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Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting 2008

Communication mastsTheme: e-health

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 18 May

The meeting explored the challenges and opportunities of e-health technology in the Commonwealth, focussing on a range of e-health applications, the ethical, legal and infrastructural challenges faced when introducing e-health, and the financial and intellectual property issues that must be considered prior to the introduction of new information technologies.

The meeting was attended by the Commonwealth’s 53 Ministers of Health, senior health officials and global and regional health partners and Archbishop Desmond Tutu who delivered the keynote address.

Documents

  Report of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) 2008
  Statement by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma
  CHMM 2008 Chair's Statement - 18 May 2008
  Aide Memoire
  Provisional Agenda
  Provisional Programme
  HMM(G)(08) 3 - E-Health For Developing Countries: Affordable Strategies
  HMM(G)(08) 4 - Global E-Health Developments: Fiscal; Legal; Infrastructural and Ethical Challenges
  HMM(G)(08) 5 - E-Health: The Human Resources Implications
  HMM(G)(08) 6 - A survey of E-Health initiatives across the Commonwealth
  HMM(G)(08) 7 - e-Health in the Commonwealth Private Sector Perspectives
  HMM(G)(08)INF1 - Report of the Commonwealth Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery