PHA-Exchange> Law and Medicine Join Forces to address urgent global challenges!

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> The Convergence of Health and Law:
>   International Perspectives
> 
> TORONTO. Health interventions are a necessary part of improving global 
> health. Equally important, however, is the legal context in which they 
> operate. This is true at the local, national and international level. 
> From May 7th to May 8th The Convergence of Health and Law: 
> International Perspectives conference, at the University of Toronto, 
> explores the many and different ways that health and legal strategies 
> converge to improve the lives of individuals and populations worldwide.
> 
> The right to health guarantees that all health-related goods, services 
> and programs are of good quality, available in sufficient quantity, 
> accessible without discrimination, respectful of medical ethics and 
> culturally appropriate. These four elements represent the nexus of 
> convergence between health and legal actors, and the opportunity for 
> law to serve as a tool for global health. This conference will explore 
> the convergence of health and law through a discussion of critical 
> international health issues including the Fair Distribution of and 
> Access to Medications • Corporate Responsibility for International 
> Health • Inequitable Health Disparities and Marginalized Populations • 
> The Social Determinants of Health and the Right to Health.
> This event is presented by The Centre for International Health, Faculty 
> of Medicine, University of Toronto in Collaboration with The Faculty of 
> Law, University of Toronto.
> The Convergence of Health and Law
> International Perspectives
> May 7 &8, 2007
> MacLeod Auditorium, 1 King’s College Circle
> Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
> Discipline Convergences - An exhibition in the Stone Lobby opens on May 
> 7 at 5:30.
>   An Exploration of the Boundaries between Science and Art as Global 
> Languages.
> 
> Vincent Lam (2006 Giller Prize winner) will open the conference on May 7 at 
> 7pm
> Keynote Address
> May 8, 2007 at 8:00 am
> MacLeod Auditorium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
> The John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health will be given by
> Rebecca Cook
> Chair in International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law
> Bernard Dickens
> Dr. William M. Scholl Professor Emeritus of Health Law and Policy, 
> Faculty of Law
> cross-appointed to the Faculty of Medicine and Joint Centre for 
> Bioethics
> Introductory Comments by John Evans, Chair, MaRs Discovery District
> Registration from www.uofttix.ca or 416-978-8849
> $75 General admission and $20 for students/seniors
> For More Information Contact: Judy Kopelow at j.kopelow at sympatico.ca or 
> 416-946-7962 or see http://intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca
> 


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