ACADEMIC PARTNERS MEETING
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
April 17-19, 2006

Monday, April 17         
CHAIR: Robert Blum, Chair, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences

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9:00-9:15a  
Welcome and introductions  
Robert Blum, Amy Tsui
    
9:15- 9:35a  
Review of agenda

Gates Institute updates: “Developing the Social Vaccine”
Presenter: Amy Tsui, JHSPH

REPOSITIONING FAMILY PLANNING

9:35-9:55a  Family planning and equity
Presenter: Duff Gillespie, Gates Institute
    
9:55a-12:00n   Repositioning Family Planning          
Presenter: Joan Robertson, USAID
               Elizabeth Schoenecker, USAID
               Yogesh Rajkotia 
               Lois Schaefer

12:00n- 1:00p participants working in groups
Facilitators: Facilitators:  Tsiri Agbenyega (#1), Getnet Mitike (#2), Frank Taulo (#3)

Chair:  Laurie Zabin, Professor, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences

1:30-2:15p  Report out: the way forward

2:30-3:00p  The Fertility Transition in Ghana, Kenya and Senegal : Effects of Ideation and Economic Indicators
Presenter: Agbessi Amouzou
  
3:15-5:00p  African Union Policy Framework on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

• Review of framework
• Potential contributions from the Gates partner programs
• Planning September partner meeting in Maputo

Presenter: Oladosu Ojengbede; Agnes Chimbiri; Yemane Berhane
  

Tuesday, April 18   
Chair:  Jane Bertrand, Professor and Director JHU Center for Communication Programs

8:30-9:30a   Male circumcision and HIV transmission
Presenter: Ron Gray

9:30-10:30a   Welcome and comments on Hopkins SPH linkages
Dean Michael Klag

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AT PARTNER INSTITUTIONS:  CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

10:45-11:45a  Partner panel organized by Isabella Quakyi

Addressed the following questions, along with those the panel identifies:

•  What will it take to make your Gates-affiliated program the most recognized site for outstanding policy relevant research on population and reproductive health by 2010 and 2015?
•  What can be done to incorporate returning overseas graduates as productive faculty researchers in your program?
•  How does your program ensure that its strong science is translated to inform and guide national PRH activity?

Presenter: Participants

12:30-1:30p  Partner panel organized by Ebenezer Ojofeitimi

Addressed the following questions, along with those the panel identifies:

• What will it take to make your Gates-affiliated program the most recognized site for outstanding training in population and reproductive health by 2010 and 2015?
•  How does your program ensure that its graduates become the future leaders of national PRH activity?
•  How will your program ensure continuity in training and research after Gates support ends?

EMERGING PARTNERSHIPS

1:30p-1:50p  Assiut University
Presenter: Ali Zarzour/ Omaima El-Gibaly

1:30p-1:50p  University of West Indies
Presenter: Patricia Anderson/ Chuks Uche

2:10-2:30p  Questions/Discussion 2:30-2:45p  Gates Institute future directions
Amy Tsui

3:00-4:15 JHPIEGO presentation on family planning project activities
Presenter: Ron Magarick; Catharine McKaig; Ricky Lu; Rebecca Dineen
    
4:30-6:00p  CCP presentation on family planning project activities and information resources
Presenter: Jane Bertrand; Bill Glass; Linda Leonard

Wednesday, April 19   

8:30a-9:30a  Introducing the Center for Global Health
Presenter: Tom Quinn, Director of Center for Global Health Sciences

9:30-11:00a   Updates from:

• Addis Ababa University
• Obafemi Awolowo University
• University of Malawi
• University of Ibadan
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• University of Ghana

11:15-12:45p  Meeting for participants of Men’s Reproductive Health Study
Gbola Oni