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During a virtual event, KFF public opinion and policy experts discussed key issues facing ACA Marketplace enrollees and policy considerations, particularly as health care cost and coverage issues rise to the top of voters’ concerns prior to the midterms.

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  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — South-South Alliances for AIDS

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    Track E: Current Issues in Global Health: HIV/AIDS Title: South-South Alliances for AIDS Moderator: Sten Vermund, Vanderbilt University Speakers: Carlos del Rio, Emory University African US Consortium to Train Leaders in Global Health Neal Nathanson, University of Pennsylvania Philippa Easterbrook, Kings College London School of Medicine Sergio Bautista, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Welcome, GHEC Distinguished Service Award, and Keynote Address

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    Welcome Speakers: Mario Henry Rodri­guez, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Anvar Velji, Global Health Education Consortium GHEC Distinguished Service Award Recipient: Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil Key Note Address Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil >>Video that includes original Spanish audio is available here. Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Examples of South-South Collaborations

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    Track A: Public Policy and Global Health Title: Examples of South-South Collaborations Moderator: Mario Henry Rodri­guez, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Speakers: Miguel Angel Gonzalez Block, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Global Health as Policy and Strategy of the Cuban Health System in South-South Collaboration Pedro Mas Bermejo, Instituto Pedro Kouri, Cuba Abstract Presenters: S455 - Women and Health Taskforce: Model for South/South collaborations Deyanira Gonzalez de Leon, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco; Judy Lewis, University of…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Strengthening Policies for Health

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    * Please note that the audio does not begin until 36 seconds into the video. Track A: Public Policy and Global Health Title: Stregthening Policies for Health Moderator: Maria de los Angeles Fromow, Ministry of Health, Mexico Abstract Presenters: S392 - Regional Strategies to Respond to Antimicrobial Resistance in Latin America Anaha­ Dreser, National Institute of Public Health S405 - The Observer and the Network of the Observatories of Human Resources for Health: Initiatives for…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Plenary Panel III: Social Determinants of Health

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    Moderator: Carlos Santos Burgoa, Comite para el Estudio de los Determinantes Sociales de la Salud en Mexico Speakers: Marco Akerman, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil Jeanette Vega, Ministry of Health, Chile >>Video that includes original Spanish audio is available here. >>Access the slides for this session. Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Plenary Panel II: Ethics and Equity Issues of Collaborations for Global Health

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    Moderator: Lilia Macedo de la Concha, National Autonomous Univeristy of Mexico Speakers: Giorgio Solimano, Universidad de Chile Philippe Lamy, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)-Mexico (John) Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health >>Video that includes original Spanish audio is available here. >>Access the slides for this session. Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Welcome and Panel I: The Role of Institutional Alliances in Advancing Global Health Education

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    Welcome Speakers: Mario Henry Rodriguez, Executive Director, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Anvar Velji, Global Health Education Consortium V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Global Health Program, Instituto Nacional de Salud  Publica Richard Deckelbaum, Global Health Education Consortium Plenary Panel I: The role of institutional alliances in advancing global health education Moderator: Mario Henry Rodri­guez, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Speakers: Walter Patrick, South Asian Partnerships for Global Health Antoine Flahualt, Association of European Schools of…

  • Better Care & Lower Costs: Exploring the Promise of Patient Engagement

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    03/05/10 Engaging consumers more directly in their care may improve health outcomes and help control the costs of care. This briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the AARP Public Policy Institute, focused on the potential for changing consumer behavior to promote the use of effective interventions and discourage unnecessary care. It addressed questions such as: How promising are consumer engagement techniques such as patient self-management, shared decision-making and value-based insurance design? What…

  • From Crunch to Crisis: State Budgets, Medicaid and the Economy

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    Medicaid programs are feeling the strain as enrollment grows while state revenues come in lower than projected. How are Medicaid directors coping? How is the recession affecting low-income individuals and families? This briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, addressed these and related questions. For more information, please visit the Alliance's event page. Full Video   Speakers for this session: The panel is co-moderated by…