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Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health & Development Conference
Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
April 12-13, 2008
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Join 2,000 conference attendees and 180 speakers for a stimulating internat=
ional conference.
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Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blument=
hal, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, and Dr. Allan Rosenfield
Plus More Than 180 Featured Speakers

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Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health=
, international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy, =
microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, economics, anthropology, =
health policy, advocacy, environmental health, service-learning, medical ed=
ucation, and public service.

Keynote Addresses

=09=C2=95 "Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century,=
" Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Ad=
visor For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women'=
s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor =
of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical=
 Center
=09=C2=95 "Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health," Jim Yong Kim,=
 MD, PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud =
Center for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of He=
alth and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department o=
f Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social =
Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/=
AIDS Director at World Health Organization
=09=C2=95 "Issues in Global Women's Health," Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean, Ma=
ilman School of Public Health, Columbia University
=09=C2=95 "Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet," Jeffrey Sachs, P=
hD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor =
of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Colu=
mbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations=
 Ban Ki-moon
=09=C2=95 "Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs,, MD, MPH, Heal=
th Coordinator, Millennium Villages

Plus 180+ Speakers. Full List and Conference Schedule at  <http://www.unite=
forsight.org/conference>

Conference Schedule

Day 1: Saturday, April 12, 2008

08:30am-09:20am

Keynote Address by Dr. Susan Blumenthal

"Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century", Susan Bl=
umenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor =
of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical=
 Center; Senior Medical Advisor, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research

09:25am-10:15am

Keynote Address By Dr. Allan Rosenfield

"Issues in Global Women's Health", Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean, Mailman Scho=
ol of Public Health, Columbia University

10:20am-11:10am

Keynote Address By Dr. Jim Yong Kim

"Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health", Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, =
Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center fo=
r Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and =
Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social =
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine =
and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Dire=
ctor at World Health Organization

11:15am-12:00pm

Plenary Panel - Building Capacity With Community Health Outreach Workers

Introduction:

=09=C2=95 Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, =
Fran=C3=A7ois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Fran=C3=A7=
ois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of =
Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School=
; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham=
 and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organizatio=
n

Panelists:

=09=C2=95 James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal E=
ye Clinic, Ghana
=09=C2=95 Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clini=
c, Ghana
=09=C2=95 Eva Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Dise=
ases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; Presiden=
t, Sustainable Sciences Institute
=09=C2=95 Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins Uni=
versity

01:00pm-02:30pm: Concurrent Sessions

Infectious Disease, Prevention, and Community Strategies

"Clowns Without Borders Project Njabulo - Developing Local Capacity for Pla=
y and Emotional Relief for Children and Caregivers affected by HIV/AIDS in =
Southern Africa", Jamie Lachman, Clowns Without Borders
"Humanitarian Health and HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care Inside Dominican Republic=
's Migrant Sugar Cane Plantations Bateyes", Ulrick Gaillard, JD, Founder an=
d Executive Director, The Batey Relief Alliance
"Using National and International Advocacy and Media to Advance Social Chan=
ge in HIV-Prevention", Adeyemi Oshodi, PATH
"Cytokine Mimicry and Immune Evasion by Leishmania", Richard Bucala, MD, Ph=
D, Yale University School of Medicine

The Environment and Global Health

"Scaling Up Provision of Safe Drinking Water in the Developing World", Greg=
 Allgood, PhD, Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water, Procter & Gamble
"Can Market-Based Approaches Arrest The Killer In The Kitchen? The Promises=
 and Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves", Robert Bailis, PhD, =
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
"Poisons in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic and=
 Manganese in Bangladesh", Joe Graziano, PhD, Professor of Environmental He=
alth Sciences and Pharmacology; Associate Dean for Research, Columbia Unive=
rsity Mailman School of Public Health
"A Need to Incorporate Sound Waste Management Practices for Improving Envir=
onmental Performance, Public Health Safety and Delivery of Quality Healthca=
re by Clinical Laboratories in India - A Case Study", Reema Banerjee, MSc, =
PG Diploma in Hospital Management, Centre for Environment Education, India

