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.Public Health is Global Health: An Innovative Approach to Fighting Disease in Uganda
 
A National Live Satellite Broadcast
and Webcast
September 27, 2007
2:00-3:00pm Eastern Time		 Public Health Grand Rounds


Grand Rounds Overview.

 
Healthy People in a Healthy World  
 
Overarching CDC Global Health Goal
"People around the world will live safer, healthier and longer lives through health promotion, health protection, and health diplomacy."

Healthy People in a Healthy World: Through Prevention
 
CDC is changing to meet the challenges of public health in the 21st century.  To address the shifting landscape of public health, the CDC has established four overarching Health Protection Goals focusing on healthy people, healthy places, preparedness, and global health.
 
Health Diplomacy  
 
CDC's Healthy People in a Health World - through Prevention Goal recognizes the critical role CDC plays in sharing knowledge, tools, and other resources with people and partners around the world to protect health and prevent or respond to disease.  CDC has staff assigned to more than 45 countries and has well-established global health programs that help reduce illness and deaths around the world.
 
The Basic Care Package  

    Basic Care Package
Public health professional are challenged with finding innovative ways to address long-standing health concerns.  This Public Health Grand Rounds spotlights the accomplishments of CDC in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, The AIDS Support Organization, and Population Services International (PSI) / Uganda in improving health through an innovative intervention - The Basic Care Package.
 

This lifesaving resource was developed after research conducted in rural Uganda and elsewhere in Africa identified effective ways to promote health and reduce HIV/AIDS infections.  The Basic Care Package includes these components:
red arrow Two insecticide-treated mosquito nets
red arrow Water vessel, filter cloth, and bleach solution to disinfect water
red arrow Information on how to obtain HIV family counseling, HIV testing services, and cotrimoxazole (an antibiotic that reduces opportunistic infections among HIV positive persons)
red arrow Educational materials on how to use the components in the package
red arrow Condoms when requested by distribution site
 
To date, more than 120,000 Basic Care Packages have been distributed throughout Uganda to HIV-positive people and their families.  Based on individual studies of the package components, findings show the components help reduce deaths, hospital visits, and illnesses including malaria and diarrhea among HIV-positive people.
 
The Grand Rounds will explore lessons learned by the developers of the Basic Care Package about the usefulness of combining interventions to prevent multiple diseases; the importance of applying research and evidence-based interventions; designing sustainable interventions; and getting buy-in a the national and local levels to increase long-term health impact.
 


Public Health Grand Rounds Goal.

 
Public Health Grand Rounds Goal  
 
Research conducted in resource-poor countries not only helps improve public health systems in those countries, but also may be relevant in shaping activities and policies in developed countries.  In today's increasingly small world, public health is not isolated in one country or region-public health is global health.

This program will seek to increase knowledge and awareness of how the Basic Care Package and the research behind it have led to substantial program and policy changes within Uganda and may be applied to improve public health systems and deliver effective public health interventions in other countries.


Objectives.

 
Objectives  
 
1. Describe the challenges in implementing the Basic Care Package.
 
2. Identify the strategies used to foster successful interactions between governmental and nongovernmental organizations to design and implement the Basic Care Package.
 
3. Describe the role public health research played in the policy and program changes made in Uganda.
 
4. Describe how the Basic Care Package concept can be applied to reduce illnesses and deaths in developed and developing countries.
 


Target Audience.

 
Target Audience  
 
Public health leaders, managers, and professionals from local /state/provincial/district health departments; nongovernmental organizations; boards of health; hospitals; public and private clinics; academic institutions; staff members of international development organizations and federal agencies; state and local government officials and staff; and others who are interested in the Basic Care Program or concept in Uganda and how a thoughtful and well-researched public health intervention can affect policy change.
 


Faculty.

 
Edward L. Baker, MD, MPH  
 
Edward L. Baker, MD, MPH
Director, NC Institute for Public Health
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
UNC School of Public Health

 
Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MSHSA  
 
Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MSHSA
Chief of Public Health Practice
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Stephen Blount, MD, MPH  
 
Stephen Blount, MD, MPH
Director, Coordinating Office for Global Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
James Curran, MD, MPH  
 
James Curran, MD, MPH
Dean, Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

 
David Fleming, MD  
 
David Fleming, MD
Director and Health Officer for Public Health
Seattle and King County, Seattle, Washington

 
Photo Not Available  
 
Shannon Lee Hader, MD, MPH
Senior Deputy Director (designee), HIV/AIDS Administration, District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, D.C.
 
Photo Not Available  
 
Donna Kabateesi, MD, MPH
Program Director for Global AIDS Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Uganda


 


Continuing Education Credit.

 
Continuing education credit will be offered for various professions based on one hour of instruction.  An online registration and evaluation must be completed to receive the appropriate continuing education credit.
 


Post-Program Discussion Forum.

 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  
 
Content experts from CDC will facilitate an online discussion beginning September 27 and ending October 4, 2007.  You are invited to ask questions and share best practices.
 


Public Health Grand Rounds Series.

 
The program sponsors and partners invite you to participate in this satellite broadcast, one of a series of electronically convened, interactive grand rounds that focus on contemporary, strategic public health issues.  Through in-depth analysis of real world issues by experts in the science and practice of public health, these programs will provide a forum through which health professionals and others can develop timely and productive responses to public health challenges of regional, national, and global significance.


Registration.

 
Public Health Grand Rounds: Registration  
 
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To register, visit www.PublicHealthGrandRounds.unc.edu. Registration for this program will only be available online. If you do not have Internet access, please seek assistance from a public resource such as a library.
 


Satellite Coordinates.

 
Public Health Grand Rounds: Satellite Coordinates  
 
Satellite coordinates for this course will be available on the program web site no later than September 6, 2007.  Sites registering via the Internet at www.PublicHealthGrandRounds.unc.edu will automatically receive the coordinates.
 


Course Materials.

 
Public Health Grand Rounds: Course Materials  
 
Program handouts will be available at www.PublicHealthGrandRounds.unc.edu on the morning of September 27, 2007.  Additional handouts and resources may be added to the Web site later.
 


For More Information.

 
Public Health Grand Rounds: Course Materials  
 
Visit the Public Health Grand Rounds Web site at www.PublicHealthGrandRounds.unc.edu or contact Megan Gregor, CDC, COGH, (404) 639 - 7872, MGregor@cdc.gov.
 
 


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