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*International Health Conference at Yale University in April 2006 - More 
Than 75 Speakers - Early Bird Registration Rate Through January!
Unite For Sight Conference
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When*: April 1-2, 2006
*Where*: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
*Theme*: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
*Who should attend?*  Anyone interested in children's health, women's 
health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, 
international health, international service, eye care, nonprofits, or 
microenterprise
*Conference Goal:* To empower conference attendees to identify health 
needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the 
medically underserved
*How to Register - Early Bird Registration!* 
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php
*Early Bird Registration Rate:* $35 student rate; $50 for all others 
**Rate increases after January*

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A Few of the Scheduled Presentations
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*_Keynote Address_*
Environment, Behavior, and Health: Societies Matter," Al Sommer, MD, MHS
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_Global Health in Discussion_*
"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and 
Concerns, Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
"Millenium Development Goals," Josh Ruxin, MPH, PhD
"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals," Jacob Kumaresan, 
MD, MPH, DrPH
"Workforce Development - The Foundation For Global Health Gains," Bjorg 
Palsdottir, MPA
"Health as a Bridge to Peace," Paula Gutlove, DMD
"Medical Diplomacy: Lessons Learned From The U.S.N.S. Mercy/HOPE 
Partnership, Banda Aceh and Nias Island, Indonesia," John P. Howe, MD
"War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival," Sheri Fink, MD, PhD
"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through 
School-Based Education," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
"Overcoming Inequalities in Healthcare Infrastructure: Models for the 
Future," Sanjay Basu, MD Candidate
"Germs of Progress: Schistosomiasis in Senegal and the Ethics, Politics 
and Economics of International Health, Research, and Development," Kohar 
Jones, MD
"Philosophies of Care - Empowering Communities," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD
"The Corporation/Community Health Interface in Africa," Rebecca Hardin, PhD
"Diagnosing Severe Malaria - Translating Scientific Advances to Rural 
Communities," Richard Bucala, MD, PhD
"Workshop: Applying For International Development Jobs," Patrick 
Shields, Global Recruitment Specialists

*_Women's and Children's Health_*
"Women's Health: A Global Overview," Allan Rosenfield, MD
"Love, Labor, Loss - Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmaker
"Strenghtening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child 
Health," Charles MacCormack
"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and 
Humanity," Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
"Is Women's Health a Human Right?" Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS
"Child Health and the Orphan Crisis in Rwanda," Dai Ellis, JD Candidate, 
Co-Director of Orphans of Rwanda
"Descriptive Analaysis of Women's Status at Buduburam Refugee 
Settlement, Ghana," Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate
"Preventing and Managing Obstetric Fistula in East Africa: Lessons From 
Ethiopia and Tanzania," Toyin Ajayi, MD Candidate

*_Global Eye Care_*
"Update on Vision2020: The Right To Sight," Louis Pizzarello, MD
"Once I Was Blind...The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana," James Clarke, MD
"Barriers to Vision2020 in Tamale, Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD
"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil, MBBS
"An Eye Opener in Chennai, India - A Unite For Sight Film"
"What is Glaucoma?" Robert Ritch, MD
"Glaucoma Care in West Africa: The Ghana Experience," Leon W. Herndon, MD
"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven," Bruce 
Shields, MD
"The EyeCare America Glaucoma EyeCare Program: Improving Health for the 
Medically Underserved in the US," Martin Wand, MD
"Volunteerism and Glaucoma Screenings," Roger W. Martin, 
Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist
"Gender Disparities in Blindness and Visual Impairment," Ilene Gipson, PhD
"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research," Robert L. 
Alexander Jr, MPH, PhD
"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care," Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
"Health Care in Zambia Through the Eyes of an American Ophthalmologist," 
Thomas Beggins, MD
"Strengths and Challenges of Mobile Eye Surgery Delivery in Rural 
Kenya," Sam Powdrill, PA, SPA
"Eyes, AIDS, and Africa," Thomas J. Beggins, MD
"Strategic Planning for Trachoma Control in Nine Endemic Countries," A. 
Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in Africa," Cathy 
Schanzer, MD
"Building the Future of International Ophthalmology: SEE 
International/George Washington University International Residency 
Program Model," Harry S. Brown, MD
"Global Health at the Community Level - Eye Health As Part of Improved 
Public Health Outreach," Nora Groce, PhD
"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia," Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
"Epidemiological Trends of Ophthalmological Diseases in Rural India, 
Ujjwal P. Ramtekkar, MBBS
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkatswamy) and the Aravind Eye 
Care System," Pavithra Krishnan
"High Volume Cataract Surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital - Film"
"Kalinga Eye Hospital in India - A Film"
"Christian Blind Mission International (CBMI) and Oncho Control in 
Nigeria," Jeffrey Watson, MS
"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery," Victoria Sheffield and John 
Barrows, MPH
"The Technology of Partnership for Program Impact," Suzanne S. Gilbert, 
PhD, MPH
"Mobile Eye Services in the Indian Himalaya," Keith Tauro
"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health 
Issues: Lessons Learned From The Mectizan Donation Program," Brenda 
Colatrella
"WCO Fellowship With The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the 
Karenni Refugee Camp - The Karenni R.A.R.E. Study," Derek Mladenovich, OD,
"Blindness Prevention in Africa: A Development Perspective," Kovin 
Naidoo, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH
"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad, India," 
Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
"Determinants of Compliance with Spectacle Wear in School-Aged Mexical 
Children," Nathan Congdon, MD, MPH
"How Can We Correct Vision For Very Large and Under-Served Populations - 
A Possible Approach Using A New Technology," Joshua Silver, PhD
"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision 
Stations: Helping To Meet an Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care, 
Head-On," Ian Berger, MD, MPH, DrPH
"Community Ophthalmology Needs in Bihar, India," Anna Cooper, MPH Candidate
"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health 
Infrastructure," Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health 
Perspectives in Ocular Health," Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
"Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana," Sally Ong
"The Life of a Refugee - Education, Health Care, and Other Things That 
Are Missing," Julie Harris, PhD
"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda: 
Restoring the Lost Hopes, Kenneth Daniel, MD Candidate
"Peace Pals Education Network in Sierra Leone," Alex P. Columbis and 
Sarah Davies, Peace Pals Education Network, Sierra Leone
"River Blindness in Taiama, Sierra Leone," Beth Dickinson
"Biomedical Photojournalism: Documenting International Eye Care with 
your Digital Camera," Patrick J. Saine, M.Ed., CRA

*_Vision and Clinical Research_*
"Advances in Corneal Transplantation," Shachar Tauber, MD
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts," Heskel M. Haddad, MD
"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations," Matthew D. 
Paul, MD

*_Community-Based Healthcare_*
"Small Initiatives With Big Vision: Working With Communities to Change 
How They Address Healthcare," Viviana Renella
"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to Haiti's Poor," 
Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
"A Study of the Incidence of Caries in Rural Guatemala," Phillip Plunk, 
DDS, FADI
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_Cultural Competency_*
"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug The Monk And Other Faux 
Pas," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN


*_Complete schedule can be seen at 
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php_***

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