Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival

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DAY 1 – Where are we now?

09:00-10:30 OPENING Session

Master of Ceremony:  Macharia Kamau,UNICEF Representative, South Africa

South African Parliament Choir

Opening Statements

• Ambassador Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella, President of the Pan-African Parliament, Tanzania
• Francisco Songane, Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Switzerland
• Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA

Welcoming Address

• H.E. Dr. Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health, South Africa

Film

• Yvonne Chaka Chaka, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

10:30-11:00  Coffee/Tea Break

Plenary 1  The Countdown, Where Are We Today?

• H.E. Prof. David Mwakyusa, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health, Tanzania
• Philip O’Brien, Director Private Fundraising and Partnerships

11:00-11:10  Introduction to the Conference

• Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA

11:10-11:25   MDGs 4 & 5, what progress and how fast?

• Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant Director General, WHO

11:25-12:10 The Countdown Report

• Tessa Wardlaw, Chief of Strategic Information, UNICEF
• Jennifer Bryce, Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, USA

12:10-12:3  New frontiers for this Countdown: Continuum of Care

• Zulfiqar Bhutta, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

12:30-13:00  Discussion

13:00-14:00 Lunch (provided)

• H. E. Robinson Jean-Louis, Health and Family Planning Minister, Madagascar
• André Lalonde, Executive Vice-President, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC)

14:00-14:30 Understanding Coverage Gaps and Equity

• Cesar Victora, Professor of Epidemiology, Brazil

14:30-14:45  Equity analysis and action: Rwanda

• Caroline R. Kayonga, Permanent Secretary, Rwanda

• Hon. Ms Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the South African Parliament

Remarks           

• Anders Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

16:00-16:10 Opening Statement

• The Most Rev. Njongonkulu Ndungane, President of the African Monitor

16:10-16:25  Introduction and Orientation to the Countdown

• Richard Horton, Editor in Chief, The Lancet

• Yoshio Yatsu, Member of House of Representatives, Japan
• Finn Martin Vallersnes, Member of the Governing Council, Norway
• Sylvia N. Ssinabulya, Member of Parliament, Uganda
• Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant-Director General, WHO  
• Ann Starrs, President, Family Care International
• Chok-wan Chan, President, International Pediatric Association

Open floor: Interventions from distinguished members of Parliaments

• Session 1: Implementation Research: active use of local data to enhance MNCH programs
• Session 2: Priority setting for MNCH research - Random, agenda driven or systematically investing in knowledge to save more lives?
• Session 3: Strengthening capacity for evidence-based research

PLENARY 2  Policies and health systems that work for the health-related MDG’s

• H.E. Kumbo Kachali, Minister of Health, Malawi
• Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA

09:00-9:20  Health Systems, Policies and the Countdown

• Bernadette Daelmans, Child and Adolescent Health and Development, WHO/HQ

09:20-9:35 Tracking external resources for MNCH

• Anne Mills, Prof. Health Economics and Policy,presented by Giulia Greco and Jo Borghi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

•  Francis Omaswa, Executive Director, The Global Health Workforce Alliance

• Group 1: High impact MNCH Policy: evidence & experience on the political processes and policy decisions that make a difference
• Group 2: Show me the money! The financing cycle for maternal, newborn and child health
• Group 3: Results-based financing: evidence & experience on how changing incentives can affect MNCH service uptake & delivery
• Group 4: Human Resources for MNCH
• Group 5: Quality of Health Services: making the difference

Coffee/Tea Break in breakout sessions

11:50-13:00  Plenary discussion and conclusion

• H.E. Dr Malick Njie, Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Gambia
• Monir Islam, Director Making Pregnancy Safer, WHO

13:00-14:00  Lunch (provided)

Plenary 3  Creating programmatic linkages across the continuum of care

• H.E. Dr Majed Al Juneid, Deputy Minister for Population Sector, Yemen
• Tigest Ketsela, Director, Family and Reproductive Health, WHO/AFRO

• Joy Lawn, Senior Policy Adviser, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children-US

•  Robert Black, Chair Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University    

14:40-15:30  Panel on integration efforts for MNCH scaling-up

• Country representatives

15:30-16:00  Coffee/Tea Break

16:00-18:00  Breakout Sessions: Promoting action within the continuum of care: what are the issues?

• Breakout Group 1: Maternal Health Issues – Consolidating the consensus, and bridging
• Breakout Group 2: Newborn Health Issues – Newborn care: programming to save young lives 
• Breakout Group 3: Child Health Issues - Accelerating the coverage of child health interventions
• Breakout Group 4: Adolescent Pregnancy - Stopping Child Marriage, Preventing Maternal and Newborn Mortality and Morbidity