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Jay McAuliffe, CDC Country Support Lead for GHI, will moderate a discussion with colleagues Randolph Augustin (Health Team Leader, USAID Liberia) and Mary Fanning (Health Attaché and PEPFAR Coordinator, US Embassy-South Africa), focusing on the status of GHI Country Strategies in Liberia and South Africa.  The country strategy for Liberia has two focus areas:  Improving service delivery through the Essential Package of Health Services; and Strengthening health systems to increase institutional capacity and sustainability.  The Country Strategy for South Africa is in final stages of clearance.  Details on the plans will be provided during the webinar.  Following the presentations, participants will be able to present questions to Randolph and Mary.

Moderator: Smita Baruah, Global Health Council

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A Discussion on the GHI Country Strategies

Date: Oct. 4, 2011 Time: 10-11 am

This month’s call on the Global Health Initiative (GHI) focuses on the development and implementation of GHI country strategies. To-date, 35 GHI country strategies are under way, and 7 are complete and published. Catherine Gordon, RN, MBA, Senior Public Health Analyst in the Global Health Initiative at the State Department hosts the call. She is joined by the GHI Country Support Team, principal GHI liaisons to in-country health teams and support personnel for review of strategy documents, who will highlight a few specific countries and their GHI strategies.

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Jay McAuliffe, MD MPH | read bio

Mamadi Yilla | read bio

Janis Timberlake | read bio

Funmi Adesanya | read bio

Irene Koek | read bio

Ms. Alisa (Aly) Cameron | read bio

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This month’s call on the Global Health Initiative (GHI) introduced Chris Dorval, Senior Advisor, Strategy and External Relations of GHI’s Senior Leadership Team, housed at the Department of State. This call discussed emerging developments in GHI’s external communications.

Featured speakers:

• Lois Quam, Executive Director , GHI
• Chris Dorval, Senior Advisor, Strategy and External Relations, GHI

Moderator:

• Smita Baruah, Interim Co-CEO, Global Health Council

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Country representatives from Bangladesh and Nepal will discuss how GHI has been rolled out in their country with respect to working in an interagency fashion and how GHI is shaping the work that they do in country going forward.

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GHC's David Olson interviews Lois Quam (Executive Director, Global Health Initiative) and Lee Anthony Brudvig (US Deputy Chief of Mission to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya) at the 38^th Annual International Conference on Global Health sponsored by Global Health Council

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You are cordially invited to attend the 38th annual International Conference on Global Health sponsored by the Global Health Council - June 13 to June 17, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.

"Securing a Healthier Future in a Changing World" http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2011/

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Global Health Council announces the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) as the winner of the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health at the 64th World Health Assembly.

Established in 1975, TDR is a global program of international technical cooperation, with the two interdependent objectives of developing improved tools for the control of tropical diseases and strengthening research capability within affected countries.

More than 50 jurors from 20 countries participated in the selection process. And this year’s winning organization was chosen from a highly competitive field of 112 nominations. Recent winders include: GHESKIO in Haiti, Aravind Eye Care System in India, and the Carter Center from the United States.

Established in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began recognizing organizations that have made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health. Further, these organizations have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource-poor settings, with measurable results. The Gates Award comes with a $1,000,000 honorarium and is administered by the Global Health Council.

The Global Health Council would like to thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the opportunity to administer this award and their continued support of our mission. The Global Health Council is a membership alliance of nearly 500 organizations and more than 5000 individuals from some 140 countries devoted to improving health and saving lives throughout the world.

Speakers:

• Dr. Jeffrey Sturchio, President and CEO, Global Health Council
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• Ambassador John E. Lange, Senior Program Officer in Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

• Dr. Robert Ridley, Director, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)

Links:

• Global Health Council
• TDR
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• 2011 Gates Award for Global Health
• 2011 Annual Conference on Global Health [Global Health Council]

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Delivering Impact in Women and Children’s Health: The Challenges and Opportunities of Service Integration

Monday, April 11, 2011 8:45 am – 12:35 pm Hamilton Crowne Plaza Ballroom

On April 11, 2011, the Global Health Council and its partners held the event “Delivering impact in women and children’s health: The challenges and opportunities of service integration” at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. The purpose of this event was to explore the definition and meaning of the term integration; identify the contextual factors that promote and inhibit the integration of global health programs; and highlight some of the best practices in maternal, newborn and child integration and health systems strengthening. The morning included sessions organized by USAID’s flagship maternal, newborn and child health integrated program (MCHIP), FHI, and Management Sciences in Health (MSH), and was generously funded by the United Nations Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Rachel Hampton at rhampton@globalhealth.org.

Speaker: Jeffrey Sturchio, President and CEO, Global Health Council

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What does Integration Mean, Exactly?

Delivering Impact in Women and Children’s Health: The Challenges and Opportunities of Service Integration

Session Organizer: USAID's flagship maternal, newborn and child health integrated program (MCHIP)

In recent years, the term “integration” has gained increasing prominence in the global health community to describe service delivery or to systems and management, or in some cases both are implied. Confusion surrounding the definition and use of the world often results in misunderstanding among policy makers and global health practitioners, affecting program development and implementation. This session will discuss the various definitions and uses of the term “integration,” and will include examples from a management perspective and that of in country integrated programming.

Speakers:

• Steve Hodgins, Global Leadership Team Leader, MCHIP/JSI
• Cat McKaig, Family Planning Team Leader, MCHIP/Jhpiego
• Joseph de-Graft Johnson, Newborn Health and Community Interventions Team Lead, MCHIP/Save the Children

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To Integrate or Not To Integrate? Determining When Integrated Programs are Feasible

Integration is not a one-size-fits-all solution for challenges in global health. There are a variety of factors that must be considered when determining whether to integrate health services, including population characteristics, existing infrastructure and systems, human resources, political and donor engagement and support, community-level acceptability, and more. This session will explore how to determine if integration is the preferred strategy to achieve health outcomes.

Session Organizer: FHI

Speakers:

• Johannes van Dam, FHI
• Elaine Charurat, MCHIP
• Alicen Burns Spaulding, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

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