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Running C-IMCI Framework Workshops
Larry Casazza (WV, Co-Chair IMCI Working Group); Lynette Walker (CORE, IMCI Coordinator)

Session Objective:
Prepare participants to conduct country workshops with multiple stakeholders on the C-IMCI framework. The session will introduce participants to the CORE model for inter-organizational workshops on the C-IMCI Framework. A workshop was implemented in Bolivia with multiple stakeholders at the national level that enabled participants to build a common language around C-IMCI, create an initial mapping of efforts by the three elements and multi-sectoral platform, identify gaps in knowledge and systems constraints to C-IMCI implementation, and prioritize country planning efforts. The session provides an opportunity for PVOs to strengthen their role in C-IMCI country efforts and build collaborative relationships around the C-IMCI framework. Session participants will be provided with all communication tools, facilitation guides, and Power Point presentations to conduct country workshops.

Larry Casazza (MD MPH) is a technical advisor on child survival interventions for World Vision. As co-chair of the IMCI Working Group of CORE, he has played a major role in promoting the role of NGOs in IMCI, and in advancing the child health and nutrition agenda at the global level. He served as a Technical officer with PRITECH and was one of the first Public Health Specialists in the World Bank Headquarters. He is a Board-certified paediatrician and actively involved in expanding the role of NGOs in the Roll Back Malaria Initiative.

Lynette Walker (MPH) is the IMCI Coordinator with the Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (The CORE Group). She previously worked with the Task Force for Child Survival and Development in Atlanta, Georgia where she analysed organisations in order to inform partnership development. She also worked with the Texas Department of Health developing and managing community development and community outreach programs and facilitating local, regional and state community health planning efforts.