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Communication and Behavior Change

What are the most effective ways for getting the public to change behavior to prevent mosquito breeding and mosquito bites and get proper access to healthcare?

Date

September 7, 2016

Time

10 - 12 HRS

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Each online session is focused on a specific problem, that has been fleshed out into a briefing to describe the root causes of the problem, current approaches in different countries, and lessons learned from other domains.

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Participants

Supporters

  • Dr. Juliet Bedford Director
    Anthrologica, United Kingdom
  • Aphaluck Bhatiasevi Technical Officer, Risk Communication
    World Health Organization, Switzerland
  • David Broniatowski Assistant Professor
    School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University
  • Professor Brian Elbel Associate Professor of Population Health and Health Policy
    NYU School of Medicine & NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, USA
  • John P. Elder Distinguished Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Public Health
    San Diego State University, USA
  • Baruch Fischhoff Howard Heinz University Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Institute for Politics and Strategy
    Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Gabrielle Hunter Program Officer Center of Communication Programs
    Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • Romaine Lacombe CEO and Co Founder
    Plume Labs
  • Miguel Luengo Ortiz Founder, Malaria Spot; Chief Data Scientist, UN Global Pulse
    Spain
  • Christopher Mast Executive Director & Area Lead for Infectious Disease
    Merck
  • Jaykumar Menon Professor of Practice
    McGill University Institute for the Study of International Development, Canada
  • María Lucía Mesa Rubio Advisor, Vice Minister
    Ministry of Health and Social Protection
  • Dr. Adriana Naim Health Programs Coordinator
    RTI International, Guatemala
  • Monserrat Narváez Project Director
    Curarse en Salud, Mexico
  • Rafael Obregon Chief, Communication for Development
    UNICEF, USA
  • Carlos Scartascini Research Economist
    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, USA
  • Dr. Magdalena Serpa Senior Program Officer, Maternal, Newborn
    Child Health & Nutrition, PATH

Government Partners

Panamá
  • Gliz Checa Promotion Department
    Ministry of Health
  • Evidelia Saavedra Promotion Department
    Ministry of Health
  • Joel González Communication Department
    Ministry of Health
  • Dr. Lizbeth Cerezo National Coordinator of Epidemiological Surveillance of Arbovirosis and Malaria
    Ministry of Health
  • Julio Ruiloba Communications
    Presidency
  • Dr. Israel Cedeño International Epidemiological Surveillance Coordinator
    Ministry of Health
  • Dr. Juan Pascale Deputy Director
    The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies
  • Dr. María Eugenia Barnett de Antinori Global Health Security Project Coordinator
    The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies
    • Argentina
    • Dr. Jorge San Juan Head of Department of Epidemiology
      Ministry of Health
    • Dr. Raul Forlenza Department of Epidemiology
      Ministry of Health
    • María Victoria Gazia Department of Epidemiology
      Ministry of Health
    • Dr. Eugenio Mirkin Department of Epidemiology
      Ministry of Health
    • Florencia Guedes Communication Services
      Ministry of Health
    • Andrea Jaitt Communication Services
      Ministry of Health
    • Tomás Dominguez Vidal Public Innovation National Direction
      Ministry of Modernization
      • Colombia
      • Ricardo Amortegui González Coordinator, Communications Group
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Jairo Hernández Márquez Coordinator, Healthy Territories Group, Subdepartment of Environmental Health
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Esmily Ruiz Varón Subdepartment of Communicable Diseases, Department of Promotion and Prevention
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Dr. María Mercedes Muñoz Coordinator of the Public Health Surveillance Group, Demography and Epidemiology Department
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Julio Padilla Specialist, Subdepartment of Communicable Diseases, Department of Promotion and Prevention
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Mónica Lucía Ramírez Subdepartment of Environmental Health
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Ana María Lara Salinas Advisor, Cooperation and International Relations
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
        • Ciudad de Río Janeiro
        • Dr. Betina Durovni Sub-Secretary of Primary Health
          Prevention and Surveillance
        • Cristina Boaretto Health Promotion Superintendent
          Secretary of Health
        • Valeria Saraceni Health Situation Analysis Coordination
          Secretary of Health
          • Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
          • Rafael Anta Lead Specialist
            Competitiveness and Innovation Division
          • Ralf Moreno Project Manager
            Social Protection and Health Division
          • Diana Pinto Health Lead Specialist, USA
            Social Protection and Health Division
            • The Governance Lab, NYU
            • Dr. Rafael Ayoub Health Research Advisor
            • Professor Beth Simone Noveck Director
            • María Hermosilla Project Manager and Research Fellow
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