[procaare] Nigeria National Health Conference: Venue, Topics and Speakers

["Uzodinma Adirieje" <afrepton@yahoo.com>]

Nigeria National Health Conference: Venue, Topics and Speakers
- Uzodinma Adirieje, Nigeria
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Dear Colleagues,

NIGERIA NATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE (NHC 2006): VENUE,
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS, 28-29 November 2006

Greetings from the secretariat of the NIGERIA NATIONAL
HEALTH CONFERENCE (NHC) 2006! And thank you for your
numerous comments, enquiries and visits to the
conference website and the secretariat.

As explained in previous postings on this conference,
its major objective is to develop, document and
market/propagate a 21st Century Health Agenda for
Nigeria especially for the period 2007-2011 when a new
government is expected to be in place as a result of
the current political transition which will culminate
in fresh national elections in April 2007.  The
expected Health Agenda will provide an informed focus
for health for the political actors, decision makers
and policy implementers in the country towards
providing ?Better Health for all Nigerians?.

The NHC2006 will hold in the Ladi Kwali Hall of the
Sheraton Hotel and Towers Abuja on 28-29 November
2006, starting 8.00 hours daily (local time). Listed
below are the topics and speakers:

1. The Role of Health in National Development - Dr.
Osita Ogbu, Economic Adviser to President Obasanjo
2. Mobilizing for Maternal and Child Health Services
in Resource-poor Settings: The Yobe State experience -
His Excellency Alhaji (Dr.) Bukar Abba Ibrahim,
Executive Governor, Yobe State of Nigeria
3. Status of Maternal and Child Health Survival in
Nigeria - Prof. F. E. Okonofua, Provost, College of
Medicine University of Benin
4. The Role of Health in National Development:  A
model for community-based control of major chronic and
communicable diseases - Dr. Emmanual Nwokolo, Chief,
Bureau of Cancer Health Care, Primary Care &
Prevention administration, District of Columbia
Department of Health, USA
5. Social Determinants of Health in Nigeria - Dr.
Festus Iyayi, Dept of Business Administration, Faculty
of Social Science, University of Benin
6. Achieving Health MDGs through Health System
Strengthening: The Role of Stakeholders - Andrew
Cassels (to be confirmed), World Health Organisation
(WHO) Geneva
7. Accountability and Responsibility for and in Health
in Nigeria: Status and Way Forward - Prof. Layi
Erinosho, Dept of Sociology, Olabisi Onabajo
University, Agolwoye, Ogun State
8. Democracy, the State and provision of Health Care
in Nigeria - Dr. Waziri Abubakar, Dept. of History
University of Abuja
9. Mobilizing and Managing Human Resources for Health
in Nigeria - Dr. Lola Dare, CHESTRAD/ACOSHED
10. Financing Health Care in Nigeria - Kenneth Ojo,
Fundex International Nigeria Ltd
11. Producing and Managing Health Technology,
Materials and Supplies in Nigeria - Prof Lawal
Alhassan Bichi, Professor of Pharmacology, Bayero
University Kano
12. Achieving Universal Health Services Package: The
Ondo State experience - His Excellency, Dr. Olusegun
Agagu, Executive Governor of Ondo State
13. Mobilizing for Diseases Control in Resource-poor
Settings: the case of HIV/AIDS in Cross River State? -
His Excellency, Mr. Donald Duke, Executive Governor of
Cross River State
14. Towards a More Efficient Health Services Delivery
in Nigeria: Re-examining the Roles and
Responsibilities of PHCs, Local Government Authorities
and Host Communities - Dr. Halimat Adamu, retired
Consultant Physician 
15. Strengthening Health Systems Research to allow
learning from operation to be fed into programming at
peripheral levels - Prof Oruamabo, University of Port
Harcourt
16. Improving Access and Coverage in Strengthening
Health System: Referral and PPP - Dr. Joy Phumaphi (to
be confirmed), WHO ? Geneva

Additionally, unsolicited but relevant contributions
received from several other authors will be included
in the conference book and CD-ROM for distribution to
all stakeholders and interested persons worldwide; at
costs that will be communicated later.

We invite you to play a role in setting Nigeria?s 21st
Century Health Agenda, and ensure ?Better Health for
All Nigerians?.

Obtain additional information at the conference
website www.nhc2006.org. Email all enquiries to Dr.
Ibrahim Oloriegbe, Executive Secretary HERFON/Chairman
NHC2006 Management Team ioloriegbe@nhc2006.org,
oloridoc@yahoo.com, and or call 234(0)94618496,
234(0)8033581695 (DL)


See you in Abuja!

Better Health, 

Uzo?

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Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
Secretary, National Steering Committee
NHC2006 
HERFON Building, 10 Sakono Street, Opposite AP Plaza,
Email: uzoadirieje@nhc2006.org, uaadirieje@yahoo.com
Website: www.nhc2006.org