Highlighting Effective Interventions -- Targeting Newborn and Child Health
A child born in a developing country is more than 13 times more likely to die within the first five years of life than a child from an industrialized country. The top five causes of death in children under 5 -- malaria, neonatal causes, lower respiratory infections, measles and diarrhea -- are all preventable, and yet 8 million children still die every year before they reach their 5th birthday.
To address these critical health issues and other issues related to severe poverty, world leaders adopted the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 -- a set of concrete, numerical benchmarks to measure the effectiveness of efforts to attack severe poverty. To date, the world has made significant progress in achieving the MDGs. However, there is much work to be done. Child deaths are falling, but not quickly enough. Efforts to revitalize programs combatting pneumonia and diarrhea, and those seeking to improve nutrition could save millions of children, but must still be brought to many countries.
This symposium will update pediatric health professionals on the successful efforts of international organizations and global health experts to reduce the global burden of pediatric deaths. Necessary steps to achieving the MDGs will also be highlighted.
Download speaker presentations from the 4th Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium
Across the Continuum: Maternal and Newborn Care
Catharine Howard Taylor, RN, RM, ADM, cert ed (FE), MScEcon
Maternal Antenatal Immunization: A Three for One Strategy
Mark C. Steinhoff, MD
Prevention and Early Detection of HIV in Children: Perspectives from the Western Cape, South Africa
Mark Cotton, MB, ChB, MMed, FCPaed (SA), PhD, DTMH, DCH(SA)
In Sync with Zinc: Assuring Access to Diarrhea Treatment through the Private Sector
Kathryn Kohler Banke, PhD
Malaria Control and Eradication: Current Tools and Future Prospects
Miriam K. Laufer, MD, MPH
Health and Microfinance: Leveraging the Strengths of Two Sectors to Improve Health and Alleviate Poverty
Marcia Metcalfe
Strengthening Healthcare Delivery for Kenyan Children: Holistic Health Services and Informatics Interventions
Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS
Helping Babies Breathe: The Golden Minute
George A. Little, MD
IT in Global Health: New Tools for Old Challenges
Patricia A. Abbot, PhD, RN, BC, FACMI, FAAN
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