Glaucoma

"Title To Be Announced", Kuldev Singh, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stan=
ford University
"Title To Be Announced", Susan Day, MD, Chair and Program Director, Pediatr=
ic Ophthalmology and Strabismus, California Pacific Medical Center
"Tackling The African Glaucoma Challenges: Experiences From The Bawku Eye C=
are Program", Michael Gyasi., MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku=
 Eye Care Program, Ghana
"The Challenges of Glaucoma Care in West Africa", Leon Herndon, MD, Associa=
te Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center

Perspectives on Nutrition and Malnutrition

"Addressing Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies is a Key Building Block to Ach=
ieve the Millennium Development Goals: A Summary of Progress and Prospects"=
, M.G. Venkatesh Mannar, President, The Micronutrient Initiative
"Refocusing Malnutrition Interventions in Rural Haiti: A Strategic Evolutio=
n", Adeline Azrack, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Hopital Albert S=
chweitzer
"Nutritional Management of Cataracts", Heskel M. Haddad, MD, Clinical Profe=
ssor of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College
"Natural Therapies for Eye Health", Rob Abel, MD, Delaware Ophthalmology Co=
nsultants

Children's Health

"Orphan Life Abroad: How Children Live Without Parental Care", Jane Aronson=
, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Execut=
ive Medical Director, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistan=
t Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Barriers, Beliefs and Behavioral Outc=
omes", Julia Dickinson, RN, Yale University School of Nursing
"Childhood Obesity Prevention in the Western Cape Region of South Africa", =
William D. Evans, PhD, Vice President, Research Triangle Institute
"Blind Leading The Blind", Philemon Yugi, MPH, Director for Health, Adventi=
st Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

Humanitarian and Health Needs

"Children's Health is Global Wealth", Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistan=
t Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program=
 Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health; =
NGO Representative of Medical Women International Assocaition to the United=
 Nations
"Violence Against Disabled Children: A Global Concern", Nora Groce, PhD, As=
sociate Professor and Director, Yale/WHO Collaborating Centre, Global Healt=
h Division, Yale School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Sheri Fink, MD, PhD, Kaiser Media Fellow; Visiting=
 Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Har=
vard School of Public Health; Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiativ=
e
"Examining the Prevalence and Detriments of Couching in Ghana: The First Do=
cumented Cataract Surgery Technique Continues in Northern Ghana", Seth Wany=
e., MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Eye Care and Vision2020

"Update on IAPB and VISION 2020: The Right to Sight", Louis Pizzarello, MD,=
 MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindne=
ss
"Trachoma & Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Way For The Future", Ibrahim Jab=
r, President, International Trachoma Initiative
"Two Years of Working With Unite For Sight Volunteers, Experiences", Thomas=
 Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana
"Operation Miracle", Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford Univers=
ity; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special As=
sistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Med=
ical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

Philosophies of Health Care

"Health Diplomacy", Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Hea=
lth Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School o=
f Public Health
"Measuring Impacts", Dean Karlan, PhD, President and Founder of Innovations=
 for Poverty Action; Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University
"Philosophies of Care - Transforming Communities Through Empowerment", Clif=
f O'Callahan, MD, PhD, Pediatric Faculty, Middlesex Hospital Family Practic=
e Program; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health
"Doctors..and Africa", Ted M. Alemayhu, Founder, Chairman and CEO, US Docto=
rs For Africa

Global Health Training For Undergraduates, Medical Students, and Residents

"A Non-Traditional Approach to Global Health Training: The Penn Program", N=
eal Nathanson, MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, University of Pe=
nnsylvania School of Medicine
"Residency Based Fellowships in Global and Underserved Health - Who Are the=
 Stakeholders?", Scott Loeliger, MD, MS, Faculty Physician, Contra Costa Re=
gional Medical Center
"The Role of Volunteers in Tamale: Providing Assistance To The Only Ophthal=
mologist Serving 2 Million People", Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Cl=
inic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
"Volunteering in Tamale, Ghana", Ruru Wang, BA Candidate, Mount Holyoke Col=
lege; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Volunteering in Tamale, Ghana", Vanessa Hux, BS Candidate, Yale University=
; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Volunteering in Tamale, Ghana", Sarah Isbey, BA Candidate, Dartmouth Colle=
ge; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

