ACQUIRE Knowledge: Effective Family Planning Programs & Beyond

End-of-Project Event

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
National Press Club, Washington, DC

8:30-9:00am
Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

9:00-9:15am
Greetings
Ana Langer, M.D., President, EngenderHealth, and
Dana M. Vogel, M.A., Chief, Service Delivery Improvement Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Agenda Review
Isaiah Ndong, M.D., Vice President for Programs, EngenderHealth

9:15-10:00am
ACQUIRE-s Legacy: Programming for -More, More, More- (PPT, 2.0MB)
Lynn Bakamjian, M.P.H., Director, the ACQUIRE Project

10:00-11:00am
Plenary Panel and Q&A: ACQUIRE-s Program Model in Action in Kenya (PPT, 1.3MB)
Fred Ndede, M.D., EngenderHealth/Kenya
Nancy Russell, M.A., Senior Technical Advisor for Community Linkages, the ACQUIRE Project/CARE; and
Jane Wickstrom, M.A., Team Leader for Improving Access to RH/FP, the ACQUIRE Project

11:00-11:15am
Break

11:15am-12:30pm
Concurrent Sessions: Close Encounters with ACQUIRE

Planning for LAPM Programs: The Science and Art of Reality &#8730
(PPT, 3.3MB)
Click here for slide notes. (PDF, 140KB)
John M. Pile, M.P.H., Senior Technical Advisor Family Planning Services, the ACQUIRE Project
Moslehuddin Ahmed, M.P.H., Director of Programs, EngenderHealth/Bangladesh
Quomaran Nessa Khanam, Director General for Family Planning, Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Joseph Kanama, M.D., Senior Technical Advisor, Clinical Services, EngenderHealth/ Tanzania; and
Maurice Hiza, National FP Coordinator, Tanzania Reproductive and Child Health Section, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Addressing the Family Planning Needs of PLHIV: What Do Systems Have to Do with Integration? (PPT, 3.4MB)
Betty L. Farrell, C.N.M., M.P.H., Senior Medical Associate for Integration, the ACQUIRE Project
Laura Subramanian, M.S., Program Associate for Integration, the ACQUIRE Project
Charles Ngobi, M.D., Director and Medical Coordinator, The AIDS Support Organization (TASO)/Mbale; and
Grace Nagendi, M.Phil., FP/HIV Coordinator, EngenderHealth/Uganda
Engaging Boys and Men in Reproductive Health: A Gender Transformative Approach (PPT, 3.3MB)
Manisha Mehta, M.I.A., Gender Team Leader, the ACQUIRE Project
Kent Klindera, Senior Technical Advisor on Gender and Youth, EngenderHealth
Theresa Castillo, M.A., C.H.E.S., Program Associate, the ACQUIRE Project; and
Gabrielle Hecker, M.P.H., Program Associate, the ACQUIRE Project

12:30-1:30pm
Luncheon Theater

Orientation to A Resource Package for Family Planning and Beyond: ACQUIRE-s Digital Archive
Lissette C. Bernal-Cruz, Senior Program Associate, the ACQUIRE Project
ACQUIRE Communication Highlights and Lessons Learned (PPT, 1.9MB)
Cindi Cisek, Senior Marketing and Communications Adviser, the ACQUIRE Project/Meridian Group International, Inc.
Community Engagement: Telling the Story-Beyond the Data (PPT, 4.6)
Nancy Russell, M.A., Senior Technical Advisor for Community Linkages, the ACQUIRE Project/CARE

1:30-1:45pm
Break

1:45-2:30pm
Back to the Future: A Call to Action for Family Planning and LAPMs (PPT, 1.5MB)
Special guest speaker, Scott Radloff, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health, USAID

Parting Reflections
Isaiah Ndong, M.D., Vice President for Programs, EngenderHealth

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