Workshop:
"Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue "
Monday, 7 April 2008
1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
Auditorium (Room 1325)
Streaming video is available from this event!
Click on the links to view:
1. Opening Remarks and An Introduction to Health and Development in Africa
(
Cindy Haq, Gordon Ridley, Crawford Young, Nelson Sewankambo)
2. Health Development Policy and Human Rights in Africa
(Louise Trubek, Ok Pannenborg, Elise Colette, Claire Wendland, Neil Kodesh)
Scroll down to the Workshop Agenda for links to workshop presentations (PDF)
The workshop is free and open to public.
For the workshop poster, please click here.
For further questions, please contact eucenter@intl-institute.wisc.edu or 608-265-8040.
Sponsors
- The European Union Center of Excellence
- The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's Center for Global Health
- The Law School Health Law Project
- The African Studies Program
- The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
- The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Workshop Description
The April 2008 workshop examines various international organizations’ development policy and initiatives in the area of health, specifically those underway in Africa. Experts on the European Union and World Bank will offer presentations on the programs in progress in these institutions. In addition to addressing health and development policy, the workshop will focus on the implementation of health initiatives on the ground, highlighting the impact of development policy on the relationships between health care providers and local actors in postcolonial Africa. The workshop aims to bring together practitioners and scholars in medicine, law, and the social sciences to discuss an issue relevant to a wide range of disciplines.
This workshop is the fourth in a series that examines the impact of emerging health policy and public health challenges on the member states of the European Union as well as the European Union’s role as an international actor in global health. Previous workshops have focused on comparative health law and health policy, on the “war on cancer”, and on medical tourism and health law in Europe and the United States.
For previous workshop presentations and streaming video, please click on the following links:
WILJ Symposium: "Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue", 7 March, 2008
"'War on Cancer' and Accountability of Outcomes: A Transatlantic Dialogue on How and Why of Success", 16 April, 2007
"Public Health, Comparative Health Policy and Law in the EU: A Transatlantic Dialogue", 24-25 April, 2006
Workshop Agenda
Preceding the workshop, Nelson Sewankambo, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, will speak on “Adult Male Circumcision as an Intervention Measure for Control of Heterosexual HIV Transmission: Lessons from Rakai Health Sciences Program” as part of the Population Health Sciences Seminar Series. The talk will take place in Health Sciences Learning Center-HSLC, room 1325 at 12:00noon.
Click here to watch Dean Sewankambo's presentation.
Agenda
Monday, April 7, 2008
(HSLC, Room 1325)
1:30 – 3pm Careers in Global Health: An informal discussion on needs, opportunities and barriers
A light lunch will be provided.
Ok Pannenborg
Senior Health Advisor, World Bank
Presentation (PDF)
Elise Colette
Jeune Afrique
Presentation (PDF)
3 – 3:20pm Opening Remarks
Cindy Haq, Moderator
Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Center for Global Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Gordon Ridley
Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance, University of Wisconsin School of medicine and Public Health
Crawford Young
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison
3:20 – 3:50pm An Introduction to Health and Development in Africa
Nelson Sewankambo
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at MakerereUniversity
Presentation (PDF)
Click here to watch "Opening Remarks" and "An Introduction to Health and Development".
3:50 – 4 pm Q &A
4 – 4:15pm Break
4:15 – 6pm Health Development Policy and Human Rights in Africa
Louise Trubek, Moderator
Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Project, UW-Madison
Ok Pannenborg (4:15 – 4:45pm)
Senior Health Advisor, World Bank
Elise Colette (4:45 – 5:15pm)
Jeune Afrique
Claire Wendland, Commentator (5-15 – 5:25pm)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UW-Madison
Neil Kodesh, Commentator (5:25 – 5:35pm)
Assistant Professor of History, UW-Madison
Click here to watch "Health Development Policy and Human Rights in Africa".
5:35 – 6pm Q & A