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World Health Professions Regulation Conference 2016

Health professional regulation faces many challenges in a world characterized by political, social, economic and technological change. Widespread reform of health professional regulation reflects policy initiatives by many governments to ensure sustainable, efficient and effective health service delivery. But what are the implications, and how do we ensure the public’s best interests are met?

Scheduled to run over 1.5 days, immediately before the World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly in Geneva, the fifth World Health Professions Regulation Conference will provide participants with insights, perspectives and discussion on current challenges in health professional regulation.

Key speakers will explore health professions and trade agreements in terms of protecting the public versus facilitating commerce; balancing regulation of individual health professions and health services; and the Sustainable Development Goals 2016-2030 and WHO Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 – implications for Health Regulation. 

Be part of the global community of health professionals who are interested in regulation, and discover effective ways of moving forward in Geneva in May 2016.

More details and registration are available here.

Symposium on War, Migration and Health, Istanbul, Turkey on 26-27 February 2016

More than 150 persons attended the symposium the WMA organised together with the Turkish Medical Association and the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine. With speakers from Medical Associations from Europe, Asia, and Africa, Physicians for Human Rights, Médecins Sans Frontières and the UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Health, Danius Puras the conference ended with a communique on refugees and migrants.

Please visit the website under warmigrationhealth.com for more details.

Agenda (final)

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Day 1 Saturday, 30 January 2016
13:00-14:00	Welcome remarks Dr. Chin-youb CHUNG, Minister of Health and Welfare Dr. Moo-Jin CHOO, President of Korean Medical Association Addresses from the World Medical Association Dr. Ardis D. HOVEN, Chair of Council of the WMA Dr. Otmar KLOIBER, Secretary General of the WMA Current draft of a WMA Declaration Dr. Jón SNÆDAL, Chair of the workgroup, WMA
14:00-15:30	Prof. Ames DHAI, Steve Biko Center for Bioethics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Dr. Min-Huei HSU, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:00	Dr. Chee Piau WONG, Telemedicine Research Cluster Academic Convenor, Community Base Practice Programme Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences Monash University, Malaysia
19:00-21:00	Dinner for all participants invited by the Korean Medical Association
Day 2 Sunday, 31 February 2016
9:00-10:45	Dr. Ryuichi YAMAMOTO, Ass. Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan and President, Medical Information System Development Center Dr. Young Joo CHA, Professor, Chung-Ang Univ. College of Medicine and Member, National Bioethics Committee, Korea Prof. Ju Han KIM, Professor and Chair, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
10:45-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00	Discussions and Adjournment of the expert meeting
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:30-17:00	Closed Workgroup meeting

 

Agenda (final)

WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH

Drivers towards One Health
“Strengthening collaboration between Physicians and Veterinarians”

Report of the Conference

The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Medical Association (WMA) in collaboration with the Spanish Medical and Veterinary associations are inviting you to participate at the Global Conference on ‘One Health’ Concept to be held on 21^st and 22^nd of May in Madrid, Spain (Vía de los Poblados, 3, A.M.A Parque Empresarial Cristalia – Edificio 4).

The Global Conference aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public Health Officials, NGOs and others from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to address critical aspects of the ‘One Health’ Concept.

The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and the environment.

H20 International Health Summit – Healthy People, Successful Economy

The World Medical Association (WMA) will join with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and AMA Victoria (AMAV) to host the H20 International Health Summit on Thursday 13 to Friday 14 November 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

This summit will be an opportunity for international medical professions to come together and put the spotlight on health issues prior to the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

The WMA is made up of 106 Member Associations and their 9 million members all of which care for billions of people across the globe whilst advocating for health and healthcare access for people around the world.

Health of Nations is a core component of the Wealth of Nations and it has been said that “Health is the greatest social capital a nation can have”. A productive society depends on a healthy engaged and confident workforce.

The summit will address:

1. Health as a wise investment: Physicians and Health Professionals provide to improve Health.
2. The burden of Non-Communicable Diseases
3. Highlight Social Determinants of Health
4. Health effects of Climate Change and how to tackle these.

National Medical Associations (NMA) from the G20 Nations and all member associations of the World Medical Association, as well as Australian medical and health organisations will be invited to participate.

