CapacityPlus at the 2011 Global Health Council Conference
From June 13-17, CapacityPlus staff will gather with other global health leaders at the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health in Washington, DC. This year the conference will focus on the world’s changing demographics, the shift toward urban living, and the growing burden of chronic and noncommunicable disease.
CapacityPlus Participation at a Glance
“Drive: What Motivates Health Workers?”
Friday, June 17, 2:30-4:30 pm, Ambassador Ballroom
What incentives help health workers excel? CapacityPlus and lead partner IntraHealth International host an interactive event featuring Daniel H. Pink, author of the bestselling book Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us, and Barbara Stilwell, IntraHealth’s director of technical leadership. This event will draw on analysis of 50 years of behavioral science and conventional wisdom about human motivation and effective paths to high performance to examine how to improve the motivation, retention—and performance—of health workers.
Factors supporting the success and sustainability of stakeholder leadership groups
Tuesday, June 14, 1:45-3:15 pm
Panel presentation by James McCaffery
Private-sector preservice education of African health workers
Tuesday, June 14, 5:00-7:00 pm
Poster presented by Amanda Puckett
Stakeholder leadership groups: factors supporting success and sustainability
Tuesday, June 14, 5:00-7:00 pm
Poster presented by James McCaffery
Strategies to attract health workers in rural Uganda
Thursday, June 16, 10:15-11:45 am
Panel presentation by Wanda Jaskiewicz
In addition, IntraHealth staff will present the following work from Mali, a country in which CapacityPlus is working:
On-the-job companion training for fistula surgeons in Mali
Wednesday, June 15, 1:45-3:15 pm
Roundtable presentation by Demba Traoré
Engaging traditional healers improves malaria care in Mali
Wednesday, June 15, 5:00-7:00 pm
Poster presented by Kandian Diallo
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Photo courtesy of Daniel Pink
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