4135.0 Public Health Strategies To Address Trade and Trade Policy

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 10:30 AM
Oral
This session will provide examples of research, policy, law, licensing and advocacy strategies that public health can use to ensure that health concerns are addressed within the trade policy environment.
Session Objectives: By the end of this session participants will be able to: 1. Describe several strategies to ensure that health needs are addressed in global trade, particularly related to trade policies. 2. Describe why research is needed to understand the effects of trade policy on health and what type of policy research is needed to ensure health concerns are incorporated.
Moderator:
Mary Anne Mercer, DrPH

10:30 AM
Consolidating Pharmaceutical Purchasing Globally: A Pragmatic Approach to Trade in Essential Health Products?
Maggie Huff-Rousselle, MA, MBA, PhD and Hillary Peabody
  
10:50 AM
Sustainable Pharmaceutical Trade: Rights-centered Policies and Partnerships to Improve Pharmaceutical Security and Safety
Mei-Ling Wang, PHD, MPH
11:10 AM
Free to choose? Safe water, cheap water, and the liberalization of trade in water services
Sheikh Shahnawaz, PhD and Anita Chaudhry, PhD
11:30 AM
Responding to neoliberalism: A report card on our public health research agenda
Shelley K. White, MPH
Discussion

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Organized by: Trade and Health Forum
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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