Addressing health needs of people with intellectual disabilities in developing countries

4230.0
International health programs and policy II

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Oral

This session will address the role policy plays in improving public health in communities

Session Objectives: Discuss the relationship between successful health programs and specific health policies.

Moderator:

Rose Schneider, MPH

12:30pm

Harnessing synergies to expand Rwanda's immunization program: The national rollout of pneumococcal, HPV, and rotavirus vaccines
Maurice Gatera, Fidele Ngabo, Corine Karema, Cathy Mugeni, Hassan Sibomana, Anicet Rwasangabo, Sunil M. Bhatt, Claire M. Wagner, Cameron T. Nutt and Agnes Binagwaho

12:50pm

A comprehensive study on the status of implementation of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control: Nature, scope and progress
Hadii Mamudu, PhD,MPA, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, MBBS, DrPH, MPH, David Kioko, Bsc and Rafie Boghozian, MBA

1:10pm

Drivers of routine immunization performance in Αfrica: Results from three countries
Anne LaFond, MSc, Natasha Kanagat, MPH, Jenny Sequeira, MPH, Robert Steinglass, MPH, Sangeeta Mookherji, PhD, MHS and Rebecca Fields, MPH

1:30pm

Addressing health needs of people with intellectual disabilities in developing countries
Amy H. Shellard, MPH, Rachel Moscato, Darcie L. Mersereau, MPH, David Evangelista and Stephen B. Corbin, DDS, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Vision Care Section, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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