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IH Poster Session 1: Current topics and programs in International Health

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Poster
This poster session will showcase presentations which focus on a a wide range of public health issues that are of global importance.
Session Objectives: Dicuss the various challenges in global public health Identify success stories of interventions which have made a difference in health promotion and service delivery

Board 1
Gender and other factors contributing to malaria incidence, insecticide treated bed net use, and malaria treatment behavior: A survey-based exploration in Southeastern Kenya
Troy Curtis, BA, Araceli Alonso, PhD and Deborah Lischwe, MS
Board 2
Racial and Ethnic International Medical Graduates in the US
Imam M. Xierali, PhD
Board 3
Availability, price and volumes of anti-malarial medicines and malaria diagnostics between zones with and without artemisinin resistance in Cambodia
Kevin Duff, MPH, MSc, John Rogers, PhD, MPH, Sochea Phok, BA, Henrietta Allen, BA, MSc and Vamsi Vasireddy, MD, MPH, DrPH
Board 4
A comprehensive picture of the antimalarial medicine market in five countries: Findings from Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Uganda
Vamsi Vasireddy, MD, MPH, DrPH, Kevin Duff, MPH, MSc, Julius Njogu, Bsc, Raymond Sudoi, Mr., Julie Archer and John Rogers, PhD, MPH
Board 5
Financial Capacity Building Trainings to Local Organizations Help Scale-up Service Delivery and Strengthen Health Systems
Tara Squitiro, MPA and Margaret Mensah, MBA, PMP
Board 6
Community Involvement in Mass Drug Administration: Haiti's Key to Reaching Neglected Tropical Disease Elimination by 2020
Abdel Direny, MD MPH, Jean Frantz Lemoine, MD, M.P.H and Susan Duberstein, MA
Board 7
Perceptions of Insecticide Treated Nets: Implications for Promoting Bed Net Use in Nigeria
Lauretta Ovadje
Board 8
Improving medical education in Georgia
Nino Lomia, MD, MPH
Board 9
Exploring the legacy of genocide perpetrated against Tutsi and rape in Rwanda: Memories and experiences of female rape survivors
Glorieuse Uwizeye, MSc, RN and Thilo Kroll, PhD
Board 10
Factors contributing to emerging infectious diseases: Findings from a qualitative study in Uganda
Sara Woldehanna, MS, MAA and Susan Zimicki, PhD, ScM

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

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