The meeting addressed topics including progress reports on what has been accomplished during the past year, lessons that have been learned from this process, and prospects for future improvements in Iraqi healthcare following the recent transition to self-government. Talks incorporated experiences and perspectives from the different agencies that have been involved in this process and included broader lessons for relief and reconstruction efforts in other parts of the world.

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Featured Speakers included:

Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Dr. Khudair Abbas, former Minister of Health, Iraq
Dr. Ala'adin Alwan, Minister of Health, Iraq
Dr. Naeema Al-Gasseer, WHO Country Representative for Iraq
Dr. David Smith, Director, Humanitarian and Refugee Health Affairs, HHS Hq.
Mr. Gordon West, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, USAID
Dr. Jean-Jacques Frere, Senior Public Health Specialist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Mr. Jim Haveman, Senior Advisor, Coalition Provisional Authority
Dr. Mahmud Thamer, Johns Hopkins University

With introductions and facilitation by:

Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine