Global health in the 21st century

Celebrating 50 yearsof Heidelberg‘s contribution

HeidelbergSeptember 13-15, 2012

Program

Venue: Lecture Hall Internal Medicine

Venue: Lecture Hall Alte Aula

Welcome

Dear colleagues and friends,

Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University Hospital Heidelberg celebrate an anniversary in 2012: Fifty years ago, in 1962, the Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health was founded.

In the course of restructuring of the Medical Faculty, the Institute of Public Health and, within the Department of Infectious Diseases, the Section Clinical Tropical Medicinewere formed. Both have a strong position within the faculty today. A successful “off-spring”, who closely cooperates with our Institute, is the consulting firm “evaplan".

In addition, we can celebrate decadal birthdays of the former and the current director of the institute Professor Hans-Jochen Diesfeld and Professor Rainer Sauerborn. Together they led the Institute for more than 40 years.

For these reasons we organize a symposium entitled "Global Health in the 21st Century - celebrating 50 years of Heidelberg's contribution” in Heidelberg, from September 13 to 15, 2012.

We cordially invite you to this symposium and would be delighted to meet you in Heidelberg in September.

Prof. Dr. Heiko Becher (Chairman)Prof. Dr. Albrecht JahnDr. Svetla LoukanovaProf. Dr. Olaf MüllerProf. Dr. Rainer Sauerborn

Program at a glance

Thursday, 13th September 2012

Location: Lecture Hall, Internal Medicine

15:00 - 18:15 Welcome addresses and

Keynote speeches

18:30 Reception

Friday, 14th September 2012

Location: Lecture Hall, Internal Medicine

09:00 - 18:15 Scientific program

19:00 Dinner at Heidelberg Castle

Saturday, 15th September 2012

Location: Alte Aula, University of Heidelberg

09:30 - 14:00 Keynote speeches

Graduation ceremony for 2012 graduates (master, doctoral and habilitation levels)

Commencement celebration, reunion of alumni

Thursday, 13th September 2012

Location: Lecture Hall, Internal Medicine

14:00-15:00

Registration

Session 1 Partnerships for Global Health Chair: Heiko Becher

15:00 Rolf Verres and friends with Konomba and Dioufou Traoré of the Opera Village, Africa: World Music Mélange

15:10 - 15:40

Welcome addresses Heiko Becher (Deputy director of the Institute of Public Health and chairman) Hans-Jochen Diesfeld (Former director of the Institute of Public Health) Rainer Sauerborn (Director of the Institute of Public Health) Hans-Günther Sonntag (Former Dean of the Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University) Joachim Kirsch (Asscociate Dean of the Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University) Hans Georg Wolf (Ministry of Research, State Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

15:40 - 16:30 Partnerships for Global Health Research and Education Minister of Health, Burkina Faso Ambassador of Burkina Faso Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee break

Session 2 Global Health and its role for the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University Chair: Rainer Sauerborn

7:00 - 17:45

Andy Haines, London, UK Global Health - challenges and opportunities for Universities

17:45 - 18:15 Hans-Georg Kräusslich (Acting director of the Department for infectious diseases, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University)

Thomas Junghanss (Head of the Section "Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department for infectious diseases, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University) Clinical Tropical Medicine: in and out of the “tropics”

18:15 - 18:30 Awards

18:30 Konomba and Djoufo Traoré, Rolf Verres and friends: Global music dialogues Followed by reception in the foyer

Program

Friday, 14th September 2012

Location: Lecture Hall, Internal Medicine

Session 3 Global Environmental Change Chair: Bocar Kouyaté

09:00-09:30

Bernhard Eitel, Heidelberg, Germany Desert-Margin Areas as Hotspots for Cultural Development

09:30-10:00 Kristie Ebi, Stanford, USA Where on Earth are we going?

