The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues of global significance. The conference is hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, Mahidol University and other global partners.  It is an international policy forum that Global Health Institutes, both public and private, can co-own and use for advocacy and for seeking international perspectives on important global health issues. The Conference in 2017 will be co-hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population ...

The International Foundation for Integrated Care is delighted to introduce a new series of webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice.The series will be hosted by IFIC – Scotland in collaboration with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, the Health and Social Care Alliance, the University of the West of Scotland and the Scottish School of Primary Care.

Each monthly webinar will feature health and care practitioners from Scotland in conversation with colleagues from across the World. All of the ‘Home and Away’ presenters have lived experience of implementing people-centred integrated care and will offer practical tips and peer support as part of ...

Universal Health Coverage Day, commemorated each 12 December, is the anniversary of the first unanimous United Nations resolution calling for countries to provide affordable, quality health care to every person, everywhere.

Events will be taking place worldwide, including in Geneva and New York. More event details can be found by visiting the links below:

Universal Health Coverage Day 

http://universalhealthcoverageday.org/welcome/

Universal Health Coverage Day at WHO

http://www.who.int/life-course/news/events/uhc-day-2016/en/

From 14-18 November, health system researchers, policy-makers, funders, implementers, civil society and other stakeholders from relevant national and regional associations and professional associations will gather in Vancouver, Canada for the biennial Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2016).

HSR2016 aims to push the boundaries of health systems research in addressing the challenges of our changing world. The theme for the Fourth Global Symposium is “Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world”.

The programme will include plenary addresses from world experts, concurrent sessions made up from abstracts and other proposals, poster presentations, a marketplace and many other networking opportunities ...

The 9th European Public Health Conference will be held in Vienna with the theme of ‘All for Health, Health for All’. A healthy population is a key requirement for the achievement of society’s goals. Good health for all enhances quality of life, improves workforce productivity, increases the capacity for learning, strengthens families and communities, supports sustainable habitats and environments, and contributes to security, poverty reduction and social inclusion. Increasingly, communities, employers and industries are expecting and demanding strong coordinated government action to promote health in all sectors of society and avoid duplication and fragmentation of actions.

Abstracts can be ...

The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) aims to improve the quality of life of the peoples of the world through defining and promoting its values, including respect for universal human rights and including gender equity, and by fostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine by:

• - Promoting personal, comprehensive and continuing care for the individual and the family in the context of the community and society; 
• - Promoting equity through the equitable treatment, inclusion and meaningful advancement of all groups of people, particularly women and girls, in the context of all health care and other societal initiatives;
• - Encouraging ...

The IHF 40th World Hospital Congress will be held 31 October – 3 November 2016 in Durban, South Africa with the theme: Addressing the Challenge of Patient-centered Care and Safety.

The World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation (IHF) is a unique global forum that brings together key drivers of national and international policy, management, financial trends and solutions in healthcare management and service delivery. Through this forum multidisciplinary exchange of knowledge, expertise and experiences are facilitated, together with dialogue on best practices in leadership in hospital and healthcare management and delivery of services.

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This workshop will focus on how the NHS and social care can use the principles of user-centred design to create digital services that transform people's outcomes and experience of health and social care.

Who should attend

Health and social care professionals, patient representatives, and designers who are interested in how to create digitally-led services that improve health and care services for users.

What you'll gain from the workshop

Lessons from digital health projects

You'll hear from a number of digital health service projects who will share the success factors needed to develop user-centred digital services:

NHS.UK ...

The 4th International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care will be held from 4th to 7th of September 2016 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Building on the success of the three previous editions, the conference will focus on empirical research with direct relevance to long-term care policy offering an opportunity to debate with international experts policy issues related to the organisation, delivery, funding and regulation of long-term care services.

Some of the main thematic areas to be covered include: care models; case management; economics of long-term care; equity and efficiency; funding systems; health and ...

The Observatory Venice Summer School 2016 is a one week intensive course aimed at senior and mid level policy makers, civil servants and professionals steering primary care services and those looking at strengthening care, its continuity and integrative functions within and beyond the health system.