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Description:
Speakers included academic scholars as well as researchers. In addition, a number of invited policy-makers and representatives of different health organizations from around the world attended and participated in the discussion.
The conference contributed both to scholarly and policy debate on policy tools to assist the development, implementation and/or evaluation processes associated with achieving health equity in the Americas.
Key themes included: measurement of inequalities, targeting the poor, allocation of health resources, and health impact assessment.
The program will conclude with a high-level panel discussion featuring David Gwatkin (World Bank), Alex Scott (UK), and Peter Tugwell (Canada).
Conference contact information:
Bev Shea
Institute of Population - University of Ottawa
Tel: 613 562 5800 ext 8571
Fax: 613 562 5659
e-mail bevshea@uottawa.ca
All conference sessions were at the
Medical Science Building,
University of Toronto
Room-9990, (900 99th St, NW, Toronto, Canada).
Program
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Sunday, June 16
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Opening
Remarks
Juan Antonio Casas Director, Division of Health and Human
Development, PAHO/WHO, Tim Evans, Rockefeller -
David Gwatkin, World Bank -
Joe Losos, Director, Institute of Population Health, Canada |
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Session 1:
Determinants of Health Inequalities: Identifying, Measuring, Monitoring, Intervening
Co-Chairs: Norberto Dachs, Public Health Policy, PAHO/WHO, Peter Tugwell, Director, Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health (Canada)
Paper 1
Peter Tugwell (Canada)
Jeanette Vega (Chile)
Disentangling the Pathways to Health Inequities
The Chilean Health Equity Gauge
- Word file [311kb] -
PDF file [270kb]
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Facilitators for the breakout sessions:
Carmen Elisa Florez (Colombia)
Phillipa Howden-Chapman (New Zealand)
Sharmila Mhatre (Canada)
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Monday, June
17
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Session 2: Targeting
the Poor
Co-Chairs: Annette O’Connor, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Cesar Vieira,
Program Coordinator HDD, PAHO/WHO
Paper 2
Cristóbal Ruiz Gaytan (Mexico)
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Facilitators for the breakout sessions:
Armando De Negri (Brazil)
Alex Jadad (Canada)
TBA
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Session
3: Allocation of Health Resources
Co-Chairs: Juan Antonio Casas, Director, Division of Health and Human Development, PAHO/WHO
George Wells, Chair, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Chair, Science Program Group, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa
Paper 3
Jan Hatcher-Roberts (Canada)
Stan Scheyer (USA)
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Facilitators for the breakout sessions:
Oscar Cetrangolo (Argentina)
Slim Haddad (Canada)
Maria Elena Jaen (Venezuela)
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Session
4: Health Impact Assessment
Co-Chairs: Juan Antonio Casas, Director, Division of Health and Human Development, PAHO/WHO, Vic Neufeld,
McMaster University
Paper 4
Ruth Barnes (UK)
Alex Scott (UK)
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Facilitators for the breakout sessions:
Claudio Arce (Costa Rica)
Daniel Maceira (Argentina)
Silvia Porto (Brazil)
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Wrap-up of the
meeting
Chairs:
Juan Antonio Casas (PAHO/WHO) -
Andrew Jones (CIDA) -
Joseph Losos (University of Ottawa) -
Nick Previsich (Health Canada) - (IDRC) - (CSIH) |
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This meeting was supported by the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC), Health Canada (HC), the Canadian Society for International
Health (CSIH) and the Institute of Population Health (IPH), University of
Ottawa.
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