'The Way To A Healthier World'

Development and health: in perspective

Saturday 7th March 2010.

In conjunction with Medsin and Friends of Medecins Sans Frontieres 

Global health encompasses more than the traditional medical approach to prevention and cure of disease. There are deeper issues at the heart of development that contribute to staggering health inequalities here and abroad; the underpinning socio-economic determinants of health.

Health must be seen to be the result of all these factors interacting and affecting each other and thus influencing the development of communities, societies and countries. We face several major challenges in the pursuit or global health; what is the impact of conflict? How does inequality between the sexes affect development – especially considering the poor access to education facing girls in low-income countries? To what extent does climate change affect global health? And perhaps most importantly – what can we do about it?

This conference seeks to explore the impact of climate, conflict, economics, politics, and health & development policy on the world through a series of seminars and discussions, culminating in a plenary debating the main challenges and possible solutions to creating and sustaining a healthier world.

For more information e-mail idc@southamptonhub.org.

Speakers

Here is a selection of speakers and workshops from the 2010 IDC

“Sanitation water and health: how to prevent ! of child deaths”Yael Velleman – Researcher at WaterAid

Yael has interests in environmental health, water, sanitation and hygiene, health inequalities and inequalities in access to basic services.

Aubrey Meyer - Director and Founder of the Global Commons Institute

Aubrey is professional violinist and composer who turned his talents to climate change in the late 1980’s. The threat of global climate change led him to join the Green Party, and he founded the GCI. Here he worked on programmes to counter the threat of climate change, and has since become a consultant to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and author of the "Contraction and Convergence “ and framework to cut greenhouse gases. Because of his work, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.

“Global Health Security – securing whose health for whom?”

Rachel Irwin - Research Assistant at London School of Economics.

Rachel comes from a background of medical anthropology and international health policy, and previous research with the London School of Tropical Medicine.

Firoze Manji - Development Consultant, author, and Advisor on Human Rights in Africa

Firoze has worked in international development for over 30 years, he was Africa Programme Director at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. He tutors in Human Rights at Oxford University, and has published in many textbooks and training manuals for NGO’s and human rights organisations