“Tore Godal and the Evolution of Global Health” is an interconnected history of the evolution of global health in the decades before 2019, told through the prism of six decisive moments in which individuals from the World Health Organization (WHO), philanthropic foundations, academia and bilateral agencies came together to shape the world.
These critical junctures are accessed via the life and work of Norwegian immunologist Tore Godal, one of the most influential health physicians of all time. Godal’s career over the past 50 years offers a window into the profound events that have shaped the health and well-being of millions across the globe.
This book is included in the Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and will be published on August 4 by Routledge (www.routledge.com/9781032426983).
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Program
Master of Ceremony: Eivind Engebretsen, Professor, University of Oslo
| 11:00 | Opening | Eivind Engebretsen, Professor, University of Oslo |
| 11:03-11:10 | Welcoming Remarks | Hanne Flinstad Harbo, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo |
| 11:10-11:35 |
Fireside Conversation #1: |
Conrad Keating, Book Author Tore Godal, Special Advisor Global Health, Ministry of Health and Care Services Moderator: Anne Bergh, Secretary-General Norwegian Red Cross |
| 11:35-11:50 | Remarks and Votes of Appreciation |
Bjørg Sandkjær, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ellen Rønning-Arnesen, State Secretary, Ministry of Health and Care Services |
| 11:50-12:20 | Fireside Conversation #2: “Global Challenges - Learning from the past and looking ahead” |
Cathrine Lofthus, Secretary General, Ministry of Health and Care Services John-Arne Røttingen, Global Health Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director-General, Norad Helga Fogstad, Executive Director of PMNCH Moderator: Paul Fife, Head of Global Health, Norad |
| 12:20-12:30 | Summing-up | Tore Godal |
| 12:30 | Mingling & Light Lunch |
Conrad Keating is the Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. He works on the social history of medicine and the history of science and was previously the Writer-in-Residence at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford.
This event is coordinated by the Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT) at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.