10 Feb 12
Sustaining and implementing universal health coverage. Four perspectives. Five continents
On 10 February 2012 in Milan, SDA Bocconi School of Management's Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP) will organise its first International Conference on ‘Sustaining and Implementing Universal Health Coverage’.
The global event will address the most challenging topics of universal access to health and will highlight four different perspectives through the involvement of prominent academics, policy-makers and leaders from around the world, including:
- Nancy Kane - Harvard School of Public Health, US;
- Paola Testori Coggi - DG Sanco, European Commission, Belgium;
- Gérard de Pouvourville - ESSEC, France;
- Mike Drummond - York University, UK;
- Timothy G. Evans - James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University, Bangladesh;
- Martin McKee - LSHTM, UK;
- Peter Spurgeon - Warwick University, UK;
- Guido Tabellini - Università Bocconi, Italy;
- Mark Pearson - OECD, France
- and global decision-makers like WHO, World Bank and industry representatives.
The programme is divided into three main parts:
- How the theme of Universal Coverage of Health is approached in Academia
- How Universal Coverage can be implemented: presentation of cases by MIHMEP Alumni working in the Industry, Governments, NGOs, International Organisations, and Funders.
- How Universal Coverage of Health is dealt with by global decision-makers such as the European Commission, OECD, WHO, World Bank and Industry.Over 700 delegates from the academia, policy-making arena, industry, healthcare management are expected to attend. A special report synthetising key messages and presentations will be released after the conference in an A+ peer reviewed journal.
Eucomed members are invited to attend the event and if registered before 15 December 2011 a 50% discount on your registration fee is applicable.