Dear Colleagues
I have attached below information and a message from the organisers of this
year's European Health Forum Gastein. Note that the deadline for early
registration is imminent.
Best wishes
David McDaid
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Dear Madam or Sir,
Only three more days until the end of the early registration period for the
6th European Health Forum Gastein 2003 taking place in Bad Gastein, Austria
from 1 to 4 October.
Focusing on the main theme of
'Health & Wealth - economic and social dimensions of health'
the Forum will once again be a focus for high level discussions amongst key
decision makers and experts in European health policy.
Parallel Forum sessions will include sessions on:
v Health Challenges in an Enlarged Europe (hosted by the European
Commission)
v Pharmaceutical Policy in Europe (organised by the European Observatory on
Health Care Systems)
v Macro-Economics and the Health Sector
v Healthy Aging: the Challenge for Society
There will also be a range of special interest sessions on a variety of
topics throughout the conference.
Confirmed speakers include:
v David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
v Zsuzsanna Jackab, State Secretary, Hungary
v Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
v Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics
v Maria Rauch-Kallat, Minister of Health, Austria
v Ulla Schmidt, Minister of Health, Germany
v Derek Wanless, Advisor to the UK Treasury
v Paul Weissenberg, Director, European Commission
v Derek Yach, Executive Director, WHO
Further information can be obtained at:
http://www.ehfg.org/website03/index04.htm
or from the
International Forum Gastein
Tauernplatz 1
A-5630 Bad Hofgastein
Tel. +43 6432 3393 270
Fax +43 6432 3393 271
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