Overview of expertise offered by Wolf Kirsten - International Health Consulting

STRATEGIC GLOBAL CONSULTING

Mr. Kirsten has developed international health and wellness guidelines / standards for a large pharmaceutical company based in the US. The global standards reflect the principles and priorities of the company, and are designed to be sustainable through time and applicable to all countries.
International Health Consulting assisted with the formulation and implementation of a global tobacco-free policy for a multi-national corporation.
Mr. Kirsten researched, recommended and adapted a comprehensive stress assessment tool for a European-based telecommunications company.

STRATEGIC CONSULTING IN EUROPE

Mr. Kirsten provides strategic health promotion advice for a multi-national law firm and their offices in Europe with a particular focus on Brussels and Moscow. He developed a strategic plan for wellness and assisted in identifying and recommending local service providers that can support the firm's employees.

International Health Consulting has been contracted by a major IT corporation to assist with the development of health and wellness services for their employees in India. The company aims to counter the increasing chronic disease prevalence with tailored programs.

Mr. Kirsten advised the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the implementation of a national health promotion strategy as part of the overall national goal to reduce the incidence of non-communicable diseases. He crafted the original national strategy, has been training key personnel in the Kingdom and assisting with the implementation of specific parts of the strategy.

A large, multinational oil company based in Latin America called on Mr. Kirsten to execute a comparative assessment of what other multinational oil companies were doing to promote health within their organizations. Mr. Kirsten published a detailed report offering key recommendations and strategies for an effective and cost efficient health promotion program.
The US-based Wye River Group on Healthcare has asked Mr. Kirsten to provide expertise on international examples of successful models for changing the social and cultural behaviors that affect health.

Wolf Kirsten is or was responsible for developing the content and organizing the following international events:

European Health and Productivity Congress:
The congress is hosted in partnership with the Institute for Health & Productivity Management (IHPM) on an annual basis.
International Institute for Health Promotion (IIHP)
Meetings from 1996-2000 and in 2007. These high profile meetings for health and health promotion professionals represented a total of 50 different countries.
Corporate Forum on Global Health Promotion
Three separate events were held in 2000 (Washington, DC), 2003 (Iguassu Falls, Brazil), and 2005 (Intel Corporation in Chandler, Arizona, US).
Arab Health 2004:
New Approaches in Healthcare Management, Dubai, UAE. The conference was the first of its kind with regard to focusing on health promotion at the workplace in the Arabian Gulf.
Lifetime International Academy 2002, 2004 & 2005, Frankfurt, Germany.
The Lifetime Academy featured a conference on Corporate Health in Europe for three years in a row. Speakers from multi-national corporations across Europe reported on good practices and the cost-benefit of their workplace heath promotion programs.

Provided regular reports on the evolution of health promotion at the workplace in India.
Reviewed the impact of obesity at the workplace on absenteeism, productivity and accidents in Europe (research, programs, best practices).
Developed a comprehensive menu of health-related resources (e.g., physical activity, nutrition, stress, smoking, heart health, cancer, weight management, etc.) targeted to both professionals and employees of a large multi-national corporation.
Produced a report on the current status of health promotion initiatives within the leading technology companies in Israel for a large, multinational company.
Researched and reported on smoking cessation and worksite wellness programs and providers in Japan.

Regularly distributes a global update on the latest trends and research in health promotion for human resource managers and health professionals.