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Moderated 2-hour sessions in which three to four presenters have approximately 15 minutes each to present, followed by a question-and-answer period. There are seven sessions taking place concurrently in each 2-hour session period. These sessions will take place on June 1, 2 and 3.
Sessions by Day: Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
Sessions by Series: A | B | C | D | E | Late-Breaking
Please note that sessions and times are subject to change.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
10:30 am-12:30 pm
A1: Building Human Infrastructure for HIV/AIDS Care: Uganda's Infectious Diseases Institute
Regency Ballroom (map)
Moderator: Robert Mallett, Pfizer Inc
Presenters:
Robert Mallett, Pfizer Inc.
Barbara Lawson, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
Merle Sande, University of Utah Health Sciences Center Jerrold Ellner, Medical College of New Jersey
Nelson Sewankambo, Makerere University School of Medicine
Presenters discuss: a new model for helping Africa develop the human infrastructure capabilities needed for effective use of innovative medicines to treat HIV/AIDS and related diseases (the Infectious Diseases Institute); the practical challenges faced and successes achieved in the construction and fiscal and administrative management of a state-of-the-art treatment and training facility for HIV/AIDS; and the challenges and successes in providing the medical expertise for such a facility (Uganda).
A2: Supporting Supervision: Keys to Improving Primary Care and IMCI
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Karen Beattie, EngenderHealth
Presenters:
Eta Elizabeth Banda, Management Sciences for Health/Malawi
Sadia Parveen, University Research Co., LLC
Paul Richardson, University Research Co., LLC
Presenters discuss: the challenges facing supervision of primary health care settings and the creative ways adopted to solve these challenges (Malawi); basic field-based lessons and experiences in implementing quality improvement interventions in large primary health care settings in the developing world scenario (Bangladesh); and how facilitative supervision approaches in three different health delivery settings improved compliance with IMCI norms and solved problems in the local health delivery system (Guatemala, Eritrea, Cambodia).
A3: Community-Based Treatment of Pneumonia: A Key Child Survival Intervention
Cabinet Room
(map)
Moderator: Adam Slote, USAID
Presenters:
Peter Winch, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Penny Dawson, John Snow, Inc.
Emmanuel Wansi, The BASICS Project
Presenters discuss: intervention models for the treatment of sick children outside of health facilities by community health workers (CHWs) and the major operational and health systems problems encountered in CHW programs that are implemented on a large scale (Mali); an approach for expanding coverage with effective treatment of childhood pneumonia by CHWs; and the steps in the scaling up of programs for community-based treatment of pneumonia (Nepal); the key issues in planning and implementing programs and expanding coverage for community-based treatment of pneumonia (Senegal).
A4: Filling the Gaps: Health Information Systems in Resource-Poor Environments
Governors Room (map)
Moderator: Bobby Jefferson, The Futures Group International
Presenters:
Kathryn Banke, Abt Associates Inc.
Eddie Mukooyo, UPHOLD
Eva Slawecki, Canadian Society for International Health
James Eckroad, Abt Associates Inc.
Presenters discuss: the role of surveillance in public health decision-making and a model for capacity-building in infectious disease surveillance (Tanzania); the strengths and weaknesses of a health management information system and the tools for assessing the culture of information (Uganda); lessons learned from the development of health information systems in countries in transition within the context of health systems strengthening to address priority health issues (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); and key strategies for implementing simple, sustainable management information systems that are managed and maintained internally (Eritrea).
A5: Using Assets Wisely: Human and Financial Resources for Reproductive Health
Executive Room (map)
Moderator: Tom Merrick, School of Public Health & Health Services, George Washington University
Presenters:
Denise Dunning, International Health Programs of the Public Health Institute
Carol Shepherd Suneeta Sharma, Futures Group International
Kwaku Yeboah, Management Sciences for Health
Presenters discuss: effective youth leadership development training strategies to build local capacity and to develop innovative models to advocate for adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico); targeting strategies for public-sector family planning resources (Turkey, Romania, Jordan, Pakistan); and an improved training and supervision system that can help to expand community-based distributor activities while maintaining and even increasing their performance in contraceptive distribution (Zimbabwe).
