Meeting of Interested Parties
Geneva, 19-20 June 2000
ADDRESSING THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF DISEASE
Opening Address:
Dr Gro Harlem
Brundtland, Director-General, WHO
"Vision, challenges and
priorities":
Dr D. Yach, Executive Director , Noncommunicable Diseases
and Mental Health
Invited responses:
a) Dr Hu Ching Li, China
b) Ms I. Mortara, Executive Director, International Union against Cancer
"Better data for decision
making"
Dr R. Bonita, Director, Surveillance, EIP
"Transforming health
services to meet challenges"
Dr R. Bengoa, Director, Health Care
"Blowing the whistle on
injury: Scaling up WHO's response to violence and non-intentional injury prevention"
Dr P. Hartigan, Acting Director, Injuries and Violence Prevention
MENTAL HEALTH: New Understanding, New Hope
"Mental health as a priority in the public health
agenda"
Dr R. Murthy, Chief Editor, World Health Report
"Advocacy for mental health"
Dr J.P. Kummer , President of Equilibrium
"Effective treatments and barriers to their
implementation'"
Dr M. Funk, Coordinator, MPS
"WHO's strategy to respond to mental health
issues"
Dr B. Saraceno, Director, MSD
"Experience of mental health as a part of primary
health care in Iran"
Dr A. Mohit, Regional Adviser, EMRO
"Epilepsy campaign in Africa"
Dr A.G. Diop, University of Fann, Senegal
"Suicide prevention in Chennai, India"
Dr L. Vijayakumar, Founder-Director, SNEHA, India
GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL: Progress Towards the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC)
"Framework Convention on Tobacco Control –
Launch of the negotiations"
Dr D. Bettcher, Coordinator, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Tobacco Free
Initiative
"A national coordinating mechanism for the FCTC: Case study of Thailand"
Dr H. Chitanondh, President, Thailand Health Promotion Institute, Thailand
"Importance of multisectoral coordination in support of the FCTC"
Dr V. de Costa e Silva, Coordinator of Tobacco Control Programs, Ministry of Health,
Brazil
"From data to decision - Evidence-based advocacy for policy change"
Mrs C. Subramaniam, Coordinator, Advocacy and Policy for Change, Tobacco Free
Initiative
"The role of NGOs in national and global campaigns"
Mrs J. Wilkenfeld, National Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, USA
Ms E. Must, International Campaign Manager, Action on Smoking and Health, UK
"From evidence to policy change – the Mali story"
Professor A.N. Diallo, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale, Mali
"Making it happen – Maximising policy mix at
country level"
Ms B. Zolty, Tobacco Free Initiative
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
"Cardiovascular diseases affect the poor"
Dr A. Alwan, Director, Management of Noncommunicable
Diseases
Dr A. Kalache, Acting Director, Health Promotion/NCD
Prevention and Surveillance
Invited Response:
Dr S. Reddy, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, Coordinator of the CVD
health initiative for developing countries
"Developing country perspective"
Dr C.Escobar, Health of the Adult Programme, Ministry of Health, Chile
"Collaboration between developed and developing
countries"
Prof. F. Paccaud, Director, Institut unversitaire de médecine sociale et préventive,
Lausanne, Switzerland
Invited Response:
Prof. S. Emmanuel, Primary Health Division,
Ministry of Health, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
"The WHO strategy for CVD prevention and control
in developing countries"
Dr A. Alwan & Dr P. Nordet, Management of Noncommunicable Diseases
NGO Perspective:
Dr. A. Bayes de Luna, Former President WHF
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