17.00-19.00
Inaugural session

- Welcome address by Dr. Sarath Samarage

- Brief introduction to AAAH by Ms Cha-aim Pachanee, AAAH Secretariat

Keynote speeches

- Dr. Erica Wheeler
Global Health Workforce

- Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert
Chair of the AAAH Steering Committee

- Professor Lalitha Mendis
President , Sri Lanka Medical Association

- Dr. Agostino Borra
WHO Representative to Sri Lanka

Address by the Chief Guest

- Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva
Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition, Sri Lanka

9.00-9.30

Introduction

Moderator:

Dr. Sarath Samarage, Sri Lanka
Ms. Chris Kurian, PHFI

9.30-11.00

(90 minutes)

Plenary 1:

Globalisation and HRH

Chair: Mr. Nasimul Goni

Speakers :

1. Globalisation and HRH.ppt
Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert

2. Global perspective of HRH.ppt
Dr. Gulin Gedik, WHO

3. Regional perspective of HRH
- WHO/SEARO (Dr. Thushara Fernando).ppt
- WPRO/WPRO (Dr. E Nukuro).ppt

11.30-12.30

(60 minutes)

Plenary 2:

Global governance and HRH

Chair: Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert

Speakers:

1. Dr. Ezekiel Nukoro (WHO/WPRO).ppt

2. Dr. Erica Wheeler (GHWA).ppt

3. Dr. Piya Hanvoravongchai (AAAH).ppt

13.30-15.00

(90 minutes)

Plenary 3:

Public sector reform, Privatisation and Decentralisation

Chair: Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Speakers:

1. The Study on Mobilising of Rural Health Workers in China.ppt

The Study on Mobilising of Rural Health Workers in China.doc
By Li Qi (Health Human Resources Development Center, Ministry of Health,)

2. Indonesia- Health Workers in the Country Borders.ppt
By Center for Planning and Management of Human Resources for Health, Ministry of Health Indonesia

3. Scholarship Scheme in Physician Production: Case of Government-Private Sector-Partnership in Nepal.ppt
- Scholarship Scheme in Physician Production: Case of Government-Private Sector-Partnership in Nepal.doc
By Dr Babu Ram Marasini, Senior Health Administrator Health Reform Section Ministry of Health & Population

4. The Papua New Guinea Experience - Public Sector Reform Strategy (PSRS).ppt
By Mary Roroi, Ministry of Health, PNG

5. Developing District Health Action Plan in Rajasthan.ppt
- Developing District Health Action Plan in Rajasthan.doc
By Dr. Shiv C. Mathur, Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine, India

15.30-16.30

(60 minutes)

Breakout discussion [4 groups]

1. Global governance and HRH

Facilitator Group 1: Dr. Sutayut Orarnprasop

Facilitator Group 2: Prof Marilyn Lorenzo

1. Public sector reform, Privatisation and Decentralisation

Facilitator Group 1: Dr. Abdurrachman

Facilitator Group 2: Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien

16.30-17.00

(30 minutes)

Report back

Moderator: Dr. Viroj Tancharoensathien

17.00-18.30
(90 minutes)

AAAH Updates

Moderator : AAAH Secretariat

- Report from the 2^nd AAAH conference.pdf by Mr. Ding Yang, China

- Report on the HRH review in the Asia Pacific Region.ppt by Mr. Ding Yang, China

- Country updates by AAAH member countries

8.30-10.00

Plenary 4:

Epidemiological & Demographic Transition: Coping with new challenges

Chair: Dr. Thushara Fernando

Speakers:

1. ‘The role of health workforce in disease control in Sri Lanka’.ppt

By Dr. A. Pubudu de Silva, Sri Lanka

2. New Burden of Disease in Indonesia: “New” Challenges.pptx
- Indonesia: New Burden of Disease in Indonesia: “New” Challenges.doc

By Mary S. Maryam, Center for Planning and Management of Human Resources for Health (CPMHRH), Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.

