First World Health Forum / 10th - 13th May 2000 in Interlaken, Switzerland
21.02.2000, 15:34
Interlaken, Switzerland (PROTEXT) - For the first time, health
professionals, policy makers and politicians will meet at the
World Health Forum, 10 - 13 May 2000 at the Hotel Viktoria-
Jungfrau in Interlaken, Switzerland. World Health Forum 2000 will
be the first in a series of international symposia on the most
pressing issues in health and health care. Top of the agenda is
the challenge of creating better, fairer health systems for all
in a complex global economy.
The world community faces unprecedented patterns of mass
population movement, global transmission of diseases and
inequality in health chances. Under the title "Implementing
health systems: social solidarity and market realism", this first
World Health Forum will discuss and take a new stance on the
relationships between health and human rights, physical
environment and social, cultural and political factors.
World Health Forum 2000 will create chances for disparate
groups to meet and exchange views on new ways of collaborating.
Chairman of the WHF Foundation and member of the Swiss
Parliament, Jost Gross, says, "We are very excited at the
prospect of a dialogue between clinicians, managers, policy
makers and representatives of health related industries, working
together to help the world's most disadvantaged citizens."
An initial press conference will be held on march 21st, 11.30
a.m. Hotel Schweizerhof, Berne (Switzerland) ots Original Text
Service: World Health Forum Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de
Further information may be obtained at www.worldhealthforum.ch or
from the WHF Executive Committee phone +41 61 686 77 11, fax +41
61 686 77 88, e-mail info@worldhealthforum.
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