WFPHA Invitational Roundtable on the Global Public Health Workforce
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 7:30-9:30 am
Renaissance Hotel-Ballroom West A
Convener:
Dr. SM Asib Nasim, President, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
Background : While the global public health workforce is central to long-term health improvements, little is known about its composition, training or performance. Who are the frontline public health workers, how are they trained, and what do they do? How do public health careers develop over time, and how do issues of internal and external brain drain affect the public health workforce? WFPHA and RF seek to expand public health workforce analyses to the global setting, investigating how current public health practitioners in the public and NGO sectors spend their time, what skills they need, and whether their training adequately prepared them for these activities.
General Objective : To exchange information about how best to build the evidence base about the global workforce. Expert analyses in addition to lessons learned from the workforce experience in the US and the Americas will help inform future research and activities.
AGENDA:
| 7:30 |
Breakfast served |
| 7:50-8am |
Introduction to Rockefeller Foundation Public Health Competencies Exploration: Dr. Miriam Rabkin |
| 8:00-8:35am |
Presentation by Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan |
| 8:35-9:10 |
Expert Panel response, moderated by Dr. SM Asib Nasim |
PANELISTS
Mr. Eric Friedman
Professor Maureen Lichtveld
Dr. Luis Ruiz
9:10-9:30am Discussion, Q&A and Conclusion
Presentations : To download presentation click on presenters’ name
The WFPHA Invitational Roundtable on the Global Public Health Workforce was funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
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