Innovative Strategies to Improve Health in the Developing World

"Heart Disease as a Global Chronic Problem - A Challenge For The UN Millenn=
ium Initiative", Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director, The Zena and Michael A=
. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute; Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. K=
ravis Center for Cardiovascuclar Health; Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research =
Foundation Professor, Mount Sinai; Past-President, American Heart Associati=
on; Past President, World Heart Federation
"Raising Malawi", Philippe van den Bossche, Executive Director, Raising Mal=
awi
"Global Grid Computing Initiative to Discover Dengue Antivirals", Stan Wato=
wich, Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
"Keeping the Cost of Community Cataract Surgery as Low as Possible", Satyaj=
it Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

02:35pm-04:05pm: Concurrent Sessions

Humanitarian Emergencies

"Addressing Serious Mental Disorders in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies", =
Lynne Jones, MA, MBChB, MRCPysch PhD
"Disabilities Among Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations--Nature and S=
cope of the Issue, Interventions and Approaches", Carolyn Makinson, PhD, Ex=
ecutive Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? Mozambique Life Outcome Study", =
Neil Boothby, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health; Dire=
ctor, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Heal=
th
"Successful Strategies For Delivering Eye Care at a Refugee Camp", Margaret=
 Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

Examining Women's Health

"Women's Global Health and Human Rights", Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assista=
nt Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Progra=
m Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health
"Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth for Low-Income Women", F=
iona Macaulay, President, Making Cents International
"Infertility in Developing Countries: Scope, Psychosocial Burden and Need f=
or Action", Anke Hemmerling, MD, PhD, MPH, UCSF Women's Global Health Imper=
ative
"Understanding the Relationship between Women's Participation and Community=
 Health in Uttar Pradesh, India", Jennifer Ruger, PhD, MSc, Assistant Profe=
ssor, Division of Global Health, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director =
of the Yale/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health=
 Promotion, Policy and Research; Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core In=
vestigator, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care

"Is China's economic boom delivering public health along with prosperity? A=
 close look at AIDS", Ken Legins, Chief, HIV/AIDS Programme, UNICEF Office =
for China, Beijing
"Promoting HIV/AIDS Education Despite Social and Cultural Barriers", Piya S=
orcar, MA, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
"Male Circumcision for HIV Prevenion: Cutting Edge Opportunities in Global =
Health Collaborations", Inon Schenker, PhD, MPH, Senior HIV/AIDS Prevention=
 Specialist; Director, International Department; Chair, Israeli Multi-Cente=
r Research Group on Male Circumcision; The Jerusalem AIDS Project
"A Sustainable Approach to Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwa=
nda", Emily Morell, BA Candidate, Yale University

Perspectives on Glaucoma and Retinal Diseases

"Glaucoma Neuroprotection 2008: New Therapies on the Horizon", James C. Tsa=
i, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology =
and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmo=
logy, Yale-New Haven Hospital
"Glaucoma Screening in Connecticut", Susan Hall Forster, MD, Associate Clin=
ical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology,=
 Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Serv=
ices
"Pediatric Glaucoma", Sarwat Salim, MD, Ophthalmologist
"Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration", Ronald Adelman, MD, MPH, =
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Retina Service, Yale Univ=
ersity School of Medicine

Atrocities, Refugees, and Vulnerable Persons: Perspectives on Entrepreneurs=
hip, Health Care, and Education

"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship", Zachary Kaufman, Zachary Kaufman,=
 MPhil in International Relations, University of Oxford; DPhil (PhD) candid=
ate in International Relations, University of Oxford; JD candidate, Yale Un=
iversity Law School
"Transcending Trauma & Relentless Compassion: Indicators of Posttraumatic G=
rowth (PTG) in Peer Support Counselors in Liberia - How They Help and What =
They Carry", Gwen Vogel, PsyD, Director of Field Operations, SalusWorld
"Educational Entrepreneurship: Linking Schools Continents Apart", Karen Kin=
g, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite For Sight=
 Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"HIV/AIDS, Orphans and other Vulnerable Children: The Crisis, Consequences,=
 and Responses", Andrew Klaber, Founder, Orphans Against AIDS

