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Affordable Solutions: Strengthening Disease Prevention and Detection through Appropriate Technologies. Victor Shi, Asia Pacific President of QIAGEN, underscores the economic case for utilizing new diagnostic technologies to drastically reduce disease and maximize country resources.

Health Technology Innovation in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities in Turbulent Times. Kenichi Matsumoto, Chairman and CEO, Sakura Global Holding Co. Ltd, discusses critical next steps for the health-related private sector in Japan, as the Japanese government, faced with a rapidly aging population, strives to reduce healthcare costs.

Improving Nutrition: Early Childhood Development and Mobile Health. Experts from World Vision International discuss the importance of early childhood nutrition and recent developments in mobile technologies that may provide powerful solutions for undernutrition.

Relief Efforts in Japan One Year Later: Reflections and Lessons Learned. Sumie Ishii, Managing Director, JOICFP discusses the acute health needs that women faced, and continue to face, following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Improving the Diagnostic Ecosystem: A Critical Step in Controlling the TB Epidemic in India and Globally. Madhukar Pai (McGill University) discusses TB prevention efforts in India, focusing on TB diagnostic technology and the current barriers its adoption.

A Catalyst for Action

Pacific Health Summit

London, UK June 12-14, 2012

The goal of the Pacific Health Summit is to connect science, industry, and policy for a healthier world. Every June we convene top decisionmakers in science, policy, industry, medicine, and public health to discuss how to realize the dream of a healthier future through the effective utilization of scientific advances combined with industrial innovation and appropriate policies. Each year, we focus our discussion on an issue of critical importance: vaccines in 2011, maternal and newborn health in 2010, multidrug resistant tuberculosis in 2009, malnutrition in 2008, and pandemic influenza in 2007.

In 2012 the Summit will take place in London, and our theme will be “Affordability and Technologies for Health.” For more information on 2012 and past Summit themes, please visit our Theme page.

The Summit is a year-round process. In addition to the June meeting, the Summit provides an ongoing forum for world leaders to improve health by working together to grapple with problems and solutions, share best practices, and forge effective collaborations.

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