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May 15th 2009, Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert,
the committee of the Mahidol University
Council, Dr. Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra,
Vice President for Collaboration
and Networking, Prof. Achra Sumboonnanonda,
Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs
of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
and Prof.Wanicha Chuenkongkaew,
Asst. Dean for Academic Affairs
of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital,
Mahidol University, as the member
and joint secretariat of Prince
Mahidol Award Conference, attended
the International Organizing Committee
(IOC) meeting of the Prince Mahidol
Award Conference / HMN Global Health
Information Forum 2010 at the World
Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. Suwit
Wibulpolprasert and co-chaired by
Dr. Tim Evans from WHO and Dr. Sally
Stansfield from HMN. The aim of
the meeting was to discuss about
the structure of the Forum, themes
and important speakers. This Forum
will be co-hosted by the Health
Metrics Network (HMN), the Prince
Mahidol Award Conference, and the
World Health Organization with the
support from other International
Organizations such as the World
Bank, Rockefeller Foundation and
China Medical Board. The Forum will
be held in Bangkok during 26-30
January 2010 with the theme centered
around Global Health Information.
The objectives of the Forum are
as follows:
 1.
Firmly position Health Information
Systems (HIS) as a strategic driver
of health systems strengthening
and performance management of broader
development outcomes.
2. Broaden and unite the constituency
of potential allies behind a shared
vision and action plan for HIS strengthening.
3. Showcase HIS progress and capacity-building
in developing countries.
4. Secure high-level commitment
to drive future action.
This Forum
will include three main themes:
Technical Solutions, Foundations
and Frontiers. The Technical Solutions
theme involves those issues relate
to the technical methods, tools
to measure the outcome of the health
systems/programs. The Foundations
theme involves those issues relate
to the basic foundation of the HIS
and Frontiers theme involves those
issues relate to the innovative
method for collection, measurement
or for analysis of information.
At the IOC
meeting, Dr. Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra
presented the concept note of the
Global Health Information Forum.
Then the meeting discussed and suggested
the structure of the Forum, important
speakers, parallel sessions, the
process of the ‘Call to Action’,
the Exhibition / Marketplace and
the calendar of activities. This
meeting demonstrates the role of
Mahidol University that has been
actively involved with global public
policy.
 
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