Medical Care in the Developing World

"Filling the Gap: A Model For Surgical Capacity Building In Rural China", S=
cott Corlew, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast
"Surgical Care in Angola: Perspectives From Two Hospitals", Robert Riviello=
, MD, MPH, Associate Surgeon, Instructor in Surgery, Brigham and Women's Ho=
spital
"Key Components for the Development of an Emergency Healthcare System: The =
Ethiopian Experience", Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD, Assistant Professor, The G=
eorge Washington University Medical School
"Self Sustainability - The Mantra For Manging Avoidable Blindness", V. Pann=
eer Selvam, MS, DO, MPhil, Arasan Eye Hospital, India

Eye Care in the Developing World

"Trachoma in Northern Ghana: Same Factors, Different Patterns", Michael Gya=
si, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana
"Cataract Blindness in Developing Countries and SEE International", Harry S=
. Brown, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International
"Community Eye Care in India", Umang Mathur, MS, Consultant Ophthalmologist=
, Associate Director and Head of Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Shroff's =
Charity Eye Hospital, India
"Title To Be Announced", David Friedman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Op=
hthalmology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University
"Public Health Strategies for Effective Medical Missions Overseas", Derek M=
ladenovich, OD, FAAO, MPH Candidate, Fellow, World Council of Optometry; Ex=
ternal Examiner, International Rescue Committee, Thailand

Volunteering Abroad

"Akwaaba! Volunteer Ophthalmology in Breman Asikuma, Ghana", Steven Hudson,=
 MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Breman Asikuma,=
 Ghana
"A Memorable Experience: Volunteering in Chennai, India", Abrahim Bagheri, =
BS Candidate, Loyola Marymount University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Che=
nnai, India
"Perspectives on Volunteering in Chennai, India", Chiwing Jessica Qu, BA Ca=
ndidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Title To Be Announced", Anna Cooper, MPH, MD Candidate, University of Roch=
ester School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India
"From Cataract Camps to Quality Assurance: A month at Dr. Shroff's Charity =
Eye Hospital", Anthony Farah, MD Candidate, Jefferson Medical College; Unit=
e For Sight Volunteer in New Delhi, India
"An Eye-Opener in India: Volunteering to Elminate Preventable Blindness", H=
ibah Ayaz, BA Candidate, Union College; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chenna=
i, India
"Perspectives of a Medical Student on Volunteering in Chennai, India", Prad=
eep Mettu, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky School of Medicine
"Volunteering in Asikuma Breman, Ghana", Samantha Diamond, BA Candidate, Ya=
le University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

Panel: University Partnerships and International Health

"Youth Engagement in Development Stategies: through the lens of Global Yout=
h Service Day", Silvia Golombek, Senior Vice President, Youth Service Ameri=
ca
"Introducing Students to Global Health", Sarabeth Gottlieb, CNM, MS, Lectur=
er, Yale University School of Nursing
"Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability", Leslie Rubin, MD, Visitin=
g Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine; Founder =
and President, Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Co-D=
irector, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Emory Uni=
versity
"Collaborating to Create the Future of Family Medicine: A Japanese-American=
 Exchange", Jennifer Vines, MD, MPH, Oregon Health and Science University
"International Educational Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities", Barbar=
a Allerton and Nancy Otterness, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Department of=
 Nursing, Boise State University
"International Nurse Education: Simulation Plays A Part in Global Standards=
 of Practice", Ann Campbell, RN, MSN, CPNP, Old Dominion University/Operati=
on Smile International
"Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador: A University-Community Partnership for Healt=
h", Claudia Hopenhayn and Thomas Young, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Unive=
rsity of Kentucky; Shoulder to Shoulder
"Towards an African Renaissance: Offering a Master's Degree to Nursing Stud=
ents in Angola: a Distance Education Experience", Juanita Tjallinks, RN, MC=
ur, in Health Studies, Midwife, Department of Health Studies, University of=
 South Africa