International and local speakers will lead the discussions with the aim to achieve a consensus of participants and congruity of effort to drive and enhance a global movement across sectors.

Guests will be able to connect, communicate, and socialise at the Summit Gala hosted by the Australian Medical Association on the evening of Thursday 13 November. This is an opportunity to establish important contacts in the local and international medical and health communities.

The World Medical Association, the Australian Medical Association and AMA Victoria are looking forward to welcoming you to this summit which will provide a rare and valuable opportunity to formulate directions to support health and healthcare across nations. These directions would then be promoted with these nations at the G20 summit and beyond!

Result papers from the H20 International Health Summit:

• Health Care in Danger (English, Spanish, French)
• Climate and Health (English, Spanish, French)
• Health is a wise investment (English, Spanish, French)
• Non-Communicable Diseases (English, Spanish, French)
• Social Determinants of Health (English, Spanish, French)

H20 International Health Summit Conference report and Communique

The Celebration Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of Declaration of Helsinki was held on November 11th, 2014, 9:30 hrs to 15:30 hrs at Pörssi Talo, Fabianinkatu 14, Helsinki, Finland.

Final program

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09:30	Welcome coffee
10:00	Part 1: Scientific Seminar The Declaration of Helsinki in the Real World – The Implementation of the Declaration Chair: Dr. Tuula Rajaniemi, FMA PresidentDr. Ramin Parsa-Parsi Celebrating 50 Years of the Declaration of Helsinki Dr. Jeff Blackmer Implementation of the DoH in the Americas: Challenges and Successes Prof. Dr. Dominique Sprumont The Declaration of Helsinki: A Matter of Principles Prof. Dr. Lasse Lehtonen The Impact of the Declaration of Helsinki on European Human Rights Development Prof. Dr. Ames Dhai Implementation of the DoH: Perspectives from the Developing World
12:00	Lunch and coffee
14:00	Part 2: Ceremonial Session The Declaration of Helsinki – Ethics as the Foundation of Research Dr. Xavier Deau, WMA President: Introduction Prof. Dr. Urban Wiesing, Head WMA Cooperating Center: The history and future of the Declaration of Helsinki Address by the President of the Republic of Finland His Excellency Mr. Sauli Niinistö Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, Ms. Laura Räty: “Is there room for physician’s ethics in political decision-making?” Dr. Mukesh Haikerwal AO, Chairman of Council: Note of Gratitude
15:30	End

 

Expert Conference on the Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki – Tokyo, 28 February-1 March 2013

28 February – 1 March 2013
Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Agenda (final)

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Day 1 Thursday, 28 February 2013
2:00	Welcome address Yoshitake Yokokura, President of the Japan Medical Association (JMA) Fumimaro Takaku, President of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences Cecil Wilson, President of the World Medical Association (WMA)
2:15	Welcome remarks Norihisa Tamura, Minister, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan
2:20	Opening remarks Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of the WMA DoH Workgroup
2:30-3:45	Keynote speeches Chair: Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of WMA DoH Workgroup Keynote speech 1 Urban Wiesing, University of Tuebingen, Germany Keynote speech 2 Heather Widdows, University of Birmingham, UK
4:15-5:30	Session 1: Biobanks Chair: Masami Ishii, Vice-Chairman of Council of the WMA & WMA DoH Workgroup Chair: Miguel R. Jorge, Brazilian Medical Association & WMA DoH Workgroup Ryuichi Ida, Doshisha University, Japan Alastair Campbell, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore,Singapore
Day 2 Friday, 1 March 2013
9:00-10:15	Session 2: Insurance/compensation/protection Chair: Wonchat Subhachaturas, Past President of the WMA Chair: Torunn Janbu, Chairperson of WMA Medical Ethics Committee & WMA DoH Workgroup member Tatsuo Kuroyanagi, Legal Advisor of the JMA, Japan Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, Department of Social Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan Elmar Doppelfeld, Council of Europe
10:35-11:50	Session 3: Resource poor settings / Post-study arrangements Chair: Dong Chun Shin, Chairman of Council of the CMAAO Chair: Poul Jaszczak, Danish Medical Association & WMA DoH Workgroup Somkiat Wattanasirichaigoon, Scientific Session of the Medical Association of Thailand & Faculty of Medicine, Srinakarinthwirot University, Thailand Prijo Sidipratomo, Indonesian Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee, Indonesia Jose Asa Sabili, Philippine Medical Association, Philippines
1:20-2:20	Session 4: Vulnerable groups Chair: Ming-Been Lee, President of the CMAAO, Taiwan Chair: Mukesh Haikerwal, Chairman of Council of the WMA Bomoon Choi, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, & Korean Society for Medical Ethics, Republic of Korea Ajay Kumar, Indian Medical Association, India
2:20-3:10	Session 5: Ethics Committees Chair: Margaret Mungherera, Uganda Medical Association & President-Elect, World Medical Association Chair: Peter Carmel, American Medical Association & WMA DoH Workgroup Kaori Muto, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
3:30-4:15	Session 6: General Comments James McCormick, U.S. Embassy Tokyo, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Yasuyuki Sahara, Research and Development Division, Ministry Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Isao Teshirogi, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) Salvatore Alesci, Scientific Affairs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
4:15-5:15	Consensus building / summing up Round table discussion Facilitator: Jeff Blackmer, Canadian Medical Association & WMA DoH Workgroup Facilitator: Peter Carmel, American Medical Association & WMA DoH WorkgroupClosing & next steps Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the WMA Tai Joon Moon, President Emeritus of the KMA, former President of the WMA Takashi Hanyuda, Vice-president of the JMA

