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31st MPA Annual Congress - 9th IAAH World Congress Book of Abstracts
2 November 2009
Plenary 1 : Safer Sex From ABC To Z: Teaching Youth The Full Alphabet
Willard Cates, USA
Dr Ward Cates is President, Research at Family Health International. Prior to this, he was based at the Centre for Disease Control for two decades where he directed STD/HIV Prevention efforts before heading CDC’s abortion surveillance activities. His professional passion is sexual health - the intersection of the fields of family planning and sexually transmitted infections. His vision embraces a sexual “wellness” rather than a sexual “disease” orientation. He believes that educating a new generation of global youth in positive sexual health approaches will be essential to public health progress in this field. Dr Cates received his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University, a master’s degree in history from King’s College, Cambridge University, and a combined MD/MPH degree from Yale School of Medicine. His clinical training in Internal Medicine was at the University of Virginia Hospital. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and a past President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. Dr Cates has authored or co-authored over 450 scientific
publications. He is co-author of Contraceptive Technology and a past co-editor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2nd edition.
Plenary 2: The Globally Connected Generation: Unleashing The Power Of Youth Participation
Michael Furdyk, Canada
Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Technology for TakingITGlobal.org, a global online community for young people that engages hundreds of thousands of youth in over 200 countries and territories. The site acts as a platform, resource, and network for the next generation, and connects young people together to help them be more effective in their quest for learning, expression, and the creation of positive change. This includes a range of sexual health promotion initiatives, including HIV prevention. As one of Teen People’s “20 teens that will change the world”, Michael has shared his opinions about Youth Engagement and experiences as a member of the Net Generation including the US Government’s National Youth Summit, and consults widely to corporations on Youth Engagement efforts, including Microsoft.
Plenary 3: Narimah Awin In Conversation With Michael Resnick
Narimah Awin, Malaysia
Dato’ Dr. Narimah Awin is currently serving as the Regional Adviser for Making Pregnancy Safer at WHO Regional Office of the Western Pacific Region in Manila, Phillipines After her graduation from the Assam Medical College, India in 1976, she obtained the Masters in Public Health from the University of Phillipines in 1982. She served in the Ministry of Health Malaysia for almost 30 years and retired from the civil service in 2007 as Director of Family Health Development Division. She was instrumental in planning the National Adolescent Health Policy in Malaysia. She has presented more than 200 papers on various topics in Public Health at seminars, conferences,
scientific meetings and conducted research in various aspects of public health. In 2005, she served as consultant to WHO/WPRO in the development of the document “Investing in our Future : A Framework for Accelerating Action for Sexual and Reproductive health of Young People”, a joint project of WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA Her special interests includes Family Health, including maternal and child health; and the newer and “expanded” scopeof Family Health including women’s health and gender issues; and all aspects of adolescent health especially sexual and reproductive health of adolescents.
Plenary 4: Respecting And Protecting The Rights Of Adolescents: A Pre-Requisite For Advancing Adolescent Health And Development
Marcus Stahlhofer, WHO, Switzerland
Marcus Stahlhofer is Human Rights Adviser for the Department of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) at the World Health Organization’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. He coordinates the work of WHO in the area of children’s rights, and is responsible for the integration and application of international human rights norms and standards to various aspects of the Organization’s work on child and adolescent health. His work ranges from training of WHO staff, Government officials and health professionals to developing and implementing rights-based guidelines lines and tools to strengthen national legal and policy environments to support child and adolescent health policies and programmes. Prior to his post with WHO, Mr Stahlhofer worked as a volunteer and human rights specialist in refugee camps in Croatia during the armed conflict, and worked at UNAIDS as associate human rights adviser. He holds degrees in International Relations and International Human Rights Protection from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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