Presentations and Recordings

Presentations and Session Recordings
Welcome, Keynote and Session 1
Session 5
Session 2 - will be available as of 6 July
Sessions 6 and 7
Sessions 3 and 4
Presentations
Monday, 28 June 2021
09:00 Welcome and Introduction, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH
09:15 The Swiss and Cantonal Perspective on Future Health Challenges, Lukas Engelberger, Councilman and Head of Basel-Stadt Department of Health
09:25 KEYNOTE: A Global Repositioning of Non-Communicable Diseases, Majid Ezzati, Chair of Global Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Session 1 | Disease Related Challenges (speed talks)
10:15 Double-Burden of Infectious and Chronic Diseases, Ikenna Eze, Swiss TPH
10:25 Antibiotic Resistance, Julia Bielicki, University Children’s Hospital Beider Basel
10:35 Malaria Control: Progress Made and Main Challenges Ahead, Christian Lengeler, Swiss TPH
10:45 Tuberculosis: Where Are We and What Do We Need to Do? Klaus Reither, Swiss TPH
10:55 HIV: How to Reach the Most Vulnerable Populations, Niklaus Labhardt, Swiss TPH
11:05 The Role of Migration in Disease Transmission, Afona Chernet, Swiss TPH
Social Event
14:00 What Are the Biggest Global Health Challenges of Today, and How Can We Address Them?, Carmen Sant-Fruchtmann
Session 2 | Getting Evidence into Health Systems Policy and Practice
14:45 From Implementation to Funding: How Does Evidence Translate into R4D Research Projects? Claudia Zingerli, Swiss National Science Foundation and Séverine Erismann, Swiss TPH
15:00 Health Policy to Battle the Global Burden of Disease, Irene Agyepong, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Public Health Faculty
15:15 Applying Complexity Theory to Evidence-to-Policy Systems, Aku Kwamie, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
09:05 Keynote: COVID-19 Response in Switzerland, Samia Hurst-Majno, University of Geneva, and Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force
Session 3 | COVID-19 Impact
09:45 Mental Health in the Basel Region (COVCO-Basel), Nicole Probst-Hensch, Swiss TPH
10:00 Impact of COVID-19: International Performance Comparison, Antoine Flahault, University of Geneva
10:15 The Science Perspective on COVID-19, Marcel Tanner, Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences
Session 4 | COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Rollout
11:00 Vaccination Against COVID-19: What Have We Learned? Claudia Daubenberger, Swiss TPH
11:15 Vaccine Hesitancy, Michael Deml, University of Geneva
11:30 Media and Public Knowledge: Sensitising the Public to Recognising Trustworthy News, Beat Glogger, Scitec-Media
11:45 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Immunization in Ghana, Isabel Günther, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Session 5 | Household-Level Interventions to Improve Health
14:00 Household-Level Interventions to Improve Child Development, Stella Hartinger, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
14:15 Early Life Home Interventions in Brazil, Alexandra Brentani, University of Sao Paulo
14:30 Behavioural Nudges to Improve Child Health, Gillian Levine, Swiss TPH
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Session 6 | The Role of the Private Sector in Improving Health
14:00 Round Table: See Session 6 video recording
(Emmanuel Akpakwu, Novartis · Petra Laux, Syngenta · Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative · Jutta Reinhard-Rupp, Merck)
Session 7 | How Can We Achieve Quality Care for All?
14:45 Quality of Care in LMICs: Evidence from the Lancet Commission, Margaret Kruk, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
15:00 Improving Health Systems Performance: A Systems Approach, Don de Savigny, Swiss TPH
15:15 Raising the Bar for Child Health and Nutrition: Insights from Laos, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute
15:30 How Can Switzerland Contribute to Quality Health Systems in LMICs?, Alexander Schulze, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
16:00 Concluding Words, Jürg Utzinger, Director, Swiss TPH