 

Expert Conference on the Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki – Cape Town, 5-7 December 2012

5 – 7 December 2012
The Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa

Agenda (final)

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Day 1 Wednesday, 5 December 2012
2:00	Welcome and opening Zephne Van Der Spuy, President of the South African Medical Association Representative, Health Ministry of South Africa Cecil Wilson, President of the WMA Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the WMA Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of the WMA DoH Workgroup
	Chairs: Peter Carmel, American Medical Association Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of the WMA DoH Workgroup
2:30	Revising the Declaration of Helsinki: Challenges and limitations Urban Wiesing, University of Tuebingen, Germany
3:00	Keynote speech 1 Ezekiel J. Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania, USA
	Chairs: Mzukisi Grootboom, Chairman, South African Medical Association Konstanty Radziwill, President, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists
4:00	Keynote speech 2 Julian Kinderlerer, Cape Town University & European Group on Ethics
Day 2 Thursday, 6 December 2012
	Chairs: Miguel R. Jorge, Brazilian Medical Association Masami Ishii, Vice-Chairman of Council, WMA
Session 1	Vulnerable groups
9:00	Ames Dhai, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
9:15	Samia Hurst, Geneva University Medical School, Switzerland
9:30	Hans-Jörg Ehni & Elisabeth Ritter, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Session 2	Biobanks
10:00	Vilhjálmur Árnason, University of Iceland, Iceland
10:15	Julius Ecuru, National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda
	Chairs: Mark Sonderup, South African Medical Association Leonid Eidelman, Israel Medical Association
Session 3	Post-study arrangements
11:15	Alex John London, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
11:30	Fazel Randera, South African Medical Association, South Africa
11:45	Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
12:00	Joseph Millum, Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, USA
	Chairs: Poul Jaszczak, Danish Medical Association Alarico Rodriguez, Uruguay Medical Association
Session 4	Ethics committees
2:00	Mariela Mautone, Committee of Bioethics, Sindicato Médico del Uruguay
2:10	Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, University of Malawi, Malawi (presented by Ames Dhai)
Session 5	Enhancement
2:35	Urban Wiesing, University of Tuebingen, Germany
	Chairs: Margaret Mungherera, President-Elect, WMA Xavier Deau, Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins, France
Session 6	Positions of international organizations
3:30	Hans Van Delden, CIOMS
3:40	Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau, World Health Organisation (WHO)
3:50	Jerry A. Menikoff, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
4:00	Fergus Sweeney, European Medicines Agency (EMA)
4:10	Dominique Sprumont, TRREE Initiative & FMH Switzerland
4:20	Dafna Feinholz, Sector for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
4:30	Jörg Zinserling, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Germany
4:40	Gavin Steel, Medicines Control Council South Africa
4:50	Salvatore Alesci, IFPMA
5:00	Christian Gluud, European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN)
Day 3 Friday, 7 December 2012
	Chairs: Hans-Jörg Ehni, University of Tübingen, Germany Torunn Janbu, Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee, WMA
Session 7	General consultation
9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30	Topic 1: Insurance/compensation/protection Topic 2: Use of unproven interventions / off-label use (para. 35) Topic 3: Broad consent (para. 25) Topic 4: Medical research involving children
11:30	Consensus building / summing up Round table discussion Facilitator 1: Jeff Blackmer, Canadian Medical Association, Canada Facilitator 2: Urban Wiesing, University of Tübingen, Germany
12:00	Closing & next steps Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the WMA Cecil Wilson, President of the WMA Zephne Van Der Spuy, President of the South African Medical Association

