CONFERENCE: 36th Annual International Conference on Global Health
26-30 MAY 2009 | WASHINGTON DC
Publisher/Organizer: Global Health Council
Event dates: 26-30 May 2009
Venue: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Overview
The Global Health Council’s 36th Annual Conference, New Technologies + Proven Strategies = Healthy Communities, will highlight the ways in which technologies in combination with best practices and evidence-based policies improve health around the world.
There are a number of sessions relevant to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Here are a few highlights for dealing with MNCH:
- Newborn and child health/survival highlights
- C5: Pathways to Success in Diarrheal Disease Control
- D5: Better Beginnings: Improving Neonatal Outcomes
- E4: Feeding the Future: Preventing Malnutrition in Infants and Children
- E5: Integrated Service Delivery: HIV- MCH
- E4: Feeding the Future: Preventing Malnutrition in Infants and Children
- Maternal/women's health
- D1: Innovative Strategies Addressing Malaria in Pregnancy: Leading to Healthier Outcomes
- E3: Gender Perspectives and Women’s Health
- E5: Integrated Service Delivery: HIV- MCH
- F4: Postpartum Hemorrhage: New Findings and Innovative Technologies
- H2: Community Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
- HIV/AIDS
- A3: Women Centered and Women Empowered Approaches to Fight HIV
- Reproductive health
- C4: Bringing Family Planning to the People: Novel Approaches to Involving and Reaching Communities
- Other relevant sessions
- PS3: Innovative Tools for Tracking and Estimating Intervention Costs & Implications for Policymakers
- PS6: Are We Really Listening: The Voice of Civil Society in Global Health
- G6: Health Workforce: Addressing the Crisis