Previous Health Events
Previous Research Seminars:
Tuesday 13 May, 2008 at 4.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 3):
Public Forum: Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health
Several prominent developing country ministers will reflect on priorities for governance reform in global health. These discussions follow a High-Level Working Group on 'Setting a Developing Country Agenda for Global Health' convened by the Global Economic Governance Programme. (For a complete list of participants please see www.globaleconomicgovernance.org.)
Note: Please RSVP to geg@univ.ox.ac.uk. A reception will follow this event.
Friday 9 May, 2008 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2008 Week 3):
The challenge of crafting a National Health Plan amid so much international aid
The Hon. Professor David Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania
Note: There will be no lecture or prepared remarks.
Friday 22 February, 2008 at 2.00pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 6):
Making and Un-Making Poverty
Professor Anirudh Krishna (Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University)
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Note: PowerPoint slides from Professor Krishna's presentation are now available here
Thursday 14 February, 2008 at 12.00pm (Hilary Term 2008 Week 5):
CANCELLED
Special Oxford Luncheon with Health Minister of Burkina Faso, Honourable Alain Yoda
This event has been CANCELLED
Tuesday 27 November, 2007 at 2.00pm (Michaelmas Term 2007 Week 8):
Setting Priorities in Global Health
Jeremy Shiffman (Associate Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School of Syracuse University)
Note: This event will take place on Tuesday at 2pm. A copy of Jeremy Shiffman's presentation is available here.
Friday 26 October, 2007 at 2.00pm (Michaelmas Term 2007 Week 3):
Misfinancing Global Health
Devi Sridhar (Senior Researcher and Director, Global Health Governance Project) and Rajaie Batniji (Project Associate, Global Health Governance Project)
Tuesday 23 October, 2007 at 2.00pm (Michaelmas Term 2007 Week 3):
Faith-based Partnerships in Global Health
Ted Karpf (Partnerships Officer, Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organisation)
Note: This event will start on Tuesday at 2pm. A summary of Ted Karpf's presentation is available here.
Friday 19 October, 2007 at 11.00am (Michaelmas Term 2007 Week 2):
Negotiating With International Institutions: A Developing Country Perspective
Julio Frenk (Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Former Health Minister, Mexico)
Note: This event will start at 11am. A copy of Dr Frenk's presentation is available here.
Tuesday 16 October, 2007 at 11.00am (Michaelmas Term 2007 Week 2):
The Challenges of Facing Avian and Human Influenza
David Nabarro (Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza at the UN)
Note: This event will start on Tuesday at 11am. A copy of the presentation is available
here.
Tuesday 10 July, 2007 at 5.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 12):
Popular Health Insurance in Mexico: Lessons of Political Economy in Health
Gustavo Humberto Nigenda Lopez
Note: To view his CV please see here.
Friday 6 July, 2007 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 11):
Ownership at the Community Level: Lessons from Kenya
Sammy Gitau (University of Manchester)
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Note: The following literature and media related to this event is available:
Friday 25 May, 2007 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 5):
Innovations in Service Delivery: Promise and Perils of Paying for Results
Ruth Levine, Director of Programs and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Note: For biography details see here.
Friday 18 May, 2007 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 4):
Health: The Global Architecture of Apathy
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
Note: For biography details see here.
Friday 11 May, 2007 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 3):
Scaling Up HIV Prevention in India
Ashok Alexander, Director, Avahan India AIDS Initiative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Note: The following literature related to this event is available:
Friday 4 May, 2007 at 12.30pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 2):
Delivering Priority Interventions Through Health Systems: Some Reflections on Ongoing Work
Kara Hanson, Director of the Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Friday 27 April, 2007 at 12.30pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 1):
The Case for Routine HIV Testing
Harold Jaffe, Head of the Department of Public Health, Oxford
Thursday 26 April, 2007 at 2.00pm (Trinity Term 2007 Week 1):
Global Health Inequalities: How Can We Do Better?
Tim Evans, Assistant Director-General for Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization
Note: Presentation