes & lessons learnt
Co-Chairs: Ernst Messiah, Commonwealth Secretariat and Imogen Sharp, Task Force Director
Panelists:
Marjorie Ngaunje, Former MOH and Task Force member, Malawi
Francisco Eduardo de Campos, Ministry of Health, Brazil
Annel Bowa, Director Training, ChainamaCollege of health sciences, Zambia
Angus O'Shea, Executive Director, Touch Foundation, Tanzania/USA
Aiga Hirotsuga, Health Human Development, JICA, Japan
Breakout Session 2.3.- What sort of health workers are needed in scaling up
Co-Chairs : Peter Ngatia, AMREF, Kenya and Kathy Cahill, Gates Foundation, USA
Panelists:
Simon Lewin,Lecturerr, LSHTM, and MRC,South Africa
KM Shyamprasad, Chancellor,MartinLutherUniversity, India
Seble Frehywot, Professor, GWU, USA
Francis Kamwendo, College of Medicine, Malawi
Yann Bourgueil, Research Director, IRDES, France
Badara Samb, Advisor, HSS, WHO HQ, Switzerland
Basile Kollo, Director HRH, MOH, Cameroon
Breakout Session 2.4.-Innovation in education and training
Co-Chairs :Nelson Sewankabo, Dean of Makerere Faculty of Medicine, Uganda
Peter Walker, TWG coordinator, University of Ottawa, Canada
Panelists:
Peter Ndumbe, Dean of Buea Faculty of medicine, Cameroon
Laetitia King, Professor,Agha Khan University, Kenya
Yves Talbot, Professor,University of Toronto, Canada
Elseikh Badr, Vice chancellor, Academy of Health, Sudan
Albert Benhamou, Director of Francophone Virtual University, France
Susan Nkinyangi, Senior Education Adviser,UNESCO Nairobi, Kenya
Theme III - Management (75 minutes)
Tuesday 4 March 200811:45 - 13:00
Plenary session III - Management: a key challenge
Coordinators: Manuel Dayrit, Director HRH & Carmen Dolea, HRH Department,WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Key note speaker:
Rajat Gupta, Chair of the Board of the GFATM andSenior Partner Worldwide of McKinsey,USA
Panelists:
Anders Nordstrom, Director General, SIDA, Sweden
Brian Chituwo, Minister of Health, Zambia
Kevin Schulman, Professor, Duke University, USA
Moderator: Anarfi-Asamoa Baah, Deputy Director-General, WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Breakout session 3.1. -Health Workforce Observatories: Better Intelligence for health workforce development
Chair : Mario Roberto Dal Poz, Coordinator, WHO/HQ, Helen Lugina, Coordinator HR Development and CapacityBuilding, ECSA, Kayode Odusote, Director of HR Development, WAHO
Panelists :
Elsheik Badr, HRH Observatory & Deputy DG/HRH, FMoH, Sudan
Maria Christina Fekete, Director of Special Programs, MoH, Brazil
Jan Van den Broeck, Senior Lecturer, University of West Indies,Jamaica
Adam Ahmat, Technical Officer, WHO/AFRO, Congo
Breakout Session 3.2.- Human resources management systems
Chair : Jane Thomason, CEO, JTA International, Brisbane, Australia
Panelists:
Anthony Ofosu, Director of Health Services, Sene District,Ghana Health Service, Ghana
Ummuro Adano, Senior HR Management Systems Advisor, The Capacity Project (MSH), USA
Lawrence Kaggwa, Director planning and development,MOH Uganda
Breakout session 3.3.- Creating an enabling working environment for good management
Chair : Riitta-Liisa Kolehmainen-Aitken, Independant Consultant, Spain
Panelists:
Patricia Santo Tomas, Chairperson of the Board, Development Bank of the Philippines
James Buchan, Professor, QueenMargaretUniversity, Edinburgh, Great Britain
Derick Brinkerhoff, Senior Fellow in International Public Management, RTI International, USA
John Awoonor-Williams, Director, Nkwanta District, Ghana Health Service, Ghana
Breakout session 3.4.- Developing competencies for health sector managers
Chair : Michael Smalley, Director General, AMREF, Kenya
Panelists:
Joseph Dwyer, Director Leadership, Management, Sustainability Program, MSH,USA
Tridjoko Hadianto, School of public health, U of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Jeff Sturchio, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Co, USA
Elizabeth Howze, Chief, Sustainable Management Development Program Branch, CDC, USA
Estelle Quain, Senior Technical Advisor - Human Capacity Development, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID, USA
Theme IV - Migration and Retention (75 minutes)
Wednesday 5th March 2008 8:00 - 09:15
Plenary session IV- Managing the competing forces of migration and retention
Coordinators: WG Migration, Chair: Peggy Clark, Director , Realizing Rights, USA
Keynote speakers:
Marc Danzon, Regional Director, WHO – EURO, Denmark
Stephen Mallinga, Minister of Health, Uganda
Panelists:
Patricia Sto.Thomas, Chair, Bank of the Philippines, Philippines
Lola Dare, Director, Chestrad/Acoshed, Nigeria
Mireille Kingma, Consulant Nursing and Health Policy, ICN, Switzerland
