3406.0 MDGs At 2015 and Beyond : Lessons For the Future

Monday, November 8, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss the relationship between MDGs and reducing social inequalities This session hopes to make the audience aware of why attaining MDG objectives by 2015 are crucial in both the developing and the developed world. It will also attempt to stress the importance of cooperation between all sectors of society at various levels to achieve the MDG targets by 2015.
Session Objectives: 1. This session will discuss the role of MDGs in promoting social justice. 2. Examine the reasons for the lag in MDG targets in some geographic regions of the world. 3. Discuss how public health professionals can work to achieve the target of MDGs for all by 2015.
Organizer:
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES
Moderator:
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES
Panelists:
Gopal Sankaran, MD, DrPH, CHES , Cathey Eisner Falvo, MD, MPH and Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH

4:30pm
Child malnutrition in Sub-saharan Africa: An assessment of the trend across socio-economic groups
Soumya Alva, Ph D, Amanda Pomeroy and Loren Bausell, MPH
        
4:48pm
Why MDG's Matter in Advancing Global Health
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES
        
5:06pm
Impact of environment on the health of women and children
Cathey Eisner Falvo, MD, MPH
     
5:24pm
Building on successes: The future after 2015
Gopal Sankaran, MD, DrPH, CHES
        
5:42pm
Health for All Women NOW
Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH
     

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Organized by: International Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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