Summary Report of the Third International Congress of Person Centered Medicine and the First International Conference on Primary Care and Public Health

Abstract

At the opening session, the President of Imperial College London, Professor Alice P. Gast, stressed the need for partnership, collaboration and cooperation in order to overcome health threats such as those stemming from the not yet affordable chronic diseases. Professor Azeem Majeed, Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College, reminded us of the importance of public health problems like the ageing population and obesity for which person centred primary care and public health are indispensable.