Family and Child Health in the Americas - Global Health Summit Morning Session

April 29, 2011

The 2011 Global Health Summit was entitled "Family and Child Health in the Americas: Efforts to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals." This video is of speakers during the morning session.

Topics covered during the morning session:

Latin America Efforts to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals: An Update on Progress

Yehuda Benguigui, MD, Senior Advisor in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC

Integrated Case Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI): Current research and new directions

Eric Simoes, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver

The Challenge of Reducing Neonatal Mortality: What is the role of Helping Babies Breathe?

Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver and Editor, Helping Babies Breathe

Disasters and Children: How can planning and training benefit child survivors?

Steve Berman, MD, FAAP

Introduction to the NICHD Global Network and Our Partnership with Guatemala

Michael Hambidge, MD, ScD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine

Global Nutrition: New Strategies and Research

Nancy Krebs, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Section Head of Nutrition at The Children's Hospital

Neonatal Care and Traditional Birth Attendants in Guatemala

Ana Garces, MD, MSPH, Sub director of Multidisciplinary Health Institute and Senior Foreign Investigator, Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research, Guatemala

New Initiatives to Reduce Tobacco Use in the Developing World

Jonathan D Klein, MD, MPH, FAAP, Associate Executive Director and Director, Julius B Richmond Center, American Academy of Pediatrics

*At this time, archived videos are not approved for continuing medical education (CME) credit.

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