April 9 - 11, 2010

a co-production of:
The 19th Annual GHEC Conference &
1st Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health

Hosted at:
Instituto Nacional Salud Publico (INSP)
Cuernavaca, Mexico

GHEC Distinguished Service Award and Keynote Address: Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins University

Christopher Krogh Award; Lancet/GHEC Awards; Velji Awards; Poster Awards
Special Events: Poster Presentations; Topic Tables; Student Career Clinic; Lancet Student/Faculty Mixer


• Following sessions are distributed over the course of 3 days: April 9 - 11, 2010.


Plenary Panels:

• The Role of Institutional Alliances in Advancing Global Health Education

• Ethics and Equity Issues of Collaborations for Global Health

• Social Determinants of Health

• Global Health Diplomacy

• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health Education: Beyond the traditional medial model

• Lessons Learned from the Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic


Concurrent Panels:

Track: Public Policy and Global Health
• Strengthening Policies for Health
• Examples of South/South Collaborations
• Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances
• Integral Vision of Global Health

Track: Social Issues and Global Health
• Migration and Health
• Social Justice and Equality
• Community Health
• Lifestyle and Chronic Disease

Track: Clinical Practice and Research in Global Health
• Trauma, Injury and Violence
• Avian and Pandemic Flu
• Infectious Disease
• Global Health Research

Track: Education and Human Resources Development
• Global Health Competencies
• Building Capacity for Women's and Maternal/Child Health
• Student Training - Ethics and Preparation
• Workforce Development

Track: Current Issues in Global Health
• South/South Alliances for AIDS
• Networks that Really Work: Building partnerships based on mutual health missions
• Innovations in Teaching
• Nursing in Global Health 


Topic Tables:

Include:
• Migration and Health in the Context of Globalization
• Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS
• Global Health Workforce Crisis
• The Cuban Health Care System: Locally and abroad
• Vaccines and Social Development
• Global Health Experiences and Perspectives of the Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic
• Creating/Running Rehabilitation Programs in Underserved Areas
• Animal Health and Global Health
• Nursing Issues in Global Health
• Student Perspectives on Global Health
• Equity and Justice in a Globalized World