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Auxiliary Events
We invite you to participate in the following featured events hosted by our sponsor/member and partner organizations.
Visit this page often for additional events, updated speaker and agenda information.
No advance sign up is required for auxiliary events, unless noted within the event description. Auxiliary events are open to registered conference attendees.
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| Ongoing Exhibits |
Student Photography Exhibit: Transforming Research into Art
Hosted by: Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University | visit website
 This photography exhibit has evolved from public health students completing their international field practicum for the Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Students find that the photography medium allows them to not only make connections with people in the communities that they are working in, but also to share their vivid memories with others upon returning home.
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2009 Global Health Award for Photography Exhibit
Hosted by: The Global Health Council | visit website
Mark Tuschman is recipient of this year’s Global Health Photography Contest for his set of three photos capturing the work of Global Health Council members in the field. This year’s photography contest drew more than 550 entries from around the world. A seasoned photographer for nearly three decades, Tuschman has committed the latter years of his career to issues of global health and development, seeking to “help bridge the gap between cultures of affluence and poverty.” Tuschman has traveled the world to capture images for The Global Fund for Women, Pfizer, Family Health International and EngenderHealth, among others. His photographs are beautiful, honest and artful in their depiction of the reality of global health. He captures glimpses of people in the field, transforming seemingly mundane acts, to beautiful photographs. More information on Mark Tuschman, including his portfolio and contact information, can be found at www.tuschmanphoto.com | view winning photos
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PATH Technology Fair
Hosted by: PATH | visit website
View the PATH Technology Fair in the Birdcage Walk at one of the following times:
Tuesday, May 26, 7:15-8 pm
Wednesday, May 27, 1-3 pm
Thursday, May 28, 10:30 am-Noon or 1-2 pm
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| Tuesday, May 26 |
Maximizing the Role of the Private Sector in HIV/AIDS Service Delivery
9:00 – 11:00 am
Hosted by: Abt Associates, Inc. | visit website
 Expert Panel Hosted by Abt Associates. The private health sector is integral for expanding HIV/AIDS service coverage throughout the developing world. However, there are many operational and policy barriers, as well as misconceptions, that should be addressed to harness the full potential of this sector. Join Abt Associates for an expert panel that showcases promising approaches and innovations for working with the for-profit health sector as a key partner in delivering effective HIV prevention and treatment services. The panel will feature experts from Abt Associates and beyond discussing empirical evidence to date about the extent of private sector HIV service provision; lessons learned from working with the private sector in HIV/AIDS and TB service delivery in Ethiopia and Zambia; and guidance for creating a more favorable policy and regulatory environment for partnering with the private sector for improved health outcomes. Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP at rsvp@psp-one.com.
Multisectoral Health:
Harnessing All Facets of the Private Sector
9:00 – 11:00 am
Hosted by: Chemonics International | visit website
 People prefer to access health care service delivery points that offer a menu of services across FP/RH, MCH, HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. Increasingly, the private sector is a provider of choice, across all income levels. By maximizing the participation of private providers and service delivery points offering integrated services, significant progress can be made in sustaining national health objectives. Our panel will feature innovations for extending the private sector’s reach and ensuring care consistent with national standards. We will discuss: locally led and sustainable social franchising with a double bottom-line principle for access by all income levels; indigenous participation in areas that support the health care system; seeding national and international companies to expand health product manufacturing, marketing, and distribution; maximizing private sector service outlets in new ways; promoting higher level application of best business practices; and advancing workplace initiatives across several health care issues.
Contribution of Faith Based Health Organizations to Global Health
9:00 – 11:00 am
Hosted by: the Faith and Global Health Caucus | visit website
From early beginnings in Missionary and Humanitarian projects overseas to full partnership in today's major Global Health initiatives, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) have, and continue to play an important role in Global Health programs at the local, national and international levels. Even when working for secular organizations, many public health professionals cite their faith and/or spiritual background as an important basis of their professional practice. While promoting and implementing evidence-based, sound public health programs for disadvantaged populations is the ultimate goal, public health programs implemented with a faith perspective compliment the technological focus of many programs in important ways. Panelists from several different faith and professional backgrounds will present their perspectives on the role of faith in contemporary Global Health programs and the opportunities and challenges presented by a changing economic and political climate. Time will be set aside for audience questions and discussion with the panelists. The session is open to everyone with an interest in this topic, and is not limited to Caucus members.
