Spring 2014 Global Health Practitioner Conference Booklet

- 1 -Global Health Practitioner Conference | Spring 2014
May 5 - 9, 2014
Silver Spring, MD
Health for All
Starts in the
Community
Advancing
Community Health
Worldwide

Advancing Community Health Worldwide
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SPONSORS
USAID’s Bureau for Global Health: Health, Infectious
Disease, Nutrition Division and the Child Survival and
Health Grants Program
www.usaid.gov
MCHIP is the USAID Bureau for Global Health flagship
program designed to accelerate the reduction of maternal,
newborn and child mortality in the 30 USAID priority
countries facing the highest disease burden.
www.mchip.net
The CORE Group Polio Project is funded
under USAID Cooperative Agreement AID-
OAA-A-12-00031 to World Vision.
www.coregroup.org/polio
Concern Worldwide
Georgetown University Institute for
Reproductive Health
Hesperian Health Guides
Johns Hopkins University Center for
Communication Programs
CONTRIBUTORS
Marketplace Sponsors
JSI / Advancing Partners & Communities
MCHIP - Maternal & Child Health Integrated Program
Philips Healthcare
Translating Research into Action Project/ URC
Worldwide Diagnostics
Lunchtime Sponsor
The Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Task Force is sponsoring lunch on Friday, May 9.
Thank you to all contributors, supporters and sponsors!
CORE Group extends sincere appreciation to Planning Committee Members, Working Group Co-Chairs, Point
People, Presenters, Participants, Moderators and Facilitators, Anonymous Donors, and Sponsors.

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to our 2014 CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference!
Every year we work to improve CORE Group conferences, making them the ultimate destination for skill-building,
networking, and program learning in the community health field. Formerly known as the CORE Group spring
meeting, the conference now has a new name to more accurately reflect the depth of our gatherings, as well as
our focus on health program implementation.
The theme of our conference, Health for All Starts in the Community, was selected by our volunteer planning
committee to reflect our commitment to Primary Health Care principles, Universal Health Coverage, and the
importance of community engagement to make health for all a reality.
We are grateful to many: the innumerable volunteers who have given their time to share their personal and
organizational program learning with their peers in various sessions; Working Group Chairs who are leading
community health efforts in their technical field; our Board of Directors who provide our strategic direction and
ensure our organization remains open and transparent. We extend our thanks to our donors and the USAID staff
that will share strategies with us for collective input.
We have benefitted from the services of Claire Boswell, Conference Planner & Coordinator, and Valerie Stetson,
Conference Facilitator, working under the leadership of Shannon Downey, CORE Group Community Health
Program Manager. We appreciate the new innovations and logistics from Alli Dean, Office and Membership
Manager, and communications support from Pinky Patel and Michelle Shapiro.
We thank everyone for participating in our dialogue-based sessions to create new ideas and plans for helping us
achieve our collective vision of healthy communities where no woman or child dies of preventable causes.
Wishing you an uplifting and informative conference,
Karen LeBan
Executive Director
WELCOME LETTER
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
1. Explore community health strategies that contribute to improving health for all.
2. Identify and share specific resources and technical information that will accelerate progress towards
universal health coverage, focusing on partnership, equity and community, and civil society engagement.
3. Strengthen CORE Group’s Working Groups and Interest Groups, while producing meaningful output through
Working Group-led activities, work plan development, participatory events, theory development, and
technical recommendations.
4. Foster substantive partnerships and linkages among CORE Group Member NGOs and Associates, scholars,
advocates, donors and other partners.

CONTRIBUTORS
CORE GROUP OVERVIEW
Vision
Communities where everyone can attain health and well-being.
Mission
To improve and expand community health practices for underserved populations, especially women and children,
through collaborative action and learning.
Our Expertise
Knowledge Management
Neutral, trusted facilitation
Training & Conferences
CORE GROUP SERVES AS A TECHNICAL HUB FOR:
Community Health Approaches
Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health
Infectious & Non-Communicable Diseases
Nutrition
Agriculture & Health
Interested In Exploring the Possibilities?
Contact: Pinky Patel, Communications Manager, ppatel@coregroupdc.org
PARTNER WITH CORE GROUP
Global Networking
Program Learning
Documentation & Dissemination
Cross-Cutting Approaches
Social & Behavior Change
Monitoring & Evaluation
Community Health Systems
Sustainability
Learning Collaboratives
Secretariat Models
Professional Development
Why you should partner with CORE Goup:
We were established in 1997 – over 15 years of work
Our size enables us to respond quickly with lean
budgets – a good value added for relatively low cost
Working with CORE Group enables quality linkages
and outreach to 75+ organizations that work in 180
countries, reaching 720 million people per year
OurMembersandAssociatesincludeNGOs,Academics
and for-profit organizations
Our well-known, dynamic Community Health Network
gathers input and disseminate output rapidly
We do not implement programs at the field level, so
the lack of competition enables us to foster trust and
serve as a neutral broker/convener
We are seeking partnerships with:
Academic institutions to contribute to implementation
evidence of "how" an intervention works under what
conditions
Member and associate organizations to collaborate
in high-mortality countries to scale up life-saving
interventions
New organizations (domestically and globally) to join
in creating and diffusing community health learning
Private sector organizations to ensure essential
commodities and technologies reach the most under
served
Information technology companies to extend our
virtual learning platforms around the world

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Welcome Letter ................................
Conference Objectives .....................
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Working Groups ...............................
CORE Group Polio Project ................
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Pre-Conference Sessions ..................
Co-located Events ............................
Agenda .............................................
Session Descriptions
Plenaries
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Wednesday, May 7 ..................
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Friday, May 9 ...........................
Concurrent Sessions
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Wednesday, May 7 ..................
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Working Group Time....................
New Information Circuit ..............
Lunchtime Roundtables
Wednesday, May 7 ..................
Thursday, May 8 .....................
Presenter Bios ..................................
CORE Group Staff Bios ......................
Notes Page .......................................
CORE Group Membership ................
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Working Groups are the heart and soul of CORE Group’s Community Health Network
CORE Group Working Groups push the field of community health forward by focusing on specific technical and
cross-cutting issues. As the Community Health Network works to fulfill our vision of health and well-being for
underserved communities in low- and middle-income countries, Working Groups help articulate that vision
from a practical standpoint, identify barriers, and figure out how to move past them. Through Working Groups,
dedicated professionals bring their individual and organizational resources to bear to collectively generate ideas,
create knowledge, and craft responses that can show health impact on a meaningful scale.
Working Groups contribute to:
• Developing state-of-the-art tools, practices and strategies to benefit field programs
• Exchanging information related to best practices, resources, and opportunities
• Linking with academics, advocates and private resources and expertise
• Fostering their own professional development
• Building organizational partnerships and capacity
• Articulating the community health perspective in global policy dialogues and alliances
Working Groups are teams of individuals from multiple organizations interested in contributing to further
development and understanding of a technical or cross-cutting topic. The groups are self-organizing, self-
governing, and adaptive entities that transcend organizational boundaries. Working Groups develop and
implement collaborative activities aimed at improving international health and development. Working Groups
are established and maintained based on the interest of CORE Group Membership.
Choose from the 8 Working Groups:
If you are not already a part of a Working Group, please join the Working Group time during this conference (see
page 26 for more information). Also sign up for the related listserv at www.coregroup.org/network. By joining
a Working or Interest Group listserv, you will receive related communications and updates, and you will be able
to write directly to the group to share information and announcements, as well as solicit input on related areas
of interest.
WORKING GROUPS
About
Get Involved
Community Child Health
HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Nutrition
Monitoring and Evaluation
Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health
Social and Behavior Change
Tuberculosis

CORE GROUP POLIO PROJECT
The CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP) is a multi-country, multi-partner initiative providing financial support and
on-the-ground technical guidance and support to strengthen host country efforts to eradicate polio.
Several CORE Group Members come together to implement the CORE Group Secretariat model, a time-tested
mechanism for increasing coordination and collaboration. Central to the model and to each CGPP country site is
an in-country secretariat — a small team of neutral, technical advisors, independent from any one implementing
partner, who facilitate communication, coordination, and transparent decision-making among all partners.
Since July 1999, CORE Group, in partnership with UNICEF, Rotary International, WHO, the CDC, the BMGF, USAID,
and various governments including India, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Angola, has worked to eradicate polio
by mobilizing communities to participate in routine immunization campaigns, vaccination services, and AFP
surveillance.
In 2012, all of the countries in which CGPP works had achieved polio eradication and there were a record low
number of only 232 wild polio cases reported worldwide.
To contribute further to global polio eradication, CGPP is expanding project activities to Nigeria, the country with
the greatest number of polio cases in 2012.
January 13, 2014 marked an incredible
milestone for India — three years polio-free!
This milestone would not have been possible
without all of the incredible work of multiple
partners and organizations, including the
CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP)—India. The
CGPP—India Secretariat formed in 1999 in
Uttar Pradesh and consists of a small team
of neutral technical advisors directed by Dr.
Roma Solomon. The Secretariat team unifies
the community-level expertise of iNGOs and
local NGOs with the international knowledge
and strategies of the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative (GPEI) partners.
CGPP Erradication Efforts
Congratulations to CGPP - India: 3 Years Polio-Free!
“This accomplishment would not have
been possible without the seamless
partnership we all displayed. In
the war against polio we were all
soldiers together under one command
center, that of the government.
Never before has there been such
a productive interplay between
the government and civil society.
- Roma Solomon, Director, CGPP - India
”
About CGPP

