2010 Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises Annual Meeting

IAWG TP 2009
Panel of Speakers at the 2010 IAWG Annual Meeting


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24 may 2010

Opening Session
Jemilah Mahmood, United Nations Population Fund

Nelson Rodríguez Monegro, Ministry of Public Health

Introductory Presentation
Magaly Caram, ProFamilia

Keynote Speaker
Margaret Pollack, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; U.S. Department of State

Session 1: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Now?
History of IAWG
Susan Purdin, International Rescue Committee

Introducing IAWG
Sandra Krause, Women's Refugee Commission

Updates from the Regional Networks
Sarah Chynoweth, Southeast Asia and Pacific
Jonathan Ndzi, East Africa and West Africa
Julie Taft, Middle East and North Africa

Session 2: Global Updates
Field Manual Revision
Wilma Doedens, United Nations Population Fund

Introduction of the Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings

Brad Kerner, Save The Children

Granada Consensus
Daniel Lopez Acuna, World Health Organization

Application of the Global Health Cluster HeRAMS Tool in Goma, South Sudan, Darfur, and Haiti
Nevio Zagaria, World Health Organization

Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5: Where Are We So Far?
Marlou den Hollander, Marie Stopes International

Session 3: Contingency Planning & Preparedness
Reproductive Health Response in Haiti
Frantz Montes, Haiti Ministry of Health

Uniformed Services, HIV Prevention and Care
General Raul Sanchez, COPRECOS LAC

Comparing and Contrasting Reproductive Health Issues in Disaster and Conflict Settings
Pamela DeLargy, United Nations Population Fund

Reproductive Health in Global & National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies
Lauren Heller, Women’s Refugee Commission

Incorporating Reproductive Health in Pandemic Flu Preparedness
Monir Islam, World Health Organization

Contingency Planning and Preparedness: Early Recovery Post Crisis: Preliminary Successes and Lessons Learned from Haiti

Janet Meyers, CARE

Session 4: Thematic Working Groups
Working Group Instructions
Meriwether Beatty, John Snow, Inc.

25 may 2010

Concurrent Session A: Moving from MISP to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services
Affected Provinces in Northern Philippines -Typhoon Ketsana and Perma
Sean Francis A. Lezada, Family Planning Organization of the Philippines

Partnership with Midwife Association for Addressing Human Resources Problems in Emergency
Amy Watts, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Use of Fertility Awareness Based Family Planning Methods in Areas of Conflict and Civil Unrest to Expand Options and Address Supply Issues: Examples of Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Sarah Terlouw, Georgetown University
Jewel Gausman, United States Agency for International Development

Concurrent Session B: Early Response and Recovery: Lessons Learned from Haiti
Moving Towards a More Sustainable Crisis and Recovery Model for Reproductive Health Services in Haiti
Molly Fitzgerald and Erika Larson, John Snow, Inc.

Integrating Protection and Health Programming During the Emergency Humanitarian Response in Haiti
Melanie Megevand, American Refugee Committee

Building Back Better: Reproductive Health initiatives in Response to Natural Disasters: The Case of Haiti
Lucito Jeannis and Willy Shasha, Jhpiego

Concurrent Session C: Approaches to Reproductive Health Services: Lessons Learned from Latin America
La Promoción de la Igualdad de Género y las Actitudes y Conductas no Violentas entre Adolescentes de Comunidades Indígenas y Rurales en México
Promoting Gender Equity Through Non-Violent Attitudes among Mexican Adolescents From Indigenous And Rural Communities (Presentation in Spanish)
Josefina Franzoni Lobo, Ipas México

Servicios en SSR, VIH/Sida-ITS, Salud Mental y educación para la Prevención de la Violencia Basada en Genero para Adolescentes, Jovenes y Mujeres de las Areas Afectadas por la Tormenta Ida
Reproductive Health Services, HIV/STIs, Mental Health, and Education on Gender-Based Violence for Youth and Women in Areas Affected by Tropical Storm Ida (Presentation in Spanish)
Elizabeth Murcia, United Nations Population Fund

Closing Family Planning Gaps in Marginalized Areas of the Colombian Pacific

Claudia Llantén, RAISE Initiative 

Concurrent Session D: Community-Based Approaches to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care
Community-Based Solutions in Guatemala
Jessica Getz, Planned Parenthood Federations of America

Increasing Access to Maternal Health Interventions, Eastern Burma
Catherine Lee, Global Health Access Program

Community-Based Post-Rape Care
Mihoko Tanabe, Women’s Refugee Commission

Through Our Eyes: Community Media for the Promotion of Reproductive Health and Social Change
Chelsea Cooper, American Refugee Committee

Summary Report from Concurrent Panels
Moving from MISP to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services
Sarah Chynoweth, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Early Response and Recovery: Lessons Learned from Haiti
Stacy De Jesus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Approaches to Reproductive Health Services: Lessons Learned from Latin America
Milcíades Albert F., Dominican Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.

Community-Based Approaches to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care

Judy Austin, Columbia University, RAISE Initiative

Session 6: Update on New Technologies
Review of the Reproductive Health Kits
Wilma Doedens, United Nations Population Fund

Technologies for Postpartum Hemorrhage
Abdelhadi Eltahir, Pathfinder International

Misoprostol for Comprehensive Abortion Care

Rodolfo Gomez, Ipas

Technology Needs Assessments
Lorelei Goodyear, PATH

Session 7: Movement Towards the Realization of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Crisis-Affected Settings
Male Involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in Emergencies
Daniel Aspilcueta, Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsable

Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care in Humanitarian Settings

Bill Powell, Ipas

Programming on HIV and Sex Work in Humanitarian Settings
Cecile Mazzacurati, United Nations Population Fund

UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Maternal Mortality
Monir Islam, World Health Organization

Session 9: Information Bazaar
Youth Advocacy Film Screening

Debrief on the Inter-Agency Haiti MISP Assessment

Information Exchange

26 may 2010

Session 10: Next Steps
Outputs of Working Groups
Closing Session
Closing Remarks
Valerie Julliand, United Nations Population Fund

Knowledge Gateway
Mihoko Tanabe, Women’s Refugee Commission

Progress in the MISP Module
Ada Williams, Women’s Refugee Commission

Conclusions and Recommendations
Susan Purdin, International Rescue Committee