24 April 2015, India Habitat Centre (Maple), New Delhi

 

10:45 –11 am Registration&tea/ coffee*  

 

11:00 –11:05 Welcome remarks Dr Rajat Kathuria Director & CE, ICRIER, New Delhi  

 

11:05 – 11:20 Inaugural address 

Dr David Bloom,Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography,Harvard School of Public Heath, USA  

 

11:20 – 11:30 Keynote address 

Dr Anindya Chatterjee, Regional Director (Asia), IDRC, New Delhi 

 

 

11:30 – 11:45 Challenges in primary prevention of chronic diseases

Mr Ali Mehdi Project Leader, Health Policy Initiative, ICRIER  

 

11:45 – 12:00 Chronic disease surveillance and statistics

Dr Udaya Mishra Associate Professor, CDS, Trivandrum

 

 

12:00 – 1:00 DISCUSSION: How do we develop a primary health care system which can effectively deal with chronic conditions?

 

 

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

 

 

2:00 – 03:00 DISCUSSION: What sort of questions should we ask various stakeholdersduring national and international field research?

 

 

3:00 pm Vote of thanks Mr Ali Mehdi