| Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Keynote: HEALTH CARE POLICIES AFFECTING THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES;
US government Health initiatives for Haiti:
Presenter: Eddis Charlotte,
Haiti Health Reconstruction Coordinator, US Government
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9:30 - 10:20 am |
Plenary IV: POPULATION , HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT
The Synergy of Aid distribution, water, sanitation, and hygiene on public health
outcomes in Haiti urban and rural areas
Presenter: Marc J. Cohen, Ph.D .
Senior Researcher, Humanitarian Policy, OXFAM America
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| 10:20 - 10:30 am |
Break |
10:30 - 11:30 am |
Plenary V - POST-TRAUMA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO HAITIANS:
DISCUSSIONS ON NEEDS.
Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future:
Presenters: Gemima St. Louis, Ph.D.; Rosemonde Menard-Webb MSEd ;
The Haitian Mental Health Network; NHAHA Mental Health Workgroup
Jacqueline Baussan, Vice-President; Association of Haitian Psychologists in Haiti
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11:30 - 12:30 pm |
PLENARY IV
1. GLOBAL STRATEGIES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES; HIV/AIDS
- HIV/AIDS: A Human Rights Approach to Prevention and Care
Presenter: Jean Levelt; MSPP
- BEYOND ARV'S: Implementing Housing and Services as Structural Interventions
for Prevention and Care in Haiti:
Presenters: Esther Boucicaut Stanislas, Founder and Executive Director of FEBS &
Edner Boucicaut, Country-Director Housing Works in Haiti
- TRANSFORMING RESOURCES:
The development of indigenous HIV/AIDS civil society in Haiti:
Presenters: Gerson S. Jeudy, M.D.
Promoteurs Objectif ZEROSIDA (POZ); and Alichèse Plaisimé,
Coordinator of Association des personnes infectees et affectees par le VIh
dans la Grand'Anse (APIAVGA)/ Grand'Anse (APIAVGA)
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| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
CONCURRENT INSTITUTES
1. PROTECTING WOMEN'S HEALTH IN POST-DISASTER AREAS:
- "Nobody Remembers Us" Failure to Protect Women's and Girls' Right to Health
and Security in Post- Earthquake Haiti:
Presenter: Amanda Klasing, M.A., J.D. Research, Women's Rights Division,
Human Rights Watch
- Ensuring Haitian Women's participation and Leadership in all Stages of National
Relief and Reconstruction:
Presenter: Lisa Davis; Human Rights Advocacy Director, MADRE; Clinical Professor
of Law for the IWHR Clinic at CUNY Law School; J.D., City University of New York;
M.A., International Politics, American University
2. UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISASTER AND TRAUMA
ON THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY:
Presenters: Gemima St. Louis, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist; and
Rosemonde Menard-Webb, MSEd.; The Haitian Mental Health Network &
NHAHA Mental Health workgroup
3. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
THE SURPRISING PROGRESS OF HAITI:
Presenter: Nancy Rachel Labbé-Coq., MD, Country Director,
International Training and Education Center for Health(I-TECH)
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| 2:30 - 2:45 pm |
Break |
2:45 - 3:15 pm |
PLENARY VII:
ENGAGING HAITI CIVIL SOCIETY IN IMPROVING HAITIAN HEALTH :
The role of professional Haitian Associations in influencing policy:
Association Medicale Haitienne (AMH), Haitian Public Health Association (ASPHA),
National Haitian American Health Alliance(NHAHA)
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3:15 - 4:15 pm |
PLENARY VIII:
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH IN HAITI:
Understanding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
contracting requirements; Landing a job in Haiti; Re-integration of the Diaspora
Presenters: Annouk Hudicourt, Laurence Gauthier Pierre &
Arielle Jean-Baptiste; Haitian Diaspora Living in Haiti (HDWIH).
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4:30 - 6:00 pm |
Work in Haiti Fair - Recruiting agencies:
A la Carte, Haiti Staffing and Business Resources, Job509
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6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Reception - Entertainment, networking and Closing Remarks
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Saturday 22, 2011 |
Visit to the "Centre Medico Social" Port-au-Prince - Contact NHAHA
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| Thursday, October 20, 2011 - Click here for Wednesday & Thursday's Agenda |
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