Panel: Global Health and the Internet

"Global Health and the Internet: A Panel", Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Commun=
ications
"Global Health and the Internet: A Panel", Clark Freifeld, Healthmap.org
"Global Health and the Internet: A Panel", Kurt Voelker, Forum One Communic=
ations
"Global Health and the Internet: A Panel", Patricia Abbott, RN, PhD, Johns =
Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Nursing

04:10pm-05:00pm: Concurrent Sessions

Cultural Presentation: Kongo - The Ultimate Black Civilization

"Kongo: The Ultimate Black Civilization", Robert Farris Thompson, PhD, Col.=
 John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art, Yale University

04:10pm-05:40pm: Concurrent Sessions

International Health By The People, For The People

"Science, Technology, and Innovation in Developing Countries: By The People=
, For The People", Eva Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Infect=
ious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley;=
 President, Sustainable Sciences Institute
"Unite For Sight To The Rescue: An Example Worth Emulating", James Clarke, =
MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Civil Society: Mobilizing Community Health Workers for Malaria Control", A=
nne Martin-Staple, PhD, Research Scholar, Duke University
"Satisfying Transportation Needs in Rural Africa With Sustainable Local Sol=
utions: The Bamboo Bicycle", John Mutter, PhD, MSc, Deputy Director and Ass=
ociate Vice Provost, The Earth Institute at Columbia; Professor, Department=
 of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Professor, Inter=
national and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Bamboo Bike Project

A Call To Action To Improve Health

"Global Health Inequality: A Call to Understanding and Action", Edward ONei=
l Jr, MD, Founder, Omni Med; Author, Awakening Hippocrates: Primer on Healt=
h, Poverty, and Global Service, and A Practical Guide to Global Health Serv=
ice
"The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Rig=
ht to Health for Public Health and Global Health Systems", Benjamin Mason M=
eier, JD, LLM, MPhil; IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fel=
low, Columbia University
"Engaging the Public: Improving Our Health", Georges Benjamin, MD, Executiv=
e Director, American Public Health Association
"Health For All Now", Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, Founder, President and CE=
O, MIDEGO

University Collaboration in Global Infectious Diseases Research

"Reduced Efficacy of Benzimidazole Anthelminthics in Kintampo, Ghana", Mich=
ael Cappello, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Healt=
h; Director, Program in International Child Health; Co-Director, Internatio=
nal Adoption Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
"Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Resource-limited Setting=
s through Research Capacity Building", Elijah Paintsil, MD, Associate Resea=
rch Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
"Tuberculosis and HIV Research at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital", Awewura =
Kwara, MD, Brown University
"Title To Be Announced", Michael Wilson, MD, Parasitology Unit, Noguchi Mem=
orial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Glaucoma and Cornea Transplants in the Developing World

"People, Places, and Genes: How World Populations Are Helping Us Find The C=
ause of Glaucoma.", R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Dire=
ctor, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Tema Eye Survey", Donald Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epid=
emiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"Estimating The Impact of a Safe, Effective, and Easily-Inserted Drainage D=
evice for the Treatment of Glaucoma in the Developed and Developing World",=
 Roger Goldberg, MD, MBA Candidate, Yale University School of Medicine
"Keratoprosthesis in the Developing World", Jared Ament, MD, MPh, Clinical =
Research Fellow, Ophthalmlology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ea=
r Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health

Community Health Models

"The Honduras Slow Sand Filter Project", Vidush Philip Athyal, MD, MPH, Fel=
low/Clinical Instructor, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Delivering on the MDGs: Equity and Maternal Health", Emma Sachs, Health Eq=
uity Team, Earth Institute, Columbia University
"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad, India", Chirag=
 Shah, MD, Chief Resident, Wills Eye Hospital
"Health and Education at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti=
", Jeannine Hatt, MD, Past-President, International Child Care USA; Board o=
f Directors and Chair, International Child Care's Medical Resource Developm=
ent Clinic