A6: Beginning Again: Health Systems in Post-Conflict Settings
Congressional Room B (map)
Moderator: Susan Purdin, International Rescue Committee
Presenters:
Richard Brennan, International Rescue Committee
Peter Salama, USAID Africa Bureau
Gilbert Burnham, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kathleen Allden, Dartmouth Medical School Cancelled
Presenters discuss: the public health impact and the major causes of mortality in a protracted conflict (Democratic Republic of Congo); post-conflict reconstruction for a population who have suffered from the perils of war, oppression and poverty (Afghanistan); a just-completed national survey of health facilities in all provinces in a post-conflict setting (Afghanistan); and the hierarchy of risk for mental disorders, and the curative, preventative and mental health promoting interventions in post-conflict settings (global).
A7: Partnership Innovations: Twinning Municipalities and Franchising
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Tina Cleland, Independent Consultant, International Health Systems Analysis
Presenters:
Kevin Cranston, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Giovanni Escalante Guzmán, Pathfinder International/Peru Jayne Lyons, Pathfinder International
Krishnamurthy (Gopi) Gopalakrishnan, Janani
Presenters discuss: the specific skills and capacities shared and developed through a twinning relationship between U.S. and Brazilian jurisdictions for HIV prevention programs (Brazil, United States); an innovative non-profit educational franchise that has proved to be effective in developing partnerships to enhance managerial capacities in health at decentralized levels (Peru); and an effective and replicable program model using private-sector resources and franchising strategies for providing health-care services (India).
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
2-4 pm
B1: Brain-Drain Solutions: Addressing the African Health Workforce Crisis
Regency Ballroom (map)
Moderator: Holly Burkhalter, Physicians for Human Rights
Presenters:
Eric Friedman, Physicians for Human Rights
Leonard Nkosi Wayne Stinson, Management Sciences for Health/Malawi Scott McKeown, Management Science for Health
Deborah von Zinkernagel, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
Presenters discuss: strategies for both developed and developing countries to reduce severe shortages of health personnel due to the loss of health professionals to developed countries (Africa); practical human capacity development strategies being used at the district and sub-district levels to address the retention of middle-level health workers (Malawi); and strategies for both developed and developing countries to address salary, working conditions and opportunities for nurses that will help stem the out-migration of nurses and equip them to more successfully confront HIV/AIDS in their own countries (Africa).
B2: Faith-Based Organizations Addressing Challenges in Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care
Empire Ballroom
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Moderator: Milton Amayun, World Vision International and Christian Connections for International Health
Presenters:
Melanie Morrow, World Relief
Bramwell Bailey Thebisa Chaava, Salvation Army World Service Office
Daudi Nasib, Family Health International
Presenters discuss: challenges to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specific to community-based HIV prevention programs targeting youth and effective strategies to address them (Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda); a new tool for community-led mobilization and behavior change for HIV/AIDS as well as health and development issues (Zambia); and practical methods for engaging and building the capacity of faith-based communities in enhancing HIV prevention activities for rural youth (Tanzania).
B3: Safety for Mother and Child: Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality
Governors Room (map)
Moderator: Donna Vivio, JHPIEGO
Presenters:
Siri Wood, PATH
Iwan Ariawan, PATH
Boniface Sebikali Sara Stratton, IntraHealth International
Presenters discuss: the results of a recent study on the impact of a delivery kit intervention and the value of promoting delivery kits in comprehensive maternal health and newborn survival interventions (Tanzania); using research to identify appropriate technology for use by community midwives in managing birth asphyxia (Indonesia); and the key interventions to piloting and the challenges to scaling up and replicating active management of the third stage of labor to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (Benin, Mali, Ethiopia).
