If you are attending ASTMH, don’t miss PSI’s symposia and poster sessions, Nov. 4-6. The full schedule is below. Come talk with our staff at booth 304 for more information about PSI, ACTwatch and career opportunities.
Tuesday, 4th November 2014
Symposium #74:
Improving Access to Quality Malaria Medicines and Diagnostics by Effectively Engaging the Private Health Sector
Time: 10.15am-12.30pm
Location: Sheraton – Grand Ballroom A (Fifth Floor)
Co-chairs: Dr Lawrence Barat, USAID-PMI; Dr Tom Kanyok, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Dr Desmond Chavasse, Population Services International
Speakers: Theodoor Visser, CHAI; Katie Maloney, CHAI; Martin Dale, Population Services International; Hnin Su Su Khin, Population Services International Myanmar; Henrietta Allen, Population Services International Cambodia
Panelists: Dr Siv Sovannaroth, National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Cambodia; Dr. Thaung Hlaing, National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), Myanmar
Poster Session B
Time: 12:00pm-1.45pm
- Stimulating a private sector market for malaria RDTs: baseline results from Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania
Stephen Poyer(1), Stephanie Dolan(1), Purity Njagi(1), Rhoune Ochako(2), Terry Muchoki(2), Jacky Raharinjatovo(3), Rova Ratsimandisa(3), Daniel Michael(3), Rachel Thompson(1), Kavita Misra(1), Furaha Kabuye(4), Nikki Charman(1)
1PSI, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Population Services Kenya; 3PSI/Madagascar; 4PSI/Tanzania - Trends in antimalarial medicine and malaria diagnostic availability in Cambodia between 2009 and 2013
Kevin Duff1, Sochea Phok2, Henrietta Allen2, Megan Littrell3
1ACTwatch, PSI, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Population Services Khmer, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 3ACTwatch, PSI/CD - The potential to Test and Treat malaria in Nigeria: results from national outlet surveys (2009-2013)
Raymond K. Sudoi1, Julius Njogu1, Chinazo N. Ujuju2, Jennifer Anyanti2, Megan Littrell3
1ACTwatch, PSI, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Society for Family Health/Nigeria; 3ACTwatch, PSI/DC
Wednesday, 5th November 2014
Poster Session C
Time: 12:00pm-1.45pm
- Using DHIS2 for routine monitoring of quality of health services in the private sector
Purity Njagi1, Martin Dale1, Victor Lara1, Preston Izulla2, Stephanie Dolan1, Nikki Charman1
1Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Population Services Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya - Private sector readiness for malaria case management and malaria market composition before and after the AMFm – results from three pilot countries
Megan Littrell1, Julius Njogu2, Raymond Sudoi2, Kevin Duff2, Hana Bilak3, Vamsi Vasireddy2, Kate O’Connell4, Stephen Poyer5
1ACTWatch, Population Services International, Washington, DC; 2ACTwatch, Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya, 3Population Services International Europe, Chevry, France; Independent Consultant, Yangon, Myanmar; 5Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya - Trends in availability of malaria medicines and diagnostics in Kinshasa, DRCongo, from 2009-2013
Julie Archer1, Godéfroid Mpanya2, Stephen Poyer3, Antoinette Tshefu4, Willy Onema2, Jamie Ciesla2, Joris Losimba Likwela5, Megan Littrell6
1ACTwatch, Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Association de Santé Familiale/PSI, Kinshasa, DRCongo; 3 Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya; 4Ecole de Santé Publique de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DRCongo; 5Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme, Kinshasa, DRCongo; 6ACTWatch, Population Services International, Washington, DC - Auditing Village Health Teams’ capacity for management of malaria: results of the 2013 ACTwatch Uganda Outlet Survey
Julius Njogu 1, John H. Rogers1, Henry Kaula2, Vamsi Vasireddy V1, Megan Littrell3
1ACTwatch, Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Program for Accessible health, Communication and Education-Uganda (PACE), Kampala, Uganda; 3ACTwatch, Population Services International, Washington, DC
Thursday, 6th November
Symposium #177: Market-based approaches to improving public health
Time: 10:15am-12:00pm
Location: Sheraton – Rhythms (Second Floor)
Co-chairs: Dr Alexandra Cameron, UNITAID; Dr Prashant Yadav, University of Michigan’s William Davidson Institute
Speakers: Jennifer Daily, UNITAID; Anne Musuva, Population Services Kenya; Yasmin Madan, Population Services International; Vicky McDonald, Abt Associates