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Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference

Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow

April 12-13, 2008

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Register Today at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008

<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>

Join 2,000 conference attendees and 180 speakers for a stimulating conference.

Unite For Sight: A Nonprofit Eye Care Organization Featured Weekly on CNN

International

Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Sachs, Dr. Sachs, Dr. Blumenthal,

and Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Plus More Than 180 Featured Speakers

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Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health,

international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy,

microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, anthropology, health policy,

advocacy, environmental health, and public service.

Keynote Addresses

· " Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, "

Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Advisor For

Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at

town School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center

· " Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health, " Jim Yong Kim, MD,

PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for

Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human

Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine,

Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health

Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World

Health Organization

· " Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet, " Sachs, PhD,

Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of

Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia

University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban

Ki-moon

· " Millennium Village Project " , Ehrlich Sachs,, MD, MPH, Health

Coordinator, Millennium Villages

Plus 180+ Speakers. Full List and Conference Schedule at

<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>

" Trends in Trichiasis Surgery and Antibiotics Mass Treatment in Trachoma Control

in 10 African and Asian Countries in 2004-2006 " , Sam Abbenyi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#samabbenyi>

" Title To Be Announced " , Abbott

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#patriciaabbott>

" Natural Therapies for Eye Health " , Rob Abel

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robabel>

" Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration " , Adelman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ronaldadelman>

" Doctors..and Africa " , Ted M. Alemayhu

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#tedm.alemayhu>

" Scaling Up Provision of Safe Drinking Water in the Developing World " , Greg

Allgood <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gregallgood>

" People, Places, and Genes: How World Populations Are Helping Us Find The Cause

of Glaucoma. " , R. Rand Allingham

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#r.randallingham>

" Keratoprosthesis in the Developing World " , Ament, MD, MPh, Clinical

Research Fellow, Ophthalmlology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health

" Orphan Life Abroad: How Children Live Without Parental Care " , Jane Aronson

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#janearonson>

" The Honduras Slow Sand Filter Project " , Vidush Philip Athyal, MD, MPH,

Fellow/Clinical Instructor, University of Rochester Medical Center

" An Eye-Opener in India: Volunteering to Elminate Preventable Blindness " , Hibah

Ayaz <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#hibahayaz>

" Refocusing Malnutrition Interventions in Rural Haiti: A Strategic Evolution " ,

Adeline Azrack

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#adelineazrack>

" Two Years of Working With Unite For Sight Volunteers, Experiences " , Baah

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasbaah>

" A Memorable Experience: Volunteering in Chennai, India " , Abrahim Bagheri

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#abrahimbagheri>

" Can Market-Based Approaches Arrest The Killer In The Kitchen? The Promises and

Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves " , Bailis

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertbailis>

" A Need to Incorporate Sound Waste Management Practices for Improving

Environmental Performance, Public Health Safety and Delivery of Quality

Healthcare by Clinical Laboratories in India - A Case Study " , Reema Banerjee

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#reemabanerjee>

" The Slaying of Dragons: Guinea Worm Eradication " , Michele Barry

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michelebarry>

" Title To Be Announced " , Ravin Bastiampillai

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ravinbastiampillai>

" Engaging the Public: Improving Our Health " , s

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#georgesbenjamin>

" Title To Be Announced " , Habib Benzian, Development and Public Health Manager

" Health For All Now " , Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, Founder, President and CEO,

MIDEGO

" Doing it The Quality Way Because It Is In Equality " , P. Berman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#p.berman>

" Eliminating the Needless Loss of Sight That Occurs During Sports " , Berman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#paulberman>

" Home Visit Project of Blind Babies Foundation and Perspektiva of the Volga

Region in Russia " , Bernas-Pierce, MEd, Executive Director, Blind Babies

Foundation

" Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing

World " , Terry Blaschke

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#terryblaschke>

" Addressing the Need for Reduction of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Persons

With intellectual Disability through Participate in Special Olympics Lions Clubs

International Opening Eyes Vision Program. " , Sandy Block

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sandyblock>

" What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? Mozambique Life Outcome Study " , Neil

Boothby <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#neilboothby>

" Raising Malawi " , Philippe van den Bossche

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#philippevandenbossch\

e>

" Operation Miracle " , Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University;

Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. 's University; Formerly Special Assistant to

the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education

ation with Cuba (MEDICC)

" Creation of a Medical School in Botswana " , Major Bradshaw

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#majorbradshaw>

" Cataract Blindness in Developing Countries and SEE International " , Harry S.