Child Survival:
Looking to the Past to Identify the Road Ahead
9:30 – 11:30 am
Hosted by: BASICS | visit website
 By examining the past, present, and future components of child survival, including technology, interventions, policies, politics, financing, resources, and research, this session will draw on lessons learned to answer broad questions about how Child Survival has evolved, what today’s challenges are, and what path programs should take in the coming years. With these in mind, a distinguished panel will reflect upon a number of key questions:
- What are the drivers that have enabled Child Survival programs to be effective?
- What have been the necessary and sufficient conditions for successful Child Survival improvements?
- What are the remaining critical Child Survival issues?
- Are the challenges global or regional-specific?
- What should be the focus of Child Survival leading up to 2015?
The panel, which will be moderated by Dr. Ron Waldman of USAID, comprises Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF; Dr. Jon Rohde, MSH; and Dr. Al Bartlett, USAID.
Biannual Meeting
1:30 – 6:30 pm
Hosted by: the Postabortion Care Consortium | visit website
 The Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium is a group of agencies working for over a decade for safe, accessible, and comprehensive postabortion care. PAC is a strategy to address unsafe abortion and miscarriage through community and service provider partnerships, counseling, treatment of incomplete and unsafe abortion, family planning services, and other reproductive health services.
Listen, Connect, Transform:
IntraHealth OPEN
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Hosted by: IntraHealth International | visit website
 Join us to celebrate a creative partnership that brings the worlds of technology, music and public health together to benefit Africa’s health workers. Drawing on Open Source technology and principles, IntraHealth OPEN focuses on enabling health systems and health workers to increase the use of information to build skills, solve challenges and deliver better health services.
Virtual Approaches in Management and Leadership:
Achieving Results at Scale
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Hosted by: Leadership, Management and Sustainability Program, Management Sciences for Health | visit website
 Experience firsthand Management Sciences for Health’s interactive, Internet-based distance learning programs. These learning programs--offered in leadership development, strategic planning, human resource management and business planning for health, among other topics--help to address the urgent need for leadership and management capacity-building worldwide. Through the USAID-funded Leadership, Management and Sustainability Program (LMS), hundreds of managers and their teams have been trained through these programs to improve health service delivery and health outcomes. This session will highlight MSH’s effective Internet-based leadership and management development programs, as well as two internet-based worldwide networks for health professionals. Please join us for this interactive event featuring MSH’s virtual programs and networks, demonstrations, results to date, photos of our participants, and refreshments.
The Battle Against Dengue:
The Search for a Vaccine
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Hosted by: Sanofi Pasteur | visit website
 Sanofi Pasteur is committed to developing a safe and effective vaccine to fight Dengue, a mosquito-born viral disease that affects more than 100 tropical regions. Approximately 2.5 billion people are at risk and 50 million cases are reported annually. Dengue results in high fever, headaches, muscle and bone pain, and possible death. In recent decades, population growth and urbanization have contributed to the growth of Dengue. The disease is expensive to treat and is a serious public health threat. In the last two years, outbreaks of Dengue have occurred in the Americas and across Southeast Asia. The number of reported cases of Dengue in the Americas was 890,000 in 2007. Currently, prevention efforts are focused on the use of nets and mosquito eradication programs. The team from Sanofi Pasteur will host a reception and discuss their ongoing efforts toward the development of a new and innovative vaccine to fight Dengue.
Transformative Dialogue:
Social Change to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: CARE | visit website
 CARE's work in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has increasingly focused on identifying and tackling social norms that perpetuate poor health outcomes. In addition to strengthening service delivery and health systems, CARE emphasizes gender equity and sexuality as key social determinants of health. CARE’s innovative approach challenges staff and partners to examine their personal values and how they relate to improving SRH. CARE's SRH team will guide participants through the "Social Analysis and Action" approach that enables communities to identify and explore social conditions that perpetuate health challenges. CARE staff will highlight key lessons and turning points from India, Kenya, the Republic of Georgia, and Ethiopia. They will share tools and engage participants in transformative dialogue about the social and cultural barriers to SRH. Staff will share video clips and results from an operations research seeking to answer, "What do gender and sexuality have to do with it?”
