Non-infectious health conditions such as depression, heart disease and diabetes are presenting an ever-increasing challenge to global health.
On Thursday 11 May, this track will focus on mental health, which is a pressing issue worldwide. How can we improve the mental health of the world’s populations?
On Friday 12 May, it will focus on chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, which are leading causes of death worldwide and which require an international perspective to treat and prevent.
Time: Thursday May 11 at 12.45-14.30
Auditorium: To be announced
Non-infectious health conditions, such as metabolic and mental illnesses, are presenting an ever-increasing challenge to global health. This track will focus on mental health, which is a pressing issue worldwide. The challenges will be presented as well as solutions on how we may improve the mental health of the world’s populations with a local approach.
Chair:
Matthew Prina, Doctor, King's College London
Speakers:
Melanie Amna Abas, Professor, King's College London
Putting the local into global mental health research
Valentyna Mazhbits, Doctor, Charité - University of Medicine Berlin
Actual problems of mental health: challenges and solutions
Wietse Anton Tol, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Global mental health and social justice: towards integrated, multi-sectoral interventions
Flash talks by:
Ganna Goloktionova, MHPSS Advisor, Danish Red Cross
Workforce capacities and scalable low intensity interventions
Caroline Arnbjerg, PhD Student, Aarhus University
Global research partnerships: Twinning of individual Ph.D. students to break down power asymmetries - experiences from Rwanda
Birgitte Thylstryp and Morten Hesse, Associate Professors, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research
Co-existing mental health and substance use disorder: many challenges – many solutions
Time: Friday May 12 at 10.30-12.15
Auditorium: To be announced
This track will focus on chronic metabolic diseases constituting a major global burden, such as diabetes and heart disease. These diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and solutions require an international perspective to treat and prevent.
Chair:
Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Leading Professor, Aarhus University
Speakers:
Annelli Sandbæk, Clinical Professor, Aarhus University
Cities changing diabetes: Access to care for vulnerable patients
Jean-Phillipe Empana, Professor, INSERM - University of Paris
Rethinking the prevention of CVD and beyond
Michael Hecht Olsen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark
How can we tackle the major global health risk of hypertension?
Flash talks by:
Stefan Islandi, Director of Development, The Danish NCD Alliance
Mobilizing PLWNCDs and civil society in the mitigation of the NCDs epidemic in East Africa