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Connections: Primary Care and Family Medicine in the Global Health Context
The World Health Organization (2008) among others has identified primary health care as the pathway of choice for achieving health equity and responding to today’s global health challenges. In October 2013, the DFCM Global Health Program launched its speaker series “Connections: Primary Care and Family Medicine in the Global Health Context”, which focuses on the critical role of primary care in Global Health. Recognizing family medicine as a key component of primary health care, this speaker series serves as a forum for the examination and discussion of key issues pertinent to the delivery of primary care in settings around the world. Invited speakers include leading experts in Family Medicine, Primary Care and Global Health. Occurring monthly, the speaker series sessions are interactive, providing ample opportunity for dialogue and exchange among participants.
SPEAKERS
2014
JUNE 10, 2014 Dr. Paul Farmer, "In conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer: Social Justice and the Movement for Global Health Equity"
MAY 28, 2014 Dr. Anika Amritanand , "The Refer Less, Resolve More Initiative in India"
APRIL 9, 2014: Dr. Ross Upshur, "XDR-TB: Implications for global health and primary care"
MARCH 24, 2014: Professor Xiaolin Wei, "Assessment of changes of primary care quality in Shanghai and Shenzhen regarding the implementation of China’s national primary care policies between 2011 and 2013" co-hosted by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health **Please note this event will take place at 155 College St, Rm 208**
APRIL 23, 2014: Dr. Lynda Redwood-Cambell, "What does primary health care have to do with disasters? A look at the role of primary health care in disaster risk reduction and disaster response"
MARCH 12, 2014: Dr. Andrew Pinto, "Reducing health inequalities through action on social determinants in primary care"
FEBRUARY 19, 2014 Dr. Anika Amritanand , "Family physicians and ophthalmology – An Indian perspective" (Please note: this session has been postponed to a later date).
JANUARY 27, 2014 Perspectives on Poverty and Health: How can the health sector respond? (CIHR Cafe Scientifique) **
2013
OCTOBER 23, 2013 Dr. Sumeet Sodhi, "Supporting primary care integration in Southern Africa: Challenges and lessons learned" *
OCTOBER 9, 2013 Dr. François Couturier, "Defining global-health care delivery *