Events

Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM): Evidence Review Symposium

March 03, 2014 - March 05, 2014

Integrated community case management (iCCM) increases access to treatment to those beyond the reach of health facilities and has the potential to more equitably address the three largest causes of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2000, the use of iCCM to deliver pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea treatments to children under 5 has dramatically increased. It is increasingly being used to treat neonatal infections and child malnutrition.

Using the Power of Photography to Promote Global Awareness

February 27, 2014

Winners of SDN Call for Entries Management Sciences for Health Photography Fellowship Grand Prize Winners: Gwenn Dubourthoumieu & Mark Tuschman SDN Documentary Prize: Fausto Podavini Honorable Mentions: Carol Allen Storey and Suvra Kanti Das  Panel Discussion Photography and Global Health February 27, 6:30 – 7:30 pm (immediately preceding exhibition reception)  Barbara Ayotte: Director of Strategic Communications, Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Barbara will talk about the Photo Fellowship program and how MSH uses work by photographers in its communications.

Improving Maternal Health through Universal Health Coverage

February 20, 2014

With maternal mortality and other women’s health targets among those lagging furthest behind in the soon-to-expire Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), new thinking is needed to better address gender-based health inequities. At the same time, universal health coverage is expected to figure prominently in any post-MDG development framework.

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