Brown <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#harrys.brown>

" Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa " ,

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#johnbryant>

" Cytokine Mimicry and Immune Evasion by Leishmania " , Bucala

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#richardbucala>

" Tema Eye Survey " , Budenz

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#donaldbudenz>

" International Nurse Education: Simulation Plays A Part in Global Standards of

Practice " , Ann , RN, MSN, CPNP, Old Dominion University/Operation Smile

International

" Reduced Efficacy of Benzimidazole Anthelminthics in Kintampo, Ghana " ,

Cappello

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelcappello>

" Bihar Summer Volunteer: Perspiration, Inspiration and Mangoes " , Ow

Chapman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#kristinowchapman>

" Community Health Improvement in a Nomadic Village on the Eastern Tibetan

Plateau " , Chin

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#nancychin>

" Unite For Sight To The Rescue: An Example Worth Emulating " , e

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesclarke>

" Title To Be Announced " , , MPH, MD Candidate, University of Rochester

School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India

" Managing Technology to Advance Eye Care " , Ismael Cordero

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ismaelcordero>

" Filling the Gap: A Model For Surgical Capacity Building In Rural China " ,

Corlew <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#scottcorlew>

" Title To Be Announced " , Day, MD, Chair and Program Director, Pediatric

Ophthalmology and Strabismus, California Pacific Medical Center

" Title To Be Announced " , Diamond, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite

For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

" Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Barriers, Beliefs and Behavioral

Outcomes " , Dickinson

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#juliadickinson>

" Unite For Sight Visiting Volunteers Participation in Eye Screening Outreach

Program, Accra, Ghana " , Dolo

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertdolo>

" Is That Angle Occludable? " , Syril K. Dorairaj

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#syrilk.dorairaj>

" Successful Strategies For Delivering Eye Care at a Refugee Camp " , Margaret

Duah-Mensah

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#margaretduah-mensah>

" The Bad Road to Good Health: The Clinton Foundation's Initiative to Build

Healthcare Capacity in Rural Areas " , Andy Ellner

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#andyellner>

" Childhood Obesity Prevention in the Western Cape Region of South Africa " ,

D.

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#williamd.evans>

" Title To Be Announced " , Farah, MD Candidate, Jefferson Medical College

" Title To Be Announced " , Sheri Fink, MD, PhD, Kaiser Media Fellow; Visiting

Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard

School of Public Health; Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

" Glaucoma Screening in Connecticut " , Hall Forster

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#susanhallforster>

" Title To Be Announced " , Freifeld

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#clarkfreifeld>

" Title To Be Announced " , Friedman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of

Ophthalmology and International Health, s Hopkins University

" New Vision in Ghana: Volunteering in Accra " , Furlow

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stephenfurlow>

" Heart Disease as a Global Chronic Problem - A Challenge For The UN Millennium

Initiative " , Valentin Fuster

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#valentinfuster>

" Humanitarian Health and HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care Inside Dominican Republic's

Migrant Sugar Cane Plantations Bateyes " , Ulrick Gaillard

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ulrickgaillard>

" A Binational Stanford - Mexico Health Advocacy Program - Partners to Address

Immigrant Health " ,

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gabrielgarcia>

" Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Improve Health and Social Services in

Vietnam " , Lan Gien, BSc, MEd, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Memorial University of

Newfoundland

" Estimating The Impact of a Safe, Effective, and Easily-Inserted Drainage Device

for the Treatment of Glaucoma in the Developed and Developing World " ,

Goldberg

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#rogergoldberg>

" Youth Engagement in Development Stategies: through the lens of Global Youth

Service Day " , Silvia Golombek

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#silviagolombek>

" Introducing Students to Global Health " , Sarabeth Gottlieb, CNM, MS, Lecturer,

Yale University School of Nursing

" Clinical Mentoring Rapidly Improves Clinic Management Systems for HIV Care in

Resource-Limited Settings " , Graves-Abe, MA, Director of Operations,

International Center For Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA)

" Poisons in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic and

Manganese in Bangladesh " , Joe Graziano

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#joegraziano>

" An Extremely Affordable Device To Enable Treatment of Asthma in Rural Mexico " ,

Green, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine

" Violence Against Disabled Children: A Global Concern " , Nora Groce, PhD,

Associate Professor and Director, Yale/WHO Collaborating Centre, Global Health

Division, Yale School of Public Health

" Trachoma in Northern Ghana: Same Factors, Different Patterns " , Gyasi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelgyasi>

" Tackling The African Glaucoma Challenges: Experiences From The Bawku Eye Care

Program " , Gyasi.

