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We hope to meet you at Unite For Sight's Conference in April at Yale University. Please also feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested in attending.


When: April 1-2, 2006
Where: Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Theme: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
Who should attend?  Anyone interested in eye care, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international health, international service, nonprofits, or microenterprise
Conference Goal: To empower conference attendees to identify health needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the medically underserved
How to Register - Early Bird Registration! http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php
Early Bird Registration Rate: $35 student/resident rate; $50 for all others *Rate increases after January


_Keynote Address_
Environment, Behavior, and Health: Societies Matter," Al Sommer, MD, MHS

_Global Health in Discussion_
"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and Concerns, Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
"Millenium Development Goals," Josh Ruxin, MPH, PhD
"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals," Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, DrPH
"Workforce Development - The Foundation For Global Health Gains," Bjorg Palsdottir, MPA
"Health as a Bridge to Peace," Paula Gutlove, DMD
"Medical Diplomacy: Lessons Learned From The U.S.N.S. Mercy/HOPE Partnership, Banda Aceh and Nias Island, Indonesia," John P. Howe, MD
"War Hospita: A True Story of Surgery and Survival," Sheri Fink, MD, PhD
"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through School-Based Education," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
"Overcoming Inequalities in Healthcare Infrastructure: Models for the Future," Sanjay Basu, MD Candidate
"Germs of Progress: Schistosomiasis in Senegal and the Ethics, Politics and Economics of International Health, Research, and Development," Kohar Jones, MD
"Philosophies of Care - Empowering Communities," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD
"The Corporation/Community Health Interface in Africa," Rebecca Hardin, PhD
"Diagnosing Severe Malaria - Translating Scientific Advances to Rural Communities," Richard Bucala, MD, PhD
"Workshop: Applying For International Development Jobs," Patrick Shields, Global Recruitment Specialists

_Women's and Children's Health_
"Women's Health: A Global Overview," Allan Rosenfield, MD
"Love, Labor, Loss - Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmaker
"Strenghtening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health," Charles MacCormack
"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and Humanity," Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
"Is Women's Health a Human Right?" Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS
"Child Health and the Orphan Crisis in Rwanda," Dai Ellis, JD Candidate, Co-Director of Orphans of Rwanda
"Descriptive Analaysis of Women's Status at Buduburam Refugee Settlement, Ghana," Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate
"Preventing and Managing Obstetric Fistula in East Africa: Lessons From Ethiopia and Tanzania," Toyin Ajayi, MD Candidate

_Global Eye Care_
"Update on Vision2020: The Right To Sight," Louis Pizzarello, MD
"Once I Was Blind...The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana," James Clarke, MD
"Barriers to Vision2020 in Tamale, Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD
"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil, MBBS
"An Eye Opener in Chennai, India - A Unite For Sight Film"
"Epidemiological Trends of Ophthalmological Diseases in Rural India, Ujjwal P. Ramtekkar, MBBS
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkatswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan
"High Volume Cataract Surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital - Film"
"Kalinga Eye Hospital in India - A Film"
"Mobile Eye Services in the Indian Himalaya," Keith Tauro
"Community Ophthalmology Needs in Bihar, India," Anna Cooper, MPH Candidate
"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad, India," Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care," Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
"WCO Fellowship With The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Karenni Refugee Camp - The Karenni R.A.R.E. Study," Derek Mladenovich, OD,
"How Can We Correct Vision For Very Large and Under-Served Populations - An Approach Using A New Technology," Joshua Silver, PhD
"What is Glaucoma?" Robert Ritch, MD
"Glaucoma Care in West Africa: The Ghana Experience," Leon W. Herndon, MD
"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven," Bruce Shields, MD
"The EyeCare America Glaucoma EyeCare Program: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved in the US," Martin Wand, MD
"Volunteerism and Glaucoma Screenings," Roger W. Martin, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist
"Gender Disparities in Blindness and Visual Impairment," Ilene Gipson, PhD
"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research," Robert L. Alexander Jr, MPH, PhD
"Health Care in Zambia Through the Eyes of an American Ophthalmologist," Thomas Beggins, MD
"Strengths and Challenges of Mobile Eye Surgery Delivery in Rural Kenya," Sam Powdrill, PA, SPA
"Eyes, AIDS, and Africa," Thomas J. Beggins, MD
"Strategic Planning for Trachoma Control in Nine Endemic Countries," A. Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in Africa," Cathy Schanzer, MD
"Building the Future of International Ophthalmology: SEE International/George Washington University International Residency Program Model," Harry S. Brown, MD
"Global Health at the Community Level - Eye Health As Part of Improved Public Health Outreach," Nora Groce, PhD
"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia," Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
"Christian Blind Mission International (CBMI) and Oncho Control in Nigeria," Jeffrey Watson, MS
"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery," Victoria Sheffield and John Barrows, MPH
"The Technology of Partnership for Program Impact," Suzanne S. Gilbert, PhD, MPH
"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health Issues: Lessons Learned From The Mectizan Donation Program," Brenda Colatrella
"Blindness Prevention in Africa: A Development Perspective," Kovin Naidoo, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH
"Determinants of Compliance with Spectacle Wear in School-Aged Mexical Children," Nathan Congdon, MD, MPH
"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision Stations: Helping To Meet an Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care, Head-On," Ian Berger, MD, MPH, DrPH
"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health Infrastructure," Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health Perspectives in Ocular Health," Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
"Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana," Sally Ong
"The Life of a Refugee - Education, Health Care, and Other Things That Are Missing," Julie Harris, PhD
"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda: Restoring the Lost Hopes, Kenneth Daniel, MD Candidate
"Peace Pals Education Network in Sierra Leone," Alex P. Columbis and Sarah Davies, Peace Pals Education Network, Sierra Leone
"River Blindness in Taiama, Sierra Leone," Beth Dickinson
"Biomedical Photojournalism: Documenting International Eye Care with your Digital Camera," Patrick J. Saine, M.Ed., CRA

_Vision and Clinical Research_
"Advances in Corneal Transplantation," Shachar Tauber, MD
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts," Heskel M. Haddad, MD
"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations," Matthew D. Paul, MD

_Community-Based Healthcare_
"Small Initiatives With Big Vision: Working With Communities to Change How They Address Healthcare," Viviana Renella
"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to Haiti's Poor," Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
"A Study of the Incidence of Caries in Rural Guatemala," Phillip Plunk, DDS, FADI

_Cultural Competency_
"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug The Monk And Other Faux Pas," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN