Global Imbalance and Social Inclusion 2022 Round-Up

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The Irish Global Health Network (IGHN) Conference – Global Imbalance and Social Inclusion was co-hosted with the HSE Global Health Programme and sponsored by Irish Aid. The conference was a hybrid event and was held on 26th and 27th October 2022.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME EVENT SUMMARY SPEAKER BIOS ABSTRACT BOOKLET

 

ONLINE POSTERS PHOTOS RECORDINGS HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO CONFERENCE PARTNERS

 

EVALUATION

Day 1 and Day 2 MCs

Dr David Weakliam, Global Health Programme Director, HSE
Nadine Ferris France, Executive Director, IGHN

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Professor Emma Stokes, Vice President for Global Engagement, TCD
Dr Enida Friel, IGHN Board Member and Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, GOAL
Michael Gaffey, Director General, Irish Aid
Sarah O’Toole, CEO, CBM Ireland
Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf, Chairperson of IGHN Board and Associate Professor in Public Health, Director of Public Health Programme, University of Birmingham Dubai

Morning Plenaries

Keynote Speakers

Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer, HSE

Day 1: Health Systems Resilience

Siobhan Walsh, CEO, GOAL

Day 1: Health Systems Resilience

Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of Health Emergencies Programme, WHO

Day 2: Leadership, Representation, and Inclusion

Robbie Lawlor, Activist, Co-founder Access to Medicines Ireland

Day 2: Leadership, Representation, and Inclusion

Co-Chairs

Jim Clarken, CEO, Oxfam
Aidan Desjardins, Student Rep, IGHN Student Outreach Team
Anne Holmes, Health Policy Co-Lead, DFA’s Development Cooperation and Africa Division, Irish Aid
Dr Ciara Conlan, Co-founder, Access to Medicines Ireland and Doctors for Vaccine Equity

Afternoon Plenaries

Panelists

Dr Julian Eaton, Mental Health Director, CBM Global

Day 1: Access to Healthcare

Pamela Molina Toledo, Executive Director, World Federation of the Deaf

Day 1: Access to Healthcare

Dr Margaret Fitzgerald, Former National Public Health Lead Social Inclusion and Vulnerable Groups, HSE

Day 1: Access to Healthcare

Dr Mary Keogh, Advocacy Director, CBM Global

Day 2: Women in Leadership

Eunice T Phillip, Global Health PhD scholar, RCSI and national coordinator of the Student Outreach Team, IGHN

Day 2: Women in Leadership

Ailbhe Smyth, Activist, Academic, Chairperson of Women’s Aid

Day 2: Women in Leadership

Dr Frederique Vallieres, Director of the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin

Day 2: Women in Leadership

Moderators

Priscilla Lynch, Clinical Editor, Medical Independent

Day 1: Access to Healthcare

Audrey Carville, Journalist, RTE

Day 2: Women in Leadership

Day 1 Evening Sessions

Sally Hayden Book Launch

Sally Hayden, Journalist and Photographer

‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ Book Launch

Pre-recorded interview with Sally Hayden

Trigger Warning: sexual violence, suicide

Day 1 Round Up - Comments and Takeaways

Nadine Ferris France, Executive Director, IGHN

Women in Global Health Ireland Launch

Morgane Clarke and Tejaswy Swathi introduce delegates to the Ireland chapter of Women in Global Health

Lancet Countdown Launch 2022 Report and Policy Briefs

Speakers

Prof Karyn Morrissey, the Lancet Commission
Dr Ina Kelly, Consultant in Public Health Medicine

Session Chair

Dr Tim Collins, CEO Irish Heart Foundation and Spokesperson, Climate Health Alliance

WGH Ireland Workshop: Gender Equality for Global Health: Leadership in Politics, Public Life & the Workplace

Speakers

Ailbhe Smyth, Activist, Academic, Chairperson of Women’s Aid
Peggy Maguire, Director General of the European Institute of Women’s Health

Key Correspondents Summary

Dr Ian Hodgson, Associate Editor of the journal Ethnicity and Health, and Academic Supervisor for Global Health-Based Research Studies

Parallel Sessions

Day 1 Morning Session 1: Health Systems Resilience - COVID-19

Marie Hallissey

From Health Crisis to Health Resilience – A Systems Approach to Resilient Health

James Larkin

How did the Irish State respond to global COVID-19 vaccine inequity

Niamh Caffrey

Trust in a Time of Crisis

Dr Pieternella Pieterse

Unsalaried Health Workers in Sierra Leone

Day 1 Morning Session 2: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Dr Charles Masulani Mwale

Effectiveness of an intervention in reducing distress among caregivers of disabled children

Dr Katie McQuillan

A Systematic Review of Effective Education-Based MHPSS Practices for Migrant and Refugee Youth

Dr Tania Bosqui

Including fathers in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for at-risk adolescents

Dr Shona Jane Lee

Health inequalities among young people in Ireland: an exploratory stakeholder analysis

Julia Corey

My LGBTI+ Voice Matters: The Views and Experiences of LGBTI+ Mental Health Service Users in Ireland

Day 1 Morning Session 3: Community Engagement for Health

Frank Aldo Okello

Community Participation to Build and Sustain Local Capacity for Health Service Delivery, South Sudan

Geraldine McCrossan

Community Led Action (CLA): putting communities at the centre of the COVID-19 response

Eunice T Phillip

Removing the tick-box process from community participatory approaches

Day 1 Afternoon Session 1: Community Response for Resilience

Aida Mohajeri and Margaret Turley

Special Olympics International: Supporting families of Special Olympics athletes during COVID-19

Prof Sarah Miller

Participation in early childhood programmes and social cohesion in Mali

Marie Hallissey

A Mapping of GOAL’s Cash, Vouchers and Social Protection Interventions Linked with Health

Day 1 Afternoon Session 2: Human Resources for Health

Lucia Brocato

An “Ireland Inc.” Response to the Surgical Care Crisis in East, Central and Southern Africa

Dr Emily Wallace

Postpartum Haemorrhage in Low-Resource Settings: Barriers to Treatment and Enabling Solutions

Dr Charlene McShane

Non-communicable diseases and the caring role in Uganda

Habtamu Mekuria

Direct Nutrition Service Provision by CONCERN Sudan to Government Lead Delivery Through Empowerment

Day 1 Afternoon Session 3: Conflict

Dr Zenon Ndikuriyo

Mobile Clinics: Alternative Model of Care in Conflict-Affected Settings Within COVID-19 Context Chad

Dr Jessica Mc Girr and Dr Aoibhinn Walsh

Crisis, conflict and children’s health: The CHI response to the Ukrainian conflict

Molly Gilmour

Exploring the Challenges and Potentials of Using Participatory Methods in Humanitarian Medical Care

Dr Michael Hanrahan

Estimating the prevalence of HIV among Ukrainian refugees in Ireland

Day 2 Morning Session 1: Local and Global

Dr Johannes Alfons Karl

Assessing global health: Are you sure you are measuring what you think you are measuring?

Dr Ines Peric

Global Surgical Training Challenge Mentorship Programme – Supporting Innovation in Surgical Training

Isobel Stanley

Irish Fruit and Vegetable Imports from Climate-vulnerable Countries.

Dr Collette Kirwan

Using Mobility Learning in Enhancing Nurse Education on Global Health Inequalities

Dr Tessa O' Gorman

HepCare Plus: Enhancing Primary Care Identification & Treatment of Hepatitis C in High-Risk Patients

Day 2 Morning Session 2: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation - Child and Adolescent Health

Aline Conayisavye

Social Mobilisation to Prevent Child Malnutrition and Key Childhood Illnesses in Burundi

Dr Jessica Mc Girr

Social adversity and Healthcare Provision: A snap shot of considerations for child health in Ireland

Dr Laura Dunne

Exploring Developmental Outcomes for Children attending Community-based Pre-Schools in Timor-Leste

Dr Aoibhinn Walsh

Paediatric Inclusion Health: Equitable healthcare for children experiencing social adversity

Dr Siobhán Neville

Improving Outcomes for Children Living in Homelessness: a Scoping Review

Day 2 Morning Session 3: Empowerment - Health Care Leadership and Representation

Gareth Jones

The experiences of young leaders implementing HIV prevention in humanitarian settings

Dr. Maina Edwin Mbugua

Empowering mothers & caretakers to screen U5 children for malnutrition using Family MUAC in Kenya

Rachael Twinem and Kate Brownlow

Who is accountable for equity? An analysis of the critical actors in COVID-19 vaccination response

Dr Flory Amundala

Cash Transfers for Emergency Healthcare in Humanitarian Settings: the Case of Burkina Faso

Day 2 Afternoon Session 1: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation - Adult Health

Kisira Yeeko

Susceptibility of persons with disabilities to landslides in Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda

Dr Eoin Somers

Migrants and the Exacerbation of Inequities Associated with the Emergence of Monkeypox in Ireland

Katie Essene Deevy

Rockcourt Medical: Social Prescribing in an Irish General Practice

Dr Paula Quigley

Improving Nutrition Programming to Reach Vulnerable Populations: Practical Guidance for Implementers

Day 2 Afternoon Session 2: Tackling Stigma

Tazeen Hossain

Shibalaya Health Model – making mainstream health services inclusive in Bangladesh

Hatty Barthorp

The importance of key influencers & an enabling environment for healthy behaviours: Ethiopia

Dr Brendan O'Shea

Using IBSR to address self stigma in people with severe spectrum obesity attending general practice

Conor Maguire

Attitudes of teachers in Bulgarian kindergartens towards inclusive education

Day 2 Afternoon Session 3: Models of Care and Equitable Health Care Delivery

Dr Emranul Haq

Health Financing: A Sustainable Social Protection Measure for Vulnerable Urban Poor in Bangladesh

Dr Gillian Manchip and Adele Mazzoleni

Exploring barriers and facilitators to Surgery for people experiencing homelessness in the UK

Catherine Jamison

Establishing diabetic eye screening in Dodoma, Tanzania

Dr Katie Curran

CHILDSTAR: CHIldren Living with Diabetes See and Thrive with AI Review

Emma Pettey and Paul Liton

Integrated Health & Rehabilitation Services in Mass Displacement: A model for inclusive healthcare

Co-Chairs For Parallel Sessions

Dr Lesley O'Hara, General Manager, St. John of God Research Foundation

Co-chair for Day 1 Morning Parallel Session 1: Health Systems Resilience – COVID-19

Amy Ennis, Recruitment Coordinator, 2into3 Nonprofit Recruitment

Co-chair for Day 1 Morning Parallel Session 1: Health Systems Resilience – COVID-19

Thora Burgess, General Manager, HSE Global Health Programme

Co-chair for Day 1 Morning Parallel Session 2: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Aoibhinn Collery, Conference Officer and Intern, IGHN and ESTHER Ireland

Co-chair for Day 1 Morning Parallel Session 2: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Dr Nuha Ibrahim, Lecturer in Public Health, University of Limerick

Co-chair for Day 1 Morning Parallel Session 3: Community Engagement for Health

Dr Enida Friel, IGHN Board Member and Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, GOAL

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 1: Community Response for Resilience

Ben Davison, Master Graduate of Development Practice, TCD

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 1: Community Response for Resilience

Dr Frederique Vallieres, Director of the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 2: Human Resources for Health

Jill Pati, Masters of Public Health Student, University of Limerick and Practicum Student, Doras

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 2: Human Resources for Health

Jacinta Greene, Nutrition and Health Study Group Coordinator, Development Studies Association of Ireland, and Paediatric Dietitian, Children Health Ireland (CHI)

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 3: Conflict

Fatima Mahi, BSc Health and Society Student, Dublin City University

Co-chair for Day 1 Afternoon Parallel Session 3: Conflict

Dr Unarose Hogan, Senior Infection Control Advisor, Americares Foundation, and IGHN Board Member

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 1: Local and Global

James Larkin, Health & Vaccine Equity Coordinator, Oxfam Ireland

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 1: Local and Global

Pamela Molina, Executive Director, World Federation of the Deaf

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 2: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation – Child and Adolescent Health

Prince Banda, Global Health Social Worker

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 2: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation – Child and Adolescent Health

John Fleming, CEO, Saint John of God Foundation

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 3: Empowerment – Health Care Leadership and Representation 

Anne Cronin, Social Care Manager, Homeless Healthlink Team, HSE

Co-chair for Day 2 Morning Parallel Session 3: Empowerment – Health Care Leadership and Representation 

Niamh Caffrey, Health Project Officer, Misean Cara

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 1: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation – Adult Health

Meaghan Higgins-Coyne, Admin Assistant, Misean Cara

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 1: Social Inclusion and Marginalisation – Adult Health

Dr Steve MacDonald, Lecturer in Public Health, University of Limerick

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 2: Tackling Stigma

Maria Gonzalez, Programmes Officer, Beyond Stigma

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 2: Tackling Stigma

Dr Ines Peric, Education Programme Officer in the RCSI Institute of Global Surgery

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 3: Models of Care and Equitable Health Care Delivery

Tuba Yavuz, MSc in Global Health Graduate

Co-chair for Day 2 Afternoon Parallel Session 3: Models of Care and Equitable Health Care Delivery

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