Moderator Dr. Ian Pett, Chief of Health Systems and Strategic Planning for Unicef Panel discussion Introduction and overview of policies and systems—the 2010 Countdown findings Elizabeth Mason, Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, WHO Zambia shares lessons on policy change for scaling up Victor Munyongwe Mukonka, Director...
Moderator Agnes Soucat, Advisor on Health, Nutrition and Population for Africa, The World Bank Presentations Planning and budgeting for MDG results in Ethiopia Dr. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, Director, Policy and Planning, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia Download Powerpoint [PDF – 1.05 MB] Modelling the costs of scaling up of MNCH...
Presentations ODA for MNCH—up or down? Catherine Pitt, Research Fellow in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Financial flows for family planning Stan Bernstein, Senior Policy Advisor, UNFPA Download Powerpoint [PDF – 1.4 MB] The financing gap for MNCH Peter Berman, Lead Health Economist, The World Bank...
Moderator Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Presentations New evidence: session overview: child survival and nutrition interventions Betty Kirkwood, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Download Powerpoint [PDF – 453.43 KB] New evidence: neonatal survival interventions Joy Lawn, Director Global Evidence and Policy, Saving...
Presentations Welcome and introduction of speaker More than counting numbers Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF Countdown to 2015 . . . monitoring progress & advocating for solutions Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Professor & Founding Chair, Women and Child Health Division, Aga Khan University, Pakistan, and Co-chair of 2010 Countdown Group Download...
Moderator Dr E.H. Benzerroug, WHO Representative, Mozambique Presentations A brief introduction to community-based approaches to care for newborns and children Bernadette Daelmans, Medical Officer, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, WHO Download Powerpoint [PDF – 640.45 KB] The Malawi experience managing childhood illness in the community Humphreys Nsona, National IMCI...
Moderator Betty Kirkwood, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, LSHTM Presentations Recent findings on equity: results from 38 Countdown countries Ties Boerma, Director, Health Statistics and Informatics, WHO Download Powerpoint [PDF – 411.51 KB] Geographical disparities in RMNCH Wendy J. Graham, Professor of Obstetric Epidemiology, Immpact, School of Medicine...
Moderator Monir Islam, Director, Making Pregnancy Safer, WHO Presentations Overview of the 2010 Countdown findings on human resources opportunities and constraints Neeru Gupta, Demographer, Health Workforce Information and Governance, WHO Download Powerpoint [PDF – 258.43 KB] Using strategic information and investment to improve availability of skilled providers in underserved areas...