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was elected Director of the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the Organization on 19
September 2012 and began her five-year term on 1 February 2013. From
March2008until1November2012,Dr.EtienneservedasAssistantDirector-
General for Health Systems and Services at the World Health Organization
in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to that, as Assistant Director of PAHO from
July 2003 to February 2008, she led five technical areas: Health Systems
and Services; Technology, Health Care and Research; Health Surveillance
and Disease Management; Family and Community Health; and Sustainable
Development and Environmental Health.
During her tenures at WHO and PAHO, Dr. Etienne led the efforts to renew
primary health care and to strengthen health systems based on primary
health care, promoting integration and improved functioning of health
systems. She has also spearheaded policy directions for reducing health
inequalities and advancing health for all through universal coverage,
people-centered care, the integration of health into broader public policies, and inclusive and participatory
health leadership.
The World Health Report 2010 – Health systems financing: the path to universal coverage was produced under
the direction of Dr. Etienne and WHO’s Deputy Director-General. The report is recognized worldwide for providing
an agenda for action by countries at all stages of development to move more quickly and in a sustainable manner
towards universal coverage, while proposing ways in which the international community can better support
efforts to achieve universal coverage and improve health outcomes. Dr. Etienne has also led the WHO global
agenda to support universal access to safe and efficacious medical products and the development of a global
code of practice for the international recruitment of health personnel. She also chaired the International Health
Partnership (IHP+) initiative, which seeks to commit partners to work together and put into practice international
principles for effective aid and development cooperation in the health sector.
In her native Dominica, Dr. Etienne began her career as a medical officer at the Princess Margaret Hospital, where
she eventually became the Chief Medical Officer. She has also served in other high-level posts in Dominica,
including Coordinator of the National AIDS Program, Disaster Coordinator for the Ministry of Health, Chair of the
National Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS, and Director of Primary Health Care Services.
Dr. Etienne received her medical degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery- MBBS) from the
University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and her Master in Science (MSc) in Community Health in developing
countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne
Photo © PAHO/WHO

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
CO-LOCATED EVENTS
Understanding the Essential Nutrition Actions Framework
Monday, May 5, 2014, 9:30am - 12:30pm
In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a guide on Essential Nutrition Actions: improving maternal,
newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition that summarizes those recommendations which, following systematic
review, reflect proven actions that need to be taken to scale within the health sector. This session will demystify the
recommendations and guide participants through practical application, resources and best practices for improving and
expanding existing health programs.
Facilitators: Agnes Guyon, Senior Child Health & Nutrition Advisor, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc; Jennifer Nielsen,
Senior Program Manager for Nutrition and Health, Helen Keller International; Victoria Quinn, Senior Vice President, Helen
Keller International
Latest Learning and Resources for iCCM
Monday, May 5, 2014, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Part 1: How to assure availability of medicines and supplies in CCM: an interactive session on supply chain management
Facilitators/Speakers: Members of the Supply Chain Management sub group of the global iCCM Task Force
Part 2: Strengthening monitoring and evaluation for iCCM: lessons learned and promising innovations
Facilitators/Speakers: Members of the M&E sub group of the global iCCM Task Force
mHealth Deep Dive: mHealth Interoperability: Connecting People, Technology and Data
Monday, May 5, 2014, 12:30pm - 5:30pm
The mHealth Working Group is hosting this "Deep Dive" meeting for non-technology folks to focus on interoperability,
the invisible framework that underpins mHealth. The objectives of this half-day meeting are to demystify interoperability,
showing how technology, people, and data work together, and to demonstrate how interoperability can help you design
and use mHealth interventions more effectively. As in previous Deep Dive meetings, interactive activities will allow you
get some "hands-on" experience.
Post iCCM Evidence Review Symposium Event: An overview of the Symposium in Ghana,
March 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Join the Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Task Force to learn more about the iCCM Evidence Review
Symposium that took place in Accra, Ghana in March 2014. Participants will hear a summary of the current state-of-the-art
evidence, best practices, and challenges around iCCM policy change, coordination and implementation throughout 30+
African countries.

AGENDA | TUESDAY, MAY 6 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014
8:00am – 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am
Maryland Ballroom
Opening, Welcome, & Overview
Board Directions Judy Lewis, Board Chair, University of Connecticut
9:00am – 10:30am
Maryland Ballroom
Keynote: “Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from the PAHO Region,”
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, Pan American Health Organization
10:30am – 11:00am Break | Marketplace Tables Open
11:00am – 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions | See page 14 for descriptions
Chesapeake 1 Adolescent Reproductive Health: What Works, What Doesn't, and How to Tell the Difference
Cate Lane, USAID, Global Health, Population and Reproductive Health; Nana Dagadu, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health
Potomac Changing Behavior with Women, Girls, Boys, and Men: How Gender and SBC Connect
Moderator: Amelia Brandt, Medicines for Humanity; Elizabeth Romanoff Silva, WI-HER LLC/USAID ASSIST Project; Taroub Harb Faramand, WI-
HER / USAID ASSIST Project ; Gillian McKay, GOAL; Angie Brasington, Save the Children
Assembly Integrating Community-Based Strategies into Existing Health Systems: The Unique Role of INGOs
Will Story, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Laura Altobelli, Future Generations; Judy Lewis, University of Connecticut School of
Medicine; David Shanklin, Independent Consultant
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Models for Strengthening the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Facilitator: Jennifer Nielsen, HKI; Hedwig Deconinck, CMAM Forum; Maureen Gallagher, Action Against Hunger-US; Geraldine McCrossan,
GOAL
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch | Board of Director Elections | New Member Orientation
2:00pm – 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions | See page 15 for descriptions
Chesapeake 1 From Uganda to Lebanon: Experiences with Integrating Early Childhood Development, Health & Nutrition Programs
Inka Weissbecker, International Medical Corps; Jennifer Burns, International Medical Corps; Mary Helen Carruth, Medical Teams
International; Laura Peterson, Hands to Hearts International
Potomac Hidden Populations: How Do We Ensure Nobody Gets Left Behind?
Moderator: Antony Duttine, Handicap International; Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, USAID; Dr. Jack Guralnik, HelpAge USA; Gillian McKay, GOAL
Ireland; Jennifer Snell, Healthright International; TJay Thirikwa, Human Rights Campaign
Assembly How to Ensure Counseling is NOT a Mini-Lecture!
Serigne Diene, FHI 360; Sascha Lamstein, SPRING Project/JSI; Janine Schooley, PCI; Rebecca Egan, FHI360
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Harnessing the Untapped Potential of Faith Groups to Improve Health Indicators
Victoria Graham, USAID; Nancy Pendarvis Harris, JSI & APC; Mona Bormet, CCIH; Leah Elliott, APC & FHI360
3:30pm – 4:00pm Break | Marketplace Tables Open
4:00pm – 5:30pm Working Group Time | See page 26 for additional WG information
5:30pm – 7:30pm Social Networking Reception at The Fillmore Silver Spring | Innovation Poster Display
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:30am
Maryland Ballroom
Welcome & Daily Announcements | New Board of Directors Announcements
New Information Circuit | See page 29 for circuit table information
11:00am – 12:30pm
Maryland Ballroom
State of CORE Group Karen LeBan, CORE Group
Plenary: Inspiration Shop Part 1: Inspiring Organizational Learning, Stacey Young, USAID
Inspiration Shop Part 2: Igniting Group Creativity, Lenette Golding, CARE and Guests
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch | Dory Storms Voting | Lunchtime Roundtables | See page 34 for descriptions
Chesapeake 1 Family Planning 2020 Status Update
Potomac Learning and Practice Alliances
Assembly Integrating MIYCN with Family Planning in Yemen: Findings from TIPs Operations Research
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Learning from Evaluations: Examples from the Child Survival and Health Grants Program
Chesapeake 1 Evidence for Social Accountability: We Have the Tools, But Is It working?
Kamden Hoffman, INSIGHT; Thumbiko Misiska, CARE International; Geraldine McCrossan, GOAL; Caroline Poirrier, Results for Development
Institute
Potomac eHealth/mHealth: Leveraging Technologies for Systems Strengthening in the Community
Pamela Marks, ASSIST; Heidi Good Boncana, JHUCCP; Kelly Keisling, Global Healthcare Program Director, NetHope; Vanessa Mitchell, JHUCCP
Assembly Health Sector Approaches to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence
Phyliss W. Sharps, Department of Community-Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Taraub Harb Faramand, WI-HER LLC /USAID
ASSIST Project; Carolyn Kruger, Project Concern International
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Integrating Agriculture and Nutrition: Understanding Value Chains and Intersectoral Coordination in Practice
Bronwyn Irwin, ACDI-VOCA; KD Ladd, ACDI-VOCA; Jody Harris, IFPRI; Aaron Buchsbaum, SPRING Project
4:00pm – 5:30pm Working Group Time |See page 26 for additional WG information
6:00pm – 8:30pm Board of Directors Meeting & Dinner

