8:30- 09:15: Registration

Inaugural Session

9:30-11:30
Chair: Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon'ble Union Minister, Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

• Welcome address: Mr. Keshav Desiraju, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, MoHFW, India

• Setting the landscape: Speaker: Dr. Robert Black, Prof. and Chairman International Health, JHSPH

• India's Progress on Child Survival & Development, Success & Challenges and way forward: Speaker: Ms. Anuradha Gupta, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, MoHFW, India

• Address by: Ms. Nancy J Powell, United States Ambassador to India

• Address by: Shri S. Gandhiselvan, Hon'ble Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare, Government of India

• Address by: Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon'ble Union Minister, Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

• Vote of thanks by: Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Secretary (RCH), MoHFW

11:30-12:00 Tea/Coffee Break

Theme 1: New Born Health and Child Survival- Continuum of Care

12:00-13:00
Chair: Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon'ble Union Minister, Health and Family Welfare, India
Co-Chair: Mr. David Oot, Associate- Vice President, Department of Health and Nutrition Save the Children, (USA)

• MDG and beyond, Regional perspective( South Asia) on Child Survival:
  Speaker: Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta; Endowed Professor, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
  (20 Min)
• Continuum of care: the importance for child survival: Speaker Dr. Elizabeth Mason, Director MNCH, WHO -HQ ( 15 Min)
• Global and Regional Lessons: Speaker: Dr. Mickey Chopra, UNICEF-HQ (15 Min)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

 

Theme 1: New Born Health and Child Survival- Continuum of Care (continued)

14:00- 15:30

Chair: Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hon’ble Union Minister, Health and Family Welfare, India
Co-Chair: Mr. David Oot, Associate- Vice President, Department of Health and Nutrition Save the Children, (USA)

• An unprecedented opportunity and an unprecedented responsibility: Speaker: Dr. Jose Martines, WHO-HQ (20 Min)

• Newborn health trajectory in India: Speaker: Prof. Vinod Paul, Head Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS (20 Min)

Discussion

15:30-16:00 Tea/Coffee Break

Theme 2: Quality Newborn Care through Communitisation Process

16:00-18:00
Chair: Mr. Keshav Desiraju, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, MoHFW, India

Co- Chair:  Dr. Muhammad Musa, CEO, CARE India

• Home based newborn care practices: Indian experience:  Speaker: Dr. Abhay Bang, SEARCH, India ( 15 Min)

• Addressing neonatal mortality through PLA: Speaker: Dr. Nirmala Nair, Ekjut (10 Min)

• Peripheral referral health centers and crèche programme-experience sharing from Bilaspur: Speaker Dr. Yogesh Jain, Jan Swasthya Sahyog, India (15 Min)

• Child health screening & early intervention services: Speaker Mr. Vikas Kharage, Mission Director, Maharashtra (10 Min)

• Support to children with multiple disabilities: Speaker Dr. Poonam Natrajan, Chairperson of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (10 Min)

• Karnataka Internet Assisted Diagnosis of ROP (KIDROP): Speaker: Dr. Anand Vinekar, Narayana Nethralaya , India
  (15 Min)

Discussion

Evening Program

Cultural Program: 19.00-20.30
Gala Dinner: 20.30 Onwards