 

WMA Satellite Meeting during the 11th World Congress of Bioethics: Thinking ahead – The future of the Declaration of Helsinki

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., 26 June 2012
Rotterdam Room, The Manhattan Hotel, Rotterdam

Agenda (final)

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9:00 am	Welcome address Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the World Medical Association
Session 1	Chairs: Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of the WMA DoH Workgroup, German Medical Association Torunn Janbu, Chair of the Ethics Committee of the WMA, Norwegian Medical Association
9:15 am	Introduction Urban Wiesing, WMA DoH Workgroup Scientific Board, University of Tuebingen, Germany
9:40 am	The Future of the Declaration of Helsinki Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
10:05 am	Helsinki in the Age of Human Rights Aurora Plomer, Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics University of Sheffield, UK
10:30 am	Break
Session 2	Chairs: Masami Ishii, Vice-Chairman of the WMA Council, Japan Medical Association Miguel R. Jorge, WMA DoH Workgroup, Brazilian Medical Association
11:00 am	On the relevance of embedding clinical equipoise in the Declaration of Helsinki Rieke van der Graaf, Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht Netherlands
11:25 am	Should the Declaration of Helsinki become more “risk‐based”? Annette Rid, Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University Hospital Zurich Switzerland
11:50 am	ECRIN proposals for amendments to the Declaration of Helsinki: ethics committees, transparency, and choice of comparator Jacques Demotes-Mainard, European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN)
12:15 pm	The new Declaration of Helsinki and the use of placebos in clinical trials: the controversy still remains Maria-Sharmila Sousa, Federal University of São Paulo, Paulista Medical School, Brazil
12:40 pm	Lunch
Session 3	Chairs: Peter Carmel, WMA DoH Workgroup, American Medical Association Poul Jaszczak, WMA DoH Workgroup, Danish Medical Association
2:00 pm	Ancillary care, the Declaration of Helsinki and the obligations of global justice John McMillan, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Australia
2:25 pm	The impact of paragraph 25 on informed consent for biobank samples Flora Colledge, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland
2:50 pm	Refining the Declaration of Helsinki’s additional protections for research in children Anna Westra, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
3:15 pm	Break
Session 4	Chairs: Jeff Blackmer, WMA DoH Workgroup Scientific Board, Canadian Medical Association Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the World Medical Association
3:45 pm	Considering research on neuro-enhancement in the next revision of the Declaration of Helsinki Saskia Nagel, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck Germany
4:10 pm	Closing
4:30 pm	End

The date and venue of the 2^nd WVA-WMA Global Conference on One Health was:

• Thursday, 10th – Friday, 11th of November 2016
• Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach

The date and venue of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 12th World Conference BIOETHICS, MEDICAL ETHICS & HEALTH LAW is:

The Conference is designed to offer a platform for the exchange of information and knowledge and to hold discussions, lectures, workshops and exhibition of programs and databases.

For more information please check the following website: http://www.isas.co.il/bioethics2017-Limassol/index.php

If you wish to take part in the scientific program, submit your oral presentation or poster abstract together with a short CV to: confer@isas.co.il

Deadline for abstract submission: October 31, 2016

Please note:  Pre-meetings of workgroups, Finance Group and Executive Committee, Junior Doctors Network (JDN) meeting will be held on Tuesday, 18 April and/or Wednesday, 19 April 2017.

“More details and registration are available in the members’ area.