AGENDA | THURSDAY, MAY 8 & FRIDAY, MAY 9
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:30am
Maryland Ballroom
Welcome & Daily Announcements
Plenary: Strengthening Community Health Systems
Bonnie Keith, APC/JSI; Henry Perry, JHSPH
11:00am – 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions | See page 20 for descriptions
Chesapeake 1 Who's Got Influence: Participatory Mapping of Social Networks
Laurette Cucuzza, Plan International USA; Rebecka Lundgren, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health; Sarah Burgess,
Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health
Potomac Thinking Locally and Acting Globally to End Preventable Newborn Deaths
Joy Riggs-Perla, Save the Children; Goldy Mazia, MCHIP/PATH; Rachel Taylor, MCHIP/Save the Children; Brianna Casciello, MCHIP/PATH
Assembly Childhood Tuberculosis and Community Healthcare
Steve Graham, University of Melbourne and Consultant in Child Lung Health, The Union; Alan Talens, World Renew; Anne Detjen, The Union;
Kechi Achebe, Save the Children; Fozo Alombah, PATH
Chesapeake 2 & 3 NACS Users’ Guide Consultation
Serigne Diene, FHI 360; Wendy Hammond, FHI 360
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch | Lunchtime Roundtables | See page 35 for descriptions
Chesapeake 1 The CSHGP Review - How to Summarize 30 Years of Partnering to Save Lives
Potomac USAID Nutrition Strategy "Pre-Launch"
Assembly Operations Research That Aims to Draft a BCC Strategy to Improve Quality of Health Services & Care Seeking at the Community
Level
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Linking Communities and University-based OBGYN Departments in Sub-Sarahan Africa to Improve Health
Chesapeake 1 A 101 (or 100.5) on Systems Approaches to Capacity Building for Community Health
Eric Sarriot, ICF International; Ligia Paina, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Ilona Varallyay, ICF International
Potomac Global Partners Commit to Harmonizing their Support of CHW and Frontline Health Workers
Allison Annette Foster, IntraHealth; Diana Frymus, USAID; Lesley-Anne Long, mPowering Front line Health Workers
Assembly Community Midwifery and Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Implementation Lessons from MCHIP & Mercy Corps Pakistan
Sheena Currie, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Ali Abdelmegeid, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Khatidja Naithani, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Kate Brickson, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Andrea
Wilson Cutherell, Mercy Corps Pakistan; Jennifer Norman, Mercy Corps
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Community Health Workers – The First Line of Defense against Non-Communicable Diseases
Patience Ekeocha, Morgan State University Health Center and CCBC Baltimore; Sarah Shannon, Hesperian Health Guides; Christy Gavitt, Global
Health Consultant
Chesapeake 1 Effectiveness of Care Groups and Interpersonal Approaches: Evidence and a Resource
Moderator: Tom Davis, Feed the Children; Jim Ricca, Jhpiego; Henry Perry, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Mary DeCoster,
Food for the Hungry
Potomac CSHGP Operations Research Findings: Studying Systems for Community Health
Jennifer Weiss, Concern Worldwide; Khadija Bakarr, Concern Worldwide; David Shanklin, Independent Consultant; Sharif Ullah Khan, AKF;
David Hintch, AKF
Assembly Improving Quality of Care in Partnership with Governments and Communities
Ciro Franco, Management Sciences for Health; Michelle Inkley, Millennium Challenge Corporation; Graciela Salvador-Davila,Pathfinder
International
Chesapeake 2 & 3 Engaging Communities
Moderator: Paul Freeman, University of Washington; Sonya Funna, ADRA; Ane Adondiwo, Catholic Relief Services; Michael Favin, The Manoff
Group and MCHIP
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:30am
Maryland Ballroom
Welcome & Daily Announcements | Working Group Report-outs
Plenary: Future Directions
Moderator: Judy Lewis, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth Fox, USAID Bureau for Global Health; Marie McLeod, Peace Corps; Sam
Worthington, InterAction
11:00am – 12:30pm
Maryland Ballroom
Plenary: Engaging Civil Society
Judith Omondi-Anyona, CRS; Roma Solomon, CORE Group Polio Project India
Closing Remarks Judy Lewis, Board Chair, University of Connecticut
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch generously provided by the iCCM Task Force
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Chesapeake I
Post iCCM Evidence Review Symposium Event An overview of the Symposium in Ghana, March 2014
Presented by the iCCM Task Force

PLENARIES | TUESDAY, MAY 6 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from the PAHO Region
Tuesday, May 6 | 9:30am - 10:30am | Maryland Ballroom
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, Pan American Health Organization
In the Region of the Americas, several countries have made the political commitment to embrace Universal Health Coverage
(UHC). These countries are at different stages along the path towards UHC and are already producing important lessons
on enabling factors. The lessons reflect a diversity of experiences based on national, social, and economic realities and the
maturity of the health system.
The UHC agenda has triggered an overwhelming response from partners at the country level, as well as in the international
community. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has provided critical guidance in the development and
implementation of UHC-oriented national policies and strategies. PAHO’s country presence, technical know-how, and
recognized convening role have been instrumental in supporting Member State efforts to craft a distinct, strategic approach
that will make the Americas the first Region in the world to achieve UHC.
In her address, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the Americas of the
World Health Organization, will share new insights on the policy paths countries are following towards the realization of UHC.
Dr. Etienne will highlight that UHC is not only about a minimum package of health services. It is not solely about health system
financing, neither does it exclude priority health programs, nor does it seek to privatize the health sector.
UHC ensures that all people have access to needed services – prevention, promotion, curative, rehabilitation and palliative
care- with sufficient quality to be effective and without exposing individuals to financial hardship. UHC is a recommitment of
the right to health, equity, and solidarity. It acknowledges the health sector’s specific contributions to health, while recognizing
the needed linkages to others sector and development goals.
The Inspiration Shop
Wednesday, May 7 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
Stacey Young, Senior Learning Advisor, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning, Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research, USAID;
Lenette Golding, Senior Technical Advisor Social and Behavior Change & Advocacy, Food and Nutrition Security Team, CARE
Part 1: Inspiring Organizational Learning
Everyone agrees that organizational learning is important – why, then, is it so hard to achieve? This session will have two parts:
1. A talk about how USAID is working to embed organizational learning in Mission programs, what that takes, what gets
in the way, and how partners can help; and a consideration of the lessons that can be learned and applied in other
organizations;
2. An invitation to participants to share their own experiences in sparking organizational learning.
Part 2: Igniting Group Creativity
Deadlines. Budgets. Downsizing. And now you need to deliver innovation as well. Where do innovative ideas for health and
development work even come from? During this trip to The Inspiration Shop, CORE Group Members will reflect on their
experiences and experiments in igniting creativity in the workplace. Each panelist will take five minutes to illustrate through
pictures, short videos, quotations, sounds, and other media to communicate what inspires their own and others’ creativity.
The speakers’ presentations will launch into a larger group discussion. Participants should bring their own examples that they
may share with the larger group.
By the end of this session, Participants will have:
1. Learned from USAID’s experience, both the good and the cautionary; learn how, from the implementing side, to plug
in to the organizational learning USAID is trying to achieve; and share experiences and lessons learned with others.
2. Taken away new ideas for inspiring creativity in themselves, their colleagues, and their work.

PLENARIES | THURSDAY, MAY 8 & FRIDAY, MAY 9
Strengthening Community Health Systems
Thursday, May 8 | 9:00am - 10:30am | Maryland Ballroom
Bonnie Keith, Senior Technical Advisor, Advancing Partners & Communities/JSI; Henry Perry, Senior Associate, Department of
International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Strengthening community partnerships and strengthening community-based delivery of health services are now seen as
central strategies for improving the health of populations, particularly for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child (RMNCH)
health in resource-constrained settings. This session presents an overview of a recently produced innovative online resource
on the community health systems of 20 countries, a tool developed by USAID’s Advancing Partners & Communities (APC)
project; and an overview of the literature on the effectiveness of community-based approaches to improving RMNCH, and
a theory of change framework developed by MCHIP for improving RMNCH. Ms. Bonnie Keith will present the Community
Health Systems Catalog, a new resource produced by the APC project. The catalog is a first-of-its-kind interactive reference
tool on country community health systems. The catalog details the structure, management, human resources, and policies
of community-based health programs in each country, and includes country profiles, national policy documents, and other
reference materials. This resource is intended for ministries of health, program managers, researchers, and donors interested
in learning more about community health activities. Dr. Henry Perry will present an overview and synthesis of the evidence
regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal, and child health as
well as an overview and synthesis of recently published literature concerning community-based approaches for RMNCH
programming. Based on this, he will share a comprehensive theory of change framework for how interventions and programs
can sustainably improve RMNCH at scale which has been developed by a technical team at MCHIP. His presentation will
also describe briefly the newly released final version of MCHIP’s Developing and Strengthening Community Health Worker
Programs at Scale: A Reference Guide and Case Studies for Program Managers and Policy Makers.
Future Directions
Friday, May 9 | 9:00am - 10:30am | Maryland Ballroom
Moderator: Judy Lewis, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth Fox, Director, Office of Health, Infectious Disease
and Nutrition, Bureau of Global Health, USAID; Marie McLeod, Director of the Office of Global Health and HIV, Peace Corps; Sam
Worthington, President and CEO, InterAction
Three presenters representing Peace Corps, USAID and InterAction will share their organizational perspectives on
the global development paradigm shift that is taking place within the U.S. and the world. Over the last eight years INGOs
(many members of CORE Group) have experienced shifts in U.S. support to global development. The increase in private
investment and remittances now far exceeds funding from bilateral donors. Brazil, Russia, India, and China are transitioning
to become aid donors. Inequities are increasing around the world. The U.S. Government has raised global health as a high
level security issue. At the same time it has joined other governments in a worldwide commitment to ending extreme poverty
and preventable maternal and child deaths. Other USG initiatives are linking nutrition and agriculture toward better food
security within Feed the Future and contributing to new global action plans such as the Every Newborn Action Plan, A Promise
Renewed, and Family Planning 2020. These strategic shifts are influencing the INGO sector. The “Ahead of the Curve” report
on INGOs of the future states that INGOs need to change their strategies to enhance direct implementation, influence systems
change, harness the private sector and lead multi-sectoral action. Peace Corps and USAID will share updates on organizational
changes and directions, while InterAction will comment on the distinct niche of INGOs in this new environment. A moderated
question and answer session will follow. Participants will be asked to provide specific recommendations on actions CORE
Group can take to strengthen CORE Group as a partner in U.S. and worldwide global health efforts.
1. Learned about organizational directions in global health that respond to shifts in development assistance
2. Contributed ideas and recommendations on actions CORE Group can take to keep the CORE Group community as a
partner in U.S. and worldwide efforts

