Conferences
Upcoming Conferences
WHO - CIFA Consultation on Standard for Mapping of FBOs in Primary Health Care
10-12 November 2009
Nick Henwood, a CHGN delegate, will be attending this consultation on developing an effective mapping tool for faith based primary health care programmes worldwide.
Global Mission Health Conference
Louisville, Kentucky. 13th & 14th November
Ted Lankester will be speaking on "Primary Health Care, Faith Based Organisations & Current Worldwide Opportunities" at the Global Mission Health Conference.
SALT Woking
Early November 09
A group of people linked with HIV affected immigrant communities in the UK will meet in November to learn from each other whilst doing appreciative home visits and neighbourhood discussion. A similar approach is emerging in Oxford. Sharing of experience between the cities is happening. Members of Affirm will be attending this discussion.
UNAIDS Prevention Refresher Workshops
Early November 09
Affirm will be implementing a series of workshops in which all Geneva based UNAIDS staff will engage. The objectives are to reawaken personal ownership for prevention and to nurture application, whatever the HIV related job may be.
Global Reconciliation
Amman, Jordan. 14-17 December
A summit on Pathways to Reconciliation will be held in Amman, Jordan, 14 to 17th December. Affirm will be coordinating 'Spirituality and Celebration'. Six themes will be explored including Health and Foreign Aid. Follow up to health and faith linked demonstrations in 2010 to facilitate a growing reconciliation movement will be a priority for 2011.
Conferences including presentations from InterHealth in 2008/09
11th International Conference on Travel medicine
Budapest, 25th to 29th May
Ted Lankester presented at a symposium on the health care of long-term travellers on the topic: Culture Shock and the Mental Health of long-term travellers. Vanessa Field and Nicki Boddington also presented a poster on the research carried out at InterHealth connected with the GeoSentinel monitoring project.
Renewing and enhancing Collaboration with NGOs Towards a Shared Agenda
Chaing Mai Thailand (2 week consultation) - February 2008
Dr Ted Lankester gave 3 presentations on the following topics:
Community Health Workers: Relaunching for 2015.
Travel Medicine: Holistic Health Screening for the Long term Expatriate and
Setting up Community Health programmes: Getting off to a Good Start
Biennial Medical and Surgical Conference for American physicians working abroad
Geneva - September 2008
InterHealth’s partner organisation Community Health Global Networks (CHGN)
co-chaired a two day consultation at WHO’s Headquarters. The Consultation was entitled: “Renewing and enhancing Collaboration with NGOs Towards a Shared Agenda”. There were 52 participants around the table including WHO’s Deputy Director General. Also on the agenda was ‘The revitalization of Primary Health Care’ the preferred health model which WHO would like to see adopted worldwide.
Meeting of the Elders
Convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
May 2008
Alongside the Secretary General and the Elders - Jimmy Carter, Gro Harlem Bruntland and Mary Robinson; Dr Ian Campbell of InterHealth recently participated in an in-depth and frank debate convened by the UN to explore strengthening health systems, promoting women's health and fighting neglected tropical diseases...
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