B4: From Diet to Diarrhea to Deworming: The Basics of Child Survival
Cabinet Room
(map)
Moderator: Robert Black, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenters:
Tahmeed Ahmed, ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research
Seydou Doumbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mali
Kenziebell Ndovie, Save the Children
Leonard Uisetiawan Pheng Meas, ADRA Cambodia
Presenters discuss: the management of different phases of severe malnutrition of childhood and the role of indigenous diets in nutritional rehabilitation of such children (Bangladesh); the steps in planning for the implementation of an intervention to promote zinc treatment for acute diarrhea in rural Africa (Mali); using qualitative research techniques to improve health service delivery and use of health services, examining the case of deworming school-aged children (Malawi); and a health promotion strategy of involving stakeholders through role modeling and personal relationships, the "Child Friendly Village" initiative (Cambodia).
B5: Tracking Disease-Specific Expenditures: Experiences from Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda and Zambia
Congressional Room A (map)
Moderator: Patricia Hernandez, World Health Organization Karen Cavanaugh, USAID
Presenters:
Zine-edine El-Idissi M. Driss Tania Dmytraczenko, Abt Associates Inc.
Stephen Muchiri Ngariu, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Susna De Yann Derriennic, Abt Associates Inc.
Presenters discuss: tracking expenditures for women’s health services, particularly reproductive health services (Rwanda, Egypt, Jordan); who is financing HIV/AIDS care and prevention and what types of services are being financed (Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia); and how much is being spent on malaria control services within the context of spending for other priority services, such as those targeting HIV/AIDS and reproductive health (Rwanda).
B6: Improving Access to Health for the Poor: The Cambodian Experience
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Neeraj Kak, University Research Co., LLC
Presenters:
Sodara Chan Maria Francisco, University Research Co., LLC
Lo Veasna Kiry; Sok Kanha, Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Cambodia Bart Burkhalter, University Research Co., LLC
John Phay, Cambodian Family Development Services
Peter Annear, RMIT University, Australia Cancelled
Presenters discuss: the overall policy context in which the Cambodian Ministry of Health is using equity funds to protect the poor, and the challenges it faces in sustaining such programs; the mechanisms used to improve quality of care and the effect on service utilization among the poor of the Equity Funds Program; the use of pre-identification and carding of beneficiaries to empower poor clients and to enable health officials an opportunity to target other kinds of public health programs to reach the poor; and cutting-edge developments in health equity funding and health financing through a review of 10 different health equity funding pilot projects (Cambodia).
B7: Engaging the Marketplace: Private Sector Strategies for Reproductive Health
Congressional Room B (map)
Moderator: Margaret Saunders, Social Sectors Development Strategies, Inc.
Presenters:
Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Pathfinder International/Ethiopia
Shawn MacDonald, CATALYST Consortium
Maureen R. Corbet Elizabeth Fischer, IntraHealth International
Presenters discuss: the process of introducing and assessing marketplace-based reproductive health services (Ethiopia); new interventions for increasing awareness of reproductive health as part of corporate social responsibility and in designing strategies to increase employer participation in reproductive health (Guatemala); and limitations and successful interventions to sustainability of private-sector post-abortion care initiatives (Kenya).
Thursday, June 2, 2005
2-4 pm
C1: Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Services: Addressing Management Challenges
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Jonathan Quick Malcolm Bryant, Management Sciences for Health
Presenters:
Carl Stecker, Catholic Relief Services
Sharon Stash, Management Sciences for Health
David Dobrowolski, Family Health International
Presenters discuss: the challenges facing faith-based organizations in scaling up antiretroviral treatment, particularly in the areas of rapidly increasing numbers of clients and U.S. government finance and award regulations (global); an approach to scaling up HIV/AIDS services aimed at increasing the number and competency of sites and providers to address HIV/AIDS and heightening local ownership and long-term sustainability through integration with existing public and private health-care delivery systems (Haiti, Guyana, Uganda); and the types and degree of coordination needed between national, regional and local systems levels to achieve the "Three Ones" (Kenya, Ethiopia, China, India, Guyana, Nigeria).
C2: Ingredients for Improvement: Teamwork, Incentives and Problem-Solving Tools for Providers
Governors Room (map)
Moderator: Penelope Riseborough, John Snow, Inc.
Presenters:
Peter Campbell, John Snow, Inc. Cancelled
Zafarullah Gill, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Tatyana Makarova Mark McEuen, Abt Associates Inc.
