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Monday, May 03, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Session Number: 3460A |
| Developing and Delivering Better Health for Every Child: From Bench to All the World[apos]s ChildrenâPart III |
| 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 Robert Armstrong, B.C. Children’s Hospital, 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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Robert W. Armstrong
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Chief, Pediatric Medicine BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 3:00 PM - |
The Significant Challenges In Scaling Up Interventions That Work: The Case Of Micronutrient Powders (Sprinkles
Stanley H. Zlotkin
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 3:30 PM - |
Prevention of Kernicterus: Implementation of a Global Program
Vinod K. Bhutani
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA |
| 4:00 PM - |
The Prevention of Prematurity, Neonatal Deaths and Stillbirths: The GAPPS Program
Craig E. Rubens
University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 4:30 PM - |
Rh Hemolytic Disease in Developing Countries: Facing the Threat
Alvin Zipursky
The Programme for Global Paediatric Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
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| Program developed by The Programme for Global Paediatric Research and the Pediatric Academic Societies |
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