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Date: November 23, 2004 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (reception from 5:00 pm – 5:30
pm; seminar begins at 5:30 pm)
Venue: Seminar Room 3, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine
Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Abstract:
Situating Swiss population health with one of the highest life
expectancies in the international context, Professor Zeltner
will describe the Swiss health system, its specificities and
developments. Who are the main actors and how do they interact?
How has Switzerland managed to achieve universal coverage of
health insurance with a mostly privately run decentralized system?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of such a decentralized
system and of the health insurance system? Switzerland having
the second highest per capita health expenditures in the world,
what measures are discussed to control the costs? How did Switzerland
come to the forefront in drugs and AIDS policy while remaining
in the back of international developments in tobacco policy?
What further measures are thought in the public health field?
Bio-sketch:
Thomas Zeltner specialized in the fields of human pathology and
forensic medicine after completing his medical studies at the
University of Berne. He also read law at the University of Berne
as a second course of studies. Since 1992, he has been Professor
of Public Health at the Medical Faculty of the University of
Berne.
In 1991 Thomas Zeltner was appointed Director of the Swiss Federal
Office of Public Health by the Swiss Federal Government. Major
challenges during his term of office have included developing a
national drugs policy, strengthening Switzerland's position as
a centre for research and business by modernizing the legislation,
securing a high-quality healthcare system accessible to all and
developing a national health policy. He has represented Switzerland
in the World Health Organization (WHO) where he was a member of
the Executive Board from 2000 to 2002. In 2000, as chairman of
a committee of independent experts, he produced a report on the
attempts of multinational tobacco companies to influence the WHO.
Registration:
For registration and enquiries, please call Ms Maggie Cheuk at
2819-2841 or email mhrn@hkusua.hku.hk
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