Programme on the 4th of April at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre
The program is updated regularly.
8.00 Registration and coffee
9.00 Opening of Global Health – beyond 2015
Welcome
Peter Friberg, Swedish Society of Medicine
The purpose with “Global Health – beyond 2015” and “The Stockholm Declaration on Global Health”.
Introduction by the moderators
Nisha Pillai, BBC World News and Richard Horton, The Lancet
Introduction of the Twitter Panel
Inviting the audience at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre and elsewhere to deliver feedback through Twitter.
Overview – Global health update
Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet/Gapminder
WHO’s Action plan for today’s challenges
Arun Nanda, WHO, Senior Strategy & Policy Advisor
Questions to Arun Nanda and Hans Rosling
Audience interaction
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update
Statements on video by 3 article authors on
Main theme I:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EFFECTS ON HEALTH
Keynote speaker
Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Discussion on Climate Change and the Effects on Health
Lena Ek, Minister for the Environment
Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Audience interaction
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update
Health goals beyond 2015 – the current thinking
Lola Dare, Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development CHESTRAD International
Anders Nordström, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Mattias Klum-photo project
Performance by musician Sami Al Fakir

11.50 LUNCH
13.20 Erik Westerberg Chamber Choir
Welcome back
Audience interaction and summing-up
Moderator Nisha Pillai
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update
Global Health: Everybody’s Business
Maria Larsson
Minister for Children and the Elderly
“Every woman – every child”
Richard Horton, The Lancet
Input and reaction from the younger generation
Roopa Dhatt, IFMSA - International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
Usman Mushtaq, Youth Commission on Global Governance for Health
Statements on video by 3 article authors on
Main theme II:
HEALTH INEQUALITIES
Keynote speaker
René Loewenson, TARSC, Zimbabwe
Discussion on Health Inequalities
René Loewenson, TARSC, Zimbabwe
Mariam Claeson, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet/Gapminder
Audience interaction and summing-up
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Twitter Panel update
Intro vignette with video interviews of 3 article authors on
Main theme III:
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCD)
Keynote speaker
Robert Beaglehole, University of Auckland
Discussion on Chronic Diseases
Robert Beaglehole, University of Auckland
Ruth Bonita, University of Auckland
Arun Nanda, WHO, Senior Strategy & Policy Advisor
Audience interaction and summing-up
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up session
- Twitter panel update
16.25 HEALTH BREAK
Panel for “The Way Forward”
Moderators Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
Mariam Claeson, Deputy Director for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carl Bennet, Carl Bennet AB
Tore Laerdal, Laerdal Foundation
Anders Nordström, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Olle Stendahl, Swedish Research Council
Gunhild Stordalen, Stordalen Foundation
Conclusion speech
Richard Horton, The Lancet
18.00 Sami Al Fakir
Performance