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Monday, May 03, 2010
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Session Number: 3160A |
| Developing and Delivering Better Health for Every Child: From Bench to All the World[apos]s ChildrenâPart I |
| PGPR State of the Art Plenary |
| Vancouver Convention Centre ~ East Ballroom A |
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| Target Audience: Scientists and clinicians with an interest in global childhood health issues and in the process of implementing programs for the improvement of child health in developing countries. |
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| Objective:
- Understand the need for collaborative programs which can apply known treatments to children in need. |
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| Chairs: Alvin Zipursky,The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada and Stuart M. Macleod, B.C. Research Institute for Children[apos]s and Women[apos]s Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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| Each year millions of children die from disease in developing countries for which potential treatment exists. This session will discuss implementation: why, when and how information developed in one setting can be used to save children[apos]s lives in another setting. |
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Alvin Zipursky
The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
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Stuart M. Macleod
B.C. Research Institute for Children[apos]s and Women's Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 8:00 AM - |
Introduction and Presentation of the 2010 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health* to Robert E. Black
Alvin Zipursky
The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
| 8:10 AM - |
Award Address
Robert E. Black
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Baltimore, MD |
| 8:40 AM - |
Keynote Address: Implementation Science: Putting Knowledge into Action
Roger Glass
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| 9:10 AM - |
Developing Community Case Management for Pneumonia in Developing Countries; Including Challenges
Shamim Qazi
Child and Adolescent Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9:40 AM - |
The Challenge of Implementing the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network
Isaac Odame
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
| 10:10 AM - |
One Million Neonatal Deaths: Complete Community Data for Priority Setting
Diego G. Bassani
Centre for Global Health Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada |
| 10:40 AM - |
Discussion
Discussion
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| Program developed by The Programme for Global Paediatric Research and the Pediatric Academic Societies |
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