| SUNDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2015 | |
| All day | Arrivals and on-site check-in |
| 18:00–21:00 | Welcome event |
| MONDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2015 | |
| 7:30–8:30 | Tea & coffee |
| 7:30–9:00 | Arrivals and on-site check-in |
| 8:30–10:30 | Opening ceremony |
| 10:30–11:00 | Tea & coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Concurrent sessions: Group 1 |
| 12:30–13:30 | Buffet lunch |
| 13:30–15:00 | Concurrent sessions: Group 2 |
| 15:00–15:30 | Tea & coffee break |
| 15:30–17:00 | Plenary session — The Next Frontier: Approaches to Advance the Quality of Maternal Newborn Health Care |
| 17:00–18:00 | Poster session: Group A |
| 18:30–20:00 | Dinner reception with cultural program |
| TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2015 | |
| 7:00–8:30 | Tea & coffee |
| 8:00–9:00 | Poster sessions: Group B |
| 9:00–10:30 | Plenary session — Benefiting Mothers and Newborns through Integrated Care |
| 10:30–11:00 | Tea & coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Concurrent sessions: Group 3 |
| 12:30–13:30 | Buffet lunch |
| 13:30–14:30 | Concurrent sessions: Group 4 |
| 14:30–15:00 | Tea & coffee break |
| 15:00–17:00 | Marketplace of Ideas and Skill demonstration sessions |
| 17:00–18:00 | Poster session: Group C |
| 18:30–20:00 | Dinner reception |
| WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2015 | |
| 7:00–8:30 | Tea & coffee |
| 8:00–9:00 | Poster sessions: Group D |
| 9:00–10:30 | Large concurrent sessions |
| 10:30–11:00 | Tea & coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Concurrent sessions: Group 5 |
| 12:30–13:30 | Buffet lunch |
| 13:30–15:00 | Concurrent sessions: Group 6 |
| 15:00–15:30 | Tea & coffee break |
| 15:30–16:30 | Plenary session — Addressing Equity and Reaching the Most Vulnerable Mothers and Newborns |
| 16:30–17:00 | Closing Ceremony |
Welcome event
Welcoming Remarks by the GMNHC2015 Co-Chairs
- Koki Agarwal
Director, USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program - Ana Langer
Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health - Joy Riggs-Perla
Director, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children
Reflections from
- Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami
Former Dean, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health - Christopher Elias
President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Pablo Kuri Morales
Undersecretary of Health, Secretariat of Health of Mexico - Ariel Pablos-Méndez
Assistant Administrator for Global Health, Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator, USAID - Geeta Rao Gupta
Deputy Executive Director, Programmes, UNICEF
With a special performance by
Abelone Melese
Performing Artist and UNICEF National Ambassador, Ethiopia
Opening Ceremony
Video in English | en Español | en Français
Video of Hans Rosling’s presentation: in English | en Español | en Français
Moderated by
Ana Langer
Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Official Conference Opening by
Mercedes Juan López
Secretary of Health, Secretariat of Health of Mexico
Featuring
- Melinda Gates
Co-chair and Trustee, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Babatunde Osotimehin
Executive Director, UNFPA and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations - Hans Rosling
Co-founder, Gapminder Foundation and Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute
PLENARY
The Next Frontier: Approaches to Advance the Quality of Maternal Newborn Health Care
Introduction by
Ana Langer
Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderated by
Richard Horton
Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
- Fernando Althabe
Director, Department of Mother and Child Health Research Department, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy - Address Malata
Vice President, International Confederation of Midwives - Mouzinho Saide
Vice Minister of Health of Mozambique - Vinod Paul
Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre on Newborn Health for South East Asia Region - Harshad Sanghvi
Vice President Innovations and Medical Director, Jhpiego
PLENARY
Benefiting Mothers and Newborns through Integrated Care
Introduction by
Koki Agarwal
Director, USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program
Moderated by
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Professor, Hospital for Sick Children and Founding Director, Centre of Excellence, Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University
- Joy Lawn
Professor of Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health and Director of the MARCH Center, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Nosa Orobaton
Chief of Party, USAID/Nigeria Targeted States High Impact Project, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. - Jane Otai
Senior Program Advisor, Jhpiego - Pronita Rani Raha
Midwife and Nursing Instructor, Dhaka Nursing College - José Villar
Professor of Perinatal Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Co-director of the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
PLENARY
Addressing Equity and Reaching the Most Vulnerable Mothers and Newborns
Introduction by
Joy Riggs-Perla
Director, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children
Moderated by
Alain Damiba
Senior Vice President, Jhpiego
Carolyn Miles
President and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children
- Anuradha Gupta | presentation slides
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance - Cesar Victora | presentation slides
Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas - Alicia Ely Yamin | presentation slides
Policy Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University and Lecturer on Law and Global Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Closing Ceremony
Introduction by Conference Co-Directors
Mary Nell Wegner
Executive Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Mary Kinney
Senior Specialist, Global Evidence and Advocacy, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children
Moderated by
Katja Iversen
Chief Executive Officer, Women Deliver
- Richard Horton
Editor in Chief, The Lancet - Mary Mwanyika-Sando
Director, African Academy for Public Health
Official Close from Conference Co-Chairs
- Koki Agarwal
Director, USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program/Jhpiego - Ana Langer
Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health - Joy Riggs-Perla
Director, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children