Symposium Symposium Speakers: Professor Bettina Borisch CEO, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). Professor, Institute for Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Topic: “Policy and Priorities for Ensuring Equity of Access to Primary Health Care in Rural and Remote Areas” Professor Amanda Howe President World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) 2016-2018. Professor of Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. United Kingdom. Topic: “Strategies to Recruit and Retain Skilled and Motivated Healthcare Workers in Remote and Under-Served Areas”. Professor Adang Bachtiar Chairman of the Advisory Board, Indonesian Association of Public Health Professionals (Ikatan Ahli Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia/ IAKMI). Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Topic: “Health Promotion Strategies to Address Health Issues among the Indonesian Communities in Isolated and Underserved Areas” Dr. Anung Sugihantono, MKes Director General, Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia Topic: “Government Policy to Ensure Equitable Access of Quality Health Care for Rural and Remote Communities in Indonesia” Professor Jessica D. Gipson Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Topic: “Community Capacity-Building for the Enhancement of Maternal and Child Health in the Under-Served Areas in Low Income Settings. Professor Wongsa Laohasiriwwong Associate Professor, Master of Rural Development Management, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand Vice Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Thailand Topic: “Accessibility to Health Services among Migrant Workers in the Northeast of Thailand Rural Development” Professor Adrian Schoo Professor of Clinical Education, Prideaux Centre for Research in Health Professions Education, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE). Topic: “Systems Thinking and Conceptualizing Rural Health Workforce Development with Optimized Access to Sustainable Health Services” Professor Ashir Ahmed Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Director, Global Communication Center, Grameen Communications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Topic: “Portable Health Clinic: A Pervasive Way to Serve the Unreached Community for Preventive Healthcare”. Arry Pongtiku, MD, MHM, PhD Head of Waropen District Health Office, Papua. Chairman of Management Scientists Association in Papua. Vice chair for Traditional/ Complementary Medicine in Papua. Researcher, Author, Health Practitioner, and CSR consultant. Topic: “Health is My Right: Lessons Learned from Remote and Isolated Areas of Papua” Nurmilia Afriliani, MD Clinic Manager at Alam Sehat Lestari. Graduated from Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh. Treating around twenty outpatients and emergency patients every workdays. Mobile clinic visit to remote villages every other months. Topic: “Professional Experience Working in Kalimantan Remote Areas: Challenges and Opportunities for Fulfilling the Unmet Health Care Need of the Unreached”. ￩ ￫ x × Share this :