Allan Macheso, Management Sciences for Health/Malawi Cancelled
Mirwais Amiri, USAID/REACH
Richard Hughes, JHPIEGO
Presenters discuss: the usefulness of quality assurance teams in upgrading district health systems to improve the availability and quality of life-saving services for women with obstetric complications in developing countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Pakistan, Rwanda); methods and results of a pilot project to introduce performance-based remuneration for primary health care providers (Armenia); the development and implementation of a standards-based management process for performance and quality improvement of maternal health services in a post-conflict environment (Afghanistan); and improving provider practices through a combination of providing essential commodities and a simple intervention to sensitize providers to gaps, orient them to standards and encourage them to improve their practices (Zambia).
C3: Local Issues, Local Solutions: Improving Health through Community Empowerment
Executive Room (map)
Moderator: Henry Perry, Future Generations
Presenters:
Laura Altobelli, Future Generations/Peru
Shobha Arole Connie Gates, Jamkhed Comprehensive Rural Health Project
David Fratt, Chemonics International
Presenters discuss: how the Shared Administration Program functions as a decentralized and legalized community-controlled management system to improve the quality and equity of primary health care services (Peru); the principles and practice of community-based primary health care in building the capacity of communities to address their own health problems (India); and a new U.S. government-funded effort and its specific strategies for encouraging community advocacy for the improvement of environmental and health conditions, particularly pertaining to the effects of lead pollution (Egypt).
C4: A Growing Circle of Light: Case Studies in Trachoma Elimination
Cabinet Room
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Moderator: Jeff Mecaskey, Axios International Chad MacArthur, Helen Keller International
Presenters:
Mohamed Samna, International Trachoma Initiative
Seung-hee Lee, Save the Children USA
Edith Ngirwamungu, International Trachoma Initiative
Paul Emerson, The Carter Center
Presenters discuss: how strong political commitment, successful educational campaigns and community involvement have led to the extraordinary success of the trachoma control program in (Niger); innovative, low-cost, simple and user-friendly health interventions to involve communities (parents, teachers and students) in eliminating vision-related problems in school-aged children (Mali); and an innovative approach to communicable disease control (the integration of single-disease control programs, such as those for trachoma and lymphatic filariasis) that results in more sustainable and efficient programs which are beneficial to both initiatives (Ghana, Tanzania).
C5: Spotlight on Global Financing Issues: Examining Performance and Sustainability Issues
Congressional Room A (map)
Moderator: Nancy Pielemeier, Abt Associates, Inc.
Presenters:
Saul Helfenbein, Management Sciences for Health
Natasha Hsi, Abt Associates Inc.
Presenters discuss: specific interventions to strengthen the roles and responsibilities of national country coordinating mechanisms for emergency public health problems, examining the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria in particular (Tanzania); how the introduction of Hib vaccine has affected the cost structure of national immunization programs; specifically, the impact of the switch from chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to artemisinin combination therapy on the total health budget of a given country (GAVI countries).
C6: Value for Effort: Analyzing the Cost-Effectiveness of Women's Health Interventions
Congressional Room B (map)
Moderator: Miriam Labbok, UNICEF
Presenters:
Vikas Aggarwal, Foundation for Research in Health Systems Kerry MacQuarrie, International Center for Research on Women
Jasmin Prasad, Christian Medical College
Patricia Bailey, Family Health International
Presenters discuss: the contribution of costing studies in designing effective and cost-efficient reproductive health interventions for young married women (India); a cost-effectiveness study of two community-based alternatives to treating reproductive tract infections among rural, married women and their male partners (India); and costing studies of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and why reducing maternal mortality is a good investment (global).
C7: Reaching the Poor: The Quest for Health Equity
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Maureen Lewis, Center for Global Development
Presenters:
Lucrecia Méndez; Fidel Arévalo, CARE Guatemala Cancelled
Mahbub Alam Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Save the Children USA
Derick Brinkerhoff, Research Triangle Institute
Nandita Kapadia-Kundu, Institute of Health Management, Pachod/Pune Centre
Presenters discuss: a technique to measure inequities in health using simple, locally-available health statistics (Guatemala); the importance of the partnership-defined approach in reaching all segments of the community, including the poor, to improve access to health care (Bangladesh); the dynamics of formal and informal administrative procedures, accountability mechanisms and institutional constraints in health systems at the district level that impede the provision of health services for the rural poor (Madagascar); and the components of a decentralized health-care system for urban slums (India).
