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INVITATION: HAMI Management Forum Media Breakfast
INVITATION: HAMI Management Forum Media Breakfast
Join Head of the Vitality Institute Derek Yach and the Health Assessment, Monitoring and Intervention Board (HAMI) for the Management Forum Media Breakfast where they will present the role and the progress of HAMI, that goes beyond screening and prevention into monitoring and intervention.
The advisory board will also as share insights around their areas of expertise in chronic disease prevention and program implementation.
Date: Thursday 26 February 2015
Time: 08:30 for 09:00 – 11:30
Venue: Discovery, 16 Fredman Drive, Sandton
RSVP: Wednesday, 25 February 2015 to
Taryn Kerr
Discovery Reputation Consultant
TarynKe@discovery.co.za / 011 529 2204
The HAMI Advisory Board advises the Discovery Health and Life Insurance businesses, and provide recommendations beyond Discovery to incorporate a greater range of socioeconomic status.
The Board includes:
| 1. Peter Boyle (Board Chair) Peter Boyle is the President of the International Prevention Research Institute and an expert in cancer control, having been a Member of the European Cancer Advisory Board. |
| 2. Harry Burns Harry Burns is Professor of Global Public Health at Strathclyde University and was Chief Medical Officer for Scotland. |
| 3. Tom Gaziano Tom Gaziano is currently at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention in developing countries. |
| 4. Naomi Levitt Naomi Levitt is the Director of the Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa (CDIA), one of 11 NHLBI/UnitedHealth Group Global Centres of Excellence for Chronic Diseases in low and middle income countries and Head of the Division of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town |
We look forward to hosting you!
Kind regards,
Dr Craig Nossel
Head of Vitality Wellness
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About Discovery Limited
Discovery Limited is a South African-founded financial services organisation that operates in the healthcare, life assurance, short-term insurance, savings and investment products and wellness markets. Founded in 1992 by the current Group Chief Executive Officer Adrian Gore, Discovery was guided by a clear core purpose – to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. Underpinning this core purpose is the belief that through innovation Discovery can be a powerful market disruptor.
The company, with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, has expanded its operations globally and currently serves over seven million clients across South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and Singapore. Vitality, Discovery’s wellness programme, is the world’s largest scientific, incentive-based wellness solution for individuals and corporates. The global Vitality membership base now exceeds 5.5 million lives in five markets.
Discovery is an authorised financial services provider. It trades on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange under the code “DSY”.
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