and
Health, Nutrition and Population, Human Development Network
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent
publication
Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
By Olusoji Adeyi , Owen Smith , Sylvia Robles
Within a decade, chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will
dominate health care needs in most low-and middle-income countries.
Increasingly, policymakers and program managers are being challenged
to formulate effective strategies for preventing NCDs, to address
cost-pressures arising from new technologies, and to mitigate the
effects of disabilities on those affected by NCDs. But how can
policymakers control health costs even as new technologies become
available? How might program managers deliver services as
efficiently and equitably as possible? What are some broad
guidelines for determining the roles of public policy in relation to
preventing and controlling NCDs? The authors point out that the
effective policy response will be twofold: to develop programs to
avoid the looming NCD burden of disease to the extent possible-for
example, through public health interventions and improved health
care- and simultaneously to prepare to address the health system and
economic pressures that will arise from the increase in NCDs.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
Coffee and Cookies will be served.
Chaired by:
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President & Head of Network, HDNVP
Joy Phumaphi is the Vice President of the Human Development Network
at the World Bank. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Phumaphi worked at
the World Health Organization as the Assistant Director General for
Family and Community Health Department. Before that, she served in
the Parliament and as Minister for Health of Botswana.
Moderated by:
Phillip Jeremy Hay
Communications Adviser, HDNOP
Phillip Hay is Communications Adviser for the Human Development
Network, helping to raise the profile and proven impact of human
development issues such as health, nutrition and population,
HIV/AIDS, education, etc, in the global and national media, and
within the Bank's own development community. He also works closely
with key partners such as civil society, the specialist UN agencies,
parliamentarians, the private sector, and others to advance the
human development agenda. Mr Hay is a former BBC Special
Correspondent and veteran commentator on international affairs.
Discussion by authors:
Olusoji Adeyi
Coordinator of Public Health Programs, HDNHE
Olusoji Adeyi is the Coordinator of Public Health Programs in the
Human Development Network. He has extensive experience in strategies
and programs for health systems and disease control. He was
previously Lead Health Specialist in the Europe and Central Asia
Region. He has worked for WHO, the Government of Nigeria, UNAIDS and
the Harvard School of Public Health.
Sylvia C. Robles
Senior Public Health Specialist, HDNHE
Sylvia C. Robles is a Senior Public Health Specialist at the World
Bank. Dr. Robles has worked on program evaluation and research on
prevention for tobacco, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable
diseases. She has worked on training local public health
professionals and developing surveillance systems in underserved
areas. Before being seconded to the World Bank in 2005, she was the
head of the WHO/PAHO Program for Non-communicable Diseases for the
Region of the Americas.
Owen Smith
Economist, SASPR
Owen Smith is currently working as an Economist in the South Asia
poverty reduction and economic management (PREM) unit of the World
Bank, having previously worked in the Health, Nutrition, and
Population (HNP) anchor on non-communicable diseases. Prior to
joining the World Bank in 2005, he worked as a health economist with
Abt Associates, Inc., and as an economist in the Canadian Ministry
of Finance.
Closing Remarks by:
Cristian Baeza
Acting Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, HDNHE
Cristian Baeza is the Acting Director, Health, Nutrition &
Population in the Human Development at the World Bank in Washington
DC. His main area of work and research is on Health Financing and
Health Systems and their contribution to social protection and
poverty alleviation. Previously, Dr. Baeza was the Lead Health
Policy Specialist in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the
World Bank and prior to that, Senior Health Systems Specialist for
Social Security Policy and Development at the International Labor
Organization (ILO).
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