Friday, June 3, 2005
10:30 am-12:30 pm
D1: Preparing for Scale-Up: Workforce Training for ART and Reproductive Health
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Joseph Dwyer, Management Sciences for Health
Presenters:
Maureen Chilila, JHPIEGO
Maryjane Lacoste Edgar Necochea, JHPIEGO/Malawi
Graciela Salvador-Davila, CATALYST Consortium/Pathfinder International
Presenters discuss: the specific successes, problems and issues involved in the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy services, and some of the strategies that have been put in place to address them (Zambia); how sustainable reproductive health training systems have evolved into a broader, human resource development approach that addresses supporting systems (Malawi); and the key components of a transferable model for the scale-up of quality post-abortion care services (Bolivia, Peru).
D2: The "M" in M&E: Monitoring Quality and Provider Performance Improvement
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Susan J. Griffey Pamela Rao, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Presenters:
Barbara de Zalduondo, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Pape Gaye, IntraHealth International
David Nicholas, University Research Co., LLC
Mark Spohr, Routine Health Information Network (RHINO)
Presenters discuss: the use of program assessment and monitoring data in portfolio planning and the coordination of projects and interdependent services (global); applying a performance improvement (PI) approach to strengthen provider performance and service delivery in family planning and reproductive health care (global); the continuous improvement process, and how to use different indicators to self-measure and monitor results of changes made to improve health-care systems and ongoing performance (global); and how to assess the quality of and plan improvements to facility- and district-level routine health information systems and the use of information for monitoring and evaluation to improve effectiveness and efficiency (South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Ethiopia).
D3: Models for Delivery: Evaluating Neonatal Health Interventions
Executive Room (map)
Moderator: Gary Darmstadt, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenters:
Vishwajeet Kumar, Johns Hopkins University
M. Habibur Seraji, ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research
Ali Shaar, Save the Children-West Bank/Gaza
Usha Kiran Tarigopula, CARE India
Presenters discuss: the development of a community-driven, culturally appropriate, behavior change model of essential newborn care (India); elements of a package of essential newborn care and evidence for the relative merits of a home-based versus a clinic-based newborn care program (Bangladesh); emergency response programs that benefit long-term development and sustainability, enabling safe pregnancy and delivery and neonatal survival in communities under closure (West Bank/Gaza); and the effectiveness of a program to reduce infant mortality and child malnutrition through improved government health programs and community capacity (India).
D4: Case Studies in Research: Use and Benefits of Qualitative Methods
Congressional Room B (map)
Moderator: Margaret Bentley, University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Presenters:
Gwyn Hainsworth, Pathfinder International
Rachel Waxman, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Sara Woldehanna
Presenters discuss: an operations research study on how gender impacts young women’s involvement in peer education programs and how the results of the study were used to improve recruitment, retention and participation of female peer educators (Mozambique); a study to assess the factors that differentiate emergency obstetric care facilities with high and low utilization (Bangladesh); and a study on the role of faith-based organizations in HIV/AIDS care.
D5: The Link is Logistics: Lessons from IMCI, MTCT+, Injection Safety and Contraceptive Security
Cabinet Room
(map)
Moderator: Richard Owens, Jr., John Snow, Inc.
Presenters:
Fekadu Adugna, John Snow, Inc.
David Hoos, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Cancelled
Arturo Sanabria, John Snow, Inc.
Laurentiu Stan, JSI Research and Training, Romania
Presenters discuss: how health system weaknesses in logistics, procurement and supervision negatively affect Integrated Management of Childhood Illness implementation (Ethiopia); how new HIV treatment program must project for antiretroviral therapy (ART) procurement, and how data must be collected and understood to ensure the continual supply of ART (nine countries); potential solutions to improve quantification and forecasting methodologies to support injection device security (Mozambique); and the main challenges to achieving contraceptive security, and the development and implementation of the logistic management information system for family planning services (Romania).
