Global Health Diplomacy
Workshop

March 11–13, 2007

Conference Agenda

March 11, 2007

6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

7:00 p.m.

Dinner

Welcome
UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox
IGCC Director Susan Shirk

7:30 p.m.

Introduction to the Conference
Thomas E. Novotny, M.D., M.P.H., UC San Francisco School of Medicine

8:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: The Challenge of Global Health Diplomacy

Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

March 12, 2007

9:00 a.m.

Morning Session Opening Remarks
Thomas Novotny, UC San Francisco

9:15–10:30 a.m.

Session I: Health Diplomacy as Social Responsibility (How medicine can perform when politics fail)

Speakers
Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council
C. William Keck, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Jaime Sepulveda, Mexican National Institutes of Health

This session will explore health aid as a means of improving diplomatic relations between nations, regions, ethnic groups, and institutions. Health and scientific interactions can serve as core diplomatic gestures to improve communication, reduce mutual or bilateral threats, and address health problems of global importance. Health diplomacy may serve to reduce conflict resolution when politics fail. Creating donor-recipient relations that support sound outcomes and fairness in the application of health aid, however, is not always straightforward. Humanitarian and ethical principles must be at the heart of such interactions, but realpolitik will drive the end results. This session will discuss historical perspectives on health aid, the current climate and pitfalls regarding health aid, and the future possibilities for research in health diplomacy. Changes necessary for successful health assistance within current diplomatic thinking will be presented. Participants and discussants include NGO leaders, conflict reduction experts, former government health and foreign aid officials, and diplomats.

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Rapporteurs
Jeff Davidow, Institute of the Americas
Daniel Wehrenfennig, UC Irvine

Breakout sessions will focus on knowledge, pedagogy, and service within the discipline of global health diplomacy. Knowledge includes existing evidence to support health as a diplomatic tool as well as the research needed to develop the field. Pedagogy refers to the training needs necessary for both health professionals and diplomats to implement good practices in health diplomacy. Service refers to the options for translating theory into action in the field. Each breakout session will have a rapporteur who will present a summary of discussions in reconvened large sessions.

12:15–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:45 p.m.

Afternoon Session Opening Remarks
Vincanne Adams, UC San Francisco

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Session II: Health Diplomacy with Cultural/Political Sensitivity

Speakers
Jerry Keusch, Boston University
Adriana Petryna, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Nichter, University of Arizona

This session explores the changing face of science and research in global health, the growing global concerns about human and national security, and the importance of understanding the social, cultural, and political determinants of global health. This session will explore the shifts in international donor aid, the globalization of science and research, the 10-90 Gap in Research in developing countries, and the increasing recognition of biosecurity as a driving force for international cooperation in health. It will attempt to link these elements to global health diplomacy as a discipline for research, application, and further exploration.

3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:45–5:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Rapporteurs
Julia Aledort, Rand Corporation
Susan Shirk, UC San Diego

5:30–6:30 p.m.

Rapporteurs’ Reports to Plenary Session
(10 minutes each plus discussion)

March 13, 2007

9:00 a.m.

Morning Session Opening Remarks
Peter Cowhey, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego

9:15–10:30 a.m.

Session III: Health Diplomacy as Political Negotiation

Speakers
David Fidler, Indiana University
Delon Human, Health Diplomats
Vinh-Kim Nguyen, University of Montreal

This session explores the need for political policy-making and global governance for maximum impact on health. National sovereignty has been challenged by emerging and re-emerging diseases. With new streams of funding from both private and public sectors, new concepts of global health governance are needed. Accountability for new global health organizations has been questioned, and multinational organizations’ agendas are increasingly driven by donor funds and priorities. How to deliver on the promises of global health cooperation and the new funding opportunities is the focus of this session. The challenge now is to prepare health professionals, policymakers, and diplomats to help guide these new resources for maximum impact.

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.–Noon

Breakout Sessions

Rapporteurs
Randall Kuhn, Denver University
Paul Rabinow, UC Berkeley

Noon

Rapporteurs’ Reports to Plenary Session
(10 minutes each plus discussion)

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Closing Statements

Moderator
Haile Debas, UC San Francisco

Speakers
Jacob Gayle, Ford Foundation
Roger Glass, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Chad Martin, CDC Coordinating Center for Global Health