Session: Late-Breaking Topics

5053.1: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Late-Breaking Topics

This session will examine a number of recent developments affecting international health programs throughout the world. Topics explored include the correlation between HIV/AIDS and food insecurity; the use of technology, such as national databases, in health programs; and the effect of free trade and donor programs on the supply of medicine throughout the world.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to: 1) understand how access to food is affected by HIV/AIDS; 2) recognize the advantages of an integrated population health database and how it may be used; 3) evaluate the institutional impact of a drug donation program; 4) articulate the impact of free trade agreements on access to essential medicines.

Moderator(s):

C. Perry Brown, DrPH

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

World Bank Praxis and Pharmaceuticals in Latin America

Nuria Homedes, MD, DrPH, Joan Rovira, PhD, Antonio Ugalde, PhD

8:47 AM

Developing a Population Health Database in Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy

Elaine J. Yuen, PhD, Andrea Donatini, MSc, Carol Rabinowitz, Sabine Mall, Vittorio Maio, PharmD, Mary Robeson, MS, Daniel Z. Louis, MS, Francesco Taroni, MD

8:59 AM

Impact of free trade agreements on access to essential medicines

Rachel M. Cohen

9:11 AM

HIV/AIDS and the 2002 Food Emergency in Southern Africa
Roy Stacy

9:23 AM

Do drug donation programs have an institutional impact? A study of the Diflucan Partnership Program in six African health care institutions
N Wadonda Kabondo, Dr, Anne Reeler, Dr, Samson Kironde, Dr, Konji Sebati, MD, Heather Lauver, Ms, Joseph Saba, Dr

9:35 AM

A Framework for Monitoring the Malaria Eradication Programme in Korea

Moo Sik Lee, Bak Ju Na, Keon Yeop Kim, Dae Kyoung Kim, Jee Young Hong

9:47 AM

Concluding Remarks