Events

Global Health Council 2011: Securing a Healthier Future in a Changing World


IntraHealth International staff will gather with other global health leaders at the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health, June 13–17, in Washington, DC. This year the conference will focus on the world’s changing demographics, the shift toward urban living, and the growing burden of chronic and noncommunicable disease.

More: IntraHealth and CapacityPlus Participation | Selected Conference Attendees


IntraHealth and CapacityPlus Participation at a Glance

Special Event

“Drive: What Motivates Health Workers?”
Friday, June 17, 2:30-4:30 pm, Ambassador Ballroom
What incentives help health workers excel? IntraHealth and CapacityPlus host an interactive event featuring Daniel H. Pink, author of the bestselling book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, and Barbara Stilwell, IntraHealth’s director of technical leadership. This event will draw on analysis of 50 years of behavioral science and conventional wisdom about human motivation and effective paths to high performance to examine how to improve the motivation, retention—and performance—of health workers.

 

Dan Pink

Daniel H. Pink

 


Panel Discussions and Roundtables

Factors supporting the success and sustainability of stakeholder leadership groups
Tuesday, June 14, 1:45-3:15 pm
Panel presentation by James McCaffery

On-the-job companion training for fistula surgeons in Mali
Wednesday, June 15, 1:45-3:15 pm
Roundtable presentation by Demba Traoré

Improving skilled attendance at birth in Jharkhand, India
Wednesday, June 15, 3:30-5:00 pm
Roundtable presentation by Aradhana Patnaik and Manju Shukla

Strategies to attract health workers in rural Uganda
Thursday, June 16, 10:15-11:45 am
Panel presentation by Wanda Jaskiewicz
 

Poster Sessions

Stakeholder leadership groups: factors supporting success and sustainability
Tuesday, June 14, 5:00-7:00 pm
Presented by James McCaffery

Private-sector pre-service education of African health workers
Tuesday, June 14, 5:00-7:00 pm
Presented by Amanda Puckett

Engaging traditional healers improves malaria care in Mali
Wednesday, June 15, 5:00-7:00 pm
Presented by Kandian Diallo


Selected Conference Attendees

Pape Gaye, MBA
PRESIDENT AND CEO

Maureen Corbett, MIA
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

Rebecca Kohler, MPH
VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

Maurice I. Middleberg
VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL POLICY | DIRECTOR, CAPACITYPLUS

Karen Blyth, MS
DIRECTOR OF HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS

Kandian Ibrahim Diallo
MALARIA ADVISOR, INTRAHEALTH/MALI

Laura Hoemeke, MPH
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

Sara Pacqué-Margolis, MPH
DIRECTOR OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION, CAPACITYPLUS

 

 

James McCaffery, PhD
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HRH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING, CAPACITYPLUS (TRAINING RESOURCES GROUP, INC.)

Matthew McMichaels
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Madhuri Narayanan, MPH
DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL QUALITY, VISTAAR PROJECT, INTRAHEALTH/INDIA

Manju Shukla, MD
STATE DIRECTOR, JHARKHAND, VISTAAR PROJECT, INTRAHEALTH/INDIA

Barbara Stilwell, PhD, MS, FRCN
DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP

Cheick Touré, MD
COUNTRY DIRECTOR, INTRAHEALTH/MALI

Demba Traoré, MD
FISTULA CARE PROJECT COORDINATOR, INTRAHEALTH/MALI

Kate Tulenko, MD, MPH
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR CLINICAL SERVICES & SERVICE DELIVERY STRENGTHENING, CAPACITYPLUS


Conference website: http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2011


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