Evidence-Based Innovations and Strategies for Transforming Health System to Reach Communities
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. | visit website and Pakistan Initiative for Mothers & Newborns (PAIMAN) | visit website
 “PAIMAN” means commitment. The USAID-funded PAIMAN project is committed to improving maternal, newborn and child health through evidence-based strategies implemented in 23 districts of Pakistan. It is reaching out to the communities through innovative communication interventions that also involve religious leaders; bringing public and private health services within communities’ reach by establishing community-based obstetrics, newborn and child services linked to upgraded first level referral facilities; strengthening the health system by customizing health management teams and information systems to the devolved setup. The Project is also testing out innovative primary health care approaches for optimizing health care at community level. PAIMAN’s success is reflected in the baseline-midline surveys showing improvement in antenatal service coverage from 24.4% in 2005 to 34.5% in 2007 and institutional deliveries from 31% to 34% in the Project districts. In brief, PAIMAN is making a difference in how mothers and children are taken care of in Pakistan.
Designing and Creating New Technologies:
Innovative Solutions for Global Health
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: PATH | visit website
 For more than 30 years, PATH has been a world leader in creating and adapting technologies to improve health in developing countries. Please join us for a lively panel discussion of our unique methods and innovative approaches to developing affordable, appropriate, and accessible technologies for maternal and neonatal health, reproductive health, nutrition, vaccines and immunization, and water and sanitation. You’ll hear from a team of scientists, product designers, public health specialists, and business development experts, who work together with our private sector partners to commercialize and introduce products into these challenging markets. We’ll give you a virtual tour of our product development shop and diagnostics development laboratory in Seattle, and you’ll be the first at GHC to see the PATH Technology Fair – a show-and-tell of many of our innovative technology solutions.
Malaria Need Not be a Life Sentence;
It is Entirely Preventable and Treatable
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Hosted by: RTI International | visit website
 Annually, malaria affects 3 billion people in 107 countries plus 125 million non-immune people traveling to malaria-endemic countries. The major disease burden is in Africa where annually, more than 500 million people suffer from acute malaria resulting in more than 1 million deaths. Over 3 million pregnant women, children and infants die each year. Malaria is preventable and treatable as effective solutions are available, but a sustainable roll out plan is missing. In 2005, the World Health Assembly urged countries to establish policies to ensure >80% of those at risk of malaria benefit from major interventions, aimed at 50% mortality reduction by 2010 and 75% by 2015. In response, PMI supports indoor residual spraying (IRS) to kick-start a scale up of interventions in targeted sites in 15 African countries. An effective vector control intervention, IRS reduces the life of the mosquito resulting in the interruption of disease transmission.
What's New and What Works in Newborn Health
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Hosted by: Save the Children | visit website
 Join Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program as they celebrate new evidence energizing global commitment to reduce the nearly 4 million annual newborn deaths. Come to mingle with colleagues and hear from experts about innovative approaches changing the future of newborn health. The reception will feature a presentation of The Lancet paper of the year research showing a 1/3 reduction in newborn deaths through home-based care, include country perspectives and examples of new approaches to scaling up community-based newborn care, and provide a preview of cutting-edge areas for research and implementation in newborn health. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, works in partnership with 18 countries to reduce newborn mortality and improve newborn health. For questions, information and to RSVP by May 21st please contact savingnewbornlives@savechildren.org.
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| Wednesday, May 27 |
Auxiliary Luncheon Session:
Digitizing Public Health Infrastructure:
Geovisualization, eHealth and the TracPlus Program – A Case Study from Rwanda
12:45 – 2:15 pm
Hosted by: the Abbott Fund | visit website
Rwanda has emerged as a hub of social innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa and a model for cutting-edge fusions of digital technology with governance and social policy – which seemed unimaginable merely 10 years ago in the aftermath of the genocide. This panel will look at the confluence of public health and technology currently underway in Rwanda through the prism of multiple stakeholders: corporate, NGO, inter-governmental and governmental. Representatives from the World Bank will detail the electronic renovation of Rwanda's health infrastructure. Direct Relief International will detail the partnership with Abbott Fund, in which Determine™ rapid HIV test kits have been donated to Rwanda's network of PMTCT service providers and testing results are mapped and analyzed using GIS and Google Earth software. Rwandan representatives of the PMTCT program and the national HIV/AIDS tracking network, TracPlus, will also detail the critical role of the government in fostering digital innovation across the range of the country's public health services.
