| Satellite Events | Community Health in the SDG Era |
Community Health in the SDG Era
Friday, April 7, 2017
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Room: Gunston
Washington Hilton Hotel - Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
REGISTRATION
- Attendees registered for the 2017 CUGH Conference of April 7 - 9, 2017 are invited to attend.
Additional registration for this session is not required.
Additional registration for this session is not required.
SATELLITE SESSION ORGANIZER
Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
FOCUS OF SATELLITE SESSION
The purpose of this session is to advance the understanding of the opportunities and challenges - financial, human resources, programmatic, social-political - for institutionalizing viable and resilient platforms for community health investments.
SATELLITE SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session will set the stage for advancing community health policies and programs within the context of primary care systems as a foundation for driving community engagement in the new UN Global Strategy for Women's Children's and Adolescents' Health. Speakers will characterize the roles of communities as resources in systems to achieve the SDG goals in health and highlight how some countries are working towards sustaining and scaling up partnerships with communities.