D6: Decentralization: One Size Does Not Fit All
Congressional Room A (map)
Moderator: Jack Galloway, University Research Co., LLC
Presenters:
Midori de Habich, Abt Associates Inc./Development Associates
Paul Hutchinson, Tulane University
Barkat-e Khuda, Abt Associates Inc.
Frank Nyonator, Ghana Health Service
Presenters discuss: key issues in health sector decentralization in developing countries that are relevant for the monitoring and evaluation of decentralization processes and decentralized health sectors (global); a participatory method that creates common ground among multiple stakeholders on a health decentralization process (Peru); and lessons learned from two decentralization initiatives in the health sector: local-level planning and community participation (Bangladesh); and how decentralizing health service management was achieved by forging partnerships between health managers, service providers and communities (Ghana).
D7: Bridging Boundaries: Cross-Sectoral Partnerships for Health Improvement
Diplomat Ballroom (map)
Moderator: Mark Rasmuson, Academy for Educational Development
Presenters:
Maria Kere-Sorgho, Save the Children USA/Fondation pour le Développement Communautaire
Jeffrey Sine, Chemonics International
Ana Claudia Franca-Koh, Academy for Educational Development
Presenters discuss: partnering with the ministry of education to provide health services to underserved population represented by school-aged children (Burkina Faso); the value of non-health sector interventions in reducing the burden on health systems and the benefits to health systems of water and sanitation infrastructure investments (Egypt); and the collaboration between mass media and the government to create a more supportive environment for HIV/AIDS communication and increased program impact (Honduras).
Friday, June 3, 2005
2-4 pm
E1: The Human Chain: Twinning and Training Strategies for PMTCT
Diplomat Ballroom (map)
Moderator: Catherine Schenck-Yglesias, JHPIEGO
Presenters:
Kate Schecter, American International Health Alliance, Inc.
Yetnayet Asfaw Cristina Ruden, IntraHealth International
Tin Tin Sint, World Health Organization
Presenters discuss: key elements of the "twinning" partnership model/methodology and its application to building capacity in resource-limited settings in support of efforts to address the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV (Eurasia); the challenges and constraints to implementing an integrated PMTCT program within the existing health care system, and the strategies and results from a performance systems approach to address these challenges (Ethiopia); and a comprehensive step-wise approach to designing a generic training package to support country scale-up and maintenance of PMTCT services (global).
E2: From the Top: Developing Local Leadership to Improve Health Service Delivery
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Sadhana Hall, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College
Presenters:
Sarah Johnson, Management Sciences for Health
Carlos Sánchez, Pathfinder International/Peru
Sylvia Vriesendorp, Management Sciences for Health
Presenters discuss: a municipal leadership development approach used by the managers and staff in a ministry of health to successfully address health and management challenges in a decentralizing environment (Nicaragua); a new approach by local governments, institutions and community-based organizations to create better health conditions within the context of economic development (Peru); and direct links between improving leadership and health service results, bringing about critical shifts in attitudes that impact the way we work and in turn health systems, and service delivery (West Africa, Central America, Brazil, Egypt).
E3: Built to Last: Mapping and Assessment Strategies for Sustaining Capacity
Executive Room (map)
Moderator: Eric Sarriot, ORC Macro
Presenters:
Anne LaFond, JSI Research and Training Institute
Michelle Kouletio, Concern Worldwide Inc.
Emmanuel d'Harcourt, International Rescue Committee
Presenters discuss: capacity mapping and its application to capacity building in monitoring and evaluation of national HIV/AIDS programs (global); the strengths and weaknesses of using appreciation and participation philosophies in organizational capacity assessment tools, specifically applying the six steps of the Child Survival Sustainability Assessment (CSSA) in an urban child survival project (Bangladesh); and the pros and cons of introducing sustainability early in the rebuilding process for child survival programs in post-conflict countries (Sierra Leone).
