2nd Annual Learning Forum on Global Health Research

Using Knowledge for Program Planning and Implementation

REGISTRATION

You can Register Online for the Learning Forum. You will be directed to our secure and interactive membership services site. Early bird rates are now available!

Register before October 1st to receive these fantastic rates:

Regular CCGHR Member: $129
Student/Retired CCGHR Member: $49
Non-member: $169
Student/Retired Non-member: $99

After October 1st, 2010

Regular CCGHR Member: $159
Student/Retired CCGHR Member: $89
Non-member: $199
Student/Retired Non-member: $129

All fees include breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks and full-day participation in plenary presentations, workshops, and other activities.

When and where?

The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research is pleased to present the Global Health Research Learning Forum: Using Knowledge for Program Planning and Implementation. This special one-day event will be held on Saturday, October 30th, 2010 at the Minto Suites Hotel in Ottawa, Canada [ View Map ].

The Day

The Coalition’s annual capacity-building event, the Learning Forum, will allow knowledge users (program planners) and knowledge generators (researchers) to meet and learn from one another about how to interact more effectively. Participants will be able to establish partnerships, network, build capacity in knowledge translation, learn from successful global health knowledge translation case studies, and come away with an abundance of resources.

The objectives for the Learning Forum are:

To explore how program planners can access, assess, adapt and apply knowledge in designing programs, including scientific evidence and broader organizational experience;
To introduce the principles and practices of knowledge translation;
To introduce tools and strategies for organizational learning;
To provide an opportunity for program planners and global health researchers to meet and collaborate.

Who should attend?

Global health researchers
Global health program planners and managers
Individuals from governmental and non-governmental organizations
Professionals or researchers interested in pursuing global health research projects
Undergraduate or graduate level students in a global health related program

The Program

2nd Annual Global Health Research Learning Forum: Using Knowledge for Program Planning and Implementation Saturday, October 30, 2010 Minto Suites Hotel in Ottawa, Canada
8:00 - 8:30 am	Registration & Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 am	Opening Remarks: Learning Forum Co-Chairs
9:00 - 10:00 am	Plenary Session Dr. Keith Martin, MD, Member of Parliament
10:00 - 10:30 am	Refreshment Break
Morning Workshops
10:30 - 12:30 pm	Workshop 1: Traditional Birth Attendants: what is the evidence for effectiveness? Based on a case study from Latin America, this workshop will address the controversial question: “is the use of traditional birth attendants effective in improving health outcomes? What is the evidence for this?” Workshop leaders: Dr. Salim Sohani, Senior Health Advisor, Canadian Red Cross Dr. Kioko Kiilu, Program Manager, Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya
	Workshop 2: Evidence-based program implementation: the South African experience Based on the experience of the University of Cape Town knowledge translation program, this workshop will explore how knowledge translation can guide program implementation at a district level in South Africa. Workshop leader: Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein, University of Cape Town, South Africa
	Workshop 3: Combating infectious disease through knowledge translation Based on a Teasdale-Corti supported research program in Honduras, this workshop will explore how knowledge translation strategies can influence policies, program management and public health practice in Central America. Workshop leaders: Dr. Ana Sanchez, Brock University Dr. Esteban Chaves, Associate Professor, University of Costa Rica
	Workshop 4: Knowledge-based advocacy for malaria in Cameroon This workshop will explore how knowledge translation can support advocacy programs for priority conditions, based on collaboration between a knowledge translation centre and a malaria advocacy group in Cameroon. Workshop leader: Dr. Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Centre for Demonstrating Best Practices in Health, University Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon
	Workshop 5: Introduction to Knowledge Translation for Program Managers This skill-based workshop will introduce program planners and implementers to the tools and strategies of knowledge translation. Workshop leaders: Harriet Nabudere, Uganda Sandy Campbell, CCGHR Consultant
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch During lunch, participants will have the opportunity to meet with global health research leaders for round-table discussions.
Afternoon Workshops
1:30 - 3:30 pm	Workshop 6: Traditional Birth Attendants: what is the evidence for effectiveness? Based on a case study from Latin America, this workshop will address the controversial question: “is the use of traditional birth attendants effective in improving health outcomes? What is the evidence for this?” Workshop leaders: Dr. Salim Sohani, Senior Health Advisor, Canadian Red Cross Dr. Kioko Kiilu, Program Manager, Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya
	Workshop 7: Evidence-based program implementation: the South African experience Based on the experience of the University of Cape Town knowledge translation program, this workshop will explore how knowledge translation can guide program implementation at a district level in South Africa. Workshop leader: Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein, University of Cape Town, South Africa
	Workshop 8: Combating infectious disease through knowledge translation Based on a Teasdale-Corti supported research program in Honduras, this workshop will explore how knowledge translation strategies can influence policies, program management and public health practice in Central America. Workshop leaders: Dr. Ana Sanchez, Brock University Dr. Esteban Chaves, Associate Professor, University of Costa Rica
	Workshop 9: Knowledge-based advocacy for malaria in Cameroon This workshop will explore how knowledge translation can support advocacy programs for priority conditions, based on collaboration between a knowledge translation centre and a malaria advocacy group in Cameroon. Workshop leader: Dr. Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Centre for Demonstrating Best Practices in Health, University Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon
	Workshop 10: An introduction to organizational learning This skill-based workshop will introduce program planners and other participants to innovative strategies for organizational learning, including “evaluative thinking” and other tools and strategies. Workshop leaders: Harriet Nabudere, Uganda Sandy Campbell, CCGHR Consultant
3:30 - 4:00 pm	Refreshment Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Closing Plenary Session: Synthesis and Reflection Robert Sauder, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)