Session title | Perspectives on sustainable health. | Session Virtual Link |
Digital SessionMeeting ID: 987 8716 1087
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Coordinator | Monika Berge, Karolinska Institutet Charles Batte, School of Public Health, Makerere University |
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Hosts | School of Public Health, Makerere University Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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Session Objectives |
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Session abstract | More than five years have passed since the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs were adopted and the rate of progress towards the goals remains suboptimal. Investigating and instigating new ways of operationalizing a holistic and sustainable take on health in the 21st century requires new kinds of partnerships, enabling the pursuit of critical and mutually beneficial multisectoral research and development of innovative health promoting tools for implementation across social, political and commercial determinants. In this session we use the definition for sustainable health which stresses that sustainable development implies a development that ensures that development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept implies a vision of the best possible health and well-being for all, according to the 2030 Agenda, within the relative limitations imposed by the present state of technology and social organization on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of health-related human activities. It can be illustrated by putting the health of people in the centre of the SDGs. We will in the session get input from key stakeholders in; academia, policy/government, civil society, private sector and multilaterals to get different perspectives and discuss possibilities, but also limitations with the proposed approach to sustainable health. We hope that you join the session and bring your voice to the discussions how we can ensure best possible health to current and future generations. |
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Session Format | Panel Discussion X | Workshop | Plenary |
Chairs | Chair: Dr Roy Mayega, School of Public Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. E-mail: rmayega@musph.ac.ug Co-Chair: Associate Prof. Tobias Alfvén, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: tobias.alfven@ki.se |
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Speakers | Title | Status | |
Speaker 1 Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen (rektor@ki.se |
Sustainable health – what is it and why? | President, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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Dr. Rhoda Wanyenze (rwanyenze@musph.ac.ug) | Role of academia, partnerships in achieving sustainable health | Prof. and Dean of School of Public Health, Makerere University | confirmed |
Speaker 3 Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, (swaminathans@who.int) |
Research for Sustainable Health – the role of WHO and academic partnerships | Chief scientist World Health Organization, WHO Science Division, WHO Geneva | confirmed |
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Speaker 4 Dr. Gerald Mutungi (gnmutungi@yahoo.com) |
Perspective Policy/Government | Acting Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Health |
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Speaker 5 Teresa Piloya (tpiloa@yahoo.com) |
Perspectives from civil society and patient organisations | Uganda diabetes Society | confirmed |
Speaker 6 Kennedy Njau (kennedy.njau@astrazeneca.com ) |
Perspective from private sector | Medical Director – Sub Sahara Africa, AstraZeneca African Cluster |
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Speaker 7 Stefan Swartling Peterson (stefan.swartling.peterson@ki.se) |
Multilateral perspective/UNICEF | Prof. Global Transformation for Health, Karolinska Institutet, Former Chief of health, UNICEF |
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