Orphans and Children

"Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa", John Bryant=
, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
"A Pilot Therapeutic Feeding Program for Malnourished Orphans in Ukraine", =
Jonathan M. Spector, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Memo=
rial Children's Medical Center
"Advancing Educational Opportunities for Children who are Blind with Additi=
onal Impairments", Steven Rothstein, President, Perkins School for the Blin=
d
"Childhood Blindness And Its Prevention", Kartee Karloweah, ON, RN, Ophthal=
mic Nurse, Unite For Sight-Ghana

Panel: Examining Strategies in Community Health

"Oral Health: Essential Element in Achieving the Millennium Development Goa=
ls", Habib Benzian, , MSc, Director Public Health & Development, FDI World =
Dental Federation, France
"Community Health Improvement in a Nomadic Village on the Eastern Tibetan P=
lateau", Nancy Chin, MPH, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Commu=
nity and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester
"Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Improve Health and Social Services in V=
ietnam", Lan Gien, BSc, MEd, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Memorial University=
 of Newfoundland
"HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Assessment of Health Care Providers in Dominian Rep=
ublic, India and others", Ellen Palmer, RN, PhD, Assistant Clinical Profess=
or, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing
"Home Visit Project of Blind Babies Foundation and Perspektiva of the Volga=
 Region in Russia", Julie Bernas-Pierce, MEd, Executive Director, Blind Bab=
ies Foundation
"Implementation of a Comprehensive Community-Based Tuberculosis Control Pro=
gram in Eastern Burma's Chronic Conflict Zone", Allison Richard, MD, Assist=
ant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director of the Division of =
International Medicine, University of Southern California and Global Health=
 Access Program
"Increasing Access to and Use of Skilled Maternal and Newborn Care in Dumka=
 District of India", Juliet MacDowell, MA, Senior Program Manager, JHPIEGO
"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for Monitoring=
 and Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs", Emily Whichard, Program Director=
, Global Health Access Program

Health Care in Latin America

"A Binational Stanford - Mexico Health Advocacy Program - Partners to Addre=
ss Immigrant Health", Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate =
Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
"An Extremely Affordable Device To Improve Asthma Care", Eric Green, PhD, M=
D Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Ethical Dilemmas in International Medicine: Cases from the Honduran Health=
 Alliance", Bonzo Reddick, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of =
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Utilization of PDA's by Community Health Workers for Field Collection of M=
alaria Statistics in Rural Haiti", Nick Mann, BA Candidate, Truman State Un=
iversity

College and Medical Student Perspectives on Volunteering Abroad

"Bihar Summer Volunteer: Perspiration, Inspiration and Mangoes", Kristin Ow=
 Chapman, MD Candidate, NYU School of Medicine
"Volunteering in Accra, Ghana", Brian Lich, BA Candidate, Southern Methodis=
t University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"The Roads of Ghana", Daniel Vekhter, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite =
For Sight Volunteer in Asikuma Breman, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Hafeezah Omar, BA Candidate, University of North C=
arolina at Chapel Hill; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Journeying through India with a New Set of Eyes", Rosh and Roshan Sethi, B=
S Candidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteers in New Delhi, Indi=
a
"Tamale, Ghana", Shakira Sanchez-Collins, BA Candidate, Yale University; Un=
ite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Four women, three men, two cows, and a truck: Tales from Chennai, India", =
Shawn Lin, BS, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"New Vision in Ghana: Volunteering in Accra", Stephen Furlow, MD Candidate,=
 University of Kentucky School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Ac=
cra, Ghana

