The Long Tail of Global Health Equity
Posted on Dec 27, 2010
2010-2011 is a key year for the global non-communicable disease movement, culminating in the September 2011 high-level United Nations meeting in New York City. Historically, non-communicable disease in middle-income countries has received close attention. In this moment, there is also a need to focus on the disease burden of the poorest populations, the bottom billion, largely composed of children and young adults.
"The Long Tail of Global Health Equity: Tackling the Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases of the Bottom Billion,"a conference hosted by Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, NCD Alliance, and the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care & Control in Developing Countries will take place in March 2-3, 2011 in Boston at the Joseph P. Martin Conference Center on the Harvard Medical School campus. Attendance is free.
The conference will bring together a select group of participants with expertise in conditions such as rheumatic heart disease, Burkitt’s lymphoma, malnutrition-associated diabetes, and the respiratory impact of household fuels, as well as experts in global health financing, infectious disease, and mental health. Some of the featured speakers will include Paul Farmer, Dean Jamison, K. Srinath Reddy, and Peter Hotez. The goal is to provide an opportunity to bring together leaders in the fight for global access to NCD care for the poorest populations.
