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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
With the Equitable Global Health Symposium the Global Young Faculty intend to bring together representatives from non-governmental
organizations and the pharmaceutical industry, politicians, scientists, healthcare professionals, ethicists, and concerned citizens to raise awareness of social inequalities in health that exist in different forms not only in a global but also in a local context. Further to explore how current health systems can be improved given the resource constraints in different parts of the world. To discuss cancer as one of the health challenges of increasing relevance in an aging population and to engage in a discussion on how to effectively fight pandemic infectious diseases.
Participants:
Professor David Canter, Director of the North Campus Research Complex, University of Michigan (USA)
Andrea Fischer, former Federal Minister for Health, Germany (from 1998 until 2001), Healthcare policy and economy expertise
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director of the KWI and Professor of Political Science
Fritz Pleitgen, Managing Director of Ruhr.2010 GmbH
Dr. Stefan Raunser, Group Leader of the Global Young Faculty Research Group „Health“
Dr. Felix Streiter, Project Manager at Stiftung Mercator
Prof. Dr. Torsten Strohmeyer, Leader Research and Medicine at GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG
The Global Young Faculty is an initiative of Stiftung Mercator, coordinated by the Institute for Advanced Study in the
Humanities (KWI) in Essen. It is a contribution of these two institutions, the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr and the extrauniversity
research institutes to the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. The Global Young Faculty is additionally supported by the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Faculty approaches urgent global challenges of our time and focuses particularly on universal topics such as Climate Change, Technological Progress, Economic Development, Culture and Society as well as Equitable Global Health.
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit:
Magdalena Schaeffer, Pressesprecherin, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI),
Tel. 0201 7204 -152, magdalena.schaeffer@kwi-nrw.de.
Information on participating / attending:
Registration and more information: www.equitable-global-health.de/sympreg
Date:
10/07/2010 09:00 - 10/08/2010
Event venue:
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Am Bergbaumuseum 28,
44791 Bochum
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, all interested persons
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Medicine, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
09/28/2010
Sender/author:
Magdalena Schaeffer
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event32701
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