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Partners for Measles Advocacy
7th Annual Meeting

27-28 February 2007
American Red Cross National Headquarters
2025 E Street, NW, ground floor, conference rooms A, B, C and D
Washington, DC 20006

Meeting Objectives

  • To report on progress of Year 6 and plans for Year 7 priority activities
  • To report on and explore additional integration of health initiatives, particularly malaria prevention
  • To report and discuss resource mobilization and communications activities
Tuesday, 27 February

Registration, Introduction and Objectives

08:00-08:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:30-08:50 Introductions/Announcements/Video
08:50-09:00 Welcome – David Meltzer/ARC

Reaching the Measles Goal 2010 – Can we get there?
Chair: David Meltzer/ARC

09:00-09:15 Global Overview of Measles – Edward Hoekstra/UNICEF
09:15-09:35 Africa Region – Balcha Masresha/AFROM
09:35-10:05 South East Asia Region – Jayantha Liyanage/SEARO
10:05-10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00-11:20 Eastern Mediterranean Region – Frank Mahoney/EMRO
11:20-11:40 Western Pacific Region – David Sniadack/CDC & Wayne Antkowiak/WPRO
11:40-12:15 Discussion
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-13:30 Red Cross National Society Activities – Jean Roy/IFRC
13:30-13:45 Partnership Financing – Andrea Gay/UN Foundation
13:45-14:00 Vaccine Supply – Robert Matthews/Supply Division UNICEF
14:00-14:30 Discussion

Tackling Big Challenges
Chair: Vance Dietz/CDC

14:30-14:50 Pakistan Campaign - Tamur Mueenuddin/UNICEF Pakistan
14:50-15:10 India Measles Control Update – Jayantha Liyanage/SEARO
15:10-15:50 Discussion
15:50-16:10 Coffee/Tea Break
16:10-16:30 Strengthening Routine Immunization in the African Region – Balcha Masresha/AFRO
16:30-16:50 Strengthening Routine Immunization in the Eastern Mediterranean Region – Frank Mahoney/EMRO
16:50-17:30 Discussion

17:30-19:00 Reception – 2025 E St. atrium (outside conference rooms)

Wednesday, 28 February

Expanding the Benefits through Integration
Chair: Mark Grabowsky/GFATM

07:45-08:15 Continental Breakfast
08:15-08:30 Overview of M&M Integration – Mark Grabowsky/GFATM
08:30-08:50 Sierra Leone Integrated Campaign – Lynda Foray/Sierra Leone MOH
08:50-09:20 Achievements of Integrated Campaigns: Togo, Niger and Mozambique – Adam Wolkon/CDC
09:20-09:40 Overview of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) – Admiral R. Tim Ziemer/PMI
09:40-10:20 Discussion
10:20-10:40 Coffee / Tea break
10:40-11:00 Monitoring and Evaluation of Integrated Campaigns – Mac Otten/CDC
11:00-11:20 Hang-Up/Keep-Up: Community Education after Integrated Campaigns – Jean Roy/IFRC & Melanie Renshaw/UNICEF[Part 1] and [Part 2]
11:20-11:50 Discussion
11:50-12:10 Operations Research Agenda – Pat David/ARC
12:10-12:30 Deworming Integration: Lessons Learned – Dirk Engels/WHO
12:30-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Working Lunch (concurrent breakout sessions)
Communication for Integrated Campaigns – ARC (Boardroom in SW2)
Operations Research: Unanswered Questions on ITN use – ARC (Conference Room A)
Accessing GFATM Grants for Red Cross and M&M Partnership – GFATM (Conference Room D)

Lessons Learned: Outbreaks, Emergencies and SIAs
Chair: Jason Peat/CRC

14:00-14:20 Outbreaks: Lessons Learned for Measles Control – Balcha Masresha/AFRO
14:20-14:40 Complex Emergency Response: Are We Prepared? – Imran Raza Mirza/UNICEF
14:40-15:10 Discussion
15:10-16:30 Improving SIA Quality: Lessons Learned
Panel Discussion: Robert Perry/CDC (Moderator)
Casey Boudreau/AFRO
Marcy Erskine/Canadian Red Cross
Lynda Foray/Sierra Leone MOH
Stefan Hoyer/IFRC
Monique Petrofsky/CDC

Working Together - Advocacy and Communications
Chair: Andrea Gay/UNF

16:30-16:45 In-country Partnerships – Terry Morris/LDS Church [.wav file]
16:45-16:55 Communications Update – Michael Oko/ARC
16:55-17:30 Domestic Advocacy Updates - Lily Jones/ARC
Mike Skonieczny/Friends of the Global Fight
Matt Lynch/Johns Hopkins University
17:30-17:45 Recognitions
17:45-18:00 Concluding Thoughts – Brent Burkholder/CDC

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