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​Health in Africa and the Post-2015 Millennium Development Agenda @ University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. May 19 - 22, 2015.
SCHEDULE
A detailed conference schedule can be found
An overview of topics can be found below.
WEDNESDAY mAY
Registration
Session 1: New Emerging Infectious Diseases
Plenary Talk:
Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah, TIME Magazine 2014 Person of the Year - The Ebola Fighters
Head of Case Detection Montserrado Incident Management System (M-IMS) Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Republic of Liberia
Using mHealth to address Ebola in Liberia
Session 2: Challenges and Opportunities for Health in Africa
Session 3: Towards Sustainable Solutions for Health in Africa
Session 4: Food Security, Nutrition, and Health
Session 5: Aging and Non-Communicable Diseases
Session 6: Case Studies on Gender, Culture and Health in Africa
Plenary Talk:
Dr Collins .O. Airhihenbuwa, Chair, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University
Why Culture Matters in Bridging Gaps in Health Inequity Globally
THURSDAY
Session 7: Tackling the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Session 8: Infant and Child Morbidity and Mortality
Session 9: Advancing the Health of Women and Children
Session 10: Maternal Morbidity/Mortality
Session 11: Determinants and Prevention of Risk-Factors Influencing Health in Africa
Plenary Talk: Dr. Charles Rotimi
Director, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Institutes of Health
Exploring the patterns and Determinants of Common Complex Diseases in the African Diaspora and Other Human Populations
FRIDAY
Session 12: Health and Place
Session 13: Building and Measuring Capacity for Health Research in Africa
Session 14: Policy Implications of Health Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Session 15: Concluding Roundtable Discussions