Engaging Civil Society
Friday, May 9 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
Judith Omondi-Anyona, Program Manager, CRS; Roma Solomon, Director, CORE Group Polio Project and Vice Chair of the Steering
Committee of the GAVI CSO Constituency
What is Civil Society? What are Civil Society and Government expectations from each other? Why should Civil Society be
engaged? And how can we work better with Civil Society? In addition to answering these questions, this session will give a
global overview of successes in working with civil society drawing on what has been learned from Immunization (GAVI), and
specific successes in harnessing this potential in the India Polio Program and partnership. The session will also highlight the
roles and contributions of civil society organizations and how they can support accountability, transparency and sustainability.
CORE Group Polio Project India Secretariat worked diligently with multiple NGOs, UNICEF, CDC and the Ministry of Health to
achieve India’s goal of immunizing every child, contributing significantly to these efforts in the state of Uttar Pradesh, one of
the last polio strongholds in India, as well as in Bihar. In January 2014, during Roma’s tenure, India celebrated three years polio-
free. The CGPP India Secretariat’s work improved the flexibility of the national polio program to respond to local opportunities
and barriers affecting immunization. By providing entry to marginal populations not reached by the national health care
system, CGPP India empowered these hard-to-reach and high-risk communities to take on broader health initiatives on their
own. CGPP India also channeled two-way communications about acceptability and effectiveness of the national polio efforts
at local level. These innovative approaches have been essential for achieving success in eliminating polio transmission in the
last remaining areas of India. The approach has been multifaceted, involving partnerships with NGOs, the MOH, and local
community leaders; community-based registration of all births with follow-up to identify those in need of immunization;
and visitation of all priority households, often with a trusted local leader, to promote acceptance of polio immunization. The
successes for the program in India have informed several other national programs and have become the foundation for a
global voice through the GAVI CSO Constituency.
Investing in Civil Society Organizations for Sustained Impact
In 2011 Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Civil
Society Steering committee to serve as the grant manager for a pilot Civil Society Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) project.
The project aims to develop the capacity of CSOs to build functional platforms/networks that are capable of engaging in
immunization and Health System Strengthening processes at national level. The CSO project has expanded from providing
initial support to seven countries with a budget of 1.8Million USD and is currently supporting 19 countries with a budget
of approximately 3.1 Million USD. By the end of 2015, CRS will have supported a total of 23 country platforms and multiple
CS organizations. Each country is supported for a period of two years and thereafter expected to graduate. Some of the
achievements of the project within the two years are: each of the country supported has been able to form national platforms
that coordinate CSO activities including call to action and representing the collective voice of CSO through advocacy. II) Each
platform has a seat in key national decision making committees in health such as Immunization Coordinating Committees
(ICCs) and Country-Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs), and HSCC III). The platforms have participated in policy development,
developed GAVI HSS proposal and implemented immunization activities at all levels. (IV) Collaborate with donors, Ministries
of Health and communities for better outcomes for immunization activities.
1. Describe who CSOs are, what their strengths are, and how to harness those strengths to make a lasting impact on
health.
2. Explain why CSOs should be invested in and what are the lessons learned on HOW best to work better with Civil
Society.
3. Identify how CSOs are being engaged, contributing to global efforts, and how they can be better supported for
greater influence and sustainability.
PLENARIES | FRIDAY, MAY 9

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | TUESDAY, MAY 6
Adolescent Reproductive Health: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Tell the Difference
Tuesday, May 6 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Cate Lane, Youth Advisor, USAID, Global Health, Population and Reproductive Health; Nana Dagadu, Program Officer, Monitoring and
Evaluation, Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health
In order to maximize progress in adolescent reproductive health, global health experts need to be familiar with evidence-based
interventions that have a positive impact. At the same time, attention should be given to reproductive health programs and
tools that did not work. This session will be an opportunity to review adolescent reproductive health from the perspective of
what works, what doesn’t, and how we can learn from both. The presenters will provide an overview of tools and techniques,
developed for use throughout the stages of adolescence. Participants will also gain new information about the ways that
social determinants of health contribute to the burden of disease among adolescents.
1. Described the linkages between social determinants of health and the global burden of disease in adolescents
2. Distinguished between tools and approaches that work and those that don’t work in the field of adolescent
reproductive health
3. Identified at least two challenges related to pregnancy and parenting among very young adolescents
Changing Behavior with Women, Girls, Boys, and Men: How Gender and SBC Connect
Tuesday, May 6 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Potomac
Moderator: Amelia Brandt, Program Manager, Medicines for Humanity; Elizabeth Romanoff Silva, Improvement Specialist for Gender
and Knowledge Management, WI-HER LLC/USAID ASSIST Project; Taroub Harb Faramand, Founder and President of WI-HER and Senior
Gender Technical Advisor USAID ASSIST Project ; Gillian McKay, Behavior Change Officer, GOAL; Angie Brasington, Community Change
and Social Change Advisor, Save the Children
Gender norms, values, and inequality have a direct effect on health outcomes. Social and behavior change strategies designed
to increase uptake of key maternal, newborn, and child and nutrition health practices cannot ignore the influence of gender
on these practices. This session will highlight learning from select initiatives that have addressed gender in order to improve
MNCH outcomes.
1. Identified how gender-sensitive and gender-transformative social and behavior change strategies can improve health
outcomes for girls, boys, women, and men
2. Understood how formative research may be used to pinpoint how gender influences specific health behaviors
3. Explained how addressing specific behaviors around community participation and household decision making leads
to improved health outcomes
Integrating Community-Based Strategies into Existing Health Systems: The Unique Role of INGOs
Tuesday, May 6 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Assembly
Will Story, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Laura Altobelli, Peru Country Director, Future Generations;
Judy Lewis, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; David Shanklin, Independent Consultant
Historically, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) have served as implementing organizations for community-
based health programs in low- and middle-income countries that lack the capacity and infrastructure to adequately address
preventable causes of maternal and child mortality. Recently, there has been a call for INGOs to reevaluate their role in
international health and development and shift from a model of direct service delivery to a model that leverages their
strengths and experiences to influence health systems, thereby having impact at scale. During this session, we will present
a novel conceptual framework that depicts three primary pathways through which INGOs can catalyze the integration of
community-based maternal, newborn, and child health strategies into existing structures and systems at the district, national
and global level. We will also present three case studies from a variety of INGOs to illustrate the application of the three

