PMAC 2011

The Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
Reviewing Progress, Renewing Commitments
to Health Workers towards MDGs and Beyond

25-29 January 2011
Centara Grand at Central World, Bangkok, Thailand

BACKGROUND

In accordance with the Kampala Declaration (KD), the Agenda for Global Action (AGA) is built around six fundamental and interconnected strategies, based on previous actions and commitments. The AGA is a synthesis that specifically highlights challenges and the need for change which reflects the essential continuum of planning, training, deployment and retention. The purpose of AGA is to translate political will, commitments,leadership and partnership into effective actions.

 

The six interconnected Strategies are:

  1.  Building coherent national and global leadership for health workforce solutions
  2. Ensuring capacity for an informed response based on evidence and joint learning
  3. Scaling up health worker education and training
  4. Retaining an effective, responsive and equitably distributed health workforce
  5. Managing the pressures of the international health workforce market and its impact on migration
  6. Securing additional and more productive investment in the health workforce

Almost three years of implementation of policy and strategies have passed, these having been adopted by the Kampala Declaration at the first-ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, which was held on 2-7 March 2008 in Kampala, Uganda. In addition, there are a number of World Health Assembly Resolutions and WHO Regional Committee Resolutions which call for immediate action to solve this global crisis.

The 2nd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health will be held on 25-29 January 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand, in collaboration with the 2011 Prince Mahidol Award Conference. The overall objective is to accelerate the global movement on HRH towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and universal access to essential health care. In addition, it was agreed at the joint planning workshop among the co-hosts of the Forum on 3-4 December 2009, that the Global Forum will be a combination of technical and policy elements while also focusing on evidence-based actions, existing gaps and how to overcome them. It is the intention of the conference to be crafted along the line of the KD and six strategies of the AGA. It is envisioned that the deliberations will review the development and progress made, and identify challenges met in mitigating global HRH crisis. It should be organized to best support of global movements towards better HRH to achieve universal coverage.

Countries are the indispensable players in solving the human resource crisis, thus, priority shall be given to engage speakers and participants from countries to share experiences and lessons learned. Speakers from international development partners should also play a role in terms of sharing policies and strategies at the international and global levels which have an impact on implementation at the country level. The ratio of country to international partner speakers is proposed to be 3:1.

PMAC 2011 International Organizing Committee

Name - Surname

Position

Organization

Role

Dr. Vicharn Panich

Chair, International Award Committee and Scientific Advisory Committee
Prince Mahidol Award Foundation

Mahidol University Council
Bangkok, Thailand

Chairman

Dr. Francisco de Campos

Board  Member, Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA)
Secretary of Human Resources Development

Ministry of Health
Brasilia, Brazil

Co-Chair

Dr. Carissa Etienne

Assistant Director-General, Health Systems and Services

World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland

Co-Chair

Mr. Kiyoshi Kodera

Vice President

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Tokyo, Japan

Co-Chair

Dr. Sigrun Mogedal

Chair,  Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA)
Board Ambassador

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Oslo, Norway

Member

Dr. Mubashar Sheikh

Executive Director

Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA)
Geneva, Switzerland

Member

Representative

 

The World Bank

Member

Dr. Michel Sidibe

Executive Director

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Geneva, Switzerland

Member

Dr. Michel Kazatchkine

Executive Director

The Global Fund to Fight Against AIDS, TB, and Malaria
Geneva, Switzerland

Member

Dr. Keizo Takemi

Research Fellow

Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
Tokyo, Japan

Member

Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit

Director, Human Resources for Health Department

World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland

Member

Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendez

Managing Director

The Rockefeller Foundation
New York, USA

Member

Mr. Yojiro Ishii

Deputy Director General, Human Development Department

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Tokyo, Japan

Member

Dr. Estelle Quain

Senior Technical Advisor

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Washington, D.C., USA

Member

Dr. María Isabel Rodríguez

Minister

Ministry of Health
San Salvador, El Salvador

Member

Dr. Tawfiq Khoja

Director General

Executive Board of the Health Ministers Council for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Member

Dr. Salif Samake

Director of Planning

Ministry of Health
Bamako, Mali

Member

Mr. Pape Amadou Gaye

President and CEO

IntraHealth International
North Carolina, USA

Member

Dr. Pius Okong

Board Member, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Head of Department Obs/Gyn

San Raphael of St. Francis Hospital Nsambya
Kampala, Uganda

Member

Dr. Richard Horton

Editor-in-Chief

The Lancet
London, United Kingdom

Member

Dr. Phyllida Travis

Secretariat

International Health Partnership (IHP+)
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Member

Dr. Julia Seyer

Secretariat

World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA)
Ferney-Voltaire, France

Member

Representative

 

European Commission

Member

Representative

 

African Union Commission

Member

Dr. Paijit Warachit

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Public Health
Nontaburi, Thailand

Member

Mr. Theerakun Niyom

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bangkok, Thailand

Member

Dr. Supat Vanichakarn

Secretary-General

Prince Mahidol Award Foundation
Bangkok, Thailand

Member

Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert

Senior Advisor on Disease Control

Ministry of Public Health
Nontaburi, Thailand

Member

Dr. Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn

President

Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Member

Dr. Teerawat Kulthanan

Dean, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand

Member

Dr. Pongpisut Jongudomsuk

Director

Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI)
Nontaburi, Thailand

Member

Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Director, International Health Policy Programme (IHPP)

Ministry of Public Health
Nontaburi, Thailand

Member and Secretary

Dr. Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra

Vice President for Collaboration and Networking

Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Member and Secretary

Dr. Hirotsugu Aiga

Coordinator

Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA)
Geneva, Switzerland

Member and Secretary

Dr. Jean-Marc Braichet

Coordinator, Human Resources for Health Department

World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland

Member and Secretary

Mr. Keiichi Takemoto

Director of Health Division 4, Human Development Department

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Tokyo, Japan

Member and Secretary

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