Global Health Newsletter: Presentations and Partnerships
Global Health Presentations
During the Pediatric Academic Society meetings in Boston this year, a number of CHOP Global Health faculty and collaborators presented posters and platform presentations.
Workshops
Elizabeth Lowenthal, M D (lead research physician, CHOP Global Health), and a team of global health physicians conducted a workshop titled “Global Health in Pediatrics – Establishing and Nurturing International Partnerships.”
Posters/Presentations
“Impact of a Home Visit Program on Vaccination Coverage Among Children Under Five in a Semi-Rural Community in the Dominican Republic.” Bradshaw C, Finalle R, Paulina-Cordero R, Voulalas D. “Mortality in Botswana: A Retrospective Review 2006-2009.” Ludmir J, Steenhoff AP, Metlay JP, Mubaiwa J, Ostmann S, Mazhani L.
“High Yield Gastroenteritis Pathogen Detection in Children in Botswana Using a Highly Multiplexed PCR Panel and a Fluidic Microbead Based Assay.” Goldfarb DM, Welch H, Steenhoff AP, Pernica JM, Mazhani L, Chong S, James Mahony J, Smieja M.
Other Papers and Presentations
“Developing International Partnerships with Long-Term Impact.” Ludwig S, Finalle R. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2012, 13;44-48.
Recently, Henry Welch, MD, and Rodney Finalle, MD, gave global health updates and lectures to CHOP pediatric residents at their noon conference.
New Partnerships and Collaborations
La Leche League International (LLLI)
Starting in April 2011, former CHOP Global Health fellow Lara Antkowiak, M.D., established a partnership with LLLI in the Dominican Republic to integrate the LLLI curriculum into the NPS breastfeeding program.
Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital, South Africa
The current CHOP Global Health fellow in Africa, Matt Kelly, MD, forged a partnership with a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, to develop a program focused on improving developmental skills in babies and toddlers at Sparrow Village, an orphanage for HIV-affected children in South Africa.
CHOP Vaccine Education Center
CHOP Global Health is partnering with the CHOP Vaccine Education Center to pilot a research project that aims to understand vaccine acceptance in the Dominican Republic and Botswana.
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