pathways. We will then discuss the practical implications and the limitations of our framework.
1. Described the primary mechanisms through which INGOs most effectively integrate community-based maternal,
newborn, and child health strategies into existing structures and systems at the district, national and global level.
2. Discussed the mechanisms presented in each case study by which INGOs were able to leverage their unique assets
to integrate community-based strategies into existing health systems.
3. Identified limitations and recommend possible modifications to the conceptual framework presented in this session
Models for Strengthening the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
Tuesday, May 6 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Hedwig Deconinck , Technical Advisor, CMAM Forum; Maureen Gallagher, Senior Nutrition Advisor, Action Against Hunger-US; Geraldine
McCrossan, Health Advisor, GOAL; Jennifer Nielsen, Senior Program Manager for Nutrition & Health, HKI – Session Facilitator
The development of ready-to-use therapeutic foods like PlumpyNut and the simplification of screening using color-coded
middle-upper arm circumference measures have revolutionized the treatment of acute malnutrition, but many challenges
remain. Among the most pressing are how to integrate these programs into national health systems, ensure reliable supplies
of supplementary foods for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), and expand coverage to reach all needy
households.
This session will include a variety of approaches to strengthening these strategies. We will learn about: the CMAM Forum, an
open-access website that aims to share globally relevant up-to-date information, approaches and services provided by actors
in the management of acute malnutrition; ACF’s use of socio-cultural assessment to understand community perceptions of
acute malnutrition and adapt BCC strategies accordingly; and GOAL’s Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice circles, which use
micro-gardening combined with nutrition BCC for the management of moderate acute malnutrition.
1. Learned about some of the most innovative solutions identified by the CMAM forum
2. Learned approaches for deepening our understanding of barriers to treatment
3. Learned about alternative approaches for the rehabilitation of MAM
From Uganda to Lebanon: Experiences with Integrating Early Childhood Development, Health and Nutrition
Programs
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Inka Weissbecker, Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Advisor, International Medical Corps; Jennifer Burns, Senior Development
Nutritionist, International Medical Corps; Mary Helen Carruth, Senior Advisor for Maternal and Child Health, Medical Teams
International; Laura Peterson, Founder and Executive Director of Hands to Hearts International
Global research on brain development has demonstrated and validated the crucial importance of quality early interaction
between young children and their caregivers. Early Childhood Development (ECD) is critical in laying foundation for human
development, lifelong learning and productivity. However, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as: various forms
of abuse; neglect; violence between parents/caregivers; other kinds of serious household dysfunction such as alcohol and
substance abuse; and peer, community and collective violence; all have lifelong implications for education, health, addiction,
violence and even peace. ECD is increasingly being utilized as a highly effective psychosocial intervention by different
sectors, including mental health, health and nutrition, and in a variety of contexts. In this session, we will present four case
studies:Sierra Leone, Lebanon and two from Uganda, that demonstrate the successful integration and outcomes of merging
ECD into emergency, post-emergency, post-conflict and development projects. Case studies will describe: 1) development/
adaption of ECD material to various cultures and contexts, 2) formation of ECD groups, 3) structuring ECD sessions between
theoretical and practical training, 4) advocating for peer leaders and training of trainers, and 5) linking of ECD to prevention
of ACEs. Country specific data on various outcomes will also be shared, such as ECD knowledge among mothers, health
and nutrition knowledge (feeding practices, vaccination), maternal-child interaction, maternal mood/depression, social

connectedness, and psychosocial well-being of mothers. The session will also include an experiential role play of an ECD
activity regarding baby cues.
1. Recognized ECD as a cross cutting intervention, applicable in diverse settings: emergency, transitional and
development contexts
2. Realized the impact of ECD programming, best practices, and identified varying approaches to integrating ECD,
Nutrition and Health Programing
3. Connected the implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences with larger goals of development: health, mental
health, child protection, violence prevention, etc… and how effective ECD programing may prevent or minimize ACEs
Hidden Populations: How Do We Ensure Nobody Gets Left Behind?
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Potomac
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Coordinator – Disability & Inclusive Development, USAID; Dr. Jack Guralnik, Board Member, HelpAge USA;
Gillian McKay, Behaviour Change Officer, GOAL Ireland; Jennifer Snell, Africa Program Director, Healthright International; TJay Thirikwa,
Global Fellow, Human Rights Campaign; Antony Duttine, Rehabilitation Technical Advisor in Global Health, Handicap International
(Moderator)
Community health programming often calls to reach the most vulnerable or marginalized populations but are we actually
achieving this and how do we know if certain populations often seem hidden within their communities. The Secretary-
General’s High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda called for five transformative shifts in
the way we address global development, the first of which was to “leave no-one behind.” The report called to “ensure that
no person – regardless of ethnicity, gender, geography, disability, race or other status – is denied universal human rights and
basic economic opportunities.”
This session aims to break down some of the challenges to identifying, engaging and meeting the needs of some of the often
hidden populations in society and discuss ways in which all members of a community can be fully engaged. The session will be
a moderated debate between experienced panelists working with different marginalized and often hidden populations who
will discuss experiences, good practices, lessons learned and ongoing challenges. There will not be presentations but rather
a series of questions and answers both from the moderator and participants of the session.
1. Described challenges from the ageing, disability, LGBT, indigenous populations and domestic worker perspectives in
accessing community health services
2. Identified common approaches and key differences in ensuring that the community health needs of various hidden
populations are met
3. Identified ways to improve community health programming to ensure that both general and specific healthcare
needs of hidden populations can be met
How to Ensure Counseling is NOT a Mini-Lecture!
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Assembly
Serigne Diene, Technical Advisor, Nutrition and HIV, FHI 360; Sascha Lamstein, Technical Advisor, SPRING Project/JSI; Janine Schooley,
Senior Vice President for Programs, PCI
This session is designed to shine a spot light on counseling, an intervention that we all use, but seldom use well. Participants
will gain a better appreciation for the challenges and opportunities related to counseling, hear about the importance of
counseling in our work, and will have the chance to develop a series of counseling “how to’s” in order to improve techniques
and outcomes. Three short presentations will provide specific examples: Serigne Diene - “Counseling: The ‘C’ in NACS”;
Sascha Lamstein: “ Reinforcement Visits as a Way of Ensuring Quality Counseling in Haiti”; and Janine Schooley - “The Role of
Negotiation in Counseling: Borrowing from TIPs” (Trials of Improved Practices). We will then facilitate some discussion and
role play at each table, followed by a presentation of key findings/discovery and recommendations by each table resulting in
a counseling tip sheet (do’s and don’ts).

1. Understood the counseling component of NACS
2. Recognized challenges faced in providing successful counseling
3. Identified and be able to utilize potential methods/approaches to improve the effectiveness of counseling
Harnessing the Untapped Potential of Faith Groups to Improve Health Indicators
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Victoria Graham, Sr. Technical Advisor, USAID; Nancy Pendarvis Harris, Vice President, JSI & APC; Mona Bormet, Project Manager for
Policy/Advocacy, CCIH; Leah Elliott, Sr. Technical Officer, Advancing Partners & Communities (APC)/FHI 360
Faith entities have a long history of working in global health. In some countries, faith led organizations (hospitals, clinics,
programs) provide up to 40% of health services, including services to some of the poorest of the poor. Nevertheless, faith
entities remain an often misunderstood and underutilized group in our efforts to improve global health, particularly in
sensitive areas such as family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention. By overlooking faith entities, we miss the opportunity to
harness their great unrealized potential, as they not only run large health services networks; they are also trusted messengers
for health information with deep roots in their communities. And, contrary to popular belief, most faith groups consider family
planning to be central to their mission to support women, children and families. This dynamic session will explore the roles
and capabilities of faith groups to promote healthy behaviors, particularly those related to family planning.
1. Learned what roles faith groups play in promoting healthy behaviors and how they contribute to improving health
indicators
2. Discussed how to dispel the rumors that faith entities are opposed to family planning
3. Discussed how NGOs and donors can better engage faith groups and what kinds of technical, financial and public
support it takes

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
Evidence for Social Accountability: We Have the Tools, But Is It Working?
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Kamden Hoffman, President and Senior Technical Advisor, INSIGHT; Thumbiko Misiska, Project Manager Malawi, CARE International;
Geraldine Mc Crossan, Global Health Advisor, GOAL; Caroline Poirrier, Senior Program Officer, Results for Development Institute
Citizens’ awareness and understanding of their rights and entitlements are core elements of active citizenship. Empowered by
such awareness, citizens can become active participants in the reorientation and strengthening of public services. Evidence is
growing that when local communities are actively engaged in the assessing and planning of health services, services improve,
leakages diminish and utilisation increases. The independent Expert Review Group (iERG) for the United Nations (UN)
Secretary-General’s Global strategy for women’s and children’s health called for there to be “a revolution in accountability,
putting participatory, democratic review on an equal basis with monitoring in national accountability processes.” Despite
these approaches’ growing popularity it is imperative to generate more evidence to ensure that these approaches, as the
iERG puts it, “actually deliver benefits for women and children”. The social accountability session will explore different social
accountability approaches; what contexts these models are most effective in including cultural, economic, social, and political
considerations; what the benefits are for woman and children; and ways to support more effective social accountability
interventions, including an online platform that will catalog social accountability interventions around the world, facilitate
exchange and learning between practitioners and provide tools to support effective social accountability interventions.
1. Heard evidence on outcomes and impact from the field on social accountability models
2. Heard information about ongoing evaluations of social accountability interventions
3. Shared information about ways to promote effective social accountability globally
eHealth/mHealth: Leveraging Technologies for Systems Strengthening in the Community
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Potomac
Pamela Marks, Senior QI Advisor for HIV/AIDS on the ASSIST project; Heidi Good Boncana, K4Health mHealth Portfolio Manager,
JHUCCP; Kelly Keisling, Global Healthcare Program Director, NetHope; Vanessa Mitchell, JHUCCP
This session will offer participants the opportunity to hear about new evidence, tools and guidance for eHealth/mHealth
programs. Presentations and interactive discussions will highlight issues such as scale-up, sustainability, and privacy
considerations. Participants will also have the opportunity to contribute to a framework for guiding the consideration and use
of mHealth technologies in the context of leveraging evidence-based interventions that have been shown to address quality
gaps and overcome systems constraints.
Participants can choose 3 of the following interactive small groups to attend:
1. Tools and Resources for mHealth: From Evidence to Planning and Implementation, Heidi Good Boncana, JHU CCP
2. mHealth Field Guide for Newborn Health, Kelly Keisling
3. Bangladesh eHealth Pilot, Vanessa Mitchell, JHU CCP
4. Integration of culturally appropriate MIYCN messages and practice with other sectors, such as family planning or
agriculture, Peggy Koniz-Booher and Kristina Beall, JSI
1. Learned about new tools and guidance for including eHealth/mHealth in programs
2. Heard new research in eHealth/mHealth at the community level
3. Explored a framework for guiding consideration and use of technologies for overcoming systems constraints
Health Sector Approaches to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Assembly
Phyliss W. Sharps, Associate Dean Community and Global Programs Professor, Department of Community-Public Health, Johns Hopkins
School of Nursing; Taraub Harb Faramand, Founder & President, WI-HER LLC (Women Influencing Health, Education, and rule of Law)/
USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project; Carolyn Kruger, Senior Advisor Reproductive, Maternal,

