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The Week in Germany: Current Affairs October 26, 2007 Health Minister Ulla Schmidt in Washington for International Symposium
on Health Care Policy, Global Health Security Initiative and US-Germany
Dialogue on Long-Term Care
Meeting the global healthcare policy challenges of tomorrow will top the agenda of German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt when she travels to Washington next week to attend key international meetings with her counterparts from the US and several other countries and takes part in a special transatlantic dialogue on long-term care. The populations of both Germany and the United States are growing older, a demographic shift which brings both challenges and opportunities. Today's "silver generation" is better educated, healthier and more dynamic than ever before. The Week in Germany will next week begin publishing select articles from a new "In Focus" feature on "Germany's Silver Generation - Activity, Change and Innovation", just published at www.germany.info. United States-Germany Dialogue on Long-Term Care At the same time, to best meet the needs of the 50+ generation when it comes to long-term care, experts and policymakers from both sides of the Atlantic will engage in a meeting of the minds at the United States-Germany Dialogue on Long-Term Care. Minister Schmidt will attend the invitation-only conference, which will be hosted by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the German Ministry of Health on Oct. 29-31 at the Madison Hotel in Washington.
The aim of the Long-Term Care Dialogue is to develop a platform for exchange of information, conduct policy analysis, and identify best practices to inform policy debates in both the US and Germany. Panel discussions will focus on: achieving an adequate, stable, and well-trained workforce; delivering high quality long-term care; promoting home and community-based care; and long-term care financing options. In conjunction with the dialogue, a comparative report will be issued by the AARP Public Policy Institute on "Expanding Long-Term Care Coverage and Increasing Consumer Choice: Comparing the Experiences of Germany and the United States". International Symposium on Health Care Policy
On Thursday (Nov.2), Minister Schmidt will attend the Commonwealth Fund's 10th annual International Symposium on Health Care Policy, which will include a roundtable meeting with her American, Canadian, British, New Zealander, Australian and Dutch counterparts. To reach broader policy audiences, the Fund will webcast the health ministers' roundtable discussion and hold the second day of the symposium on Capitol Hill. With a view to optimizing their respective healthcare systems, the ministers are due to sign an international Letter of Collaboration and Support at the roundtable meeting. Global Health Initiative Ministerial Meeting Rounding out her high-level program, on Friday (Nov. 2), Minister Schmidt will attend the Global Health Initiative 2007 Ministerial Meeting. Launched after the 911 attacks in November 2001 by the G7 countries - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States - along with Mexico and the European Union, the GHSI is an informal partnership of countries to strengthen health preparedness and response globally to threats of biological, chemical, radio-nuclear terrorism (CBRN) and pandemic influenza. The World Health Organization is a technical advisor to the GHSI. The GHSI Ministerial Meeting will take place at the National Institutes
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