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CORE Group: An Overview
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Judy Lewis, MPhil
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Professor Emeritus, Departments of Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
CORE Group is a network of 104 international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community health experts promoting community health strategies to reach marginalized and underserved groups and provide universal coverage of basic primary care with a focus on women and children. CORE Group members work in 180 countries and reach more than 720 million people. CORE Group works in partnership with USAID, UNICEF, and national and local governments. CORE Group began in 1997 with USAID funding to support the Child Survival and Health Program. CORE Group has two meetings each year which are focused on information sharing, technical updates and networking. In 2013, 1,140 people from 26 countries attended our meetings to discuss practical plans, collaboration, efficient use of available resources, and how to work for greater equity and shared accountability. This presentation will provide an overview of CORE Group’s history, vision, mission, activities and future plans to address health inequities and eliminate preventable maternal and child deaths.
Learning Areas:
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Describe role of NGOs in promoting community health.
Identify effective networking strategies in health promotion.
Discuss global health collaboration.
Keyword(s): Community Health Programs, Health Promotion and Education
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Professor Lewis is a public health sociologist who has been on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center for 40 years. She is Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine and Pediatrics. Prof, Lewis has conducted research and training in over 50 countries including Haiti, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone and Malaysia. Prof. Lewis has worked with several hundred MPH students on thesis and capstone projects.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
