IFGH 2012: Conference Presentations, Day 2

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FRIDAY 3^RD FEBRUARY

8:00-8:45am – Beaux Lane House

                             Irish civil society breakfast meeting with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

                             Hosted by Dochas and IFGH (pre-confirmed participants only due to space limitations)

8:30-8:50am –Global Health Village (Exam Hall)

                                Registration

9:00-10:30am – O’Flanagan Theatre

                                Welcome and opening remarks

                                Prof Hannah McGee (RCSI, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

                                Chair:  Prof Ruairi Brugha (RCSI, Head Dept of Epi and Public Health Medicine)

                             Strengthening and supporting the health workforce

                             Dr. Mphu Ramatlapeng, (Minister of Health,  Lesotho) - Audio

                             Ms Sheila Dickson, (President, INMO) - Audio

                             Prof Kieran Murphy (President, Irish Medical Council) - Audio

                             Discussion

                             Michael O’Connor (Manager of civil society and private sector partnerships, GFATM) - Audio

                             Dr Vincent O’Neill, (Irish Aid)

                             Discussion

10:30-11:00am – Global Health Village (Exam Hall)

                                Tea & Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 – Parallel Sessions (Tutorial Rooms 1, 2&3, 4)

                Parallel Session 1: Novel Technologies for Human Resources Training & Management

                                Chair: Marc Mitchell, Co-Chair: Elaine Byrne

                                Everd Maniple Bikaitwoha - Human Resource for Health (HRH) Database Linkage and

                                Harmonisation in Uganda (p. 104)

                                Ayat AbuAgla - From Dream to Reality’ The National HRH observatory- Sudan Success story

                                (p. 100)

                                Abobakr Shadad - Novel approach for North-South partnerships for Training & Capacity-

                                building utilizing an Electronic Health Library  (E-HL) (p. 106)

                                Bob Jolliffe - Geography, dependency and hidden labour in national health management

                                information systems (HMIS) (p. 103)

                                Panel Discussion

                   Parallel Session 2: Ethical Health Worker Recruitment & Migration

                                Chair: Anne Matthews, Co-Chair: Mubashar Sheikh

                                Anne Matthews - Introduction to theme and link with DCU symposium

                                Ruairi Brugha - WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health

                                Personnel – implications for Ireland (p. 93)

                                Niamh Humphries – Nurse Migration and Health Workforce Planning in the Irish Context

                                (p. 95)

                                Ruairi Brugha – Trends, 2000-2010, in country of qualification of doctors registered in Ireland

                                (p. 94)

                                Anne Matthews - An exploration of the hospital and ward factors associated with high levels of

                                overseas-trained nurses in general hospitals in Ireland: using Irish RN4CAST study results

                                (p. 97)

                                Panel Discussion

               Parallel Session 3: Health Worker Motivation, Retention & Task Shifting

                               Chair: Nuha Ibrahim, Co-Chair: Ogenna Uduma

                               Richard Laku - Beyond a human resources crisis: the quality of health services in South Sudan

                               (p. 74)

                               Elizabeth Ekirapa - Changing incentives for health workers through a voucher scheme for

                               maternal health services (p. 69)

                               Camille Boostrom - Key Challenges in Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme: Lessons from

                                the Field (p. 66)

                                Kate Coleman - Economically sustainable high quality career paths for African eye care

                                workers (p. 68)

                                Donal O’Mathuna - Disaster bioethics: preparing health workers for ethical dilemmas (p. 83)

12:00-12:30 O’Flanagan Theatre, John Kevany Lecture: ‘Human Resources for Inclusive Health’

                               Chair: Dr Diarmuid O’Donovan, NUI Galway and Director of Public Health in the Health Service

                               Executive (HSE West, Galway)

                               Prof Mac MacLachlan - Audio

14:15-15:45 Parallel Sessions

                Parallel Session 1: Mobile Phone Technologies and Health Workers

                                Chair: Tom O’Callaghan

                                Frédérique Vallières- supporting & Strengthening MNCH services using mobile phones: A

                                research protocol

                                Marc Mitchell - D-tree decision support to Community Health Workers

                                Response: Dave O'Byrne, Lesley Anne Long and Bob Jolliffe

                                Panel Discussion

                Parallel Session 2: North-South Partnerships – Education, Training & Capacity Building (Focus on

                education)

                                Chair: Farid Lamara, Co-Chair: Diarmuid McClean

                                Eric O'Flynn - Addressing surgical manpower in Sub Saharan Africa: an intercollegiate

                                partnership between RCSI and COSECSA (p. 29)

                                Elaine Byrne – Contextuality of relationships between researchers and decision makers in

                                strengthening health research capacity (p. 20)

                                Honorati Masanja - Health Systems Strengthening for Equity (HSSE): The Power and Potential

                                of Mid-level Providers (p. 79)

                                Heather Ignatius - Capacity building through TB regimen development (p. 31)

                                Panel Discussion

Parallel Session 3: Health Worker Motivation & Retention & Task Shifting

                                Chair: Eilish McAuliffe

                                Eilish McAuliffe - An Investigation of the Job Preferences of Mid-Level Healthcare Providers in

                                Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from Large Sample Discrete Choice Experiments in Malawi,

                                Mozambique and Tanzania (p. 78)

                                Charles Norman - The Relative Importance of Different Motivational Determinants for

                                Different Categories of Health Workers in South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi (p. 65)

                                Anna Awor - Measuring Health Workforce Distribution in Uganda (p. 62)

                                John Kadzandira - The quagmire of task shifting for service quality and coverage: preliminary

                                findings from 2 districts of Malawi (p. 73)

                                Panel Discussion

15:45 – 16:00 Global Health Village (Exam Hall), Tea & Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:30 O’Flanagan Theatre, Closing Remarks

                                Chair: Dr. Eilish McAuliffe

                                Ruari Brugha

                                David Weakliam: Conference Statement 

                                Anne Matthews: Closing Remarks               

| 21 Feb 2012

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