3. World Bank : Globalization of Natural Disasters and Its Implication of Health Care Services: Case Study of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.ppt
- World Bank : Globalization of Natural Disasters and Its Implication of Health Care Services: Case Study of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.doc

By Sutayut Osornprasop, Human Development Program Specialist, World Bank

4. AIDS epidemic and its implication on health workers in Thailand.ppt

By Thidaporn Jirawattanapisal, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

10.30-12.00

Plenary 5:

Trade in Health Services and Migration of Health Workers

Chair : Prof Marilyn Lorenzo

Speakers :

1. Thailand: Physician mobility: How long did doctors stay in rural area?.ppt
- Thailand: Physician mobility: How long did doctors stay in rural area?.doc

By Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Thailand

2. India: Impact Of Medical Tourism On The Workforce And Health System in India.ppt
- India: Impact Of Medical Tourism On The Workforce And Health System in India.doc

By Dr. Indrajit Hazarika

3. Sri Lanka:Impact of migration on the medical workforce in Sri Lanka.ppt
- Sri Lanka: Impact of migration on the medical workforce in Sri Lanka.doc

By NR De Silva, Medical Education Center, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Kelaniya, P.O. Box 6 Ragama

4. Migration management in the Philippines.ppt

- Migration management in the Philippines.pdf

by Jennifer De la Rosa, Philippines

13.00-14.30

Plenary 6:

Training and Education of Health Workers

Chair: Prof. Lalitha Mendis

Speakers:

1. HRH education & training.ppt

By Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien,
Director of International Health Policy Programme, Thailand

2. Bangladesh : Current situation of nurses and paramedics in Bangladesh.ppt

By Dr. Manirul Islam Khan, Md. Moshiur Rahman2, Priyakamon Khan, Dr. Khaled Shamsul Islam, Bangladesh

3. Sri Lanka : Development of a Disaster Management Course for Healthcare Workers in Sri Lanka.pptx

- Sri Lanka : Development of a Disaster Management Course for Healthcare Workers in Sri Lanka.doc
By Karunathilaka IK, Olupeliyawa A, Ranasinghe P, Wickramasinghe SA, Galappaththi HKA3, Sri Lanka

4. Training and education of health workforce in the Pacific Island countries.ppt

By Dr. Lepani Waqatakirewa, Fiji

14.30-16.00

Plenary 7:

Globalisation, Social Change and Health

Chair: Dr. Kongsap Akkhavong

Speakers:

1. Globalization and Social change: challenges facing health workers in Sri Lanka.ppt

By Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka)

2. Thailand: Discrete Choice Experiment to elicit Job preference of newly graduated nurses.ppt
- Thailand: Discrete Choice Experiment to elicit Job preference of newly graduated nurses.doc

By Nonglak Pagaiya, Thinakorn Noree, Viroj Tangcharoensathian, and Chotiros Laongbua, The International Health Policy Program, MOPH, Thailand

3. Globalisation, social change and India’s elderly: some debates from equity and health.ppt
- Globalisation, social change and India’s elderly: some debates from equity and health.doc

By Nandita Bhan, PHFI India

16.30-17.30

Breakout discussion (4 groups)

1. Epidemiological & Demographic Transition: Coping with new challenges

Facilitator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kongsap Akkhavong

2. Trade in Health Services and Migration of Health Workers

Facilitator: Dr. S C Mathur

3. Training and Education of Health Workers-

Facilitator: Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo

4. Globalisation Social Change and Health-

Facilitator: Dr. Piya Hanvoravongchai

17.30-18.00

Report back from breakout discussion

Moderator: Dr. Sarath Samarage / Sri Lanka

8.30-9.30

Related HRH development

Chair: Dr. Lepani Waqatakirewa

Speaker:

- GHWA and global HRH by Dr. Erica Wheeler.ppt

9.30-10.30

Conclusion and Recommendations from the conference.pdf

Moderator : Sri Lanka

11.00-13.00

The way forward

Moderator: AAAH secretariat

- AAAH Workplan

- Fourth AAAH Conference

13.00

Closing