ADVANCED NOTICE
The Launch of the UCL International Institute for Society and Health
and
The IHMEC/Lancet Lecture, by Dr Lee, Director General of WHO
London, Friday 14th October 2005
The afternoon of Friday 14th October (12.00 to 5.00 pm) will see the
launch of IISH at University College London. This will be followed by
the International Health and Medical Education Centre(IHMEC)/Lancet
Lecture, at 6.00 pm, at the nearby Institute of Education.
The IISH half day conference will bring together acclaimed
international speakers and internationally recognized researchers
from UCL, together with representatives from policy making
institutions from home and abroad. Alongside both events there will
be a research symposium, on the mornings of Friday 14th and Saturday
15th October.
The complete programme and the registration deadline and details for
both events will be circulated in late August or early September.
* Should you wish to receive more information on these events please
reply to this e-mail giving you full name (including title), postal
address and e-mail address.
UCL International Institute for Society and Health (IISH): 12.00 pm -
5.00 pm
The International Institute is a unique interdisciplinary
collaboration of leading academics working on health and society in a
global context. Its aim is to conduct research, to review evidence,
to advocate, and to develop action for improving the health of
populations globally, in developed and less developed countries. Its
mission is to take action on the social determinants of health, to
provide solutions to global health problems, and to improve the
health and well being of all, especially the poorest.
The Institute will link UCL's strengths in biotechnology and medicine
with the humanities and social sciences, in order to tackle the
problems of global health and will be guided by the core values of
Social Justice, Sustainable Human Development and Global Commitment.
The International Health and Medical Education Centre/Lancet Lecture
2005: 6.00 - 7.30 pm
This year's lecture will follow on from the successful events of the
past four years, at which the speakers have been Clare Short, Jeffrey
Sachs, Vandana Shiva and Amartya Sen. This year we are delighted to
welcome the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr
Jong-wook Lee. Dr Lee took up the reins at WHO after three years as
Director of the Stop TB Department of WHO and was previously Director
of the WHO Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization, and
Executive Secretary of the Children's Vaccine Initiative.
Full information will be posted at www.ucl.ac.uk/iish and
http://www.ihmec.ucl.ac.uk/ at a later date.
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