The Geneva Health Forum Abstracts

The Geneva Health Forum offers six plenary sessions, five sets of parallel sessions composed of symposia, workshops and free communications as well as exhibition and poster areas. Click on a title to access abstracts.

	Wednesday, 30 August 2006
14:00 - 15:30	Plenary I: Access to Health: Where Do We Stand?
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break - Posters - Marketplace

Parallel sessions	Track I	Track II	Track III	Track IV	Track V
16:00 - 17:30	Do Global Funds Really Facilitate Access to Health?	Determinants of Inequities in Access to Health	Most Neglected Diseases	Civil Society: A Key Partner in Access to Health	Can We Trust Medical Information On-Line?

17:45 - 19:30	Opening Ceremony and Keynote Addresses
19:30	Get Together Party

	Thursday, 31 August 2006
07:45 - 08:45	Free Communications

09:00 - 10:30	Plenary II: Equity in Access to Health: Dream or Reality?
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break - Posters - Marketplace

Parallel sessions	Track I	Track II	Track III	Track IV	Track V
11:00 - 12:30	Financing Health Systems Pro Poor	Addressing Health Inequalities in Modern Europe	Access to Vaccines: Obstacles and Solutions	Community in Action for Health	Hospital and Academic Networks

12:30 - 13:45	Plenary Symposium I: Improving Access to Quality Medicines: Health Partnerships for the Developing World and The Fight against Counterfeiting
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break - Posters - Marketplace

14:00 - 15:30	Plenary III: Public-Private Partnerships: Exploring the Framework
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break - Posters - Marketplace

Parallel sessions	Track I	Track II	Track III		Track V
16:00 - 17:30	Public-Private Partnerships: Beneficial or Undermining?	Ensuring Access to Health for Migrants	Access to Health at a Time of Pandemics		Research & Access to Health: Ethical Concerns

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break - Posters - Marketplace


18:00 - 19:30	Plenary IV: A Critical View on the Role of Hospitals in Increasing Access to Health

	Friday, 1 September 2006
07:45 - 08:45	Free Communications

09:00 - 10:30	Plenary V: Global Gaps in Research, Capacity Building and Human Resources
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break - Posters - Marketplace

Parallel sessions	Track I	Track II	Track III	Track IV	Track V
11:00 - 12:30	Disease Control Programmes: Undermining Comprehensive Care?	Managing International Mobility of Health Professionals	Challenges in Long-Term Drug Delivery (HIV & TB)	Access to Health for People with Disability: A Right or a Favour?	How to Increase Access to Medical Information?

12:30 - 13:45	Plenary Symposium II: Access to Safe Healthcare
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break - Posters - Marketplace

Parallel sessions		Track II	Track III	Track IV	Track V
14:00 - 15:30		Gender, Sexual & Reproductive Health: Access Issues	Access to Malaria Prevention and Treatment	Access to Victims in Natural & Humanitarian Crises	Research Networks in Partnership

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break - Posters - Marketplace


16:00 - 17:30	Plenary VI: Global Access to Health: An Agenda for the Future
17:30 - 17:45	Closing Remarks

News by Theme

The Main Tracks

Track I Access to Health Systems

Track II Health and Inequities

Track III Access to Drugs, Vaccines and Diagnosis

Track IV Civil Society and Social Issues in Health

Track V Capacity Building and Partnerships

The Geneva Health Forum at a glance

The Geneva Health Forum "Towards Global Access to Health", under the flags of equity, training and partnership, provides a unique opportunity for all participants to present and explore innovative partnerships and programmes facilitating access to health.