Subject: Fw: WHA Side Event Invitation: Putting Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions at the Heart of UHC
From: Ekaterine Khositashvili <[email-masked]>
To: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 17:00:12 +0000

From: Geomission Geneva

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To: Victor Dolidze; Ekaterine Khositashvili

Subject: FW: WHA Side Event Invitation: Putting Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions at the Heart of UHC

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Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:11 PM

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Subject: WHA Side Event Invitation: Putting Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions at the Heart of UHC

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Dr. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director General, Nigerian Food and Drug Administration and Control

Dr. Svetlana Axelrod, Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health
Organization

Ambassador Aviva Raz Shechter, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations and other International
Organizations

Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization

Iris Beck-Codner, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, Teva Pharmaceuticals LTD

Katie Dain, CEO, NCD Alliance

Caroline Muthoni Mate, Founder, The Cancer Café

Dr. Rachel Nugent, Vice President, Global Noncommunicable Diseases, RTI International

Jan-Willem Scheijgrond, Vice-President; Global Head, Government and Public Affairs, Royal Philips

Dr. Cees Smit, Patient Advocate, European Patient Forum

DESCRIPTION

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) provides the promise of better-quality health care for more people around the world, regardless of their ability to pay. Increasingly, patients are suffering
from multiple chronic conditions (MCC)– sometimes two conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, or cancer and HIV, but also three or even four comorbidities. Currently, one out of every three adults globally lives with one or more chronic conditions.
Likewise, providers, health workers, and family caregivers struggle to meet the needs across the care continuum of these patients with multiple chronic conditions. MCCs also place a significant strain on the health system and patient resources, with costs
doubling with each subsequent chronic illness. While the implications for UHC have been discussed on a global and national level, there have been fewer conversation on what it means for patients.

This panel unpacks how UHC can be realized for patients with multiple chronic conditions and the challenges posed to providers and health systems. It will examine existing tools and resources
such as generic medicines, lower-cost devices and enhanced technology to better coordinate care around the patient and facilitate better prevention, diagnosis, and adherence to care by patients with multiple chronic conditions. The panel will also explore
needed partnerships and mechanisms to support patients within the framework of UHC.

Monday 20 May

07:30 - 09:30

Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva

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