Programme

Tracking Progress in Child Survival

Countdown to 2015

Programme and Presentation

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12 December 2005
15:00 – 18.00
Registration
18:00 – 19.30
Reception
Hosted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Welcome
Andrew Haines

, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

DAY 1: 13 December 2005
08:30 – 08.45
Registration
09.00 – 10:45
Session 1

The second child survival revolution

Co-Chairs:
Andrew Haines

Director London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Country Representative

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Honourable Minister of Health Ethiopia

Introduction to the conference
Andrew Haines

, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

09:05

Roots of the second revolution in child survival, newborn and maternal health

Jennifer Bryce

, Bellagio Child Survival Study Group

09:25

Child deaths: causes and epidemiological dimensions

Robert Black

Johns Hopkins University

09:40

Coverage at country level for child survival interventions

Tessa Wardlaw

UNICEF

09:55
Discussion
10:45 – 11:30
Coffee break
10:55
Participants seated
11:30-12:30
Session 2

Make every mother and child count

11:00
Maternal and child health: Where are we in 2005?
LEE Jong-Wook

, Director-General, World Health Organization

Video Presentation
11:15
Strategies for accelerating child survival
Ann Veneman

, Executive Director, UNICEF

11:30

Newborn survival and maternal health: Key to child survival

Zulfiqar Bhutta

, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

11:45
Impact of poverty on child survival
Her Royal Highness

, The Princess Royal Chancellor of the University of London and President Save the Children UK

Discussion
12:15 – 13:00
SESSION 3

Making progress at country level

Co-Chairs:
Narimah Awin

Director Ministry of Health , Malaysia

James Tulloch

Australian Development Aid

12:15

Investing in nutrition and child health: a strategy for economic development

Mamadou Sidibe

, Honourable Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development Senegal

Dr YV Pradhan

, Director Child Health Division, Department of Health Service Ministry of Health and Population

12:45
Discussion
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break and Press Conference
12:15 – 13:00
SESSION 3 (continued)
Making progress at country level
14:00

Bolivia: child survival with dignity

Alvaro Rafael Munoz-Reyes

Honourable Minister of Health Bolivia

14:15

Child Survival: progress in Tanzania

Dr Theopista John

World Health Organization

14:30

Pakistan: analysis of interventions and policy for child health and survival

Syed Ahwar Mehmood

Secretary of the Minister of Health Pakistan

14:45

Progress in child survival: the Zambian experience

Kasonde Mwinga

World Health Organization

15:00
Discussion
13:00 – 14:00
Tea break
14:00 – 16:00
SESSION 4 (continued)

Roundtable debate:
Are we doing the right things?
Are we doing things right?

Facilitator:
Richard Horton

The Lancet

Discussants:
Francisco Songane

Former Minister of Health Mozambique

David McCoy

People’s Health Movement

Lynn Freedman

UN Millennium

18:30 – 20:00
Buffet dinner

Senate House
Hosted by Department for International Development and Save the Children UK

Welcome Remarks by:
Stewart Tyson

Department for International Development (DFID)

Regina Keith

Save the Children UK

Day 2: 14 December 2005 – DAY 2
09:00 – 10:30
SESSION 5

Tracking progress in child survival

Co-Chairs:
Anne Tinker

Save the Children US

Andres De Francisco

Global Forum for Health Research

09:00

The big picture
What should be monitored?
What can be monitored?

Jennifer Bryce

The Bellagio Child Survival Study Group

09:15

Following the money Monitoring financial flows for child healthat global and country levels

Anne Mills

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

09:30

Making health systems work Monitoring critical human esources

David Sanders

University of the Western Cape South Africa

09.45

Addressing inequities

Mushtaque Chowdury

Bangladesh Rural Advance Commission-BRAC

10.00
Discussion
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
09:00 – 10:30
SESSION 6

New strategic directions in child survival: What have we learnt from intervention and programme research?

Co-Chairs:
Jane Schaller

International Pediatric Association

Vinod Paul

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

11:00

Major new directions

Elizabeth Mason

Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development World Health Organization

11.15

Findings from the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI

Shams Arifeen

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh

Gareth Jones

UNICEF

11.45
Discussion
12.00

New evidence on intervention efficacy and effectiveness

Betty Kirkwood

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Igor Rudan

Child Health Nutrition and Research Initiative

12.30
Discussion
12.50 Announcement of Best Posters and winner of the “prize” lunch with the Lancet
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30
SESSION 7

What needs to be done?

Co-Chairs:
Anthony Costello

World Health Organization

Al Bartlett

United States Agency for International Development

14:00

The price tag for newborn and child survival

Joy Lawn

Saving Newborn Lives

14:15

The action plan for the countdown

Flavia Bustreo

WHO/World Bank

14:25
Ivory towers and town criers
Richard Horton

The Lancet

14:35

Meeting commitments to child survival: how can accountability be improved?

Charles Abugre

Christian Aid

14.50
Discussion
15:30 – 16:00
Tea break
16:00 – 17:00
SESSION 8

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Co-Chairs:
Kul Gautam

UNICEF

Jean Louis Robinson

Honourable Minister of Health & Family Planning Madagascar

16.00

The Partnership

Fancisco Sangane

Director The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Secretariat

16.15

Partnership in action: A report from Ethiopia

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Honourable Minister of Health Ethiopia

16.30
Discussion
17:00 – 18:00
SESSION 9

Thinking big: Going into Action for Child Survival

Co-Chairs:
Jacques Baudouy

Director Health, Nutrition and Population World Bank

Francisco Songane

Director The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Secretariat

Presentations by champions
17:00
Gareth Thomas

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for International Development UK

17:15
Julian Lob-Levyt

Executive Secretary GAVI

17:30
Fiona Weir

Director Policy and Communications Save the Children UK

17:45 Conclusions and commitments: Who will do what, by when?

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