E4: From Routine to Emergent: Improving the Quality of Obstetric Care
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Moderator: Therese McGinn, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Presenters:
Jorge Hermida, Quality Assurance Project
Pamela L. Bolton, Family Care International
Sophia Hla, Mae Tao Clinic
Joseph Ruminjo, EngenderHealth
Presenters discuss: a multi-country improvement collaborative aimed at scaling up local essential obstetric care systems to improve the quality of maternal care and increase access to skilled birth attendance (Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua); the results of a large-scale household survey on childbirth-related beliefs, knowledge and care-seeking behaviors, to inform an intervention to improve maternal health and survival by increasing the proportion of women in each project area who give birth with skilled care (Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania); quality assurance efforts to reduce obstetric complications and associated human and financial costs, while increasing the capacity of health worker staff to deliver emergency obstetric care in a resource-poor area (Thai-Burma border); and a leadership manual and toolbox to help facility staff and supervisors improve the quality of supervision, clinical quality assurance and training systems of emergency obstetric care services (India, Ghana).
E5: Gaining Control: Strategies to Improve Treatment Adherence in Tuberculosis
Cabinet Room
(map)
Moderator: Christy Hanson, PATH
Presenters:
Joel Keravec, Projeto MSH/Brazil
Jim Ricca, American Red Cross
Hella Witt, Management Sciences for Health
Presenters discuss: the pharmaceutical management challenges and opportunities to take into account when planning collaborative tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment activities (Ethiopia); tools for reaching pharmaceutical management targets in national TB control programs (Brazil); and feasible and low-cost incentives/enablers to increase adherence to directly observed therapy, short course (DOTS) for TB in a low-resource setting (Kazakhstan).
E6: Removing Barriers: Experiences with Community-Based Insurance Schemes
Congressional Room B (map)
Moderator: Marty Makinen, Abt Associates Inc.
Presenters:
Eric Swedberg, Save the Children USA
Alfonso Rosales, Catholic Relief Services
Cheikh Mbengue, Abt Associates Inc./PHRplus
Timothy Poletti, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Presenters discuss: the creation of a community-based health insurance scheme to address the high costs of transport and health care for emergency medical care (Upper Guinea); how community-based health-care financing schemes work in practice in a resource-poor setting (Philippines); the involvement of local government units within a decentralizing environment in the development and promotion of community-based health insurance (Benin, Rwanda); and the appropriateness of community-based health insurance (CBHI) as a health financing strategy in resource-poor settings where state-funded health services are very limited (Armenia).
E7: Partnership Challenges: Global Alliances, Private Contracting and NGO-Donor Relations
Congressional Room A (map)
Moderator: Rihanna Kola, Merck & Co.
Presenters:
Lucille B. Pilling
Benjamin Loevinsohn, World Bank
Ann Hershberger, Eastern Mennonite University Cancelled
Presenters discuss: the key collaborative learning processes as well as the strategic structure and operational planning involved in the development and ongoing implementation of a public-private alliance (United States); the documented global experience with contracting with the private sector, particularly NGOs, to improve both coverage and quality of health-care delivery services (global); and the intricacies of the relationships national NGOs must develop and maintain with donors, government, other NGOs and the communities they serve in order to carry out their mission (global).
Late-Breaking Session: Post-Tsunami Systems: What Worked, What Did Not
Palladian Ballroom (map)
Moderator: Howard Roy Williams, Center for Humanitarian Cooperation
Presenters:
Richard Brennan, International Rescue Committee
Lucy Mize, Independent Public Health Consultant, working in Aceh
Stephen Tomlin, International Medical Corps
The tsunami that slammed the coastlines of southeastern Asia and eastern Africa on Dec. 26, 2004 was the worst natural disaster in many decades, with more than 170,000 deaths, entire villages destroyed, and hundred of thousands of displaced persons. The enormity of the losses and devastation, and the complexity of working across two continents presented significant challenges to the relief and recovery efforts. Join humanitarian aid workers who were in the tsunami-affected areas and/or "first on the scene" to discuss what systems were put in place to meet the acute and long-term relief and recovery efforts, and what worked and what did not.
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