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Pan American Health Organization
Global South-South Development Expo 2009
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MODERATOR AND PANELISTS
Moderator
André Picard
André Picard is the public health reporter at Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. He is also the author of three best-selling books. André has received much acclaim for his writing, including the Centennial Prize of the Pan-American Health Organization, awarded to the top public health reporter in the Americas, and the Kaiser Fellowship for Global Health Reporting. He is also a five-time finalist for the National Newspaper Awards – Canada’s Pulitzer Prize. André lives in Montréal with his family.
Panelists
Oladele Akogun
Oladele Akogun is a professor and coordinator at the Centre for Research and Development of the Federal University of Technology in Yola, Nigeria. Dr. Akogun has taught public health, parasitology and research methodology for 22 years. He has collaborated with the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) with a main research focus on the development of community-driven delivery systems. An active team member in projects that pioneered the systematic survey of onchocerciasis in Northeastern Nigeria, Dr. Akogun developed the community-directed treatment with Ivermectin (ComDT) adopted by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). He has led monitoring and evaluation missions to several community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) projects in African countries and served as consultant to WHO/African regional office. Professor Akogun's research aims to increasing health-care access for poor rural populations and communities. He has published more than fifty articles in journals and bibliographies as well as a textbook on research methodology.
João Aprígio Guerra de Almeida
João Aprígio Guerra de Almeida is the Coordinator of the Brazilian Network of Human Milk Banks. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Engineering (1981) and a Master’s degree in Microbiology (1986) from the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. He earned a Doctoral degree in Maternal and Child Health from the Fernandes Figueira Institute (FIOCRUZ) in 1998. He has broad experience in the areas of human milk banking, maternal breastfeeding, and public health policy. Dr. Guerra serves as the Chief of the National Reference Center for Human Milk Banks in Brazil; Coordinator of the Center for Technology and Information on Human Milk Banks and Maternal Breastfeeding (ICICT/FIOCRUZ); Executive Secretary of the Ibero-American Program of Human Milk Banks (SEGIB/FIOCRUZ); Coordinator of the Advisory Board on Maternal Breastfeeding (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information - BIREME); Consultant for the Ministry of Health of Brazil; and Professor at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/ Fernandez Figueira Institute for Scientific and Technical Information.
Thongphit Pinyosinwat
Thongphit Pinyosinwat is Chief of the Development, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) Unit, Program Department at Raks Thai Foundation, Thailand. She joined the Foundation in the year 2000 to work on the development of its standard monitoring and information systems. During her first year at Raks Thai, she was in charge of the WHO supported special project to develop “Indicators of Well Being of People with HIV/AIDS,” as identified by the people living with HIV. She continued working in this area to improve the quality of life of people with HIV. In late 2002, on behalf of the Foundation, she worked in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand and WHO (Thailand) in the development of the proposal on “HIV prevention among Migrant Workers” presented to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). The proposal was approved as Thailand’s first GFATM’s grant under the management of a non-governmental organization, namely Raks Thai Foundation. Ms. Thongphit was assigned to manage this grant and is currently involved with the management of 3 other GFATM’s grants as she continues to lead the DME Unit. She was the Foundation’s representative participating in the development of a National Plan for Strategic and Integrated HIV and AIDS Prevention and Alleviation for 2007-2011 and is invited to participate in the mid-term review process.
Joel Selanikio
Joel Selanikio leads DataDyne.org's pioneering efforts to develop and promote new technologies for health and international development, including the award-winning EpiSurveyor mobile data collection project developed in conjunction with the Kenyan Ministry of Health. A former medical officer of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and former Chief of Operations for the Department of Health and Human Services’ emergency command center in the aftermath of 9/11, Dr. Selanikio has received various awards for field epidemiology and outbreak response, most recently the MIT-Lemelson Award for Sustainability, the Tech Museum Award for Health, three Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Awards for Outstanding Service and the U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal. Dr. Selanikio holds a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, and an MD from Brown University, and is a graduate of the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship of the CDC. He continues to practice clinical pediatrics both as an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University and on the Emergency Response Team of the International Rescue Committee, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Abel Laerte Packer
Abel Laerte Packer is Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHA/WHO) in São Paulo, Brazil, since 1999. A national of Brazil, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master's degree in Library Science from Syracuse University in New York. He joined BIREME/PAHO/WHO in September 1986, where he has been in charge of information systems development for more than 10 years. He has actively participated in the design, development and operation of major BIREME projects, such as the Latin American and Caribbean System on Health Sciences Information, the LILACS database (referencing the Health Sciences literature from Latin American and Caribbean countries), the LILACS/CD-ROM (launched in 1987), the SciELO project - Scientific Electronic Library Online (launched in 1997) and the Virtual Health Library, the current LA & C framework for the technical cooperation in health-related scientific and technical information led by BIREME. He is the author and co-author of several articles in his specialty.