The Community Health Network Meeting
Day Two: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Welcome: Daily Facilitator Lalia Chania (International Relief and Development)
Plenary 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Presentations:
- CORE Group: What's New? (Karen LeBan)
- Keynote Address: Community-Based Primary Health Care: Are women to be instruments of child survival, or active participants in family health and development? (Henry Mosley, Johns Hopkins University)
- Dory Storms Award Recipient, Henry Perry (Johns Hopkins University and Future Generations) gave a brief presentation on his personal and professional influences during his long career in international health and child survival.
- Henry Perry's Acceptance Speech
Concurrent Sessions. 11-12:30
1. Pandemic Influenza: Technical Update. Eric Starbuck (CORE/H2P)
This session focused on the epidemiology of the current pandemic and recent global guidance on interventions for mitigation at family and community levels, and included time for questions and discussion.
Presentations:
- Part I: Epidemiology, History, and Current Threat
- Part II: Mitigation Strategies
- Part III: Additional Slides
2. Community Health in Conflict Settings/Fragile States. Nitin Madhav (Officer-in-Charge, FATA Programs, USAID); Netra Prasad Batta (ADRA Nepal); Stephanie Weber (American Refugee Committee International); Andrea Wilson (Aga Khan Foundation)
In a world where conflicts are increasing – some directly affecting the security of the United States – this session looked at community health programs and their role in not only providing essential services, but also the subtle ways in which they contribute toward improved stability in fragile environments. Participants examined lessons learned through programs in Liberia, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Thailand, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan – and how these programs may impact U.S. foreign policy in terms of maintaining the key priority of improving community health.
Presentations:
- Community Based Family Planning in a Conflict Setting - Netra Prasad Batta (ADRA Nepal)
- Cultivating Dynamic Health Leaders from the Community - Stephanie Weber (American Refugee Committee International)
- Rebuilding communities through health initiatives in Afghanistan - Andrea Wilson (Aga Khan Foundation)
3. Make Space: Innovation to Enhance Service Delivery. Michelle Kouletio (Concern Worldwide); Nazo Kureshy (USAID); Donika Dimovska (Results for Development); Neal Brandes (USAID); Alyssa Sharkey (UNICEF/iMNCH)
Are you interested in gaining insights into how to incorporate equity into project designs? Are you interested in being part of a process to provide recommendations for community oriented programs? This session provided an opportunity to hear preliminary findings from an expert equity Technical Advisory Group process that MCHIP is conducting; ask questions of PVO experts; share ideas among participants; and propose next steps for developing recommendations for community oriented programs. The session included a brief explanation of the expert TAG process, group discussions, and presentations of examples from the field.
Presentations:
- Making Space- Michelle Kouletio (Concern Worldwide)
- Making Space: Innovation to Enhance Service Delivery - Neal Brandes and Nazo Kureshy, USAID)
- Innovations for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Background and Conceptual Framework - Alyssa Sharkey (UNICEF/iMNCH)
Lunch. 12:30-1:30
- Chad Swanson discussed the Consensus statement on health system strengthening.
- Garth Osborn talked about his recent work with IRC on pandemic-specific issues with NGOs working in refugee camps.
Working Groups/Projects: Joint meeting time and/or technical presentations. 1:30-3:00
1. Malaria in Pregnancy/Anemia. Kwami Asamoa (CDC), Emily Wainwright (Jhpiego), Aimee Dickerson (USAID) What are the latest updates and issues surrounding malaria during pregnancy and resulting anemia? Participants discussed related technical issues, useful tools for scale up of MIP programming and had an opportunity to share lessons learned.
Presentations:
- Malaria during Pregnancy: Updates and issues surrounding IPTp - Kwame Asamoa (CDC)
- Integrated Anemia Control: Putting the Pieces Together - Emily Wainwright (Jhpiego)
- Preventing Malaria in Pregnancy: Results and Recommendations from Five sub-Saharan African Countries - Aimee Dickerson (USAID)
2. Human Pandemic Preparedness Project.
A discussion about H2P’s easy-to-use, easy-to-adapt community-oriented curriculum and tools in this participatory session. Curriculum>>
3. Social and Behavior Change Working Group.
Participants heard about the HIP Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Improvement Training Package (WASH). Participants shared their expertise as SBC members presented the Partnership Defined Quality M&E toolkit and the Social Change Toolkit. The group vettted each toolkit and discussed application of each to programs and to other working groups.
4. Community Health Worker Functionality Tool. Lauren Crigler (Initiatives)
USAID is addressing the global health human resources crisis by increasing the number of functional (trained, equipped, supervised) community health workers and volunteers. This tool will be used to report on this achievement to Congress and the American public. Participants provided input into the development of this tool, and learned more about it.
Community Health Worker Functionality Tool
Plenary. 3-3:30
Polio Project Update. Ellen Coates, Director of CORE Group’s Polio Project provided a brief overview of the accomplishments of this dynamic effort, and plans for the future.
Fall Meeting Summary Overview and Announcements. Tom Davis (Food for the Hungry & CORE Group Board Chair).
Working Groups Gallery Walk/Poster Session. 3:45-4:30
This session featured Working Groups, MCHIP and our table sponsors exhibiting their current programs, and encouraged participants to get involved!