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Promoting Health
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Global leaders in healthcare and medicine met in Beijing, China, on 27-28 September 2017 to tackle a pressing question: How do we promote and maintain good health and well-being for a growing global population?
Hosted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the InterAcademy Partnership for Health (IAP for Health) Conference 2016 convened global experts in medical research, medical practice and healthcare systems who discussed best practices, new concepts and the future of healthcare worldwide.
In 2015, world leaders agreed on a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, Goal 3 calls for world leaders to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” But improving health and healthcare systems is fundamental to achieving many of the other goals, too. SDG#2, for example, aims for food security and adequate nutrition, while SDG#6 calls for universal access to clean water and sanitation.
Global population currently stands at 7.4 billion, with another 80 million births projected each year. In addition, advances in medical sciences mean that more and more people are living longer – adding stress to many nations’ healthcare systems. Amid these massive challenges, how do we ensure that low- and middle-income countries aren't left behind as we work to guarantee good health and well-being for everyone at all ages?
To answer these questions, the IAP for Health conference focused on such topics as:
- the social determinants of health;
- reducing risks across the lifespan;
- communicable diseases, including the prevention, detection and response to threats of emerging infectious diseases and pandemics;
- the role of traditional medicine; and
- new models for promoting health, for example in the urban environment.
| September 27, 2016 | |
| 08:45 – 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony Chair: Prof. Zhou Ji, President, Chinese Academy of Engineering Opening Remarks |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
OPENING PLENARY: WHY PROMOTING HEALTH MATTERS Chairs: Prof. Lai Meng Looi & Professor Liu Depei
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| 09:30 – 10:45 |
PUTTING PROMOTING HEALTH IN PERSPECTIVE Chairs: Dr. Peggy Hamburg & Prof. Cao Xuetao
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:00 – 11:20 |
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION Chairs: Prof. Michael Clegg & Prof. Wang Chen
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| 11:20 – 13:00 |
SYMPOSIUM I - PROMOTING HEALTH/REDUCING RISKS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
SYMPOSIUM 2 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE Chairs:Prof. Xu Jianguo & Prof. Rajae El Aouad
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | BREAK |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
SYMPOSIUM 3 - RE-EXPLORING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE Chairs: Prof. Marcello Barcinski & Prof. Fola Esan
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| September 27, 2016 | |
| 18:30 – 08:45 |
Reception and Dinner (Banquet Hall) Launch of " A Call for Action to Improve the Reproducibility of Biomedical Research" |
| September 28, 2016 | |
| 09:20 – 09:40 |
Keynote: Making a Difference for Health: integration of healthcare, prevention and population
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| 09:40 – 11:10 |
MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR HEALTH: INTEGRATION OF HEALTHCARE, PREVENTION AND POPULATION SYMPOSIUM 4 - FRAMING THE CONTEXT OF PROMOTING HEALTH
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| 11:10 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
SYMPOSIUM 5 - NEW MODELS OF HEALTHCARE/PROMOTING HEALTH Chairs: Prof. Mario Stefanini & Prof. William Pick
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:00 |
Keynote
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| September 28, 2017 | |
| 14:00 – 15:20 |
Symposium 6 - Transforming the Health Sector: Building Health Capacity Chairs: Prof. Carmencita Padilla & Professo Gao Runlin
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| 15:20 – 16:00 | Summary & Conclusion |