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Dear Sir or Madam,
We would like to announce the 8th European Health Forum Gastein 2005 which takes place in Bad Gastein, Austria, from 5th - 8th October 2005.
Focusing on the main theme of 'Partnerships for Health' the Forum will once again be an occasion for high level discussions amongst key decision makers and experts in European health policy.
Other sessions include those hosted or organised by the European Commission, DGs for Health and Consumer Protection, Information Society, and Research, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, OECD, the UK Department of Health, World Bank, and WHO
Parallel forum sessions will include the following topics:
* Nutrition
* eHealth in Europe
* Involved Citizens
* Health Research
* Pharmacovigilance
* Healthy Choices
Issues concerning patient information, patient safety, pharmacovigilance and risk communication are another focal point of this year's EHFG. The British and Austrian EU Presidencies will present specific topics of their working programme.
Confirmed speakers include:
* Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
* Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
* Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics
* Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, UK
* Maria Rauch-Kallat, Minister of Health, Austria
* Marc Danzon, Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe
* Josep Figueras, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels
* John Bowis, MEP
* Octavi Quintana Trias, Director, Health Research, DG Research European Commission
For further information please visit our website at www.ehfg.org
or contact the
International Forum Gastein
Tauernplatz 1
A-5630 Bad Hofgastein
Tel. +43 6432 3393 270
Fax +43 6432 3393 271
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