*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health
Conference*
*"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"

_ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 15_

*
*When*: April 1-2, 2006
*Where*: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
*Theme*: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
*Who should attend?* Anyone interested in medicine, health education,
health promotion, public health, international health, international
service, or eye care
*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:* $25 student rate; $30 for all others*
How to Submit Abstract:
*http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_conference_posters.php

_*Abstract Categories - Submission Deadline August 15*_

1. International Medicine and International Health
2. Public Health
3. Scientific Research
4. Advocacy and Health Policy
5. Nonprofits in Health


FEATURED SESSIONS - Additional Speakers To Be Announced


*_Keynote Address_*
/"Environment, Behavior and Health: Societies Matter"/ Al Sommer, MD,
MHS <http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#alsommer>


_The Health of Women and Children: A Global Overview_

/"Women's Health: A Global Overview,"/ Allan Rosenfield, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#allanrosenfield>
/"Strengthening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health,"/ Charles MacCormack
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#charlesmaccormack>
/"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and
Humanity"/ Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shaffiqessajee>



_Strategies in Global Health_

/"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and
Concerns"/ Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#derekyach>
/"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals,"/ Jacob
Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacobkumaresan>
Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#andreneusy>
Nora Groce, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#noragroce>
/"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health
Issues: Lessons Learned from The Mectizan Donation Program,"/ Brenda
Colatrella
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brendacolatrella>



_Community Strategies to Improve Eye Care_

/"Update on Vision 2020: the Right to Sight,"/ Louis Pizzarello, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#louispizzarello>
/"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research,"/ Rosie
Janiszewski, MS, CHES
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rosiejaniszewski>
Ilene Gipson, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ilenegipson>
/"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through
School-Based Education,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford>
/"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care,"/ Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#satyaverma>
Janet Leasher, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#janetleasher>
/"Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity Globalizing Eye Care"/ Harry
I. Zeltzer, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harryzeltzer>
/"Strategic planning for trachoma control in nine endemic countries,"/
A. Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#samabbenyi>



_Building Capacity Through Surgical Eye Care_

/"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery,"/ Victoria Sheffield and John
Barrows, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#victoriasheffield>
Harry S. Brown, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harrybrown>
/"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in //Africa//,"/ Cathy
Schanzer, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#cathyschanzer>



_Refractive Error: From Needs To Eyeglass Empowerment_

/"Estimates of Functional Blindness and Impaired Vision Due To
Uncorrected Refractive Error,"/ Brien A. Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brienholden>
/"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision
Stations: Helping to Meet and Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care,
Head-On"/ Ian B. Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ianberger>
/"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia"/ Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow>
Joshua Silver, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#joshuasilver>



_Glaucoma Angles and Approaches_

/"What is Glaucoma?"/ Robert Ritch, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#robertritch>
/"Glaucoma Care For The Medically Underserved in the //U.S.//"/ Martin
Wand, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#martinwand>
/"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven,"/ Bruce
Shields, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#bruceshields>
/"Population Based Glaucoma Screening, Why Not To Do It,"/ James
Standefer, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jamesstandefer>
Leon W. Herndon, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#leonherndon>
Roger W. Martin
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rogermartin>


_Vision Screening Strategies_

Bruce Moore, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brucemoore>
Erik Weissberg, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#erikweissberg>



_Vision and Clinical Research_

Shachar Tauber, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shachartauber>
/"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations,"/ Matthew
D. Paul, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#matthewpaul>



Breakout Workshop Sessions



_Cultural Competency_

/"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug the Monk and other Faux
Pas,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford>



_Best Practices: Microfinance's Role in Sustainable Development_

Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow>
/"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to //Haiti//'s
Poor"/ Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sharmisobhan>



_Lessons from __India__: Health Outreach and __Capacity__
__Building_

/"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in //Ahmedabad//,
//India//."/ Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#chiragshah>
Jacqueline de Chollet
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacquelinechollet>
Keith Tauro
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#keithtauro>



_Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Eye Care_

/"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health
Infrastructure,"/ Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sachinjain>
/"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health
Perspectives in Ocular Health,"/ Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rohitramchandani>
/"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda;
Restoring the Lost Hopes,"/ Kenneth Daniel, MD Candidate
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#kennethdaniel>



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