Global Health Council 32nd Annual Conference
Auxiliary Event - Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Faith-Based Organizations as Pioneers and Partners in Health Systems Development
Ambassador Ballroom, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
Hosted by Christian Connections for International Health
Moderator - W. Henry Mosley, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and CCIH Board Member
9:30-10:30 a.m. Highlights of “Faith In Action” – A Multi-Country Study Examining the Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Addressing HIV/AIDS - Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Global Health Council; Karin Ringheim, PhD, MPH, Research and Analysis Director, Global Health Council; Rabia Mathai, DrPH, MPH, MS, PhD, Senior Vice President, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
10:30 –11:00 a.m. FBO Contributions to 20th Century Progress in International Health- Ray Martin, MPH, Executive Director, Christian Connections for International Health
11:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Religious and Cultural Determinants of Health Care– A Qualitative Study from India - Vinod Shah, MD, Regional Secretary, International Christian Medical and Dental Association and Director, Distance Education, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
12:00 –12:30 p.m. Trends in FBO Participation in International Relief and Development: 1950 –2003 - Rachel McCleary, PhD, Director, Religion, Political Economy, and Society Project, Harvard University
LUNCH – 12:30–1-:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Abbott Fund's Step Forward Program
Moderator – Milton Amayun, MD, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor, HIV/AIDS, World Vision International, and CCIH Board President
1:30 -2:50 p.m. Panel Presentations: Faith, Ethics and Values: A Contextual Dialogue on Health and Research in the Developing World - Adnan Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor & Leon Robertson Chair, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Joseline Bruce, BS, Research Assistant on a Malaria Project at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana; Gorette Nalwadda, RN, Nurse Trainer and Faculty, School of Nursing, University of Makerere, Uganda; Fraction Dzinjalamala, PhD, Parasitologist and Malariologist from University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Malawi
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3:10-3:40 p.m. Decentralizing ARV Therapy through Faith-Based Health Care Networks - Anthony Amoroso, MD, Institute for Human Virology, University of Maryland, for Catholic Relief Services led Consortium on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (AIDSRELIEF)
3:40-4:00 WHO –FBO Partnerships in the HIV “3 by 5” Program - The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf, Partnerships/External Relations/Communications, Department of HIV/AIDS, WHO