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
Newborn and Child Health, Project Concern International
Gender-based violence (GBV); or violence directed at a woman, man, girl, or boy based on that person’s sex, gender identity, or
how that person meets or does not meet cultural norms of femininity or masculinity; leads to poor health outcomes, hinders
development efforts, and prevents those affected from reaching their potential. While it is estimated that more than 1 in 3
women and girls worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual
violence (WHO, 2013), men and boys are also subjected to GBV, and there is less research and resources surrounding GBV
against males. The panel will provide an overview of the burden of the GBV in the U.S. as well as in developing countries, will
present examples of current program interventions, and will offer a basic training for development practitioners in designing,
implementing, and evaluating health programs by taking gender-based violence prevention and response considerations into
account. Discussion will include promotion of awareness, research, and advocacy for the prevention of GBV.
1. Increased their understanding of the burden of the GBV in the US and developing countries
2. Appreciated the power of research: what we know and don’t know about the causes of GBV and its impact on girls,
boys, women and men
3. Described current programmatic interventions that address the causes, promote an integrated response to the
prevention of GBV, and mitigate the effects of GBV on survivors
4. Discussed basic considerations and principles to integrate GBV prevention and response considerations into program
design, implementation, and evaluation of health projects
5. Engaged in discussions surrounding a plan of action for CORE Group and the SMRH Working Group in promoting
awareness, research, and advocacy for GBV
Integrating Agriculture and Nutrition: Understanding Value Chains and Intersectoral Coordination in Practice
Wednesday, May 7 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Bronwyn Irwin, Senior Technical Director, ACDI-VOCA; KD Ladd, Senior Technical Director, ACDI-VOCA; Jody Harris, Senior Research
Analyst, IFPRI; Aaron Buchsbaum, Knowledge Management Coordinator, SPRING Project
This session will explore linkages between agriculture and nutrition in several ways. We will begin with an overview of what is
meant by the “value chain approach,” and address common misperceptions about whether and how such strategies can help
improve nutritional outcomes. We will also discuss how value chains may influence the three key pathways through which
agricultural activities potentially contribute to nutrition outcomes: food production, income, and women’s empowerment.
The panelists will then present two case studies: a large Feed the Future market development program in Ethiopia that is
using appropriate agricultural analogies to teach nutrition concepts to members of farmers’ cooperatives working in six value
chains; and a homestead food production project in Burkina Faso in which interviews conducted with managers, frontline
workers, and beneficiaries highlighted unique challenges in navigating the intersection between agriculture and nutrition.
1. Understood how the value chain approach can increase incomes, provide incentives and resources for increased
production, and empower women in the agricultural sector
2. Gained insight into ways to make nutrition concepts meaningful to farmers
3. Learned specific challenges of intersectoral strategies

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | THURSDAY, MAY 8
Who’s Got Influence: Participatory Mapping of Social Networks
Thursday, May 8 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Laurette Cucuzza, Sr. Technical Advisor Health, Plan International USA; Rebecka Lundgren, Principle Investigator, Institute for
Reproductive Health, Georgetown University; Sarah Burgess, Program Officer, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
How do new ideas diffuse in a community? Who are the connectors? Who blocks information flow? Join us to discuss
approaches to harness the power of social networks and try out participatory mapping exercises designed to engage
community members in spreading new ideas. Viewing women and men as members of social networks can help achieve the
tipping point in settings where misinformation is the norm and FP use stigmatized. In Benin, Tekponon Jikagou is applying
social network analysis methods and theories to address these challenges; testing scalable approaches to address social
barriers that prevent individuals and couples from realizing their reproductive intentions. Participants will learn approaches
to initiate a process of social norm transformation to increase effectiveness of community mobilization initiatives.
1. Understood the importance of understanding and addressing social networks when designing and implementing
programs to address unmet need for family planning
2. Learned to apply tools to identify social networks and apply this understanding to design social network-informed
family planning interventions
Thinking Locally and Acting Globally to End Preventable Newborn Deaths
Thursday, May 8 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Potomac
Joy Riggs-Perla, Director, Saving Newborn Lives Program, Save the Children; Goldy Mazia, Technical Advisor for Newborn Health,
MCHIP/PATH; Rachel Taylor, Senior Program Officer, Newborn Health, MCHIP/Save the Children; Brianna Casciello, Program Assistant,
MCHIP/PATH
How can we take action to end preventable newborn deaths in communities around the world? This session will share
guidance, lessons learned and resources gleaned from global and local experiences. An overview of the Every Newborn Action
Plan (ENAP) will be presented and discussed. ENAP is a ‘roadmap’ developed by global, regional and country stakeholders in
an effort to save 3 million lives (newborns, women and stillbirths) each year through improved quality of care at the time of
birth and support for small and sick newborns. Following this discussion will be a presentation of lessons learned from one
Bangladesh program’s experience supporting community-based maternal and newborn care. The session will conclude with
an interactive review of the latest and greatest newborn health tools and guidelines; hard copies and links will be provided
for participants to take home.
1. Learned the five strategic objectives of the Every Newborn Action Plan and how they relate to programming at
community level.
2. A greater understanding of lessons learned from Bangladesh’s experience supporting the provision of newborn
health services at community level.
3. The ability to identify at least three technical resources to be used to improve programming of newborn health
interventions.
Childhood Tuberculosis and Community Healthcare
Thursday, May 8 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Assembly
Steve Graham, Professor of International Child Health, University of Melbourne and Consultant in Child Lung Health, The Union; Alan
Talens, Health Advisor, World Renew; Anne Detjen, Consultant for Childhood TB and Child Lung Health, The Union; Kechi Achebe, Senior
Director HIV/AIDS, Advisor, Save the Children; Fozo Alombah, Technical Program Officer, Global HIV and TB, PATH
Children with TB usually do not present to TB services but remain in the community and are more likely to present to primary
health care units, where TB is often mis-diagnosed as pneumonia or other common illness with similar, unspecific presentation.
Recommended approaches for symptom-based screening and management offer an opportunity to decentralize TB care of

children. Family-centered and community based care models and strategies such as iCCM can be adapted by including simple
interventions and used to identify this at-risk population and refer them to the appropriate level of care. The session aims to
show some of these opportunities for intervention and engage participants in a discussion on how to address childhood TB
outside the TB community.
1. Discussed the rationale for addressing childhood TB at the community level
2. Thought about approaches on where and how to integrate childhood TB and given practical examples
3. Discussed ways forward
NACS Users’ Guide Consultation
Thursday, May 8 | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Serigne Diene, Technical Advisor, Nutrition and HIV, FHI 360; Wendy Hammond, Technical Officer, Nutrition and HIV, FHI 360
The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA) invites you to a consultative session on the NACS User’s Guide,
a tool to help program managers and implementers integrate nutrition assessment, counseling, and support into prevention,
care, and treatment of infectious diseases such as HIV and TB.
1. Learned to navigate the modules
2. Provided user comments and questions
3. Heard about coming and planned modules
A 101 (or 100.5) on Systems Approaches to Capacity Building for Community Health
Thursday, May 8 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Eric Sarriot, Director of CEDARS, ICF International; Ligia Paina, Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public
Health; Ilona Varallyay, Senior Program Associate-CEDARS, ICF International
Session will include small group work and short presentations. Concepts and activities will be familiar to those involved with
USAID’s Learning Lab, WHO’s Alliance Health Policy and Systems Research, and other proponents of “systems approaches”.
Through practical small group examples, participants will get exposure to tools such as causal loop diagrams and network
analysis. Facilitators will seek to tease out applications of these tools in the context of capacity building efforts in community
health and how they can be used to promote innovation.
1. Been introduced to systems approaches to capacity building
2. Been exposed to the use and value of causal loop diagrams through practical examples
3. Been exposed to network analysis approaches through practical exercise
Global Partners Commit to Harmonizing their Support of CHW and Frontline Health Workers
Thursday, May 8 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Potomac
Allison Annette Foster, Intrahealth; Diana Frymus, USAID; Lesley-Anne Long, mPowering Front Line Health Workers
On November12, 2013,the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) along with the global community of government leaders,
donors, health workers, and civil society working in the area of human resources for health, announced their commitment to
align with country objectives and harmonize their actions supporting community health workers (CHWs) and frontline health
workers (FLHWs).
The “Joint Commitment to Harmonized Partner Action for CHWs and FLHWs” is an agreement among health development
partners that the country initiatives and programs on community health workers (including volunteer and salaried) and front
line health workers will be recognized and supported within national health strategies through harmonized collaboration,

