73 Poverty, Health and Development: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals II

Wednesday, April 29, 2009: 11:00-12:30
Refik Saydam (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
Moderator:
James Chauvin, Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), Canada
Pellagra:  A diagnosis to be taken in account in the 21th century
Corina-Aurelia Zugravu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania; Ileana M. Prejbeanu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova; Public Health Authority of Dolj County, Romania; Cornelia Rada, Romanian Academy, Institute of Anthropology, Romania
Understanding the linkages between poverty, nutrition and disease occurrence in rural Ghana: Why actualization of the millennium development goals matters to the rural poor
Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana; Daniel Buor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana; Peter Ohene Kyei, Pentecost University College, Ghana
Windows of opportunity offered by the national immunization days: The development of health and nutrition days in Brazil
Leonor M. P. Santos, University of Brasília and Ministry for Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger, Brazil; Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil; Jarbas B. Silva Jr, PAHO, USA; Janine G. Coutinho, Ministry of Health, Brazil; Muriel Gubert, Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil; Ana Beatriz Vasconcellos, Ministry of Health, Brazil
Strengthening immunization program through involvement of graduating health care professional students and health extension workers
Hottessa Melaku Samuel, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia; Donna Moralejo, Memorial University School of nursing, Canada, Canada