Auxiliary Luncheon Session:
Evolving the Role of Community Based Action in Closing the Health Disparities Gap:
Lessons from Africa and the U.S.
12:45 – 2:15 pm
Hosted by: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation | visit website | visit website
 Community based action lies at the core of effective efforts to reduce health disparities, and particularly for those caused by chronic diseases that affect patients for many years, if not a lifetime, like HIV/AIDS and serious mental illness. Community mobilization, patient education and active involvement in their treatment, and capacity building to establish true and flexible continuum of care are essential to initially achieving, and then, sustaining health gains over the long term. A panel of experts from Africa and the US will reflect on the latest evolutions and best practices from programs for two diseases that affect and create vulnerable populations with a similarly diverse treatment and care needs, HIV/AIDS and serious mental illness. Presentations will cover innovative models of community based action realized in community based treatment support, supported employment, “step-down” from acute nursing care to supported housing, and destigmatization and outreach among hard to reach populations.
Caring Beyond Borders:
The Wellbeing of Humanitarian Health Workers
2:30 – 4:30 pm
Hosted by: the Humanitarian Health Caucus | visit website
All conference attendees are invited to attend this year’s Humanitarian Health Caucus meeting which is built upon last year’s successful “standing-room-only” event. We will feature two thoughtful and provocative speakers to present issues, discuss with one another and engage in a dialogue with members of the audience.
Get Smarter:
Information Technologies to Improve Community Health
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Hosted by: AED | visit website
 Relax and enjoy refreshments as you learn how to use a wide range of information and communication technologies to improve community health. In developing countries, low-cost mobile computing devices can help overcome challenges such as unreliable power, low bandwidth, and scarce resources. Experts with the AED Center on AIDS and Community Health, the AED Information Technology Applications Center and the AED-SATELLIFE Center for Health Information and Technology, will introduce cutting-edge connectivity approaches for health and development that range from no to high bandwidth solutions. Get hands-on demonstrations of PDA use in household surveys, the Africa Access Point used to move health center data over cell networks and networked technologies in Macedonia. See the impact mobile phones are having in Ghana to promote VCT. And learn about new applications for mobile phones to improve data flow and provider education. And maybe win a new cell phone!
 Health Workforce: Using Better Data, Making Better Decisions
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Hosted by: USAID's Capacity Project, led by IntraHealth International | visit website
Without health workers, health care stops. Join us for a fun and interactive expo to learn about the Capacity Project’s program to assist countries in managing and supporting health workers. We invite you to enjoy delicious refreshments, engage in multimedia learning explorations, listen to country stories and view a short film about Uganda’s experience. Speak one-on-one with Capacity Project staff from Namibia, Uganda and Kenya to learn more about their successes and challenges. Try a hands-on demonstration of some of the Project’s technology solutions (including the iHRIS Software Suite and the HRH Global Resource Center) currently being used in sub-Saharan Africa. The first 100 participants can enter to win an iPod Touch! Come early and pick up a free flash drive loaded with health worker information software and tools (supplies limited).
Strengthening Systems to Combat AIDS during the Global Financial Crisis
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Hosted by: Management Sciences for Health
and the African Medical and Research Foundation | visit website
An informal discussion moderated by Joyce A. Sackey, Dean for Multicultural Affairs and Global Health, Tufts University School of Medicine. Refreshments will be served. After two decades of denial and international foot-dragging, since 2000 there has been an unprecedented expansion of AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, which is now paying off in dramatic reductions in AIDS deaths and promising (if still inadequate) progress in prevention. Expanding on these gains in the face of the global financial crisis will require a fundamentally different mindset and approach to AIDS programs. A host of separate, narrowly focused activities cannot be scaled up in a sustainable way. It is time for a systems approach. This approach will shape the global response and country responses to AIDS to be truly comprehensive, integrated, replicable, and sustainable over the long term. The result will be more targeted, efficient, and cost-effective services of higher quality, which will ultimately lead to greater impact in addressing AIDS.
