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Session: Approaches to Health Sector Reform
5052.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Approaches to Health Sector Reform
This session looks at a range of approaches to improving health care through health sector reform. Presentations will address the sophisticated use of health information to facilitate decision making for assessing and optimizing health care systems as well as the benefits of strategic collaboration.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to describe several innovative approaches to health sector reform.
Moderator(s):Nancy Pielemeier, DrPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMImproving Health Care in Yemen with State-of-the-Art Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mark S. Landry, MS, Cheri Rassas, Alan Fairbank, Nancy R. Pielemeier, DrPH, Ahmad Attieg, MD,(MPH)
8:50 AMCollaborative partnerships in community based health care: Leveraging public health resources  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pierre-Marie Metangmo, MD, MBA, MPH, Dennis Thuralayil Cherian, MHA
9:05 AMUrbanity, socioeconomic context and health reforms in Bolivia
Daniel A. Maceira, Ph D, M. Eugenia Barbieri, B A
9:20 AMWithdrawn -- Back to the pavilion: Health sector reform in Bangladesh
Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, MBBS MPH, M. E. Khan, PhD, Ubaidur Rob, Ph D
9:35 AMParticipatory process of health sector development in Iraq  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gerald Evans, PhD, Marni Laverentz, MPH
9:50 AMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA