Registration - Saturday, 21 April - Sunday, 22 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Meeting of the African Federation of Public Health Associations (AFPHA)
Moderated by: Luis G. Sambo, World Health Organization (WHO), Congo-Brazzaville, and Mathias Somé, African Federation of Public Health Associations (AFPHA), Burkina Faso

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: International Federation of Medical Students' Association - International Students' Meeting on Public Health
Moderated by: Peter Asilia, IFMSA General Secretariat, France, and Joyonna Gamble-George, Vanderbilt University, USA

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Scaling-up a Model for Nurses’ Engagement in Health Policy in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries
Moderated by: Dan Owino Kaseje, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya, Nancy C. Edwards, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Eulalia K. Kahwa, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Tobacco Dependence Treatment Skills
Moderated by: Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

WFPHA Working Group Meeting: Public Health Education
Moderated by: Ehud Miron, Israel Association of Public Health, Israel

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Registration and Daily Press Release Newsletter - Monday, 23 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Tobacco Dependence Treatment Skills II

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Increasing Policy Influence and Engagement of National Public Health Associations in Africa- Progress and Challenges
Moderated by: Waasila Jassat, Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA), South Africa

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Co-operating for patient safety: a workshop on practical solutions to tackle the problem of counterfeit medicines in Africa
Moderated by: Emma Andrews, Pfizer, Inc., USA, and Candida Halton, Pfizer, United Kingdom

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop by WHO-AFRO: Addressing health equity and social determinants of health in the African region- issues, challenges and opportunities
Moderated by: Lucien Manga, World Health Organization, Congo-Brazzaville, Laurent Musango, World Health Organization (WHO), Congo-Brazzaville, and Davison Munodawafa, World Health Organization (WHO), Congo-Brazzaville

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: Mitigating The Impact Of HIV/AIDS Through The Integrated Care Of AIDS Orphans In Cameroon
Moderated by: Dickson Shey Nsagha, University of Buea, Cameroon

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: WFPHA Working Group on Education
Moderated by: Judy Overall, Independent Consultant, USA

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Workshop: WHO’s Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART)
Moderated by: Amit Prasad, World Health Organization (WHO), Japan

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Pre-Opening Ceremony- Cultural Show

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Opening Ceremony of the 13th World Congress on Public Health

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Welcome Reception- Hosted by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Association

Location: Awash Hall (Millennium Hall)

WFPHA Working Group Meeting: Environmental Health
Moderated by: Peter Orris, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

WFPHA Working Group Meeting: Global Oral Public Health
Moderated by: Raman Bedi, King's College London, United Kingdom, and Bettina Borisch, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Registration and Daily Press Release Newsletter - Tuesday, 24 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Plenary: Towards the achievement of the MDGs in Africa and worldwide
Moderated by: Tewabech Bishaw, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia, and Ulrich R. Laaser, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Germany

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Panel on Improving the Global Network of Public Health Stakeholders
Moderated by: Paulo Marchiori Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, and Bettina Borisch, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Presentation/Launch of Public Health Books and Journals - Tuesday 24 April

Location: Front Lobby (Millennium Hall)

Addressing Newborn Deaths to Reach Ethiopia's MDG 4
Moderated by: Mengistu Haile Mariam, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Countdown to 2015
Moderated by: Roman Tesfay, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, and Flavia Senkubuge, School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Global Security Engagement and Public Health
Moderated by: Paul F. Walker, Global Green USA, USA, and Mengistu Asnake, Pathfinder International-Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Law: a public health tool
Moderated by: Michele Forzley, Widener School of Law, USA, and Tilahun Teshome, Addis Ababa University Law School, Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Quality improvement Strategies: Accelerating Progress in Meeting MDG 4&5
Moderated by: Nino Berdzuli, John Snow, Inc., USA, and Bogale Worku, Ethiopian Pediatric Society

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

Strengthening the Health Workforce
Moderated by: Delanyo Yao Tsidi Dovlo, World Health Organization (WHO) Representation Office, Rwanda, Demissie Habte, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Ethiopia, and Tiruneh Sinneshaw, Private Consultant, Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Tracking spending on health to improve equity
Moderated by: Jean Margaritis, Abt Associates, Inc., USA, and Leulseged Ageze, , Ethiopia

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

WFPHA Working Group Meeting: Global Health Equity
Moderated by: Deborah Klein Walker, Abt Associates, Inc., USA, and Bettina Borisch, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Registration and Daily Press Release Newsletter - Wednesday, 25 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Plenary: Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats
Moderated by: Mengistu Asnake, Pathfinder International-Ethiopia, Ethiopia, and Deo K. Sekimpi, Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), Uganda

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

A Global Dialogue on a WFPHA Resolution: We Need to Talk About Prison Health
Moderated by: Cheryl E. Easley, Twin Solutions, LLC, USA, and Alemu Asgedom, Prison Health Service, Ethiopia

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

Environmental Health
Moderated by: Wakgari D. Deressa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Peter Orris, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA, and Tewoldebirhan Gebre Egziabheir, Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority, Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Global disparities: Resetting the financial structure of aid
Moderated by: Samir Banoob, International Health Management, LLC, USA, Yigeremu Abebe, William J. Clinton Foundation, USA, and Teshome Gebre, Carter Center

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Governing for Health Gain: New Insights into Principles and Practices for Effective Governing Councils for Local and District Public Health Gains
Moderated by: James Rice, Management Sciences for Health, USA, Hailegnaw Eshete, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia, and Negussu Mekonen, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Ethiopia

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Integrated Healthcare and Addressing Health Disparities
Moderated by: Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, USA, and Laetitia Rispel, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Reducing Health Inequalities: Role of community based health insurance schemes with evidence from India and Ethiopia
Moderated by: Sudhakar N. Morankar, Jimma University, Ethiopia, and Davison Munodawafa, World Health Organization (WHO), Congo-Brazzaville

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

The Neglected Epidemic: Oral Diseases - What Can Be Done?
Moderated by: Myron Allukian Jr., Alliance for a Cavity Free Future, USA, Raman Bedi, King's College London, United Kingdom, and Wondwossen Fantaye, National Referral Hospital

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

The preventable health burden: Investigating the opportunities for the health sector to prevent diarrhoea – a global killer - and other sanitation and water related illnesses.
Moderated by: Tilahun Teshome, Addis Ababa University Law School, Ethiopia, and Laura Taylor, Tearfund, United Kingdom

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Presentation/Launch of Public Health Books and Journals - Wednesday 25 April

Location: Front Lobby (Millennium Hall)

Health System Performance Today – Evidence from five countries
Moderated by: Jean Margaritis, Abt Associates, Inc., USA, and Girma Azene, Tulane University- Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Innovations in Community Nutrition: A University-University-Community Partnership
Moderated by: Carol J. Henry, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Zewde Wolde Gebriel, Private Consultant, Ethiopia

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

Multidisciplinary investigations to unravel the cause for Unidentified Liver Disease in NW and Central Zones of Tigray: An example for one health approach
Moderated by: Asfaw Debella, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Ethiopia, and Haileyesus Getahun, WHO Stop TB Department, Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Professional Migration: Opportunity or Threat?
Moderated by: Bience Philomina Gawanas, African Union, Ethiopia, and Tedla Wolde-Giorgis, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Rule of Law as a Tool to Promote Global Health Equity
Moderated by: Nancy Ward, The World Justice Project, USA, and Atalaye Alem, Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine, Ethiopia

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Social Determinants of Health: Going Beyond Rio- a moderated panel discussion
Moderated by: Rüdiger Krech, World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland, Alvaro H. Matida, FIOCRUZ, Brazil, and Lucien Manga, World Health Organization, Congo-Brazzaville

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Sustainable Innovations to Address Barriers to Accessing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
Moderated by: Mary A. Carnell, John Snow, Inc., USA, and Yemsrach Belayneh, Packard Foundation, Ethiopia

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

General Assembly of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
Moderated by: Ulrich R. Laaser, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Germany, and James Chauvin, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) , Canada

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Meeting of AFPHA, EPHA, and WFPHA
Moderated by: Ulrich R. Laaser, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Germany

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Registration and Daily Press Release Newsletter - Thursday, 26 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Plenary: Models of Global Cooperation for Public Health
Moderated by: Gabriel Scally, NHS South West, United Kingdom, and Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Australia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Public Health Genomics and Global Health
Moderated by: Elena Ambrosino, Maastricht University, Netherlands, and Abraham Assefa, Armature Hassan Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Breastfeeding and Public Health
Moderated by: Colin Binns, Curtin University, Australia, and Tadesse Ketema, Federal Ministry of Health, Urban Health Services, Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Development of lists of core competences for public health education, research and practice in USA and Europe: principles, experience and perspectives
Moderated by: Anders Foldspang, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Denmark, and Yemane Berhane, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Ethiopia

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Global Health Europe
Moderated by: Helmut Brand, Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, Belgium, and Elias Gebre Egziabhier, Elias Gebre Egziabheir Consulting Services

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Mobilizing intersectoral action for non-communicable disease prevention: Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa
Moderated by: Robert Geneau, International Development Research Centre, Canada, and Greg Hallen, International Development Research Centre, Canada

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

New Vaccine Initiatives Toward Improving Child Survival and Achieving MDG4
Moderated by: Theodore F. Tsai, Novartis Vaccines, USA, Filimona Bisrat, Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA), Ethiopia, and Ciro A. de Quadros, Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI), USA

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

Public Health Aspects of Nuclear Disasters after Chernobyl and Fukushima
Moderated by: Ulrich R. Laaser, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Germany, and Yohannes Jorge, Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Association

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

WFPHA Working Group on Education Presentation: The Public Health System - Clarifying the Issues
Moderated by: Ehud Miron, Israel Association of Public Health, Israel, and Judy Overall, Independent Consultant, USA

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Meeting of the Asia Pacific Regional Liaison Office of the WFPHA
Moderated by: Cai Jiming, WFPHA Pacific Regional :Liaison Office, China

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Presentation/Launch of Public Health Books and Journals - Thursday 26 April

Location: Front Lobby (Millennium Hall)

Armed conflict, Human Rights Violations and Health Impact
Moderated by: Gebre-Ab Barnabas, Initiative for Health Development in Africa, Ethiopia, Anders Foldspang, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Denmark, and Shr-Jie Wang, Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, Denmark

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Diarrheal disease: Riding the coattails of new technology to bring down a forgotten killer
Moderated by: Serge C. Raharison, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), USA, Dyness Kasungami, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), USA, and Sileshi Lulseged, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program (ICAP), Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Health Equity: A Global Social Responsibility, with a Health Focus in all Policies
Moderated by: Barbara Krimgold, Center for Advancing Health, USA, and Beyene Petros, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Non-Communicable Diseases
Moderated by: Bettina Borisch, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland, Emma Andrews, Pfizer, Inc., USA, and Ahmed Raja, Ethiopian Diabetes Association, Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Reaching the Unreached: New Challenges and Promising Approaches in Equitably Immunizing the World's Children
Moderated by: Fiker Meles, Ethiopia, and Lora Shimp, John Snow, Inc., USA

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Reducing Health Inequity by Combating Waste, Fraud and Corruption
Moderated by: Paul Vincke, European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network, Belgium, and Teshome Gebre, Carter Center

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

The Role of Civil Society Activism in Health Development: the People’s Health Movement as a Case Study
Moderated by: David George Legge, La Trobe University, Australia, Meshesha Shewarega, Consortium of Christian Relief Development Association, Ethiopia, and David Sanders, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

General Assembly of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
Moderated by: Hailegnaw Eshete, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia, and Tewabech Bishaw, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Traditional Dinner and Cultural Programme (Purchase tickets at the Registration Desk)

Location: Yod Abyssinia Restaurant

WFPHA Working Group Meeting: Tobacco Control
Moderated by: Luis A. Caceres, Canadian Public Health Association, Canada

Location: Bole Ambassador Hotel

Registration and Daily Press Release Newsletter - Friday, 27 April

Location: Registration Area (Millennium Hall)

Plenary: Regional Cooperation: Strengthening Public Health Associations
Moderated by: James Chauvin, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) , Canada, and Melvin Shipp, American Public Health Association, USA

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Certification of Public Health Professionals
Moderated by: Ulrich R. Laaser, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Germany, and Mekonnen Assefa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Community Level Health Services
Moderated by: Wuleta Betemariam, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Ethiopia, and Miriam K. Were, Community Health Strategy Goodwill Ambassador, Kenya

Location: H: Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Hall (Millennium Hall)

Creating Drivers for Health Systems Change through Research
Moderated by: Dan Owino Kaseje, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya, Nancy C. Edwards, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Tesfaye Bulto, John Snow, Inc., Ethiopia

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

Finding the air space: the contribution of Public Health Associations to the protection of exposure to tobacco smoke
Moderated by: Luis A. Caceres, Canadian Public Health Association, Canada, and Wondu Bekele, Mathiwos Wondu -YeEthiopia Cancer Society (MWECS), Ethiopia

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

How the Republic of Indonesia Approaches Health System Reform
Moderated by: Zerihun Tadesse, Carter Center, Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Models of Regional Cooperation for Health
Moderated by: Vesna Bjegovic, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, World Health Organization (WHO), Ethiopia

Location: C: Adanech Kidanemariam Hall (Millennium Hall)

Strategies of Primary Health Care and Health Promotion for Strengthening Health Systems
Moderated by: Toshitaka Nakahara, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan, and Gebresellassie Ekubagzhi, World Bank, Ethiopia Country Office, Ethiopia

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

The Private Health Sector, an Indispensable Provider of Key Public Health Services
Moderated by: Ermias Mulugeta, Bethezata Medical Services PLC, Ethiopia, and Tesfai Gabre-Kidan, Abt Associates, Inc., Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Establishing and Developing Programmes and Schools of Public Health to Meet National and International Workforce Needs
Moderated by: Julien David Goodman, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Croatia, and Adamu Mengesha, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Location: D: Dennis G. Carlson (Millennium Hall)

Igniting Change through Public Health Practice
Moderated by: Sumi Mehta, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, United Nations Foundation, USA, Megan Graham, Emory University & Project Gaia, USA, and Muchie Kidanu, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ethiopia

Location: E: Andrija Stampar Hall (Millennium Hall)

Polio Eradication as a Global Emergency
Moderated by: Meri Sinnitt, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ethiopia, and Hiwot Mengistu, Jhpiego, Ethiopia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Research on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes and Experiences among Migrants
Moderated by: Rhonda Small, La Trobe Unversity, Australia, Mika Gissler, THL National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, and Mesganaw F. Fantahun, Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health, Ethiopia

Location: F: Wangari Maathai Hall (Millennium Hall)

The impact of urbanization on public health in India
Moderated by: Siddharth Agarwal, Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), India, and Mirgissa Kaba, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia

Location: B: Aklilu Lema Hall (Millennium Hall)

What strategies of recruitment and retention of health workers in remote areas in Limited-Resource Countries?
Moderated by: Seni Kouanda, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Burkina Faso, and Yayehyirad Kitaw, Private Consultant, Ethiopia

Location: G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)

Closing Ceremony
Moderated by: Tewabech Bishaw, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Ethiopia

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

International Media Conference

Location: A: Halfdan T. Mahler Hall (Millennium Hall)

Tea reception hosted by the Indian Public Health Association

Location: Awash Hall (Millennium Hall)

Solicited Sessions

Sunday, April 22, 2012

09:00-15:00

09:00-15:30

Monday, April 23, 2012

07:30-09:00

08:00-15:00

09:00-12:30

09:00-13:00

11:00-13:45

11:00-15:00

15:00-16:20

16:20-18:00

19:00-21:00

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

07:30-09:00

08:00-15:00

09:00-10:30

11:00-12:30

12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

07:30-09:00

08:00-09:00

09:00-10:30

11:00-12:30

12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30

16:00-17:30

Thursday, April 26, 2012

07:30-09:00

08:00-09:00

09:00-10:30

11:00-12:30

12:30-14:00

14:00-15:30

16:00-17:30

19:00-21:00

Friday, April 27, 2012

07:30-09:00

08:00-09:00

09:00-10:30

11:00-12:30

14:00-15:30

16:00-17:30

17:30-19:00