TODAY!! Event on Global Health for Women, Adolescents and Children

Dear students, We hope you will join us for all or part of our series of events on Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents today Thursday, November 7th at the Husky Union Building (HUB) North Ballroom. Global Health Minor Team Global Health for Women, Adolescents and Children: Making a Difference Across the Lifespan University of Washington HUB North Ballroom, 1:00-7:00 p.m., November 7, 2013 1:00-2:30 PERLA/Global WACh High School and Undergraduate Student Event Global Health at the UW: Undergraduate Stories: Nicole Advani, Rachel Beck, Nasteha Muse, & Cynthia Simekha Global Health in High Schools: Opportunities for Altruism: Group A: Seattle Academy – The Zambia Club www.seattleacademy.info/wp/zambia-club-profiled Group B: Amigos de las Americas www.seattleamigos.org Hands-on Demonstrations: Ultrasound: a portable tool for diagnosing health problems PRONTO Parto Pants: a childbirth simulation model 3:00-3:25 Technology to Improve Maternal Child Health Moderator: Grace John-Stewart 1. Development of Messages For a Women’s and Child Health Mobile Phone Study (Mobile WACh) in Kenya Presented by Maya Newman 2. Mobile Moms: Design issues in the use of cell phones to improve maternal care in Timor-Leste Presented by Mary Anne Mercer 3. Catalyzing Change in Rural Guatemalan Childbirth Care: evidence for a low-tech, low cost obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation training program, PRONTO Presented by Francesca Holme 3:30-3:55 Structural Approaches to Improve Health of Women, Adolescents and Children Moderator: Pam Kohler 1. Mexico’s Missed Opportunities to Protect Irregular Women Transmigrants: Applying a Gender Lens To Migration Law Reform Presented by Alyson Dimmitt Gnam 2. Barriers to institutional delivery among indigenous populations of Central America: Results from the Salud Mesoamerica 2015 baseline evaluation Presented by K. Ellicott Colson 3. Engaging Health Officials in the Philippines: Application of a Bottleneck Analysis Tool to Improve Health and Nutrition Program Implementation at the Local Government level Presented by Shakira Bandolin 4:00-4:25 Improving the Health of Women, Adolescents and Children Across the Lifespan Moderator: Dilys Walker 1. HIV-1 Counseling and Testing for Children at Home (CATCH) Presented by Anjuli Wagner 2. Dealing with the rising tide of breast cancer in developing countries: An innovative approach in Peru Presented by Vivien Tsu 3. Psychosocial Distress Among Pregnant Women in South India: Towards Intervention Development Presented by Sarah Frey 5:00-6:00 Keynote Speech: WGHA Discovery Series Lecture by Ana Langer “Maternal Health: Achievements So Far and Challenges Ahead” Reception hosted by the Washington Global Health Alliance: 6:00-7:00p.m. ATT00002.c