There were many opportunities for delegates to take an active role in participating at the Cape Town '06 summit.
Formal sessions
Sessions included:
- Scene-setting panel discussion on chronic disease prevention, what we are trying to achieve, and what are the barriers to success
- Health diplomacy – using it to achieve our objectives
- Communities of change – including promoting chronic disease prevention in faith-based communities
- The scandal and challenge of delivering medicines for chronic disease
- Update on the Grand Challenges project
- The link to sustainability
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Parallel sessions
There were also four parallel, optional sessions on the second day:
- 3four50.com – ideas for content and promotion
- OxHA in North America
- Guidance for the diagnosis, prevention and care of HIV/AIDS: WHO can health professionals trust?
- Applying the Visual Body Map to risk-factor reduction with young people
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Workgroups
All delegates took part in workgroup discussion around one of four themes:
- Designing healthy cities (Design)
- Healthy business (Workplace)
- Making the case (Economics)
- It’s the future (Youth)
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Other opportunities for participation
- ‘Soapbox session’ at which delegates talked about their ideas and projects.
- Plenty of discussion throughout the event, and delegates (and those wishing to participate from outside Cape Town) were encouraged to post comments and questions on the summit website.
- Q&A sessions in plenary and in the parallel sessions.
- Breakfast meetings were arranged for delegates wishing to discuss issues of interest.
- Opportunities for delegates to blog and podcast on the summit website.
- Further interaction will be encouraged, to build a ‘virtual alliance’ online.