{"id":3734,"date":"2008-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/psi-at-the-2008-global-health-conference\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:27:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:27:54","slug":"psi-at-the-2008-global-health-conference","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/news\/psi-at-the-2008-global-health-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"PSI at the 2008 Global Health Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2008 \u2014 PSI headquarters and overseas staff presented and discussed their global health work at the 2008 Global Health Conference on Community Health here May 27-30. PSI is a sponsor of the annual conference and will have a week-long presence in Booth 316 of the exhibit hall.<\/p>\n<p>PSI Acting HIV Director Dvora Joseph moderated a policy series session called <strong>\u201cNext Steps for the Lantos-Hyde US Leadership Act Against HIV\/AIDS, TB and Malaria,\u201d<\/strong> from 8:30-10:30 am on Thursday, May 29 in the Diplomat Ballroom<\/p>\n<p>PSI\u2019s work was featured in the following technical sessions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 27, 3:00- 5:00 pm:<\/strong> Panel discussion on \u201cStarting with the Basics: Interventions for Diarrhea Management,\u201d featuring Dr. Y.V. Pradhan of Child Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 27, 7:00-9:00 pm:<\/strong> Panel discussion on \u201cMoving Toward Eradication: Malaria\u2019s Next Frontiers\u201d featuring Uzo Gilpin of PSI and the Society for Family Health\/Nigeria and sponsored by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Jhpiego and PATH.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, May 28, 9:45-11:45 am:<\/strong> Panel on &#8220;On the Ground: Community Partnerships for Malaria Prevention &#038; Control&#8221; featuring Doug Call of PSI\/Madagascar.<br \/>\nThursday, May 29, 2:30-4:30 pm: Roundtable on \u201cWorking with Private Providers to Reach High Risk Communities\u201d featuring Saswati Sinha of PSI\/India and sponsored by IntraHealth International.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, May 29, 2:30-4:30 pm:<\/strong> Roundtable on \u201cUsing Evidence to Inform Community-Based Programs in Laos,\u201d featuring Elena Olivi of PSI\/Laos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PSI overseas staff presented the following poster sessions from 10:30 am-12:30 pm on Thursday, May 29 in the Blue Room Pre-Function area. All poster presenters were available during the Thursday morning session to speak with participants about their work. The poster gallery remained up for viewing until 2:00 pm on Friday, May 30:<br \/>\nIntegration of Hygiene Kits into Health Service Delivery Poster 62 | Sarah Romorini, Population Services International (PSI) Malawi<br \/>\nUganda Community Experiences with HIV Basic Care Packages<br \/>\nPoster 35 | Lillian Sekabembe, Population Services International (PSI) Uganda<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_practice_areas":[],"related_countries":[],"related_projects":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-3734","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related_practice_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_practice_areas?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"related_countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_countries?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"related_projects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_projects?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}