MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
Conference on Tuberculosis in the Korean Peninsula and Global Health, Nov. 25
For members in the US (Cambridge, MA) on Tuesday, November 25, 2008: this conference will take place at from 9am to 1:15pm at Harvard University, Center for European Studies, Busch Hall.
It is co-Sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum at the Korea Institute, Harvard University; the Harvard University Asia Center; the Harvard School of Public Health, and the Eugene Bell Foundation.
Agenda:
9:00-9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction of Speakers
Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine, HMS; Former Director of the WHO’s HIV/AIDS Department.
9:10-9:30 a.m.
The Global Spread of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Kwonjune Seung, MD
Associate Physician, Department of Global Health Equity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
9:30-9:50 a.m.
The WHO Stop TB Strategy
Diana Weil, ScM
Coordinator, Policy and Strategy,
Stop TB Department, World Health Organization (WHO)
9:50-10:15 a.m.
The New Global Health
Arthur Kleinman, MD
Victor and William Fung Director, Harvard University Asia Center
Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Medical Anthropology and Professor of Psychiatry, HMS
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30- 11:15 a.m.
The North Korean Health System:
Stephen Linton, PhD
Chairman, Eugene Bell Foundation;
Associate, Korea Institute, Harvard University
11:15 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.
The Treatment of Tuberculosis in North Korea
Young-jeon Shin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Lunch
More information on the website.
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