International Seminar on

TACKLING CHRONIC DISEASES IN INDIA

May 23, 2016 (Monday), Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

1630 hours       Registration and High Tea

1700 – 1815       INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome Remarks

Dr Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER

Inaugural Speakers

Dr Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India

Dr R R M L R Siyambalagoda, Additional Secretary (Medical Services), Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Government of Sri Lanka

Dr Samir Sodha, Resident Advisor, India Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), India Office

Mr Nitin Goel, Managing Director (South Asia), IMS Health

Mr Aman Gupta, Country Representative (India), Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)

Discussion / Tea break

1815 – 1930       PRESENTATION SESSION

Session Chair

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

Presentation 1

Prevention of chronic diseases: Reorienting primary health systems in India

Dr Ali Mehdi, Project Leader, Health Policy Initiative, ICRIER [Download Presentation]

Presentation 2

Surveillance of chronic diseases: Challenges and strategies for India

Dr Udaya Mishra and Dr Irudaya Rajan, Professors, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 
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Discussion

1930 onwards        Mocktails and Dinner