Bjorn-Inge Larsen,Director General, Directorate of Health and Social Affairs, Norway
Moderator:Tim Evans, Assistant Director-General,WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Breakout Session 4.1.- Global health workers migration : trends, impacts and solutions
Chair : Peggy Clark, Director, Realizing rights, USA
Panelists:
Peter Scherer: Head of Health Division, OECD, France
Pascal Zurn, Health Economist, WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Barbara Nichols, Board member, ICN, Switzerland
Fitzhugh Mullan, Professor, GW University, USA
Christine Wiskow, Health service specialist, ILO-HQ, Switzerland
Ondrej Simek, Development (B/3), European Commission, Belgium
Percy Mahlaté, Department of Health, South Africa
Breakout session 4.2.- Understanding internal and external migration
Chair : Jean Yan, Unit Coordinator, WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Panelists:
Tomas Lievens, Health economist, Oxford Policy Management, Great Britain
Romulo Macrei Filho, special adviser, Ministry of Health, Brazil
Salif Coulibaly, Sante Sud, Mali
Veronica Mina Darko, CEO, Nurses and midwives council, Ghana
Reiko Matsuyama, project officer, IOM regional office for southern Africa, RSA
Fely Marilyn Elegado-Lorenzo, senior researcher, National institute of health, Philippines
Breakout session 4.3.- Retention of health care workers : professions' point of view
Chair : Yoram Blachar, President, World Medical Association
Panelists:
Sheila Anazonwu, Development Program Officer,InternationalHospital Federation
Williams Holzemer, Board member, International Council of Nurses
Zola Dantile, Vice-President, World Confederation for Physical Therapy
Breakout session 4.4.- Retention of health care workers : countries' experiences
Chair : Mireille Kingma, Consultant NursingHealthPolicy, ICN
Panelists:
Fadi El-Jardali, Assistant professor, AU of Beirut, Lebanon
Hilary Francis Mwale, HR specialist, ABT associates, USA
Thabsile Dlamini, President, Nurse Association, Swaziland
Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Health Economist, IRSS, Burkina Faso
Pamela Mc Quide, Senior Advisor, IntraHealth International, USA
Theme V - Financing (75 minutes)
Wednesday 5th March 2008 09:15 - 10 :30
Plenary session V - Financing: a key to scaling up the health workforce and health systems
Coordinator: WG Financing, Chair: Marty Makinen, with inputs from WB+IMF
Keynote speakers:
Eyitayo Lambo, former Minister of Health, Nigeria
Yaw Osafo-Maafo, former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana
Agnes Soucat, lead economist, AFTHD, World Bank, USA
Discussant :
Rick Rowden, Action aid, USA
Moderator:
Ezra Suruma, MOF, Uganda
Breakout Session 5.1.- Advocacy for financing
Chair : Hong Wang, Yale University, USA
Panelists:
Brook Baker, Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative, USA
Paul Jensen, Results Educational Fund, USA
Rotimi Sankare, Africa Public Health Rights Alliance
Breakout session 5.2.- Technical aspects of HWF economics and financing
Chair : Marko Vujicic, labor economist, World Bank, USA
Panelists:
David Evans, Director HSF , WHO-HQ, Switzerland
Gorik Ooms, Medecins Sans Frontières, Belgium
Claude Sekabarage, Minstry of health, Rwanda
Alex Preker, Lead Economist, AFTH2, World Bank, USA
Break out session5.3 - Innovative Private Sector Responses to the Health Workforce Crisis
Chair : Kathy Cahill, Bill and Melinda gates Foundation
Panelists:
Marie Charles, International Centre for Equal Healthcare Access, USA
Renuka Gadde, Becton-Dickinson, USA
Papa Gaye, Intrahealth International, USA
Mark Bura, ECSA, Tanzania
Theme VI - Partnerships and linking up for action (75 minutes)
Wednesday 5th March 2008 14:00-15:15
Plenary session VI - Partnerships
Coordinator: UNAIDS with partners in global initiatives
Keynote speaker: Peter Piot , Executive Director, UNAIDS
Respondent : David Mwakysa, Minister of Health, Tanzania
Panellists:
Fransisco Songane, Executive director, PMNCH, Switzerland
Hedia Belhadj Deputy Director, Technical Support Division, UNFPA -HQ, USA
Simon Mphuka, Churches Health Association, Zambia
Moderator: Sigrun Møgedal, GHWA board Member & Special Ambassador for HIV/Aids, Norway
Plenary session VII - Presentation and launch of the Global Action Plan
Coordinator: GHWA
Closing Ceremony
Introduction : Francis Omaswa, Executive Director, GHWA
Keynote speaker:Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights, USA
Closing messages :
Beatrice Were - Patients voice, Uganda
Peter Piot , Executive Director, UNAIDS
General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni - Head of State-Uganda
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