The second series of the joint WHO Health Workforce-Health Education England planning and leadership programme, ‘Working for Health 2030: Building Health Workforce Leadership’, begins on 13 March.
The first interactive seminar of the WHO-Health Education England Working for Health 2030 programme will showcase the expertise of primary care specialists. This seminar will cover case studies from around the world, and touch on key priorities for health systems delivering primary care in the wake of COVID-19.
For more information visit https://global.hee.nhs.uk/supporting-global-partners/w4h2030/.
Speakers
Chair: Professor Simon Gregory – Professor Gregory is Health Education England’s (HEE) Medical Director for Primary and Integrated Care, and an honorary professor at the University of East Anglia. He is a GP by training and is a fellow, trustee and council member of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Doctor Yoseph Mamo – Dr Yoseph Mamo is medical doctor from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has recently been working as an Honorary Associate Professor at Jimma University and as THET’s Country Director in Ethiopia, leading their Chronic Disease Programme. Dr Mamo has most recently assisted the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health with the localisation of PACK (a practical approach to care kit) for primary care utilisation.
Niclas Forsling – Niclas Forsling is a project manager at the Centre for Rural Medicine. He notably led the “Healthcare and Care – through distance spanning solutions” programme, which formed part of the Swedish government’s presidency program for the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Cristine Hancock – Christine Hancock is the Founder and Director of the C3 Collaborating for Health Organisation, and has recently delivered programmes in Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya. Christine was formerly the CEO of both the Royal College of Nursing and Waltham Forest’s NHS and is now on the NHS Health & Wellbeing Advisory Board. A trained economist Christine believes in the power of data, clear evidence and a good case to secure resources to support better health outcomes for marginalised people.
Professor Niro Siriwardena – Professor Niro Siriwardena is a professor of Primary and Prehospital Health Care at the University of Lincoln. He is the director of the Community and Health Research Unit, a research centre at the University of Lincoln, focussed on quality improvement and implementation research including studies on education, training and licensing of GPs.
Doctor Katherine Rouleau – Dr Katherine Rouleau is a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the Vice-Chair of Global Health and Social Accountability in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her clinical and academic interests include health equity, the role of family medicine and primary care in strengthening health systems locally and globally, global health education, the scholarship-leadership continuum and the care of disadvantaged populations in Canada and abroad.