Royal College of Physicians Global health: current issues, future trends and foreign policyTuesday 29 April 2008 At the Royal College of Physicians,11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 

This conference will explore the growing UK debate on global health, with updates on communicable and chronic disease.  Coming after the publication in 2007 of Lord Crisp’s “Global health partnerships” and Sir Liam Donaldson’s “Health is global: proposals for a government-wide strategy”, the conference will discuss their impact and the latest Government initiatives. Drawing together experts from the clinical and policy worlds, it will examine the role the UK has to play through the prism of its foreign policy. The conference will offer an opportunity for people from different fields to interact in lively and informative debate.

I want to book my place  Organising committee:·         Professor Rifat Atun, Director, Centre for Health Management, Imperial College London·         Dr Nick Banatvala, Head of Global Health, Department of Health·         Dr Mary Black, International Adviser, Royal College of Physicians·         Dr Michael Borowitz, Senior Health Advisor and Senior Governance Advisor, Department for International Development·         Dr Richard Horton, Editor, The Lancet ·         Caroline Hyde-Price, Head of International Office, Health Protection Agency·         Dr Michael Pelly, Associate International Director, Royal College of Physicians (Conference organiser)  Audience: Physicians, healthcare personnel, public health specialists, policy makers, political lobbyists, supranational organisations and NGOs.  For the full programme visit the website