Symposium Public Health: Inequalities in Health: Realities, Efforts and Way Forward. Analyzing the current situation of inequalities in health across countries, regions, communities, and populations as well as current efforts and way forward to address inequalities
17. März 2012, 9:00 – 16:30, München
The symposium will be conducted by CIHLMU Center for International Health at the Main Auditorium of the Surgery Department, Klinikum Innenstadt, Nussbaumstr. 20, in Munich, Germany.
The symposium will be held in English.
Registration: Registration is FREE (email cihlmu@googlemail.com by 05.03.2012)
Tea/coffee and snacks for lunch will be offered.
Aim:
To analyze the current situation of inequalities in health across countries, regions, communities and populations as well as current efforts and a way forward to address these inequalities.
Event summary:
During the past two decades, socioeconomic inequalities in health have increasingly been recognized as an important public health issue throughout the world. Organized by PhD students of the CIHLMU Center for International Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany, this symposium will create a forum for different stakeholders to discuss about inequalities in health in different countries, efforts made to tackle inequalities in health and possible strategies to address these inequalities.
Target groups:
Public health community, social scientists, public health authorities, and medical and public health students of Munich and other cities in Germany.
Topics and Speakers:
-Inequality in the global health system – Dr. Devi Sridhar, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK
-Social inequality and health in Germany – Prof. Dr. Christian Janssen, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich
-Inequalities in health associated with conditions of employment: a case from Chile – Dr. Manuel ParraLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
-Empowerment of the community towards disease control, bridging the knowledge gap and poverty trap – Dr. Peter de Vries , Div. Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine & AIDS, Holland
-Efforts and outcomes of international development cooperation to address health inequality – Prof. Dr. Rolf Korte, Justus-Liebig University
-Global climate change and unequal burden – Prof. Dr. Thomas Loescher, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
-Health inequities and the global agenda for social justice, 2015 and beyond – Ms. Gabriele Kohler, Visiting Fellow, Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, IDS Sussex
Credit Points: The Bavarian Medical Association has awarded 8 CME credit points for this event
Information: www.international-health.uni-muenchen.de
