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Now in its second year, the Global Health Council is pleased to once again offer an expansion of its DC-based Policy Series events to annual conference attendees. These sessions have been organized by Council staff with invited external presenters and are designed to prompt learning and discussion around key issues in the areas of policy, research, advocacy and outreach. We welcome your participation in the series and look forward to your feedback.
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| Tuesday, May 30 |
PS1 Workshop: Building Constituencies for Global Health
9 am-Noon
Work with grassroots organizers from around the world to develop new tools and techniques for mobilizing community members to advocate for improved global health policy.
Workshop Leaders:
Deryck Spooner | presentation
Regional Political Director, AFL-CIO
Michele Dixon
NGO Coordinator, The ONE Campaign
Sarah Mtambo
Students Partnership Worldwide/Tanzania
Reji Chandra | presentation
Director, Palmyrah Workers Development Society, Tamil Nadu, India
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PS3 Workshop: Communications for Global Health Professionals
1-4 pm
Expand your communications and messaging skills with help from the experts. Learn new techniques to effectively increase the visibility of the issues and work of your organization.
Workshop Leaders:
Rachel Wilson
Director of Policy Communications, Global Health Council
Lawrence MacDonald
Director of Communications and Policy, Center for Global Development
Michael W. Cover | presentation
Senior Vice President, Ogilvy
John D. Whaley
Senior Analyst, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc.
Audrey Edwards
Alfred Friendly Press Fellow, Washington Post
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PS2 Research Symposium: Furthering the Science of Evaluation: Applying Experience and New Models to Overcome Challenges
9 am-Noon
Learn about models of program evaluation and participate in discussions of new strategies to increase prioritization and investments in program evaluation as a critical component of informing global health policy.
Moderator:
Roger I. Glass
Director of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health
Panel Discussants:
Susan Purdin
Senior Reproductive Heath Advisor, International Rescue Committee
Ruth Levine
Director of Programs, Center for Global Development
Mead Over
Lead Economist, World Bank
Speakers:
Richard Feachem
Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Jaime Sepulveda Amor, PhD
Director General, Mexican National Institutes of Health
 
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PS4: Building the Agenda Together: Global Health Council's Policy Advocacy Goals and Strategy
5-7 pm
The purpose of this session is to share the Global Health Council's policy goals and advocacy strategy with our members and conference participants, and invite their feedback. The Council maintains a robust and effective advocacy program that encompasses a wide array of health issues and employs a multi-pronged strategy. This session will review the Council's short- and long-term objectives in light of the current political environment, and how it uses dialogue with policy-makers, in public outreach, communications and research to support policy advocacy. The session will give participants the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions for the Council's policy advocacy. The discussion will also encompass how the Council can best incorporate its members and other interested parties in advocacy.
Speaker:
Maurice I. Middleberg
Vice President for Public Policy, Global Health Council
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| Wednesday, May 31 |
PS5: Legislative Landscape: 110th Congress
10:30 am-12:30 pm
Learn about how the U.S. political process really works, why it is important to global health and development, and how you can make your voice heard by U.S. policymakers.
Moderator:
Genevieve Grabman
Government Relations Sr. Legislative Associate, Global Health Council
Speakers:
Todd Shelton
InterAction
Beth Tritter
Office of Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Kathy Hebert | presentation
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Senate Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness
Craig Higgins
Appropriations, Foreign Operations, Majority Staff
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PS6: Policy Opportunities in Reproductive Health
2-4 pm
Hear from global health experts about current issues in reproductive health policy, the effects of policies and funding on programming, and recent innovative programs seeking to address challenges.
Moderator:
Susan A. Cohen
Director of Government Affairs, Guttmacher Institute
Presenters:
Janet Fleischman
Senior Associate, HIV/AIDS Task Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
John Pielemeier | presentation
Consultant to the Packard Foundation and USAID
Davidson Gwatkin
Senior Advisor, The World Bank
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| Thursday, June 1 |
PS7: New Technologies: The Role of the Private Sector
10:30 am-12:30 pm
Learn more about how the corporate and academic sectors are working to expand the pipeline of new therapies and treatments to address global health problems.
Moderator:
Usha R. Balakrishnan
MIHR-USA
Presenters:
Peter Young | presentation
AlphaVax
John Fraser | presentation
Florida State University
Charles A. Gardner | presentation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Wendy Taylor
Bio Ventures for Global Health
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PS8: WTO Trade Negotiations: Is This Really the Development Round?
2-4 pm
Learn why the recent World Trade Organization meeting is important to global health and how the negotiations impact agreements on food assistance, human services and other critical global health commodities.
Moderator:
Michele Sumilas
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Presenters:
Emily Byers
Bread for the World
Susan Sechler
The German Marshall Fund
Robert Zachritz
Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy & Advocacy, WorldVision
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| Friday, June 2 |
PS9: Global Health Funding: Where Does It Go?
8:30-10 am
Hear from the creators of two new resource tracking reports about the challenges and opportunities faced by researchers and policy-makers seeking to better understand and direct global health funds.
Moderator:
Nancy Padian
Professor, Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Associate Director for Research, Global Health Sciences; Director of International Programs, AIDS Research Institute; Executive Director, Women's Global Health Imperative
Presenters:
Sally Ethelston
Vice President, Population Action International
Ruth Levine | presentation
Director of Programs and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
John Stover
Senior Fellow, Center for Economics and Modeling, Futures Group Global
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PS10: Advancing Girls' Education to Improve Health
10:30 am-12:30 pm
Join panelists for a discussion of successful strategies to increase school retention among girls and how expanded access to education can improve reproductive and child health.
Moderator:
Carolyn Bartholomew
Basic Education Coalition
Presenters:
Chloe O'Gara | presentation
Save the Children
Mercy Tembon | presentation
Senior Education Specialist, Human Development Network, World Bank
PS11: Meeting the Human Resource Challenge
2-4 pm
Learn about the most significant human resource and infrastructure challenges facing today's programs on the ground and the new initiatives, policies and programs seeking to address them.
Moderator:
Judith Kaufman
Independent Consultant
Presenters:
Ummuro Adano
Senior HR Advisor, IntraHealth
Simta Baruah
Physicians for Human Rights
Rick Rowden
ActionAid
Shannon Smith
Office of Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
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