H I P P R O G R A M

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM
COUNTRIES OF INDEPENDENT STATES
(REPUBLICS OF FORMER SOVIET UNION)

Delegates

Armenia

Mr. Derenik Dumanian - Director, National Institute of Health, MOH
Mr. Edward Ordian - Dean, School for Civil Administration

Azerbaijan

Ms. Marina Kerimova - Chair of Food Hygiene

Belarus

Mr. Robert Chastnoych - Director, Belarus Center of Medical Technologies, MOH
Ms. Valentina Drobyshevskaya - Associate Professor, International Institute of Labor and Social Relations

Georgia

Mr. Tamar Lobjanidze - Deputy Head of the Social Health Department, MOH
Ms. Shota Davitashvili - Social Issues Consultant, President's Administration

Kazakhstan

Mr. Serikbol Musinov - Deputy Director, School of Public Health
Mr. Liazat Djeksebaeva - Assistant Professor, Kazakh State Management Academy

Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Madamin Karataev - Coordinator, Health Reform Project, MOH
Mr. Almaz Nasyrov - Assistant Professor, Academy for Business and Management
Ms. Dinara Djoldosheva Kyrgyz - World Bank Resident Mission

Moldova

Mr. Victor Volovel - Director, Department of Health Reform, MOH
Ms. Tamara Gavrilenko - Assistant Professor, Academy of Economics

Mongolia

Mr. Gombordorjiin Tsetesgdari - Expert on Health Policy, MOH
Mr. Dandar Batmunh - Specialist, Department of Labor and Employment, Ministry of Population and Labor

Russia

Ms. Yulia Mikhailova - Research Fellow "Medsocialeconominform"
Ms. Galina Skvirskaya - Head, Department of Quality Control, MOH
Ms. Elena Ponomarenko - Associate Professor, Russian Academy for Civil Servants
Ms. Irina Alekseeva - Associate Professor, Russian Academy for Civil Servants
Ms. Svetlana Kadomtseva - Professor, Russian Academy for Civil Servants
Ms. Evgenia Sorokina - Associate Professor, Social Academy

Tajikistan

Ms. Karim Gafarov - Chief of Reforms of Administration and Health Strategy, MOH
Ms. Aimajan Anvarov - Chair of Social Hygiene and Organization of Health Care, State Medical University

Turkmenistan

Ms. Alma Ataeva - SPRITE Team Member
Ms. Marat Gulimuradov - Department Head of Planning of Financial Department of MOH
Ukraine

Mr. Vladimir Timofeev - Chief of Department of Analysis of social processes and humanitarian policy, Secretariat of the Parliament of Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Mr. Rakhmat Abdukarimov - Head, Division for Science Administration and New Technologies, MOH
Ms. Matliuba Khakimova - Chair of Macroeconomics, Tashkent, Finance Institute


Ms. Jo Hindriks, SPRITE Activity Coordinator, World Bank and Ms. Patricia Dunn Erickson, International Affairs Directorate, Health Canada, will be accompanying the group.

Wednesday, December 2
3:36 p.m. Arrive Ottawa
Patricia Dunn Erickson will greet delegates at the airport and accompany them to The Lord Elgin Hotel
Thursday, December 3
8:55 a.m. Patricia Dunn Erickson will meet the delegation at the main entrance of The Lord Elgin Hotel and escort them to the meeting location, Laurier Room, Lord Elgin Hotel.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion with Officials of Health Canada on the Canadian health care system. Overview of the Canadian health care system; roles and responsibilities, structure of system; financing,; health expenditures, policy directions and priorities.
Participants:
Patricia Dunn Erickson, Director, International Information Division, International Affairs Directorate
Dr. Bruce Davis, Director, Health Insurance Division

12:00 p.m. Lunch at The Lord Elgin Hotel
Delegation will divide into two separate groups in the afternoon
2:00 p.m. Community Care Access Centre for Ottawa-Carleton
Laurier Room, The Lord Elgin Hotel
Ms. Judy Threinen, Director, Client Services
Ms. Line Delorme, Case Manager


2:00 p.m. Elizabeth Bruyère Centre
Contact: Ms. Lorraine Nault, General Administration and Public Relations
Mr. Michel Bilodeau, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Pierre Soucie, Vice-President, Professional and Academic Affairs
Ms. Ruth Boulianne, Vice-President, Long-Term Care
Ms. Jennifer Brunet-Colvey, Vice-President of Public Relations and Executive Director of the Foundation

7:00 p.m. Reception hosted by Health Canada
Château Laurier Hotel
Friday, December 4
8:30 a.m. Patricia Dunn Erickson will meet the delegation in the main lobby of the Lord Elgin Hotel and escort them to the meeting location.
All meetings will be held at the following location:
Boardroom 0115-C (Lower Level)
Brooke Claxton Building, Tunney's Pasture
9:00 a.m Health Promotion and Programs Branch, Population Health, Health Canada
Ms. Kathy Stewart, Director, Policy Development and Coordination Division, Health Promotion and Programs Branch
Ms. Jane Boswell-Purdy, Policy Analyst, Major Projects Directorate, Health Promotion and Programs Branch

10:30 a.m.

Smart System for Health - Canadian Experience
Mr. Andrew Wyszkowski and Mr. Steve Russell, RMC Resources Management Consultants Ltd.

12:00 p.m. Lunch hosted by Health Canada
2:00 p.m. Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation - Overview of Operations
Mrs. Elma Heidemann, Executive Director

3:00 p.m. Canadian Medical Association - Overview of Operations/Certification of Physicians
Mr. Owen Adams, Director, Research Directorate
Evening Travel to Toronto
Accompanied by Ms. Jo Hindriks, SPRITE Activity Coordinator, World, Mr. Andrew Wyszkowski and Mr. Steve Russell, RMC Resources Management Consultants Ltd.

Saturday, December 5 Visit to Niagara Falls
5:30 p.m. BBQ hosted by Mr. Walter Kudryk, President, RMC Resources Management Consultants Ltd.
Sunday, December 6 Rest day and Tour of Toronto
Monday, December 7
9:30 a.m. Ontario Ministry of Health - Overview of Ontario's Health Care System and Health Reform Strategies
Mr. Bill Kennedy, Consultant, Health Systems Performance Unit

10:15 a.m. Hospital Programs, Operations and Restructuring Initiatives
Mr. Paul Barker, Director, Institutional Health Division
11:00 a.m. Drug Programs
Ms. Lesia Babiak, Associate Director, Drug Programs Branch
11:45 a.m. Overview of Health Care Financing
Ms. Helen Harper, Director, Fiscal Strategies
12:30 p.m. Lunch hosted by Ms. Cathy Layton, Ontario International Trade Corporation (OITC), Government of Ontario
1:15 p.m. Mount Sinai Hospital - Brief Tour of Hospital
Dr. David Zakus, Director, International Affairs
2:00 p.m. University of Toronto - Department of Health Administration
Health Policy and Financing
Dr. Raisa Deber
3:15 p.m. Adjournment
3:30 p.m. Ontario Health Services Restructuring Commission
Overview of restructuring of health care system in Ontario
Dr. Peggy Leatt, Chief Executive Officer

4:30 p.m. Travel to Ottawa following last meeting
Staying at The Lord Elgin Hotel

Tuesday, December 8
9:45 a.m. Patricia Dunn Erickson will meet the delegation at the hotel and accompany them to the airport.
12:00 p.m. Depart for Washington


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