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.
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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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