Get the Scoop on Poop:
Cocktail Conversation on New Approaches for Addressing Diarrheal Disease
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Hosted by: PATH | visit website
Everyone knows that talking about diarrhea is a taboo. After all, you wouldn’t discuss it at a cocktail party. Or would you? Join us for a special session to do just that, hear what’s new in the field, and get the scoop on poop initiatives around the world. Hosted by PATH, this sometimes irreverent, but certainly important, event will showcase successes from around the world that are rekindling a sense of urgency to fight deaths from diarrhea. Hear about former and current successes and examine key areas where diarrheal disease is gaining traction. Experience a showcase of PATH’s work on diarrheal disease across the prevention-to-treatment spectrum – from new technologies and cornerstone interventions to community mobilization and advocacy.
35 Years—Learning, Teaching, Innovating
5:30 – 9:30 pm
Hosted by: Jhpiego | visit website
 Join Jhpiego for a panel discussion and reception.
The panel “35 Years—Learning, Teaching, Innovating” will present a retrospective of Jhpiego’s growth and an exploration of new innovations in maternal and newborn health, infectious disease prevention and reproductive health. Please RSVP to 35years@jhpiego.net
Panelists include:
Dr. Leslie Mancuso, President and CEO, “About Jhpiego”
Dr. Emmanuel 'Dipo Otolorin, Country Director, Jhpiego Nigeria, “The Evolution of Reproductive Health Programs”
Ms. Debora Bossemeyer, Regional Team Leader, Lusophone Countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, ”Shifting Roles of Community and Health Professionals"
Dr. Koki Agarwal, Project Director, MCHIP, “Leading Global Partnerships”
Dr. Japheth Mati, Former Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya "A Personal Testimony of Leading with Jhpiego Principals"
Dr. Khunying Kobchitt Limpaphayom, Professor Emeritus, Department of OB-GYN, ChulalongKorn University, "Taking Innovations to Program Scale"
Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, Vice President and Medical Director, “Innovations: Past, Present and Future”
Pediatric HIV: Challenges and Solutions in Prevention, Treatment, and Support
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | visit website
 From 2001 to 2007, the number of children living with HIV worldwide increased from 1.6 million to more than 2.0 million. In 2007 alone, an estimated 370,000 children became newly infected with HIV; this means that more than 1,000 children are infected every day, nearly all of them in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of children living with HIV acquire the virus through mother-to-child transmission: during pregnancy or delivery, or through breastfeeding. Despite these staggering figures, the rate of AIDS-related deaths among children has in fact fallen since 2003, due in part to scale-up of PMTCT and pediatric care and treatment programs in some of the hardest-hit areas of the globe. This satellite session will explore the challenges and proven solutions to expanding HIV prevention, care and treatment programs in resource-limited settings, with a particular focus on interventions aimed at preventing MTCT of HIV and caring for infants and children living with HIV. Speakers include:- Dr. Claudes Kamenga, Family Health International
- Dr. Gloria Ekpo, BASICS
- Dr. Lulu Oguda, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Dr. Linda Sussman, Public Health Consultant
- Sara Bowsky, USAID Africa Bureau
Global Health Fellows Program Reception
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: Global Health Fellows Program/Public Health Institute | visit website
 The Global Health Fellows Program is hosting a reception at the Global Health Council Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 27 from 6-8 pm. Join program staff, current and former fellows and your colleagues in the field of global health for hors d'oeuvres, beverages and socializing in a relaxed setting. Want to learn more about our fellowship and internship opportunities? Come talk to us!
