Millennium Development Goals Strategic Conference
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his forward to the 2007 MDG Annual Report noted, "We will have time to reach the Millennium Development Goals — worldwide and in most, or even all, individual countries — but only if we break with business as usual."
With less than 6 years to go, 2009 marks a turning point in our work to reach the Millennium Development Declaration. Although there have been many breakthroughs since 2000, we know we are not “on course to look back, in 2015, and say that no effort was spared” to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
MIDEGO took up this call to “break with business as usual ” and made it the focus of a unique day of innovative and strategic thinking:— On June 19th, 2009, MIDEGO and partners gathered to look at ways of strengthening our focus and accelerating reaching the MDGs.
Among the global health and development professionals present that day, a number of pioneering individuals that are already trying new and different approaches to reaching the MDGs presented their ground-breaking work. They included Sonia Sachs (Millennium Villages Project), Ray Martin (CCIH), Mariam Labbok (UNC), Donna Barry (Partners in Health), Padminy Murthy (NYMC), Neil Pakenham-Walsh, (HIFA 2015) David Patient (Empowerment Concepts) and Jack Bryant (JHU).
You can view the conference presentations by clicking on the links below.
The meeting proceedings will be available in August on this webpage and submitted to the USG, WHO, UN Assembly and other interested parties later in 2009.
You can also watch and listen to selected presentations again at www.voicethread.com. Use the keyword: MIDEGO
Please contact us if you are interested in “Breaking with Business as Usual” and joining our Think Tank at turningpoint@midego.com
Presentations
Elvira Beracochea, MDG Strategic Conference Overview
John Bryant, Early Childhood Development in the Slums of Nairobi
David Patient, How to Fight Aids in the New Millennium
David Patient, Western vs African Value Systems
Ray Martin, The Role of FBOs in Reaching the MDGs
Padmini Murthy, Global Health Policy and Improving Maternal Health —MDG 5
Elisabeth Sandor, Aid Accountability and the AAA Framework to Support the Achievement of the Health MDGs
Sonia Sachs, The Millennium Villages Project
Miriam Labbok, Breastfeeding: A Key to Support for All MDGs
Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Healthcare Information and the MDGs
Donna Barry, Global Health Policy Changes to Achieve the MDGs
Bob DiCalogero, Ownership of the MDGs
Ruth Mufute, How to Reach the MDGs in Africa
Ruth Hope, How to Improve HIV/AIDS Programs for Better Results
Rachel Sanders, Family Planning and the MDGs: Saving Lives, Saving Resources
Catherine Connor, Strengthening Health Systems to Reach the MDGs
David Egilman, Why the Current Approach to the MDGs is not Working and will not Work
Henry Perry, Lessons from Community-Based Programs to Reach the MDGs
Sandy Hoar, A New Way to Leverage Community Assets to Meet the MDGs
Marie-Ange Binagwaho, Low-Tech Ways to Achieve the MDGs: the Example of Integrated Cooking
Tonya Giannoni, Integrated Strategies for Teaching and Learning
Suzanne Rainey, How Online Technology can Accelerate Reaching the MDGs
Tamara Windau, The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
Kevin Anderson, Roadmap to End Global Hunger
James Griffin, The Role of the Private Sector in Reaching the MDGs
Timothy Williams, Monitoring and Evaluation as a Foundation for Achieving Health-Related MDGs
Kate Tulenko, Innovations in Expanding and Retaining Health Workers
Karen LeBan, The Role of NGOs in Reaching the MDGs
Jenny Bardwell, Motivating Adolescents to Address Community Health Issues and a Pipeline for Their Future in Health Careers
Stephanie Paulsen, Adolescents: A New Strategy for Family Led Health initiatives with Diabetes Education to Protect and Defend Our Families in Rural Appalachia
Abi Fapohunda, Train the Trainer on Public Health Issues in Niger State and the Importance of Collecting Health Data
John Pearson, The Development of Medical Schools Responsibility to Improve the Health Care in the Locale Region in Developing Nations: A West Virginia University —South Africa Experience
Priscah Mujuru, 2009 Health and Human Rights: A Closer Look to MGD for Africa
