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Arch Gen Intern Med 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3

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International Conference on

FAMILY MEDICINE AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS

October 16-17, 2017 | Toronto, Canada

Conclusions:

Investments in community-based health service

delivery contributed to continued access to lifesaving treatment

for child pneumonia and diarrhea during the Ebola outbreak;

making communities more resilient when facility-based

health services were impacted by the crisis. To maximize the

effectiveness of these interventions during a crisis, proactive

training of CHWs in infection prevention and “No Touch iCCM”

guidelines, strengthening drug supply chain management, and

finding alternative ways to provide supportive supervision when

movements are restricted are recommended

Speaker Biography

Dr. Salim Sohani has a medical degree from the University of Karachi and Masters in

Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. He has over 25 years’ experience

working in Africa, Asia and the Americas with a major focus on health systems

strengthening. His specific area of interest has been reproductive, maternal, newborn,

child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) throughout the continuum of emergency

response to recovery and development. In his capacity as Director of the Global

Health Unit, he is currently leading a multidisciplinary team of health experts who are

responsible for providing technical advice and support to all Canadian Red Cross health

programming, initiatives which are being implemented in diverse and challenging

contexts. The team provides the technical leadership in developing, maintaining and

disseminating the operational frameworks for the CRC’s global health programming.

In addition, the team leads the CRC’s health policy dialogue with the International Red

Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and engages on key health policy initiatives with

the Government of Canada and global health institutions. Under his leadership the

GHU team is also providing technical support to CRC programs through evidence-based

monitoring and evaluation and in using the findings to strengthen programs through

quality assurance. Salim has worked with and / or provided consultancy support to

organizations such as the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, Aga Khan

Health Services in East Africa, the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Agri team

and the Aga Khan University, and has authored and co-authored several publications,

among them publications with a focus on equity based interventions for mothers and

children.