accountable actions, and targeted research.
During the Thursday session, participants will have a short review of the commitment that was supported in Recife, will
learn what is has happened since the commitment was made, and will discuss the importance of harmonization of actors as
part of achieving UHC. Session participants will have the opportunity to discuss how they - as implementers, educators, and
advocates - can better align with country priorities, harmonize with other partners actors, and contribute to research and
continued knowledge building.
Community Midwifery and Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Implementation Lessons from MCHIP and
Mercy Corps Pakistan
Thursday, May 8 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Assembly
Sheena Currie, Senior Maternal Health Technical Advisor, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Ali Abdelmegeid, Senior Maternal Health Technical Advisor,
Jhpiego/MCHIP; Khatidja Naithani, Senior Program Officer, Jhpiego/MCHIP; Kate Brickson, Senior Maternal Health Program Officer,
Jhpiego/MCHIP; Andrea Wilson Cutherell, Deputy Director of Health Programs, Mercy Corps Pakistan; Jennifer Norman, Director of
Public Health, Mercy Corps
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) continues to be a leading cause of maternal death in developing counties. Diverse program
strategies exist to prevent PPH, including engagement with Community Midwives (CMWs) for community-based distribution of
misoprostol for use at home birth. MCHIP developed a toolkit and implementation guide for comprehensive PPH programming,
including community-based distribution of misoprostol. This interactive session will introduce program implementers to the
guide and learning materials in the toolkit. Additionally, Mercy Corps Pakistan has developed a commercially viable model
for CMWs to offer high quality, life saving, RMNCH services as financially self-sustaining, private providers. This model is
being tested both with Afghan refugees as well as Pakistanis in Pakistan’s most under-served province of Balochistan, where
only 18% of deliveries are conducted by a Skilled Birth Attendant. The sessions will highlight key activities at the policy,
service delivery, and community level, including a focus on community-based PPH prevention and treatment. This CMW
program provides a practical example of community programming for maternal health, and important lessons learned for PPH
prevention and treatment.
1. Learned about implementation strategies for community-based distribution of misoprostol for prevention of PPH at
home birth
2. Heard lessons learned from Mercy Corps Pakistan’s CMW model to prevent maternal and newborn deaths in a
financially sustainable way
3. Discussed ways to apply lessons from the session to maternal health programs working with CMWs
Community Health Workers – The First Line of Defense against Non-Communicable Diseases
Thursday, May 8 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Patience Ekeocha, Associate Medical Director, Morgan State University Health Center and Adjunct Professor, CCBC Baltimore; Sarah
Shannon, Executive Director, Hesperian Health Guides; Christy Gavitt, Global Health Consultant
With diagnoses of diabetes, hypertension, cancer, chronic lung disease, and other non-communicable disease (NCDs)
increasing worldwide, the epidemic of NCDs threatens to overwhelm under-resourced health systems. Estimates show 80%
of NCD related deaths occur in the global south, with an expected increase of 17% in the next 10 years. Community health
workers have incredible potential to help address these newer health challenges in their communities and to extend the
capacity of health systems. But what are the best roles that community health workers (CHWs) can play in the fight against
NCDs? What resources do CHWs have to help them meet these changing circumstances, and how can we help support them?
What are some examples of organizations that have mobilized CHWs around NCDs and what can we learn from them? In this
session, we will discuss these questions in the context of the NCDs trend worldwide, and how community health workers
are a “best buy” for low cost approaches to reducing chronic disease burdens. We will also examine several case studies for
effective community-based strategies to combat these chronic illnesses.

Effectiveness of Care Groups and Interpersonal Approaches: Evidence and a Resource
Thursday, May 8 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Chesapeake 1
Moderator: Tom Davis, Chief Program Officer, Feed the Children; Jim Ricca, MCHIP Sr. Learning Advisor, Jhpiego; Henry Perry, Sr.
Associate, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Mary DeCoster, Senior Specialist for
SBC Programs, Food for the Hungry
1. Emerging evidence that CSHGP projects doubled the rate of child mortality decline. The results from 12 typical CSHGP
projects from 2002 to 2007 (the “pre-OR era”) were analyzed by modeling their coverage changes with the Lives Saved Tool
(LiST) to estimate U5MR changes and comparing with concurrent measured DHS mortality data. The average coverage changes
for all interventions exceeded average concurrent trends from DHS. When population coverage changes were modelled in
LiST, they were estimated to give a child mortality improvement in the project area that exceeded concurrent secular trend in
the subnational DHS region in 11 of 12 cases. The average improvement in modelled U5MR (5.8%) was more than twice the
concurrent directly measured average decline (2.5%). This analysis gives plausible evidence that typical CSHGP projects raised
coverage for a variety of high-impact interventions and improved U5MR by more than twice the concurrent secular trend. The
strategies community-based interpersonal behavior change interventions should be targeted for further study and scale up
to help countries meet MDG4 targets.
2. This presentation will describe the findings of an analysis of the estimated mortality impact of recent Care Group child
survival projects compared to child survival projects not using the Care Group approach. Care Group projects are characterized
by the formation of groups of 10-12 volunteers who meet at least once a month with a facilitator and who are each responsible
for conveying a new health education message to 10-12 households. USAID-supported child survival projects were identified
for countries in which there were DHS data available within 3 years of the project’s initiation and completion. Nine Care Group
projects met these criteria. Twelve non-Care Group projects carried out in the same country were also included in the analysis.
Mortality impact was assessed using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), which is based on changes in coverage of key effective child
survival interventions. The analysis demonstrates that the estimated annual mortality decline in Care Group projects was 1.6
times greater than in the child survival projects that did not use the Care Group approach (5.8% versus 3.7%). A similar type of
analysis has indicated that USAID-supported child survival projects (both Care Group and non-Care Group projects together)
appear to reduce under-5 mortality at a rate that is twice as great as the underlying secular trend. Among USAID-supported
child survival projects, the Care Group approach appears to be more effective than other child survival projects that also use
participatory community-based approaches. Based on this evidence, on other published evidence regarding the effectiveness
of the Care Group approach, and on the enthusiasm for the approach that has arisen from NGOs that have used it, there is
now a need for further efforts to scale up the Care Group approach, to implement it as part of national community-based
programs, and to carry out further studies of its effectiveness relative to other approaches involving participatory women’s
groups – most notably those that employ participatory learning and action (PLA), for which there is also considerable evidence
of effectiveness arising from randomized controlled trials.
3. Care Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design and Implementation. This presentation will present changes and
features on Care Groups that are in the soon to be released Food for the Hungry Care Groups manual.
1. Reviewed emerging evidence and analyzed why CSHGP projects doubled the rate child mortality decline.
2. Reviewed the evidence and anlyzed why Care Group projects had high estimated mortality impact.
3. Understood changes in the new Food for the Hungry manual: Care Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design
and Implementation
CSHGP Operations Research Findings: Studying Systems for Community Health
Thursday, May 8 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Potomac
Jennifer Weiss, Health Advisor, Concern Worldwide; Khadija Bakarr, Field Program Manager, Concern Worldwide; David Shanklin,
Independent Consultant; Sharif Ullah Khan, Senior Health Program Officer, AKF; David Hintch, Health Program Officer, AKF
This session will focus on operations research findings from CSHGP projects implemented by Concern Worldwide, Aga Khan
Foundation, and ChildFund. The presenters will discuss the relevance of their studies for community health policy and

practice, locally and globally. The presenters will also discuss lessons learned about the opportunities and challenges they
experienced in carrying out this research.
1. Heard about methods and findings from operations research
2. Explored the relevance of findings for community health policy and practice
3. Discussed lessons learned about how to conduct operations research
Improving Quality of Care in Partnership with Governments and Communities
Thursday, May 8 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Assembly
Ciro Franco, Senior Principal Technical Advisor for MNCH, Management Sciences for Health; Michelle Inkley, Associate Director,
Education, Health and Community Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation; Graciela Salvador-Davila, Senior Technical Advisor
for Maternal and Newborn Health, Pathfinder International
This session will look at improving quality of care in partnership with governments and communities across different countries
and approaches to address iCCM, reducing stunting and postpartum hemorrhage.
High quality care for children under 5, provided by the community, for the community
To address the high child mortality rate related to inaccessibility of health services and medicines in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (DRC), integrated community case management (iCCM) sites serve as a first point of care for managing childhood
diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria cases. To bolster utilization of iCCM sites, the USAID-funded Integrated Health Project (IHP)
in DRC, implemented by Management Sciences for Health, launched a collaborative approach strategy that has improved
the quality of care provided at the community level and strengthened links between community health workers (CHW),
the community, and health referral systems. Implemented in 49 iCCM sites across five health zones, the approach focuses
on training coaches that in turn assist Quality Improvement Teams through technique trainings on basic care management.
Focusing on community engagement and empowerment, the collaborative approach encourages bi-monthly community
meetings, led by local leaders with the participation of CHWs, health promotion workers, residents and, occasionally, head
nurses. The collaborative approach addresses the issue of poor health worker training through supportive supervision. With
the success of the collaborative approach to improve the quality of care in community care sites and to increase the rate
of utilization, IHP – which supports a total of 285 sites across 35 health zones -- plans to extend adapted elements of the
collaborative approach to additional community care sites.
Community-driven development (CDD) program in Indonesia
Based on a theory of change that includes both the demand and supply side factors required to reduce stunting, the MCC-
funded project in Indonesia is an excellent example of country ownership as it builds on the Indonesian government’s existing
community-driven development (CDD) program, PNPM Generasi. Through community action, villages assess and prioritize
health and education needs and determine how to best use a community block grant to reach health and education targets.
As villages engage in finding and implementing solutions for health and education challenges at the community-level, they
also begin to demand improved health services from the health system. The MCC investment of approximately $131 million
enhances the standard PNPM Generasi program by adding activities to strengthen the health system to meet the increased
community demand for better tools and services to combat stunting and improve health. The project is also an example
of integration and community engagement throughout, as all activities are built on the foundation of community action,
including involvement of both women and men, coupled with increasing their willingness to change deleterious behaviors
related to child feeding, resource allocation, and utilization of medical services, in the prevention and treatment of stunting.
The project sites are randomly selected such that a rigorous impact evaluation will provide evidence on overall project success.
Community and clinical action to address postpartum hemorrhage
To address postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) as now the direct cause of nearly 25% of pregnancy-related deaths for women,
Pathfinder International developed the Community and Clinical Action to Address Postpartum Hemorrhage (CCA-PPH) model,
a continuum of care. The goal of this model is to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality by treating PPH in a holistic manner,
with a clinical continuum from prevention to treatment that starts at the household and community level and works up
through all levels of the health care system. Pathfinder’s CCA-PPH model incorporates prevention, recognition, and treatment

