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they represent the patients, reason why the market place ficult. However, it has been medical assistance, but for
civil society, politics, etc. is important. Secondly, to far easier to organize this the local, less-privileged
For instance, we do not want learn something about the time than before. Every time part of the population.
to issue an important decla- evolution of the field, to be we organuze a seminar, it Social medicine is what it is
ration at the end of the involved in a debate or to will become easier. called in the United States.
Forum, simply because learn something new. That's
there are plenty of other the essential for all the Q: You are the man I think I'm extremely lucky
conferences that do so - conferences. behind this event. What and I never thought that I
often without any follow up. is your motivation? would end up in a faculty of
I think that slowly we will Q: How successful have medicine, but finally you
built up a network of people you been in mobilizing I have always been interes- realize that with the globali-
from different horizons who people to attend? ted in having an internatio- zed world there is a kind of
are interested in health nal dimension, and that was interdependency taking
issues and access to health The first time we organized the reason why, already as a shape. What is happening
care, and from there we can it, if was not an easy task. young man, I followed cour- today in China can influence
create a platform. We can This time, we are attempting ses in tropical medicine. what is happening here; the
eventually set up a small to get people from the priva- Then, I went to Niger wor- life style in Cape Town is
local forum in Africa or te sector, the public sector, king among the nomads for close to our own, etc. We are
elsewhere, and then etc. First of all, we are not five years, setting up a sys- open to the world in
organize a big fomm here the World Econotnic Fomm; tem of basic health care. Geneva; we have to be...
every second year. This is for instance, it's easy to ask Later, I went to Boston to
something we are an economist to attend an continue my studies within
discussing. economic forum. When you Uhe field of public health.

Why does one attend ask the same economist to Once back in Geneva, I wor-
conferences in general? come and talk about the eco- ked with poor and margina-
Often it's for networking and nomy in a forum dedicated lized people in Geneva. It
to meet people. That's the in a health it is far more dif- was a kind of humanitarian

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