Generating knowledge for health; the post 2015 challenge
Date: Wednesday – Thursday 26 – 27 March 2014
Location: Royal Society Of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
With only one year to the deadline for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) debates on the post-2015 agenda are taking centre stage; especially how it can be linked with the proposed Sustainable Development Goals. The proposals for the post-2015 agenda include having one overarching ‘health goal’ possibly encompassing universal health coverage. The main aim is to eradicate extreme poverty, reduce social inequalities, and improve governance, while also considering how to ‘slow the alarming pace of climate change and environmental degradation which pose unprecedented threats to humanity. This 2 day conference will address the challenges of generating and implementing research evidence for the post 2015 development agenda encompassing both health care delivery and strategies to link health and sustainability.