Strategies To Provide Health Care To Populations: Africa and Asia

"Effective approaches to enhance coverage of vitamin A supplementation in S=
ub-Saharan Africa", Werner Schultink, MD, Chief Child Development and Nutri=
tion, UNICEF
"Trends in Trichiasis Surgery and Antibiotics Mass Treatment in Trachoma Co=
ntrol in 10 African and Asian Countries in 2004-2006", Sam Abbenyi, MD, MSc=
, Director, Programs and Logistics, International Trachoma Initiative
"Combating The Obosogenic Environment: An Overview of the Scope of the Issu=
e on a Global Basis", Tanya Whitehead, PhD, Research Associate Professor, U=
niversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing
"Volunteering in Chennai, India", Ravin Bastiampillai, BSc Student, Univers=
ity of Alberta

05:00pm-05:40pm: Concurrent Sessions

Retinal Lesions and Indirect Ophthalmoscopy

"The Healing of Retinal Photocoagulation Lesions", Yannis Paulus, MD Candid=
ate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Instruction Course With Live Hands-On Using Indirect Ophthalmoscope For Op=
tometrists To Help Diagnose Retinal Diseases at the Community Level", Pooja=
 Sinha., MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

Day 2: Sunday, April 13, 2008

08:45am-09:35am

Keynote Address By Dr. Jeffrey Sachs

"Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet", Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Direct=
or of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustain=
able Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Unive=
rsity; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-mo=
on

09:40am-10:30am

Millennium Village Project

"Millennium Villages", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Mi=
llennium Village Project

10:30am-11:10am

Plenary Panel - The Need For A Global Coalition of Good

Introduction:

=09=C2=95 Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia Unive=
rsity; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health P=
olicy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-Gen=
eral of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Panelists:

=09=C2=95 Ted M. Alemayhu, Founder, Chairman and CEO, US Doctors For Africa
=09=C2=95 Edward ONeil Jr, MD, Founder, Omni Med; Author, Awakening Hippocr=
ates: Primer on Health, Poverty, and Global Service, and A Practical Guide =
to Global Health Service
=09=C2=95 Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Ho=
spital, Ghana

11:15am-11:55am: Concurrent Sessions

Plenary Panel - Brain Drain: The Health, Development, and Economic Effects =
on African Countries

Introduction:

=09=C2=95 Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia Unive=
rsity; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health P=
olicy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-Gen=
eral of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
=09=C2=95 Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Vill=
ages

Panelists:

=09=C2=95 Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital=
, Ghana
=09=C2=95 James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal E=
ye Clinic, Ghana
=09=C2=95 Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye =
Care Program, Ghana
=09=C2=95 Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Ho=
spital, Ghana

The Four Heartbeats of Social Entrepreneurship

"The Four Heartbeats of Social Entrepreneurship", Jeffrey Robinson, PhD, As=
sistant Professor, NYU Stern School of Business

01:00pm-02:30pm: Concurrent Sessions

Innovative Global Health Solutions

"Bridging the gap between knowing the right thing to do and doing it right"=
, Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University
"Innovative Approaches to Public Private Partnerships in Kenya's Health and=
 Youth Sectors", Georgia Sambunaris, MA, Senior Financial Markets Specialis=
t, USAID
"Innovative Market Based Solutions in Global Health", Omer Imtiazuddin, MBA=
, Health Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund
"Public Private Partnerships in Action: ExxonMobil's approach to making a d=
ifference on malaria's human toll in Africa", Steven C. Phillips, MD, MPH, =
Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Perspectives on Eye Care and Outreach

"Managing Technology to Advance Eye Care", Ismael Cordero, Advisor, Healthc=
are Technology, Orbis
"Maximizing Limited Resources to Provide Outreach Eye Care", Satya Verma, O=
D, FAAO, Director, Community Eye Care, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
"Ophthalmology in the Holy Land: The Eye Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem"=
, Steve Hudson, MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Member of the Order of St. Jo=
hn (M.St..J), Unite For Sight Volunteer
"Training Community Eye Workers in Ghana and Liberia: The Good, The Bad, an=
d The Ugly", Glenn Strauss, MD, Vice President of International Health Care=
 and Programs, Mercy Ships, Int'l

Obstetric Fistula: Film-Based Campaigning

"Obstetric and Traumatic Fistula: Film-based Campaigning for Global Women's=
 Health", Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker

