Past events 2012

This event was hosted by Lord Rea and the National Heart Forum, and held in association with the Lancet, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NCD Alliance, International Development Research Centre and APPG on Global Health.

The reception featured addresses from key leaders in the field of non-communicable disease, who discussed the latest evidence, as well as key recommendations for action identified in the latest Lancet series on NCDs - the development of which has been coordinated by the National Heart Forum.

Read more about the Lancet series on NCDs

A parliamentary reception for the Ugandan Ministry of Health to celebrate the launch of the Uganda UK Health Alliance, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health and supported by the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) Academy.

Dr. George Mukone- Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health and Ms. Enid Mwebaza – Assistant Commissioner for Health (Nursing) at the Ministry of Health presented the current Ugandan National Health Strategy and health priorities. The was followed by comments from Acting High Commissioner Amb Isaac Biruma Sebulime.

The reception was attended by Members of Parliament, Heads of Royal Medical Colleges, NGO’s and Trusts and Partnerships working in Uganda.

See the programme and presentations from the accompanying conference for the Uganda-UK Health Aliiance

This event was an opportunity to discuss how NCDs can be re-framed as a global development issue. The event will be followed by a reception at the Houses of Parliament, 7-8pm

Speakers include: Prof Anthony Costello, Director UCL Institute for Global Health (chair), Lord Nigel Crisp (Chair APPG-GH), Susan Shurin, (Chair GACD)

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The event was jointly organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on HIV/AIDS; Global Health; Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases; Population, Development & Reproductive Health; and Tuberculosis. Speakers included: Lord Nigel Crisp (chair), Prof Sir Andy Haines, Dr Richard Horton, Dr Titilola Banjoko.

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In association with Africa APPG, the APPG Global Health held an event in Parliament for the launch of the first report "All the Talents"

The launch was hosted by Lord Crisp, Rt Hon Alun Michael MP and Hugh Bayley MP. Lord Crisp and Meg Hillier MP outlined the conclusions of our new report including the key success factors and the environment necessary for effective innovation and outlines the main gaps in the evidence base, concluding with recommendations to professionals, governments, development agencies and research bodies. Warm thanks to our speakers who provided their perspectives on skill mixing: Dorothy Ngoma, National Coordinator for Safe Motherhood in Malawi; Carolyn Miller, CEO of Merlin UK; and Dr. Peter Carter, CEO of Royal College of Nursing.

Full and executive copies of the report are available to download

A fundamental challenge for all health systems is to allocate finite resources across the unlimited demand for health services - and the work of NICE has established the UK as a global leader in this field.

This event launched a joint report between NICE International and the Centre for Global Development on how NICE's pioneering approach could be adopted by international agencies and by developing countries to help increase cost effectiveness at a time of growing austerity and resource-constraint.

In conjunction with Aspen Global Health and Development & UK APPG on Population, Development and Reproductive Health, the APPG Global Health hosted at an International Women’s Day Policy Dialogue on Investments in Family Planning – Social and Economic Dividends. Speakers included Stephen O’Brien MP, Parliamentary Under‐Secretary of State for International Development and Members of The Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health featuring The Honourable Mary Robinson joined by Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Ms Phumzile Mlambo‐Ngcuka, The Honourable Joy Phumaphi and Dr Fred Sai. For further information about Aspen Institute for Global Health and Development please click here

In collaboration with APPG Zambia & Malawi we hosted a parliamentary reception for the Zambian Ministry of Health to launch their National Health Strategy Plan 2012-2015. The Zambian Ministry of Health presented a briefing of their National health Strategic Plan to a big audience of 20 parliamentarians and over 50 guests including the Zambian High Commission and the Zambia UK Health Work Force Alliance. This was followed by a warm reception.

Click here for further information about the Zambian Health Strategy Plan 2011 - 2012.