Expert group meeting on health, mortality and development
New York
Overview
The purpose of the meeting was twofold. First, in preparation for the forty-third session of the Commission on Population and Development, the meeting brought together experts and officials of inter-governmental organizations to discuss the challenges in combating the major causes of death and improving health, including consideration of how to strengthen health systems.
Second, building upon earlier United Nations Coordination Meetings on the Estimation of Adult Mortality held in 2006 and 2008, the meeting focused on methodological issues in the estimation of adult mortality and initiated a comparison and review of adult mortality estimates for selected countries as produced by different institutions. The issues and recommendations discussed during the meeting are reflected in this report.
Documents
Organization of work
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 | |
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10:00-12:30 |
Session 1: Health |
Moderator: Philip Guest, Assistant Director, Population Division/DESA |
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1. Global burden of disease and disease control priorities |
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14:00-17:00 |
2. Health systems and financing of global health |
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3. Reproductive health |
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 | |
9:00-13:00 |
4. Infectious and parasitic diseases |
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5. Chronic and degenerative diseases |
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14:30-17:30 |
Session 2: Adult mortality |
Moderator: Fran莽ois Pelletier, Chief, Mortaity Section, Population Division/DESA |
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6. Methodological aspects to the estimation of adult mortality |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 | |
9:30-12:30 |
7. A review of adult mortality estimates at the country level |
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14:00-17:00 |
8. Next steps and concluding remarks |
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* See report.