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8:30AM-10:00AM
Plenary Session #5
The SEAM Experience—Enhancing Access to Medicines: Lessons Learned and Country Impact/Needs (Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Malebona Precious Matsoso, WHO, Switzerland

• What Have We Learned from the First Five Years of SEAM?
  Keith Johnson, MSH, USA
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• Country Impact and Needs—Tanzania
  Gabriel Upunda, Chief Medical Officer, MOH, Tanzania
   
• Country Impact and Needs—El Salvador
  Dr. José Guillermo Maza Brizuela, Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, El Salvador
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• Country Impact and Needs—Ghana
  Major Courage E.K. Quashigah, Minister of Health, Ghana
   
• Discussion

10:00AM-10:30AM
Break

10:30AM-12:00PM
Plenary Session #6
The SEAM Experience—Enhancing Access to Medicines: The Potential for Private Sector Initiatives and Multi-Institutional and Regional Collaboration (Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Zafrullah Chowdury, Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh

• Private Sector Impact in Promoting Public Health Goals and Needs: The Future of Franchising
  Alex Banful, GSMF International, Ghana
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• Building Sustainable Access to Affordable Essential Health Care in Underserved Communities
  John Sheptor, MSH, USA
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• Horror Movies and Medieval Cathedrals—Some Thoughts on
  Scaling Up Supply Systems
  Malcolm Clark, MSH, Australia
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• Multi-institutional and Regional Needs and Collaboration: How to Make it Work
  Gilbert Buckle, National Catholic Secretariat, Ghana
   
• Discussion

12:00PM-1:00PM
Lunch Break

1:00PM-2:30PM
Plenary Session #7
Innovation and Marketing in Global Health Initiatives (Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Alex Banful, GSMF International, Ghana

• Innovation in Global Health Initiatives: How Do We Measure Impact and Success?
  David Lee, MSH, USA
   
• Expanding the Coverage of Effective Malaria Treatment in Africa: Exploring the Role of the Retail Sector in the Distribution of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy (ACT)
  Catherine Goodman, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
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• From Technical Assistance to Technical Collaboration in Global Health Initiatives
  Jorge Jimenez de la Jara, Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
   
• Discussion

2:30PM-3:00PM
Break

3:00PM-5:00PM
Plenary Session #8
General Closing Session: Recommendations and Next Steps (Room: Adae Kesie)
Moderator: Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, Director General, Ghana Health Services

• Recommendations Stemming from Parallel Track Technical Discussions
  Moderators of Parallel Track Sessions
  
  • Track 1. Models for Enhancing Drug Access through Private- and Multi-Sector Initiatives Utilizing Drug/Chemical Sellers
     
  • Track 2&8. Pharmaceutical Service Quality Assurance and Adherence Strategies for Resource-Limited Environments
     
  • Track 3. Access and Patient Safety: Pharmacovigilance and Information Reporting
     
    • Recommendation for an International Convention against Counterfeit Medicines
    
    
  • Track 4. Innovative Approaches to Enhanced Policy, Regulatory, and Management Effectiveness
     
  • Track 5. Health Care Financing in Resource-Limited Environments (Case Studies) and Improving Results through Use of Performance-Based Payment
     
  • Track 6. Pharmaceutical Product Quality Assurance Mechanisms and Alternatives to Traditional Supply Systems for Resource-Limited Environments
     
  • Track 7. Multi-Institutional and Regional Collaboration for Improved Availability of Drugs and Other Health Commodities
     
• Next Steps: The Donor Perspective—Panel Discussion
  Saul Walker, DFID, UK
  Sally Stansfield, Gates Foundation, USA
   
• Moving forward: Now
  Graham Dukes, University of Oslo, Norway
   
• Closing Remarks
  Sally Stansfield, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Jonathan Quick, Management Sciences for Health
  Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, Ghana Health Services
   

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