First WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices
9-11 September 2010, Bangkok, Thailand
9 Sept: Parallel sessions
The role of medical devices to improve health service delivery
Track 1: Millennium Development Goals 4,5 and 6
Chair: Dr Joseph Mathew, Postgraduate institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Co-Chair: Dr Nicholas Adjabu, WHO
MDGs and the role of medical devices
Dr Helene Möller, UNICEF
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Dr Maki Esther Ortiz-Dominguez, Ministry of Health, Mexico
(Presentation not available for distribution)
Self care
Dr Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn, WHO, Mongolia
Track 2: Meeting the needs
Chair: Mr Mladen Poluta, University of Cape town, South Africa
Co-Chair: Dr Adham Ismail, WHO
The patient perspective
Mr Jeremiah Mwangi, International Alliance of Patients' Organizations
Sustainable intensive care unit for newborns
Mr Luciano Moccia, East Meets West Foundation
Improving the availability of medical devices, the Ghana experience
Mr John Zienaa, Ghana Health Service
Filling the human resource development gap
Dr Saide Jorge Calil, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Track 3: The convergence of e-health and medical devices: implications for the future
Chair: Mrs Jennifer Jackson, La Sapienza University and Bambino Gesie Hospital, Italy
Co-Chair: Dr Noboru Takamura, WHO
Telemedicine
Dr Marc Nyssen, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
Improving healthcare IT systems through interoperability
Ms Lisa Spellman, HIMSS - Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
eHealth for the Millennium Development Goals
Dr Kendall Ho, University of British Columbia, Canada
Safe, accessible and affordable medical devices
Track 1: Towards safe and appropriate radiation treatment
Chair: Dr Peter H S Smith, International Organization for Medical Physics
Co-Chair: Mr Pablo Jiménez, WHO
Radiation Safety
Dr Caridad Borrás, Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Access to radiotherapy
Dr Joanna Izewska and Dr Graeme Morgan International Atomic Energy Agency
(Dr Izewska's presentation not available for distribution)
Palliative care and medical devices
Dr Barry Allen, International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
Track 2: Safe medical devices for the patient, the health worker and the environment
Chair: Dr Renato Garcia, Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Co-Chair: Dr Selma Khamassi, WHO
Syringes
Dr Arshad Altaf, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health & Bridge Consultants Foundation, Pakistan
Mercury
Ms Faye V Ferrer, Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia
Mr Prasert Surmsuk, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Track 3: WHO call for innovative technologies that address global health concerns
Chair: Dr Kathleen Sienko, University of Michigan, United States
Co-Chair: Mr Björn Fahlgren, WHO
Selected technology representatives
- Mr Jorge Ernesto Odon, Argentina
- Mr José Carlos Lapenna, Brazil
- Dr Qimin You, China
- Mr Hermann Kranzl, Germany
- Dr Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya, India
- Mr Aman Midha, India
- Ms Sarah Burgarella, Italy
- Mr Mark Smith, New Zealand
- Mr Jens Petter Ianke, Norway
- Dr Rahul Panicker, United States
- Ms Anna Young, United States
