Wednesday, October 19, 2011
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Registration
5:00 - 7:00 pm	Welcome Reception:   1. Opening Remarks:   Eustache Jean-Louis, MD ,   NHAHA Chair and Yanick Sanon Eveillard, M.P.H, NHAHA Vice chair   2.Welcome Remarks:    Alex Larsen, M.D. Ministre de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP)    Edwin Paraison, Ministre des Haitiens Vivant a L'Etranger (MHAVE)   Mme. Anne Valérie T. Milfort, Executive Director of the IRCH   Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haïti (ICRH)   Voices from the streets:   Testimonies of the daily lives of Haitians   Entertainment - A celebration of the Haitian culture
Thursday, October 20, 2011
8:00 - 9:00 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am	Keynote: HEALTH CARE POLICIES AFFECTING THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES;   US government Health initiatives for Haiti:   Presenter: Eddis Charlotte,   Haiti Health Reconstruction Coordinator, US Government
10:00 - 11:00 am	Plenary I: THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE (GHI)   ON COUNTRIES HEALTH SYSTEM;   Maximizing Positive Synergies in the case of Haiti: (GHI such as the Global Fund   to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) and the U.S. President's Emergency Fund   for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)   Presenter: Gregory Jerome, MD   Director of Monitoring and Evaluation and Quality Improvement,   Partners In Health (PIH/) Zanmi Lasante (ZL)
11:10 - 11:15 am	Break
11:15 - 12:00 pm	Plenary II - HEALTH ECONOMICS AND FINANCING - Generating, Organizing   and allocating Financial resources in Health systems strengthening:   Presenter: Pharel Kesner   Economist, Professor, Chairman and CEO Group Croissance, S.A
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm	CONCURRENT INSTITUTES:   1. MANAGING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:    - The lessons of the Cholera epidemic in Haiti      Presenter: Joceline Pierre-Louis, MD      Director of Promotion of the Department of Public Health, MSPP    - Pwoje Espwa; A decentralized community-based cholera prevention and      community health model in rural Haiti; leveraging locals, rural, social institutions.      Presenter: James Myers, Ph.D.      Haiti Outreach Pwoje Espwa (H.O.P.E),      Rochester Institute of Technology      Thony Voltaire, M.D.      Medical Director, H.O.P.E/Alyans Sante Borgne (ASB)   2. PROVIDING QUALITY CARE TO CHILDREN :   How do countries such as Haiti meet the challenges of the Millennium Development   Goals (MDG) with high rate of infant mortality poor neonatal care, low immunization   coverage, micronutrient deficiencies, infectious diseases particularly acute   respiratory infections and diarrhea?   Presenter: Olbeg Desinor, MD, MPH, Society of Haitian Pediatricians
2:10 - 3:30 pm	Plenary III: BUILDING LOCAL WORKFORCE CAPACITY IN HEALTH:   - Training Haitian Midwives ; The continued Success of a Haitian Birth Center;   Soley Lavi:   Presenter: Clare Loprinzi,   Traditional Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, MCH degree, NARM preceptor;   Teacher; Mother Health International   - Complementing Nursing education and Training for Haiti:   How City University of New York and North American Schools of Nursing   are Building access to Health care in Haiti:   Presenter: Carmelle, Bellefleur, PhD, RN; Promoting Health in Haiti, Inc.   - Advancing Nursing in Haiti: Nursing Initiatives in Haiti:   Presenters: Mona Prismy and Lucile Charles;   President of the Haitian Nurses Association
3:30 - 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 - 4:30 pm	Keynote- HAITI HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES PRIORITIES:   Building an effective and sustainable Health workforce:   Presenter: Jimmy Beaubrun, Director of Human Resources, MSPP
Friday, October 21, 2011   - Click here for Friday's Agenda

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