10:00-10:30 Stig Wall, Umea, Sweden Cross-cultural collaboration in global health research - on values and driving forces

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

Session 4 Non-communicable diseases Chair: Stig Wall

11:00-11:30 Catherine Kyobutungi, Nairobi, Kenya The impact of the demographic transition on global disease patterns

11:30-12:00

Stephen Tollman, Johannesburg, South Africa The double burden of disease in low and middle income countries

12:00-12:30 K. Srinath Reddy, New Delhi, India CVD Prevention: A return to Virchow from the Polypill

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

Session 5 Challenges for Health Systems and Public Health Chair: Thomas Junghanss

13:30-14:00

Oliver Razum, Bielefeld, Germany Public Health in Germany: East vs. West or Poor vs. Rich?

14:00-14:30

Sharon Fonn, Johannesburg, South Africa Agency - building well functioning health districts in Africa

14:30-15:00 William Hsiao, Harvard, USA The challenge of achieving universal health care coverage

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-16:00 Duane Gubler, Singapore, Singapore The re-emergence of epidemic infectious diseases: a threat to global health and economic security

16:00-16:30 David L. Heymann, London, UK Trends of pandemics in the 21st century

16:30-16:45 Break

16:45-18:15 Session 6 PANEL DISCUSSION: The role of Universities in Global Health Chair: Malabika Sarker, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Panel members: Nelson Sewankambo, Makerere University, Uganda; Shankuan Zhu, Zhejiang University, China; Nicolas Méda, Ouagadougou University, Burkina Faso; Albrecht Jahn, Heidelberg University, Germany; Andy Haines, LSHTM, United Kingdom; Representative of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

from 18:15 Bus transfer to Heidelberg castle 19:00 Dinner at Heidelberg castle

Saturday, 15th September 2012

Location: Alte Aula, University of Heidelberg

Session 7 Keynote Speeches Chair: Rainer Sauerborn

09:30 - 09:40 Musical introduction

09:40 - 09:45

Rainer Sauerborn: Introduction

09:45 - 10:15 Gilles Bibeau, Montreal, Canada Halt to the abuse of globalization in the field of Public Health

10:15 - 10:45 Gérard Krause, Berlin, Germany The challenges of managing epidemic emergencies

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

Session 8 Graduation Ceremony Chair: Heiko Becher and Annelies Wilder-Smith

11:15 - 11:30 Musical intermezzo

11:30 - 12:00 Ceremonial address Hans-Jochen Diesfeld and Rainer Sauerborn From Geo-Medicine towards Global Health 1962 - 2012 50 years of research and training

12:00 - 12:45

Welcome addresses Joachim Kirsch, associate dean of the medical faculty, Heidelberg University Representative of the exchange office for foreign students, Heidelberg University Janique Mireille Bikomo, German Academic Exchange Service Annelies Wilder-Smith (Director of Teaching) Rainer Sauerborn (Director) Representative of the Master Students

12:45 - 13:00 Musical intermezzo

13:00 - 13:45 Handover of certificates • MSc students • Doctoral Students • Habilitanden

Awards

13:45 - 14:00 Musical final

Closure

Followed by: Photo session

14:00 - 15:30 Reception at Bel Etage

Registration

Please register online

http://www.global-health-heidelberg.de

There is no registration fee.

AccomodationPlease use the website of the Heidelberg office of tourism

http://www.heidelberg-marketing.de/

Support

We gratefully acknowledge support from

• German Research Foundation (DFG)

• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG

• MEDA Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Homburg

Site Map

VenuesLecture Hall Internal Medicine(Großer Hörsaal der Medizinischen Klinik)Im Neuenheimer Feld 41069120 Heidelberg

Old Auditorium (Alte Aula)Grabengasse 169117 Heidelberg

Program CommitteeProf. Dr. Heiko Becher (Chairman)Prof. Dr. Albrecht JahnDr. Svetla LoukanovaProf. Dr. Olaf MüllerProf. Dr. Rainer Sauerborn

Institute of Public HealthUniversity Hospital HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 32469120 Heidelberg, GermanyTel. +49 – (0)6221 / 565344Fax: +49 – (0)6221 / 565948E-Mail: 50yearspublichealth@uni-heidelberg.deInternet: www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/PublicHealth

Further information and registration:

www.global-health-heidelberg.de