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelgyasi.>

" Nutritional Management of Cataracts " , Heskel M. Haddad, MD, Clinical Professor

of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College

" Key Components for the Development of an Emergency Healthcare System: The

Ethiopian Experience " , Tenagne Haile-m, MD, Assistant Professor, The

Washington University Medical School

" Science, Technology, and Innovation in Developing Countries: By The People, For

The People " , Eva

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#evaharris>

" Health and Education at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti " ,

Jeannine Hatt

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jeanninehatt>

" Infertility in Developing Countries: Scope, Psychosocial Burden and Need for

Action " , Anke Hemmerling

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ankehemmerling>

" The Challenges of Glaucoma Care in West Africa " , Leon Herndon

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonherndon>

" Ophthalmology in the Holy Land: The Eye Hospital of St. of Jerusalem " ,

Steve Hudson

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevehudson>

" Akwaaba! Volunteer Ophthalmology in Breman Asikuma, Ghana " , Hudson

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevenhudson>

" Title To Be Announced " , Hux, BS Candidate, Yale University; Unite For

Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

" Innovative Market Based Solutions in Global Health " , Omer Imtiazuddin

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#omerimtiazuddin>

" Title To Be Announced " , Isbey, BA Candidate, Dartmouth College; Unite For

Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

" Trachoma & Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Way For The Future " , Ibrahim Jabr

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ibrahimjabr>

" Title To Be Announced " , Evaleen , MD, Founder, President and Medical

Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor,

Stanford University School of Medicine

" Addressing Serious Mental Disorders in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies " , Lynne

, MA, MBChB, MRCPysch PhD

" Measuring Impacts " , Dean Karlan

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#deankarlan>

" Childhood Blindness And Its Prevention " , Kartee Karloweah

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#karteekarloweah>

" Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship " , Zachary Kaufman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#zacharykaufman>

" Health Diplomacy " , Kaveh Khoshnood

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#kavehkhoshnood>

" Title To Be Announced " , King, MA, Elementary School Teacher,

Intermediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

" HIV/AIDS, Orphans and other Vulnerable Children: The Crisis, Consequences, and

Responses " , Klaber

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#andrewklaber>

" Tuberculosis and HIV Research at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital " , Awewura Kwara

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#awewurakwara>

" Clowns WIthout Borders Project Njabulo - Developing Local Capacity for Play and

Emotional Relief for Children and Caregivers affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern

Africa " , Lachman

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamielachman>

" Corporate/Professional initiatives: Co-operation to Address Unmet Medical

Needs " , Doug Lawrence

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#douglawrence>

" Is China's economic boom delivering public health along with prosperity? A

close look at AIDS " , Ken Legins

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#kenlegins>

" Title To Be Announced " , Lich, BA Candidate, Southern Methodist

University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

" Title To Be Announced " , Lin, BS, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai,

India

" Residency Based Fellowships in Global and Underserved Health - Who Are the

Stakeholders? " , Loeliger

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#scottloeliger>

" Increasing Access to and Use of Skilled Maternal and Newborn Care in Dumka

District of India " , t MacDowell, MA, Senior Program Manager, JHPIEGO

" Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth for Low-Income Women " , Fiona

Macaulay

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#fionamacaulay>

" Disabilities Among Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations--Nature and Scope

of the Issue, Interventions and Approaches " , Carolyn Makinson

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#carolynmakinson>

" Utilization of PDA's by Community Health Workers for Field Collection of

Malaria Statistics in Rural Haiti " , Nick Mann

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#nickmann>

" Addressing Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies is a Key Building Block to Achieve

the Millennium Development Goals: A Summary of Progress and Prospects " , M.G.