02:35pm-04:05pm: Concurrent Sessions

HIV/AIDS

"The Bad Road to Good Health: The Clinton Foundation's Initiative to Build =
Healthcare Capacity in Rural Areas", Andy Ellner, MD, Clinton HIV/AIDS Init=
iative
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developi=
ng World", Terry Blaschke, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Molecular Pharm=
acology (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine
"The End of AIDS - IAVI and the Search for a Vaccine to Prevent HIV", John =
McGoldrick, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (I=
AVI)
"Clinical Mentoring Rapidly Improves Clinic Management Systems for HIV Care=
 in Resource-Limited Settings", Katherine Graves-Abe, MIA, Director of Oper=
ations, International Center For Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA)

Ophthalmology: Pediatrics, Glaucoma, Retina, and Cataracts

"Advantages of Using an Economical Anti-VEGF For Treating Retinal Diseases =
in India", Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, Ind=
ia
"Is That Angle Occludable?", Syril K. Dorairaj, MD, Clinical Research Fello=
w, Glaucoma Associates of New York, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
"The Use of Multifocal and Accomdative Intraocular Lenses in Cataract Surge=
ry", Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons
"Homocysteine and Eye Disease", Nathan Radcliffe, MD, Glaucoma Service at N=
ew York Eye & Ear Infirmary
"Epidemiology of Exfoliation Syndrome", Ilya Rozenbuam, MD, GANY Glaucoma F=
ellow, New York Eye and Ear Institute

Quality and Equality

"Civil Society Advocacy For The Right To Health", Leonard Rubenstein, Execu=
tive Director, Physicians for Human Rights
"Corporate/Professional initiatives: Co-operation to Address Unmet Medical =
Needs", Doug Lawrence, Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthal=
mic Systems
"Doing it The Quality Way Because It Is In Equality", P. Berman, OD, FAAO, =
Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, I=
nternational Opening Eyes
"The Global Marketization of Health Services: Promoting Inequity, Inequalit=
y and Exclusion", Ellen Rosskam, PhD, MPH, Public Health & Social Protectio=
n Specialist; Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Schol=
ars; Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Work Environm=
ent Department; Visiting Senior Fellow, University of Surrey, European Inst=
itute of Health and Medical Sciences, England

04:10pm-05:00pm: Concurrent Sessions

Medical Education in the Developing World

"Creation of a Medical School in Botswana", Major Bradshaw, MD, Founding De=
an, University of Botswana School of Medicine
"Undergraduate Medical Education in the University of Ghana Medical School:=
 A Student's Perspective", Tshepo Joshua Mbalambi, BSc, Med Sci, MBcHB Cand=
idate, University of Ghana Medical School

04:10pm-05:40pm: Concurrent Sessions


Neglected Tropical Diseases

"Empowering Communities in the Fight to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseas=
es", Kari Stoever, Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Ins=
titute
"Tackling The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): The Role of PLoS NTDs in =
Building Capacity", Gavin Yamey, MD, MRCP, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine; Co=
nsulting Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
"Trachoma Control; Challenges for 2020", Thomas Quinn, MD, Director, Johns =
Hopkins Center for Global Health
"The Slaying of Dragons: Guinea Worm Eradication", Michele Barry, MD, FACP,=
 Professor of Medicine and Global Health Director, Office of International =
Health; Chief, General Medicine Firm, Yale University School of Medicine

Strategies To Eliminate Preventable Blindness

"Addressing the Need for Reduction of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Perso=
ns With intellectual Disability through Participate in Special Olympics Lio=
ns Clubs International Opening Eyes Vision Program.", Sandy Block, OD, Illi=
nois College of Optometry
"Eliminating the Needless Loss of Sight That Occurs During Sports", Paul Be=
rman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympic=
s Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes
"Challenges of Building a Charitable Eye Hospital in India", Satyajit Sinha=
., MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"Low cost Comprehensive Eye care models and Its replicability", Sarang Sama=
l, Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India