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  • What’s in There? An Ask-the-Experts Overview of the Health Reform Law

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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are now law. But many people have questions about the new reforms. To answer questions about the major provisions of these two laws, the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund sponsored an April 16 briefing. For more information, please visit Alliance's event page. Full Video   Speakers for this session: The panel is co-moderated by Karen…

  • The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Issues and Perspectives

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    This April 2010 webcast features a discussion of issues and challenges for the Obama Administration's Global Health Initiative and features three senior-level officials involved in the initiative, as well as outside perspectives of the challenges it faces.

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Innovations in Teaching

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    Track E: Current Issues in Global Health: Teaching and learning Title: Innovations in Teaching Moderators: Robin Paetzold, Carver College of Medicine at University of Iowa; Jessica Evert, Global Health Education Consoritum, University of California at San Francisco, Department of Family & Community Medicine Speaker: Global Health Education: Integrating competencies in the curriculum Laura Magana Valladares, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Abstract Presenters: S360 - New Frontiers in Global Health Education: Designing and implementing an introductory…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Workforce Development

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    Track D: Education and Human Resources Development Title: Workforce Development Moderator: David Zakus, Global Health Education Consortium, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa Speakers: Gustavo Nigenda, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Abstract Presenters: S418 - The Human Resources: Priority in the North-South Alliance between Academy and Governmental Health Institutions Myriam Ruiz Rodriguez, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Spain; Laura Rodriguez, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Spain S238 - Silent Crisis in Chronic Disease Management: The worldwide gap in…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — The Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances

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    * The first 5:30 minutes of the video are in Spanish. Track A: Public Policy and Global Health Title: The Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances Moderator: Francisco Becerra, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) Speakers: Peter Long, Kaiser Family Foundation Pablo Kuri, Mexican Society of Public Health Rocio Saenz, Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, Costa Rica Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Nutrition

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    Track A: Public Policy and Global Health Title: Nutrition Moderators: Teresita Gonzalez de Cossio, INSP Nora Burns, GHEC, American Medical Student Association Speakers: Richard Deckelbaum, GHEC and Columbia University Juan Rivera, INSP Abstract Presenters: S412 - Developing a Tool to Measure School Nutrition Environments in Latin America Ines G. Casanova, Emory University S413 - Nutritional Assessment of Children, Caretakers and Teachers in a Preschool in Tizimin, Yucatan Gloria de los Angeles Uicab Pool, Facultad de…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Lessons Learned from the Influenza (H1N1) Pandemic

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    Plenary Panel VI Title: Lessons Learned from the Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic Moderator: Lourdes Garcia Garcia, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Speakers: Jarbas Barbosa, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)-DC Hugo Lopez Gatell, Deputy Director General of the Epidemiological Directorate, at the Ministry of Health, Mexico Michael D. McDonald, President, Global Health Initiatives; Coordinator, U.S. Resilience System >>Video that includes original Spanish audio is available here. Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Building Capacity for Women’s and Maternal/Child Health

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    Track D: Education and Human Resources Development Title: Building Capacity for Women's and Maternal/Child Health Moderator: Sandra Garcia, Country Director, Population Council, Mexico Abstract Presenters: S340 Medical Education in Guyana: Lessons learned using a public health collaborative model in obstetrics and gynecology Deborah Landis Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Medical College Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, University of Pittsburgh Medical College S391 Supporting Early Childhood Development in the Urban Slums of Africa (John) Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins University School…

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Plenary Panel V: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health Education: Beyond the Traditional Medical Model

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    Panel V: Interdisciplinary approaches to global health education: Beyond the traditional medical model Moderator: Roger Glass, Fogarty International Center Speakers: Hiram Arroyo, Universidad de Puerto Rico Pierre Buekens, Tulane University King Holmes, University of Washington Ted Schrecker, University of Ottowa >>Video that includes original Spanish audio is available here. Event Materials Podcast Download