Day 1
Wednesday, July 19th
8:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00AM
Opening
Speaker: Victor Dzau, NASEM
9:30 AM
Setting the Stage Strengthening PHC Around the Globe and in the US
Astana and the National Academic of Science and Medicine (NASEM) Reports
Speaker: Atul Gawande, USAID
10:00 AM
Paying Differently for PHC: Applying lessons learned to improve health
Speaker: Liz Fowler, CMMI
10:30 AM
Panel: Promoting Health Equity by investing in PHC
Panelists: Jim Macrae, HRSA
Roman Macaya, Costa Rica
Purva Rawal, US CMMI
Facilitator: Chris Koller, Milbank Memorial Fund
11:25 AM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Keynote: HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care
Speaker/Facilitator: Admiral Rachel Levine
1:30 PM
Panel: Addressing the Crisis of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder and the role of PHC
Panelists:
Rachel Pryor, HHS ; Traci Solt, VA; Brenda Reiss-Brennan, Intermountain Health; John Naslund, Harvard
Facilitator: Ben Miller, Wellbeing
2:15 PM
Panel: Strengthening the connection between Primary Care and Public Health
Panelists: Freddy Chen, AMA
Salman Rawaf, Imperial
Laura Parajon, DOH, New Mexico
Salim Hussein , Kenya
Facilitator: Karen Hacker, CDC
3:10 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Panel: Health Security and PHC Strategy
Panelists: Ian Williams, CDC
Diana Frymus, USAID
Nedret Emiroglu, WHO Europe
Chile Health Minister, PAHO pending
Facilitator: Herbert Wolfe, DHS
4:20 PM
Keynote (video): The Essential Role of PHC for Health Security and Securing
Speaker: Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO
4:30 PM
Day One take-aways: Challenges of strengthening PHC in the US and globally US taking major step toward PHC to strengthen health security and secure health
Plus: Details about Canadian Embassy reception
Speaker/Facilitator: Deb Cohen and Lauren Hughes
5:30 PM
Reception Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 3rd floor
Washington, DC 20001
Panel: Building the Workforce Foundation of High Quality Primary Care
Panelists: Danielle Martin, University of Toronto
Björg Pálsdóttir, Training for Health Equity Network
Zahray Talib, California University of Science and Medicine
Facilitator: Warren Newton, American Board of Family Medicine
Day 2
Thursday, July 20th
8:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome and Recap of Day 1
Host: Bob Phillips
9:15 AM
Keynote 1: Investment, Innovation, and Implementation of PHC for Improved Health Systems Resiliency and Outcomes in the Americas
Speaker: Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO
9:45 AM
Keynote: Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care: Preventing and Mitigating the Next Pandemic
Speaker: Tom Frieden, RTSL
10:15 AM
Panel: Pandemic Resilience
Panelists: Michael Kidd, Australia
Manuela Uribe, World Bank
10:35 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Panel: Progress and Challenges with PC/PHC Measurement
Panelists: Diana Frymus, USAID
Suraya Dalil, WHO
Judith Steinberg, HHS
Corrine Lewis, Commonwealth
Facilitator: Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs
11:50 AM
Panel: Research – Assessing the Power of PHC
Panelists: Luke Allen, London School for Hygiene
Rick Glazier, ISPCHR
Laura Sessums, AHRQ
Bob Mash, South Africa PRIMAFED
Facilitator: Kurt Stange, Case Western
12:30 PM
Lunch
1:35 PM
Panel: Increasing Sustainable Investment in PHC and Health Systems Around the world
Cicely Thomas, GFF/World Bank
Anna Stavdal, WONCA
Harsh Bakshi, State Health System Resource Centre-Gujarat, India
Loyce Pace, HHS OGA
Facilitator: James Fitzgerald, PAHO
2:25 PM
Huddle Task: Description and Break-out Into
Huddle Topics
Facilitator: Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs
2:35 PM
Committing to Smart Collaborations
1. reallocating resources to better leverage PHC
2. measurement and accountability of PHC
3. the next generation PHC workforce
4:00 PM
Huddle Reports
4:10 PM
Closing Keynote
Speaker: Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs
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