Fulfilling the Promise:
Basic Technologies + Proven Strategies = Saving Women’s Lives from
Unsafe Abortion
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: Ipas | visit website
 This event will highlight the global health crisis of unsafe abortion and how access to basic technologies can save women’s lives and advance women’s rights. The session will begin with an excerpt from “Not Yet Rain,” a new documentary highlighting women’s experiences with abortion in Ethiopia. Ipas representatives and partners from Africa, Asia and Latin America will share insights on the critical role that manual vacuum aspiration and medical abortion—under-utilized technologies for safe abortion care—are playing in reducing deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion in diverse settings around the world. They will discuss the challenges of making these technologies more widely available in the context of achieving universal access to reproductive health care. Discussions will focus on the promise of medical abortion to revolutionize abortion access.
Breakthrough Technologies for Saving Mothers’ Lives:
Clinical and Community Action to Address Postpartum Hemorrhage
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: Pathfinder International | visit website
 Pathfinder International will present the series of integrated interventions included in our multi-country PPH program designed to reduce Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) deaths in even the most remote locations. Representatives from Pathfinder’s PPH projects in Nigeria and India will present Pathfinder’s continuum of care model, which focuses on prevention and care from the community level—where women are most likely to give birth at home or in poorly equipped health centers—to higher level facilities where they can receive care for complications. The model incorporates, as needed, active management of the third stage of labor, including administration of an appropriate drug (uterotonic); improved methods to estimate blood loss and signal when a woman is in danger; the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment, which is placed on a woman to control PPH until she reaches emergency obstetric care; and improved communication and transportation systems to help move women to emergency care.
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| Thursday, May 28 |
The Launch of the Global Health Technologies Coalition
9 - 10 am
Hosted by: PATH | website and the Global Health Technologies Coalition | website
Please join PATH and our colleagues for the official launch of the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC), a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations uniting to advocate for accelerated development of health solutions for developing countries. Recently funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the GHTC works to educate US policymakers about the benefits of new vaccines, microbicides, drugs, and diagnostics to improve health in poor countries around the world. Join us for a light breakfast and hear about the latest policy issues in global health research and development. You do not need to register for this event.
Mid-Year Meeting:
Hot Topics and Committee Actions
12:45 – 2:15 pm
Hosted by: the International Health Section of the APHA | visit website
 The APHA International Health Section members and those interested in joining or becoming more active in the section are welcome to attend this mid-year update; discussion; activity/advocacy planning session.
New Horizons for Partnership: The Voice of Civil Society in Immunization
2:30 – 4:00 pm
A workshop supported by GlaxoSmithKline in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and Save the Children.
Immunization has the potential to significantly contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly MDG 4 on reducing child mortality and MDG 5 on improving maternal health, and to bring positive health benefits to children and their families. Civil Society plays a critical role as a link between communities, governments and the private sector, to ensure that immunization and health are priorities and that immunization is available to all. This session will seek to gain insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by civil society - for instance, how can we ensure optimal information and communication on immunization among Civil Society organizations? Drawing on the experience of a recent NGO Consultation in Asia, and working collaboratively, this session aims to explore ways to ensure a strong voice of Civil Society is heard to help shape immunization and health policies.
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| Friday, May 29 |
Annual Meeting
10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Hosted by: The Spirit of Alma Ata 1978 Caucus | visit website
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The ACCESS Program:
Lesson Learned from a Global Maternal and Newborn Health Program
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: Jhpiego/ACCESS Program | visit website
 As the ACCESS Program completes its fifth and final year, field staff from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Malawi will be sharing effective program approaches from this USAID-funded global maternal and newborn health (MNH) program. Speakers will highlight ways to deliver high-impact interventions in the areas of skilled birth attendance, essential newborn care, and the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. Related tools and materials will also be available. ACCESS works in 25 countries to improve MNH and survival by promoting ways to overcome barriers to implementing interventions at scale. Moving beyond the facility level, ACCESS extends health care services into communities and homes by building the capacity of skilled birth attendants, and through increasing families' access to and utilization of the high-quality services they provide. This expands coverage, access, and use of MNH services from the household to the hospital, and makes high-quality health services accessible to even the most vulnerable populations.
Unheard Voices, Hidden Lives
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hosted by: International HIV/AIDS Alliance | visit website
A reception hosted by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance with photo exhibition and stories from some of the most marginalized global communities affected by HIV and AIDS.
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