Launch of the Lancet Series on Europe
Date: Wednesday 27 March 2013
Time: 9:00 am
- 12:30 pm
Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Type of event: Launch
In recent years the Lancet has drawn attention to important developments in health and health policy taking place in parts of the world that would otherwise risk being overlooked, publishing series that examine in depth what is happening in countries such as China, Mexico, Brazil and Japan among others. Now, it is coming home, looking at what is happening on its own doorstep, in the continent of Europe. In a series undertaken in association with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, it is exploring the rich natural laboratory that Europe provides to study the determinants of population health and the effects of health policy.
This symposium will launch this series and will include presentations by some of the lead authors and an opportunity to discuss where next for European health policy. It will be of interest to all those with an interest in international health and health policy.
Register online at http://lanceteuropeseries.eventbrite.co.uk
9:00 - 9:30 Registration & coffee
9:30 - 9:40 Welcome
Sabine Kleinert, The Lancet
9:40 - 9:55 A Lancet series on Europe
Johan Mackenbach, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
9:55 - 10:10 The European Union and health
Martin McKee, LSHTM
10:10 - 10:25 A continent divided: health in the former Soviet Union
Bayard Roberts, LSHTM
10:25 - 10:30 Q&A
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:15 The health of children in Europe
Ingrid Wolfe, LSHTM
11:15 - 11:30 The health of migrants to Europe
Philipa Mladovsky, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies/ LSE
11:30 - 11:45 Growing old in Europe
Bernd Rechel, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies/ LSHTM
11:45 - 12:00 Where now? Health and the financial crisis
Marina Karanikolos European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies/ LSHTM
12:00 - 12:30 Panel discussion
Chaired by Richard Horton, The Lancet
Admission: Registration required, see url below
Contact: Christine Rivett-Carnac
Email: Christine.Rivett-Carnac@lshtm.ac.uk
More information: http://lanceteuropeseries.eventbrite.co.uk
