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Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting 2008

Theme: 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