Programme at a Glance
| 12 & 13 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| Meeting of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Health (CACH) | |||||
| 12 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| 16.00 | Meeting of the Executive of the Commonwealth Medical Association | ||||
| 13 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| 09.00 | General Assembly of the Commonwealth Medical Association | ||||
| 20.00 | Dinner Hosted by the Honorable Minister of Health, Sri Lanka | ||||
| 14 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| 09.00 | Commonwealth Healthcare Business and Investment Forum | ||||
| 18.30 | Conference Inauguration | ||||
| 15 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |||
| 08.30 | Opening Plenary Symposium on Digital Health for Health and Wellbeing | ||||
| 10.00 | Tea | ||||
| 10.30 | Symposium on The Commonwealth Health Hub | Symposium on Clinical Pharmacists – Essential Partners or Optional Extras? | Symposium on Measurement and Accountability for Health Results | ||
| 12.00 | Lunch and Poster Sessions | ||||
| 13.00 | Keynote Address “Commonwealth for the common good - the role of NMAs for NCDs : lessons from the Nirogi Lanka Project” |
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| 13.45 | Symposium on the Burden of Disease in the Commonwealth. | Symposium on Anti-Microbial Resistance: Stronger Together – a Multidisciplinary Approach to a Major Global Threat | Symposium on Building Resilience to Increasing Risks of Pandemic Threats | ||
| 15.15 | Tea | ||||
| 15.30 | Symposium on Resilient Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage | Access to Medicines: Role of Doctors and Pharmacists |
Symposium on How health professionals can contribute to health and wellbeing through leadership in eHealth | ||
| 17.00 | Symposium on How diaspora can contribute to development of health in home countries | ||||
| 18.00 | Close | ||||
| Commonwealth Digital Health Awards | |||||
| 16 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |||
| 8.30 | Symposium on Globalising the Paradox of Sri Lanka’s Health Achievements – Reducing Maternal Mortality | Symposium on Innovative eHealth Initiatives in the Public Health Sector of Sri Lanka | Symposium on Innovative eHealth Initiatives in Commonwealth Countries | ||
| 10.00 | Tea | ||||
| 10.30 | Symposium on Globalising the Paradox of Sri Lanka’s Health Achievements - Reducing Infant Mortality | Symposium on Nursing Informatics | Symposium on Health Terminology Standards | ||
| 12.00 | Lunch and Poster Sessions | ||||
| 13.00 | Keynote Address “Delivering high quality health care in a low middle income country – the Story of Sri Lanka” |
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| 13.45 | Symposium on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics | Symposium on Nursing Informatics | Symposium on the Commonwealth's Response to Global Eradication of Polio | ||
| 15.15 | Tea | ||||
| 15.45 | Closing Plenary Symposium on The Commonwealth Digital Health Network | ||||
| 17.15 | Announcement of the Colombo Declaration and Close of Conference | ||||
| 15 & 16 OCTOBER 2016: SATELLITE MEETINGS | |||||
| SATELLITE MEETING ON RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ETHICS | |||||
| SATELLITE MEETING ON OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING | |||||
| 15 & 16 OCTOBER 2016: WORKSHOPS | |||||
| OpenMRS Workshop | |||||
| DHIS2 Workshop | |||||