Health policy for the 21st century
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Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) invite you to contribute to a
discussion on:
'Health Policy for the 21st Century: Issues to consider'
You can take part by attending a lunchtime discussion and/or contribut-
ing to an e-mail discussion.
Lunchtime discussion on:
12.00 - 2.30 p.m.
20 July 1998
Speaker: Gill Walt, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Moderator: Richard Smith*, Editor, British Medical Journal (*requested)
at Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG)
Farringdon Point
29-35 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JB, UK
Tel: +44-171-242-0606
Fax: +44-171-242-0041
If you would like to attend, please contact Helen Watson at the above
address, or email: <watson.h@ahrtag.org>
If you would like to join in the e-mail discussion, see the end of this
message for details of how to subscribe. On 20 July 1977, AHRTAG (Ap-
propriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group) was incorpo-
rated with the aim of promoting health education by collecting and dis-
seminating information on solutions to health and development problems
and providing technical support to those involved in health and commu-
nity development programmes throughout the world. Primary health care
was the key issue of the time, as leading experts prepared for the
landmark Alma-Ata conference the following year which was to set the
direction for much of the thinking on health policy for more than a
decade.
Times have changed. Policies and strategies have changed. The actors
involved in the health policy debate have changed. Even the terms we
now use to describe the issues have changed. Reflecting that change, on
20 July 1998, AHRTAG is officially changing its name, on its 21st anni-
versary, to Healthlink Worldwide.
To celebrate the new name, Healthlink Worldwide is hosting a lunchtime
discussion around key issues in health policy for the 21st century.
It's a timely debate, as the following day, Gro Harlem Brundtland takes
over as Director-General of the World Health Organisation. One of the
questions to consider is what role will WHO play in future health pol-
icy?
For those people unable to attend the lunchtime discussion, we have set
up an e-mail discussion group to enable questions and comments to be
fed in from around the world. To subscribe to the discussion group,
send an e-mail to:
listserv@ahrtag.org
Leave the subject line blank and type the following text as the mes-
sage:
SUBSCRIBE POLICY
We look forward to your participation.
Regards,
Victoria Richardson
mailto:richardson.v@ahrtag.org
Information Systems Officer
AHRTAG (Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group)
Farringdon Point
29-35 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JB, UK
Tel: +44-171-242-0606
Fax: +44-171-242-0041
mailto:info@ahrtag.org
http://www.ahrtag.org
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