Venkatesh Mannar

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#m.g.venkateshmannar>

" Civil Society: Mobilizing Community Health Workers for Malaria Control " , Anne

-Staple

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#annemartin-staple>

" Community Eye Care in India " , Umang Mathur, MS, Consultant Ophthalmologist,

Associate Director and Head of Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Shroff's Charity

Eye Hospital, India

" Medical Education in Ghana " , Tshepo Mbalambi, BSc, Med Sci, MBcHB Candidate,

University of Ghana School of Medicine

" The End of AIDS - IAVI and the Search for a Vaccine to Prevent HIV " ,

McGoldrick

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#johnmcgoldrick>

" The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Right to

Health for Public Health and Global Health Systems " , Mason Meier, JD,

LLM, MPhil; PhD Candidate, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University;

IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow

" Title To Be Announced " , Melton, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind

Association

" Title To Be Announced " , Pradeep Mettu, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky

School of Medicine

" Public Health Strategies for Effective Medical Missions Overseas " ,

Mladenovich

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#derekmladenovich>

" A Sustainable Approach to Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda " ,

Morell

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#emilymorell>

" Women's Global Health and Human Rights " , Mini Murthy

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#minimurthy>

" Children's Health is Global Wealth " , Padmini Murthy

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#padminimurthy>

" Satisfying Transportation Needs in Rural Africa With Sustainable Local

Solutions: The Bamboo Bicycle " , Mutter

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#johnmutter>

" A Non-Traditional Approach to Global Health Training: The Penn Program " , Neal

son, MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, University of

Pennsylvania School of Medicine

" Philosophies of Care - Transforming Communities through Transformation " , Cliff

OCallahan

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#cliffocallahan>

" Global Health Inequality: A Call to Understanding and Action " , ONeil Jr

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#edwardoneiljr>

" Title To Be Announced " , Hafeezah , BA Candidate, University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

" Using National and International Advocacy and Media to Advance Social Change in

HIV-Prevention " , Adeyemi Oshodi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#adeyemioshodi>

" International Educational Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities " , Barbara

Allerton and Otterness, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Department of

Nursing, Boise State University

" Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Resource-limited Settings

through Research Capacity Building " , Elijah Paintsil

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#elijahpaintsil>

" HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Assessment of Health Care Providers in Dominian

Republic, India and others " , Ellen Palmer, RN, PhD, Assistant Clinical

Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing

" The Use of Multifocal and Accomdative Intraocular Lenses in Cataract Surgery " ,

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#matthewpaul>

" The Healing of Retinal Photocoagulation Lesions " , Yannis us

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#yannispaulus>

" Public Private Partnerships in Action: ExxonMobil's approach to making a

difference on malaria's human toll in Africa " , C.

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevenc.phillips>

" Update on IAPB and VISION 2020: The Right to Sight " , Louis Pizzarello

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#louispizzarello>

" Title To Be Announced " , Chiwing Qu, BA Candidate, Yale University;

Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India

" Trachoma Control; Challenges for 2020 " , Quinn

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasquinn>

" Homocysteine and Eye Disease " , Radcliffe, MD, Glaucoma Service at New

York Eye & Ear Infirmary

" Title To Be Announced " , Suzanne Rainey

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#suzannerainey>

" Ethical Dilemmas in International Medicine: Cases from the Honduran Health

Alliance " , Bonzo Reddick

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#bonzoreddick>

" Implementation of a Comprehensive Community-Based Tuberculosis Control Program

in Eastern Burma's Chronic Conflict Zone " , , MD, Assistant

Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director of the Division of

International Medicine, University of Southern California and Global Health

Access Program

" Surgical Care in Angola: Perspectives From Two Hospitals " , Riviello

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertriviello>

" The Four Heartbeats of Social Entrepreneurship " ,

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jeffreyrobinson>

" The Global Marketization of Health Services: Promoting Inequity, Inequality and

Exclusion " , Ellen Rosskam

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ellenrosskam>

" Advancing Educational Opportunities for Children who are Blind with Additional

Impairments " , Rothstein

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevenrothstein>

" Epidemiology of Exfoliation Syndrome " , Ilya Rozenbuam

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ilyarozenbuam>

" Civil Society Advocacy For The Right To Health " , Leonard stein

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonardrubenstein>

" Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability " , Rubin

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leslierubin>

" Understanding the Relationship between Women?s Participation and Community

Health in Uttar Pradesh, India " , Ruger

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jenniferruger>

" Obstetric and Traumatic Fistula: Film-based Campaigning for Global Women's

Health " ,

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#lisarussell>

" Title To Be Announced " , , MD, AAO Rotary Task Force

" Delivering on the MDGs: Equity and Maternal Health " , Emma Sachs, Health Equity

Team, Earth Institute, Columbia University

" Title To Be Announced " , Majid Sadigh

" Title To Be Announced " , Sarwat Salim

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sarwatsalim>

" Low cost Comprehensive Eye care models and Its replicability " , Sarang Samal

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sarangsamal>

" Innovative Approaches to Public Private Partnerships in Kenya's Health and

Youth Sectors " , Georgia Sambunaris

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#georgiasambunaris>

" Tamale, Ghana " , Shakira -

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#shakirasanchez-colli\

ns>

" Bridging the gap between knowing the right thing to do and doing it right " ,

Harshad Sanghvi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#harshadsanghvi>

