World Summit on Sustainable Development: "Parallel Event: Health and Sustainable Development" 8/31/2002
World Health Organization and South African Department of Health; Johannesburg, South Africa
Opening Session, Keynote Address, and Ministerial Roundtable
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Opening Session: "Setting the Scene"
Dr. Yasmin von Schirnding, Focal Point: Agenda 21, Strategy Unit, Director-General's Office, World Health Organization; and Dr. Gopolang Sekobe, Director, Non-Personal Health Services, Department of Health, South Africa.
Keynote Addresses:
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization; Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF; Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health, Republic of South Africa.
Ministerial Roundtable: "Pushing Back the Frontiers of Poverty"
Ministers from health, environment, agriculture, and social development sectors in SADC countries discuss health issues related to the interface between nutrition, environment and poverty in the context of sustainable development. Chairperson: Hon Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health, South Africa.
Panel 1: Investing in Health: The Evidence, the Action
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This panel presents the evidence for investing in health to implement Agenda 21 and meet the Millennium Development Goals, reduce poverty, and improve health outcomes. Action strategies to invest in health, both within and outside the health sector are highlighted. Dr. David Nabarro, Executive Director, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization, moderates.
Panelists/Speakers: Jeffrey Sachs, Chair, WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health; K.Y. Amoako, Commissioner, WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health; Dr. Andrew Cassels, Director, Strategy Unit, World Health Organization; David Sanders, Director of the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Robert Hecht, Senior Adviser to the Vice-President for Human Development, World Bank; Dr. Marika Fahlen, Director, Department of Social Mobilization and Information, UNAIDS. Dr. Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Mexico, responds from the policy perspective.
Panel 4: Intersectoral Action in Practice: Programmatic Examples of Health and Sustainable Development
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Building on research, advocacy and economic rationale, this panel will highlight programmatic evidence of the effectiveness of intersectoral action to improve health and reduce poverty.
Dr. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, offers opening remarks and moderates.
Panelists/Speakers: Mike Muller, Director General, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa; Rajiv Kher, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India; Dr. Bunmi Makinwa, Team Leader, Intercountry Team, Eastern and Southern Africa, UNAIDS.
Closing Keynote Address
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Valli Moosa, Minister of Environment, South Africa; and Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, UNEP.
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