of PPH, including comprehensive antenatal care, support for awareness of danger signs, standard methods for estimating
blood loss, community-level engagement, and advocacy at all levels regarding the need for a continuum of care. To date,
Pathfinder’s CCA-PPH model has been implemented in Peru, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Burundi and Bangladesh. Findings from
a 2011 external evaluation of Pathfinder programs implementing the model in Nigeria and India note a decrease in women
dying from PPH in project sites. As evaluators confirm, the model serves as an effective mechanism for strengthening health
system capacity to address not only PPH, but to deliver quality obstetrical care overall: “… Packaging of the full range of
interventions to address PPH was unique and we believe was what made the difference.” Pathfinder’s presentation will focus
on implementation opportunities and challenges, and offer lessons learned for application in other contexts.
Engaging Communities
Thursday, May 8 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Chesapeake 2 & 3
Moderator: Paul Freeman, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington; Sonya Funna, Senior
Technical Advisor for Health, ADRA; Ane Adondiwo, EPPICs Project Manager, Catholic Relief Services; Michael Favin, Vice President,
Programs, The Manoff Group and Senior Technical Advisor, MCHIP
During this session, participants will hear about three examples of strategies to engage communities in improving health,
identifying common elements among the three that made them successful.
1. Community Organizations - Key Component of Primary Health Care in Developing Countries - Organizations within
communities, such as Community Health Councils and Community Leadership Councils, can have a key role in dealing
with many of the current problems that occur when delivering Primary Health Care in developing countries. With clinical
supervision from the local health center, a variety of community health workers can come together to provide the range of
health activities that are needed to deal with the range of common causes of morbidity and mortality in children and adults.
Key findings from an example of such organizations recently evaluated in rural Mozambique will be presented to illustrate
these points.
2. Integration of Community Emergency Transport Systems with Repositioning TBAs as Link Providers Improves Skilled Assisted
Childbirth in Northern Ghana: This session will present and discuss the positive outcomes of intervention that integrated the
establishment of community-based emergency transport systems (CETS); identification and repositioning active traditional
birth attendants as link providers contributed in improvements in the use of skilled professionals for childbirth.
3. Partnering with Communities to Change the Immunization Paradigm: Experience in Timor-Leste: Although community
participation in immunization (beyond using available services) is the exception rather than the rule, there is wide scope for
communities and health services partnering to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases. A project in Timor-Leste
facilitated various forms of such partnering. As one example, the project piloted use of a tool that enables community-based
health workers or volunteers to register all of the community’s infants and to track each child’s individual vaccinations. The
tool can be used to develop a “due list” before vaccination sessions as well as to identify children falling behind, so their
families can be visited and motivated to have the child get missing vaccinations. An analysis of data in Timor-Leste indicated
that the tool had a positive impact on the timeliness of vaccinations but no demonstrable impact on coverage. Qualitative
feedback was very positive. The tool helped created a sense of joint responsibility for vaccination between communities and
health facilities. There were also some minor complaints from vaccinators about extra work and from volunteers about lack
of incentives.
1. Learned about common problems with sustaining PHC interventions at the Community level and how each of these
problems can be addressed by Community Organizations
2. Learned about community leadership councils as an example of how the ADRA project in rural Mozambique
successfully addressed these problems
3. Learned how repositioning TBAs as link providers and integrated establishment of community-based emergency
transport systems (CETS) has resulted in positive maternal and newborn health outcomes

WORKING GROUP TIME
Community Child Health
Co-Chairs: Alan Talens, World Renew; Alfonso Rosales, World Vision; Fe Garcia, World Vision
The Community Child Health Working Group will host a presentation: Automated Respiration Rate Monitor
Presenter: Niels Buning, Venture Manager Healthcare, Strategy and New Business Development, Philips Healthcare Africa
Philips Research is developing an Automated Respiration Rate Monitor that can provide a reliable measurement
for children under five. It is specially designed for Community Health Workers in low-resource settings.
After the presentation, we will proceed to updates in community child health and completion of the work plan.
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Chesapeake 1
The Community Child Health Working Group will host a presentation: Implementing Community Case Management
(CCM) in Emergencies
Presenter: Nathan Miller, Health Advisor - Community Case Management, UNICEF - Health Section
They will review experiences with and lessons learned from implementation of community case management of
childhood illnesses in emergency and fragile contexts and discuss efforts to implement CCM in current crises.
Nate has several years’ experience as a global health program manager, technical advisor, and researcher. His work
has been focused on child survival and control of infectious diseases. Over the last four years, Nate worked on an
evaluation of integrated community case management of childhood illness (iCCM) in Ethiopia. He has also provided
short-term technical support in Haiti, Mozambique, the Central African Republic, and East Timor. Currently, he
is working with UNICEF conducting operational research and providing technical support for implementation of
iCCM in emergencies. Read his full bio on page 48.
HIV/AIDS
Chair: Janine Schooley, Project Concern International
Tuesday, May 6 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
The HIV Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current priorities
and strategic directions for Working Group members and begin drafting FY15 work plan.
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
The HIV Working Group will host a presentation: Keeping the Flame of HIV Prevention Burning
HIV infection has been perceived as a single disease entity, when it should be treated as a cross-cutting health
problem within the “continuum of care” framework of maternal, newborn, and child health through the life cycle
approach in order to mitigate its impact on children, women and men. The impact of HIV is cross cutting touching
every fabrics of the society – physically, socially, economically, development and national security and prevention
should be comprehensive in order to mitigate its impact.
The presentation will focus strategies that promote and maintain momentum on comprehensive HIV prevention
among vulnerable hard to reach populations to keep the flame of HIV prevention burning. World Vision will
share her experience working with other partners to maintain and sustain HIV prevention through prevention
of mother to child transmission, pediatric HIV, voluntary male circumcision, HIV/TB co-infection, health systems
strengthening. These will include lessons learned and best practices contributing to the global goal of eliminating
new infections to end the HIV epidemic.

Malaria
Chair: Luis E. Benavente, Medical Care Development International
The Malaria Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current
priorities and strategic directions for Working Group members and begin drafting FY15 work plan.
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm |Chesapeake 1
The Malaria Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current
Monitoring & Evaluation
Chair: Todd Nitkin, Medical Teams International
Tuesday, May 6 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
The M&E Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current priorities
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Maryland Ballroom
The M&E Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current priorities
Nutrition
Co-Chairs: Jennifer Nielsen, Helen Keller International; Justine Kavle, PATH; Kathryn Reider, World Vision
Tuesday, May 6 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Assembly
The Nutrition Working Group will review technical updates and accomplishments from FY14; discuss current
Wednesday, May 7 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Assembly
The Nutrition Working Group will host a presentation: Pioneering the Food for Peace Prevention of Malnutrition
Under 2 Approach (PM2A): CRS and Mercy Corps’ Experiences
Presenters: Raphael Bajay-Tchumah, Chief of Party Tubaramure Project, Basile Mukenge, IMC-Burundi Country Director and
Evelyn Ngomirakiza, Director of the National Program of Nutrition/MoH-Burundi; Jay Jackson, Chief of Party, PROCOMIDA;
Marcel Janssen, Technical Support Unit Director, PROCOMIDA; Penny Anderson, Mercy Corps Director of Health, Nutrition and
Food Systems
In 2009, Food for Peace launched its PM2A initiative, funding special Title II awards in Guatemala and Burundi that
took a specifically preventive approach to addressing child stunting. In this session, we will explore the context
in which both projects have operated, in particular the opportunities and challenges faced in coordinating this
ambitious approach with the host governments’ own national nutrition strategies. Burundi had previously focused
only on acute malnutrition, so the preventive approach was new to government partners. In contrast, Guatemala
had an established environment for preventive nutrition approaches, which occasionally led to contradictions
between PM2A and the government’s own programs and strategies. How were such tensions resolved? This
session will share lessons learned by Catholic Relief Services.
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