[afro-nets] Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health Conference

[Jennifer Staple <Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu>]

Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health Conference
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"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 15

When: April 1-2, 2006

Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Theme: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"

Who should attend? Anyone interested in medicine, health education,
health promotion, public health, international health, international
service, or eye care

Conference Goal: To empower conference attendees to identify health
needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the
medically underserved

How to Register - Early Bird Registration!
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php

Early Bird Registration Rate: $25 student rate; $30 for all others

How to Submit Abstract:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_conference_posters.php

_Abstract Categories - Submission Deadline August 15_

    1. International Medicine and International Health
    2. Public Health
    3. Scientific Research
    4. Advocacy and Health Policy
    5. Nonprofits in Health


     FEATURED SESSIONS - Additional Speakers To Be Announced


_Keynote Address_
/"Environment, Behavior and Health: Societies Matter"/ Al Sommer, MD,
MHS http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#alsommer


         _The Health of Women and Children: A Global Overview_

/"Women's Health: A Global Overview,"/ Allan Rosenfield, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#allanrosenfield
/"Strengthening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health,"/ Charles MacCormack
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#charlesmaccormack
/"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and
Humanity"/ Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shaffiqessajee



         _Strategies in Global Health_

/"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and 

Concerns"/ Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#derekyach
/"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals,"/ Jacob
Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacobkumaresan
Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#andreneusy
Nora Groce, PhD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#noragroce
/"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health 

Issues: Lessons Learned from The Mectizan Donation Program,"/ Brenda
Colatrella
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brendacolatrella



         _Community Strategies to Improve Eye Care_

/"Update on Vision 2020: the Right to Sight,"/ Louis Pizzarello, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#louispizzarello
/"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research,"/ Rosie
Janiszewski, MS, CHES
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rosiejaniszewski
Ilene Gipson, PhD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ilenegipson
/"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through
School-Based Education,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford
/"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care,"/ Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#satyaverma
Janet Leasher, OD, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#janetleasher
/"Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity Globalizing Eye Care"/ 
Harry
I. Zeltzer, OD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harryzeltzer
/"Strategic planning for trachoma control in nine endemic countries,"/
A. Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#samabbenyi



         _Building Capacity Through Surgical Eye Care_

/"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery,"/ Victoria Sheffield and John 

Barrows, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#victoriasheffield
Harry S. Brown, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harrybrown
/"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in //Africa//,"/ Cathy
Schanzer, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#cathyschanzer



         _Refractive Error: From Needs To Eyeglass Empowerment_

/"Estimates of Functional Blindness and Impaired Vision Due To
Uncorrected Refractive Error,"/ Brien A. Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brienholden
/"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision
Stations: Helping to Meet and Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care,
Head-On"/ Ian B. Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ianberger
/"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia"/ Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow
Joshua Silver, PhD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#joshuasilver



         _Glaucoma Angles and Approaches_

/"What is Glaucoma?"/ Robert Ritch, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#robertritch
/"Glaucoma Care For The Medically Underserved in the //U.S.//"/ Martin
Wand, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#martinwand
/"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven,"/ Bruce
Shields, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#bruceshields
/"Population Based Glaucoma Screening, Why Not To Do It,"/ James
Standefer, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jamesstandefer
Leon W. Herndon, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#leonherndon
Roger W. Martin
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rogermartin


         _Vision Screening Strategies_

Bruce Moore, OD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brucemoore
Erik Weissberg, OD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#erikweissberg



         _Vision and Clinical Research_

Shachar Tauber, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shachartauber
/"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations,"/ Matthew
D. Paul, MD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#matthewpaul



       Breakout Workshop Sessions



         _Cultural Competency_

/"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug the Monk and other 
Faux
Pas,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford



         _Best Practices: Microfinance's Role in Sustainable 
Development_

Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow
/"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to //Haiti//'s
Poor"/ Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sharmisobhan



         _Lessons from __India__: Health Outreach and __Capacity__
         __Building_

/"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in //Ahmedabad//,
//India//."/ Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#chiragshah
Jacqueline de Chollet
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacquelinechollet
Keith Tauro
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#keithtauro



         _Clinical and Pubic Health Approaches to Eye Care_

/"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health
Infrastructure,"/ Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sachinjain
/"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health
Perspectives in Ocular Health,"/ Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rohitramchandani
/"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda;
Restoring the Lost Hopes,"/ Kenneth Daniel, MD Candidate
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#kennethdaniel


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Jennifer Staple
mailto:Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu