On Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, a conference on international health, exploring "Alternative Perpectives in Communicable Disease" will be held at the University of Ottawa and the Crowne Plaza Ottawa, hosted by the Student University Network for Social and International Health (SUNSIH).
The conference will address the interdependencies of disease and society with a variety of viewpoints on how to address it´s various facets: raising awareness through art, educational campaigns, control with vaccination initiatives, shaping behaviour change, and applying human rights theory to action. This conference should be of interest to students (and professionals!) in each and every health discipline, public health, international law, and the social sciences.
See http://www.csih.org/Sunsih/SUNSIHConference2002.html for registration information
See below for the official Programme!
Pre-Registration Deadline before 22 October, 2002 ($20)
After 22 October, and on the day of the conference, $30
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SUNSIH International Health Conference
“Alternative Perspectives in Communicable Disease”
PROGRAMMEFriday Evening, October 25
8:00 – 10:00
Welcome gathering in Ottawa
Saturday, October 26
8:15 – 8:45
Registration and Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome
9:00 – 10:00
AlyKhan Rajani, CARE Canada and Photosensitive´s - “AIDS through a New Lens”
10:10- 11:10
John Pringle RN, Médicins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders “Access to Essential Medicines”
11:20 – 12:20
Dr. Jorge Sorger, McMaster University “Power monopolies and poor health”
12:20 – 1:10
Lunch
1:10 – 2:10
Dr. Zari Gill, World Vision Canada “Innovative approaches to behaviour change”
2:20 – 3:20
Louise Courmier, CPHA Canadian International Immunization Initiative "Polio - strategies up until now, the Canadian commitment, and the countdown to 2005”
3:30 – 4:30
Dr. Donald Sutherland, HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Bureau at Health Canada “Paths to a career in International Health”
4:30 – 6:00
Student Presentations and SUNSIH elections
Evening
Informal gathering for dinner
Sunday, October 27
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome and breakfast
9:00 – 10:00
Dr. Joyce Pickering, McGill University Center for Tropical Diseases “Successes and challenges in vaccination programs”
10:10 – 11:10
David Patterson, HIV/AIDS Legal Network “The role of human rights and international law in HIV/AIDS”
11:10 – 12:00
Student Presentations
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