" Male Circumcision for HIV Prevenion: Cutting Edge Opportunities in Global

Health Collaborations " , Inon Schenker

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#inonschenker>

" Effective approaches to enhance coverage of vitamin A supplementation in

Sub-Saharan Africa " , Werner Schultink

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#wernerschultink>

" Self Sustainability - The Mantra For Manging Avoidable Blindness " , V. Panneer

Selvam

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#v.panneerselvam>

" Journeying through India with a New Set of Eyes " , Rosh and Roshan Sethi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#roshandroshansethi>

" Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health ative in Ahmedabad, India " , Chirag Shah

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#chiragshah>

" Title To Be Announced " , Kuldev Singh, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford

University

" Advantages of Using an Economical Anti-VEGF For Treating Retinal Diseases in

India " , Pooja Sinha

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#poojasinha>

" Keeping the Cost of Community Cataract Surgery as Low as Possible " , Satyajit

Sinha <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyajitsinha>

" Instruction Course With Live Hands-On Using Indirect Ophthalmoscope For

Optometrists To Help Diagnose Retinal Diseases at the Community Level " , Pooja

Sinha. <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#poojasinha.>

" Challenges of Building a Charitable Eye Hospital in India " , Satyajit Sinha.

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyajitsinha.>

" Promoting HIV/AIDS Education Despite Social and Cultural Barriers " , Piya Sorcar

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#piyasorcar>

" A Pilot Therapeutic Feeding Program for Malnourished Orphans in Ukraine " ,

M. Spector

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jonathanm.spector>

" Empowering Communities in the Fight to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases " ,

Kari Stoever, Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute

" Training Community Eye Workers in Ghana and Liberia: The Good, The Bad, and The

Ugly " , Glenn Strauss

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#glennstrauss>

" Kongo: The Ultimate Black Civilization " , Farris , PhD, Col.

Trumbull Professor of the History of Art, Yale University

" Towards an African Renaissance: Offering a Master's Degree to Nursing Students

in Angola: a Distance Education Experience " , ita Tjallinks

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#juanitatjallinks>

" Glaucoma Neuroprotection 2008: New Therapies on the Horizon " , C. Tsai

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesc.tsai>

" The Roads of Ghana " , Vekhter, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite For

Sight Volunteer in Asikuma Breman, Ghana

" Maximizing Limited Resources to Provide Outreach Eye Care " , Satya Verma

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyaverma>

" Collaborating to Create the Future of Family Medicine: A Japanese-American

Exchange " , Vines

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jennifervines>

" Title To Be Announced " , Kurt Voelker

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#kurtvoelker>

" Transcending Trauma & Relentless Compassion: Indicators of Posttraumatic Growth

(PTG) in Peer Support Counselors in Liberia - How They Help and What They

Carry " , Gwen Vogel

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gwenvogel>

" Title To Be Announced " , Ruru Wang, BA Candidate, Mount Holyoke College; Unite

For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

" The Role of Volunteers in Tamale: Providing Assistance To The Only

Ophthalmologist Serving 2 Million People " , Seth Wanye

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sethwanye>

" Examining the Prevalence and Detriments of Couching in Ghana: The First

Documented Cataract Surgery Technique Continues in Northern Ghana " , Seth Wanye.

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sethwanye.>

" Global Grid Computing Initiative to Discover Dengue Antivirals " , Stan Watowich,

Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch

" Turning Challenges Into Opportunities: The State of Cervical Cancer Prevention

in America 2008 " , Wells

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sarahwells>

" Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for Monitoring and

Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs " , Whichard, Program Director, Global

Health Access Program

" Combating The Obosogenic Environment: An Overview of the Scope of the Issue on

a Global Basis " , Whitehead

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#tanyawhitehead>

" Title To Be Announced " , , MD, Parasitology Unit, Noguchi Memorial

Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

" Tackling The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): The Role of PLoS NTDs in

Building Capacity " , Gavin Yamey

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gavinyamey>

" Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador: A University-Community Partnership for Health " ,

Hopenhayn and Young, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of

Kentucky; Shoulder to Shoulder

" Blind Leading The Blind " , Philemon Yugi

<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#philemonyugi>