3354.0 Child Survival & Child Health 1

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
Sessions in the area of Child Survival and Child Health include a review of the IMCI strategy in Togo, the use of zinc with ORS for the treatment of pediatric diarrhea in Benin and Madagascar, and an analysis of stillbirth and early neonatal death in Ghana.
Moderator:
Ray S. Martin

2:30 PM
Togo – IMCI saves children's lives in rural communities through local capacity building and partnerships
Pabanam N'Zonou, MD, MPH and Jillian Scott, MPH
     
2:50 PM
Working through Community-based Channels to Introduce Zinc for Treatment of Pediatric Diarrheas
Vicki M. MacDonald, MPH and Kathryn Kohler Banke, PhD
     
     
3:10 PM
Stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural northern Ghana
Cyril M. Engmann, MD FAAP, Paul Walega, MSc, Raymond Aborigo, MPH, Philip Adongo, PhD, Cheryl Moyer, MPH, Layla Lavasani, MHS, John Williams, MD, Carl Bose, MD FAAP, Fred Binka, MD and Abraham Hodgson, MD, PhD
     
3:30 PM
Global and National Political Attention for Newborn Survival
Jeremy Shiffman, PhD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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