Anyone attending the American Public Health Assn meeting in Boston in
November should consider this pre-meeting workshop on community-based
approaches to health care.

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Dear Colleagues:

The Working Group on Community-Based Primary Health Care will be holding
its annual pre-APHA workshop on Saturday Nov 4 at the Boston Convention
Center. We have an outstanding program lined up, as described below (and
also in the attachment). Also, see our website for more information about
our working group (www.apha-ih.org/CBPHC/cbphcwsannouncements.htm).

Students are welcome. The cost is only $10 (payable at the door). You don’t
have to be registered for the annual meeting of the American Public Health
Association in order to attend this workshop.

Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested.

Thanks! Warm regards, Henry
Henry B. Perry, MD, PhD, MPH
Co-Chair, Working Group on Community-Based Primary Health Care
International Health Section, American Public Health Association

and

Carl Taylor Professor for Equity and Empowerment
Future Generations
HC 73 Box 100
Franklin, WV 26807
henry@...
www.future.org
304-358-2000


Using Community-Based Approaches to Meet the Challenges of the Millennium
Development Goals in Health
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Jean Meyer Capps, Facilitator

In the 30 years since Alma Ata, global health professionals have
diligently worked to develop successful community-based maternal and child
health strategies and link them with the formal health sector. HIV/AIDS
has further emphasized the critical importance of developing practical and
replicable methodologies. Adoption of the Millennium Development Goals
emphasizes the need to build on the practical lessons learned in these
programs. Success has largely come from strategies that are able to
surmount obstacles common to most public health programs in developing
countries. Our presenters will share how they tackled these common
problems, what lessons they learned in the process, and what advice they
have for others who are facing similar problems. Sessions will be highly
interactive. Participants from all levels of public health experience, from
students to highly seasoned professionals, are welcome. Registration for
the APHA Annual Meeting is not required.

Presenters include:

Iain Aitken, Management Sciences for Health, Community REACH project,
Afghanistan
Implementing a National Community Health Worker Training Program
in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

Laura Altobelli, Future Generations, Peru
Improving Infant and Child Nutritional Status through Co-Management
and Decentralization in Huanuco Peru

Jack Bryant and Nancy Bryant, International Public Health Specialists
(currently working with the Tropical Institute for Community Health
and Development in Kisumu, Kenya)
Addressing the Needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children through a
CBPHC Approach in the Nairobi Slums

Shamim Jahan, Child Survival Program Manager, Concern Worldwide,
Bangladesh
Successful Community Public-Private Partnerships to Reduce
Maternal and Child Mortality in the Rajshahi District of Bangladesh

Carl Taylor, Future Generations and Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Assessing Maternal and Newborn Mortality Patterns in Rural Afghan
Communities

To register contact: Ketan Chitnis (e-mail: CBPHCWG@...)

Fee: $10 (payable at the door)

For further information contact: Jean Capps jean_capps@... or
Henry Perry henry@....


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