Health
event

Promoting Health

MAPBOX

Location

VENUE:

Chinese Academy of Engineering

CITY:

Beijing

COUNTRY:

China

Global leaders in healthcare and medicine met in Beijing, China, on 27-28 September 2017 to tackle a pressing question: How do we promote and maintain good health and well-being for a growing global population?

Hosted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the InterAcademy Partnership for Health (IAP for Health) Conference 2016 convened global experts in medical research, medical practice and healthcare systems who discussed best practices, new concepts and the future of healthcare worldwide.

In 2015, world leaders agreed on a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, Goal 3 calls for world leaders to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” But improving health and healthcare systems is fundamental to achieving many of the other goals, too. SDG#2, for example, aims for food security and adequate nutrition, while SDG#6 calls for universal access to clean water and sanitation.

Global population currently stands at 7.4 billion, with another 80 million births projected each year. In addition, advances in medical sciences mean that more and more people are living longer – adding stress to many nations’ healthcare systems. Amid these massive challenges, how do we ensure that low- and middle-income countries aren't left behind as we work to guarantee good health and well-being for everyone at all ages?

To answer these questions, the IAP for Health conference focused on such topics as:

  • the social determinants of health;
  • reducing risks across the lifespan;
  • communicable diseases, including the prevention, detection and response to threats of emerging infectious diseases and pandemics;
  • the role of traditional medicine; and
  • new models for promoting health, for example in the urban environment.
September 27, 2016
08:45 – 09:30

Opening Ceremony

Chair: Prof. Zhou Ji, President, Chinese Academy of Engineering Opening Remarks

09:00 – 09:30

OPENING PLENARY: WHY PROMOTING HEALTH MATTERS

Chairs: Prof. Lai Meng Looi & Professor Liu Depei

  • Keynote: Health in China and its Contribution to the World - Qian LIU
  • Why promoting health is crucial to delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (China) - Schwartländer Bernhard
09:30 – 10:45

PUTTING PROMOTING HEALTH IN PERSPECTIVE

Chairs: Dr. Peggy Hamburg & Prof. Cao Xuetao

10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:20

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION

Chairs: Prof. Michael Clegg & Prof. Wang Chen

  • Keynote: Situation and Countermeasures of Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control in China - Wang Longde (Download Presentation)

    The situation of epidemic trend of NCDs in China is very severe. This report analyzes the major problems of NCDs control and prevention in China, and shares thoughts and proposes some suggestions on NCDs control and prevention policy and strategy adjustment, and presents some exploration in stroke control and prevention.
11:20 – 13:00

SYMPOSIUM I - PROMOTING HEALTH/REDUCING RISKS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

SYMPOSIUM 2 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Chairs:Prof. Xu Jianguo & Prof. Rajae El Aouad

15:30 – 16:00 BREAK
16:00 – 17:30

SYMPOSIUM 3 - RE-EXPLORING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

Chairs: Prof. Marcello Barcinski & Prof. Fola Esan

September 27, 2016
18:30 – 08:45

Reception and Dinner (Banquet Hall)

Launch of " A Call for Action to Improve the Reproducibility of Biomedical Research"

September 28, 2016
09:20 – 09:40

Keynote: Making a Difference for Health: integration of healthcare, prevention and population

  • Making a Difference for Health: integration of healthcare, prevention and population - Yandong Liu
09:40 – 11:10

MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR HEALTH: INTEGRATION OF HEALTHCARE, PREVENTION AND POPULATION

SYMPOSIUM 4 - FRAMING THE CONTEXT OF PROMOTING HEALTH

11:10 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30

SYMPOSIUM 5 - NEW MODELS OF HEALTHCARE/PROMOTING HEALTH

Chairs: Prof. Mario Stefanini & Prof. William Pick

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00

Keynote

September 28, 2017
14:00 – 15:20

Symposium 6 - Transforming the Health Sector: Building Health Capacity

Chairs: Prof. Carmencita Padilla & Professo Gao Runlin

15:20 – 16:00 Summary & Conclusion