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Speeches
Wednesday, June 1 | Thursday, June 2 | Friday, June 3       



PLENARY 1: 8:30-10 am
Ten Years On: Preparing Systems for Future Needs


SESSION MODERATOR:

Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H.
President & CEO, Global Health Council

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SPEAKERS:

Afaf Meleis, PhD
Professor & Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing,
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

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Chris Murray, MD, DPhil
Faculty Director of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health

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Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, Professor
The Wagner School & Clinical Professor of Pediatrics,
New York University Medical School
(Conference Co-Chair)

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PLENARY 2: 8:30-10 am
The Last Mile: Turning Rhetoric into Reality


SESSION MODERATOR:

Mary E. Taylor, PhD, MHS Consultant


SPEAKERS:

J.W. Lee, MD
Director-General, World Health Organization
(Conference Co-Chair)

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Gilbert Buckle, MD, MPH
Director of the National Catholic Health Service
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Don Berwick, MD, MPP
President & CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

The Gates Award for Global Health


Announced and presented by:

William H. Gates, Sr.
Co-chair
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The Gates Award recipient:

Miriam Were
Chair, International Board, africa Medical and Research Foundation, (AMREF)

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The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights

Presented by:

Professor Francis Deng
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies


The Jonathan Mann Award recipient:

Professor Abdel Salam Gerais
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Best Practices in Global Health

Presented by:

Dr. Donald Shriber
Director, Centers for Disease Control
Washington Office



Excellence in Media Award

Presented by:

Larry Klein
Producer, WGBH, Boston


In Memoriam

Remembering MSH Staff:

Carmen Urdaneta, Cristin Gadue and Amy Lynn Niebling

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SPECIAL SESSION: 8:30-10 am
From Trained Birth Attendants to Skilled Attendance: Creating an Enabling Environment


SESSION MODERATOR:

Jason Smith, PhD, MPH
Director of Research Utilization Division Family Health International


SPEAKERS:

Lynn Sibley, PhD, CNM
Clinical Associate Professor & Academic Program Director of International Health for the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University


Susan Fairley Murray, PhD, MA, Adv Dip HE
King's College


Lynn Freedman, JD, MPH
Director of the Law & Policy Project and Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health


Allan Rosenfield, MD, MPH
Dean, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health



CRITICAL DIALOGUE: 10:30 am-12:30 pm
A Failure of Leadership: The 'Governance' Factor in Health Systems Collapse


SESSION MODERATOR:

Ron Waldman MD, MPH
Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health


SPEAKERS:

Aidan Hartley, author & columnist
The Spectator


Jennifer Prah Ruger, PhD
assistant professor, Global Health, Yale University School of Public Health


Jacqueline Bataringaya, MD
regional HIV/AIDS consultant, Oxfam America


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PLENARY 3: 4:15-5:30 pm
Health Services Without the Bureaucracy: Defining Roles and Partnerships


SESSION MODERATOR:

Jonathan Quick, MD, MPH
President & CEO, Management Sciences for Health


SPEAKERS:

Jean Stéphenne
President, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

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Lola Dare, MB
Executive Secretary, ACOSHED International
(Conference Co-Chair)
Ghana

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Richard Klausner, MD
Executive Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health Program


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