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Plenary and Special Sessions
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THE FIRST MILE: SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS Tues. May 27, 1-2:30 pm Regency Ballroom | map
The “last mile” is a common metaphor in the global health community to indicate the importance of ensuring that badly needed resources and services reach their ultimate destination and fulfill their ultimate purpose of improving health at the community level. That last mile delivery of goods and services cannot be achieved, however, without a solid, community-centered roadmap at the outset of the journey. In this session, we will discuss the key components of a successful community health system, and how to maximize factors that enable their adoption while minimizing those that inhibit progress.
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TRAVELING GEAR: KEY TOOLS AND INNOVATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE COMMUNITY Wed. May 28, 4-5:30 pm Regency Ballroom | map
As any experienced traveler will attest, without the right “gear” we won’t get very far. In the same way, to reach the last mile, a health system needs an array of tools and solutions that are effective, economical, and responsive to community needs and context. In this session, we will examine the limitations on human capacity that create barriers to reaching the last mile and possible solutions to overcoming these limitations. We will explore the re-emergence of the community health worker as a possible solution for building capacity, the tools and strategies that are most effective in creating local leaders and ownership, and the innovative approaches within the private and social sectors that can contribute to improving the health of the community. View webcast | presentation
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MEETING ALONG THE DIAGONAL: WHERE THE FIRST MILE AND LAST MILE CONNECT Fri. May 30, 4:30-6 pm Regency Ballroom | map
In the complex and congested environment of global initiatives that travel from the macro to the micro level and back again, whether we are standing at the first mile or the last mile is largely a matter of perspective. Whatever context we are beginning from, the most critical stage of the journey is when our perspectives meet, and together we create a system that improves the health and wellbeing of the community it is designed to serve. After many years of debate between vertical versus horizontal programming, in this session, we will discuss whether the most likely road to success lies along a diagonal route. View webcast | presentation
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A NEW VISION FOR THE FOURTH DECADE Fri. May 30, 8:30-10 am Regency Ballroom | map
In 2008, we mark the 30th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration. The principles of equitable access to affordable health care, using primary health care (PHC) as the tool to turn these principles into practice, remain as valid today as they did in 1978. But times have changed greatly since 1978, and implementing a health system based on PHC, while successful in some countries, continues to face many challenges in general. In this session, we will create a new vision for PHC. What is the new template for reallocating resources to PHC, empowering the community, engaging the government, tracking health outcomes? For moving the principles of Alma Ata forward into the next decade? View webcast presentation
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LATE-BREAKING LUNCHEON SESSION: HOW DO CURRENT EVENTS AFFECT HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY? A LOOK AT KENYA. Fri. May 30, 12:30-2 pm Regency Ballroom | map Luncheon made possible by an unrestricted grant from Abbott Fund.
What happens to the health and development of the community when systems break down suddenly? How do communities rebuild after a major disruption in the political, economic and social stability of a country? Join the discussion with a panel of those who have been “on the ground” in Kenya, before, during and now after the wave of violence that threatened the health and well-being of all in its path. View webcast | presentation
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