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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; ">Please forward widely. Registration (Early Bird Rate) and Abstract Submission Now Open.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font face="Georgia, serif" size="5" color="#0033AB">GH/Innovate 2010<br>
Global Health & Innovation Conference<br>
<font size="4">Presented by Unite For Sight<br>
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA<br>
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010</font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><b>Registration Now Open (Early Bird Registration Rate): </b><a href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ghinnovate.org/</u></font></a></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><b>Call For Abstracts:</b> Submit an abstract online at <a href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ghinnovate.org/</u></font></a><br>
The first deadline for abstract submission is August 15. The final abstract deadline is September 20.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font size="4" color="#CC0000">“A Meeting of Minds”—CNN</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/speakers"><font color="#0000FF"><u>200 speakers</u></font></a>, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation
sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; ">The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 participants from 55 countries. The conference challenges students, public health professionals, educators, doctors, scientists,
lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective solutions to achieve global goals.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b>Keynote Speakers</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World," Seth Godin,</b> MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Jeffrey Sachs,</b> PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor
to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Sonia Ehrlich Sachs,</b> MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b>Social Entrepreneurship Speakers</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Gene Falk,</b> Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Scott Hillstrom,</b> Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kevin Jones,</b> Co-Founder, Good Capital</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London,</b> PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"From Ideas To Action Workshop: Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London,</b> PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute
at the University of Michigan</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin,</b> CEO, Do Something</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Nicholas Lumpp,</b> Cofounder, Somaly Mam Foundation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Joia Mukherjee,</b> MD, MPH, Medical Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities,
Brigham and Women's Hospital</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Ajay Nair,</b> MBBS, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Achieving Global Health Through Community Wealth," Billy Shore</b>, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Investing in Local Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries," Jennifer Staple-Clark,</b> Founder, President and CEO, Unite For Sight</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kevin Starr,</b> MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply & Sanitation For The Poor," Gary White,</b> Executive Director, WaterPartners</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Andrew Wolk,</b> CEO, Root Cause</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b>Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Ron Adelman,</b> MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye Center</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"HIV Medication to Empower Communities: An International Model," Jesus Aguais,</b> Executive Director, Aid for AIDS</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Reconciling the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health with the Multi-dimensional Resilience Index," Astier Almedom,</b> DPhil, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy
and Global Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Agbessi Amouzou,</b> PhD, Assistant Scientist, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Tom Arnold,</b> CEO, Concern Worldwide</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Jane Aronson,</b> MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Bob Bollinger,</b> MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Peter Bourne,</b> MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair,
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kathleen Casey,</b> MD, FACS, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>James Clarke,</b> MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Luz Claudio,</b> MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Chief of the Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Paul Cleary,</b> PhD, Dean of Public Health, Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health; Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Gustavo V. de Moraes,</b> MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Prabhjot Dhadialla</b>, PhD, Program Director of Health Systems, Development and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health and Economic Development, Community Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village
Project</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Zoravar Dhaliwal</b>, CEO, Community Lab</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Amir Dossal,</b> Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Margaret Duah-Mensah,</b> RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"America's Vital Interests in Global Health," Harvey Fineberg,</b> MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Susan Forster,</b> MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kevin Frick,</b> PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Pape Gaye,</b> President and CEO, IntraHealth International</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Ilene Gipson,</b> PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Simple Solutions To Complex Problems: How A Text Message Can Save A Life," Ashifi Gogo,</b> Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Workshop: How To Advance Global Health Through Technology and Social Entrepreneurship," Ashifi Gogo,</b> Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kate Grant,</b> Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Laura Herman,</b> Managing Director, Social Impact Advisors</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Christopher P. Howson,</b> PhD, Vice President for Global Programs, The March of Dimes Foundation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena,</b> PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Kaveh Khoshnood,</b> PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Norman Kleiman</b>, PhD, Director, Eye Radiation and Environmental Research Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Siyajabula! The Challenges of Developing Empathic Care Intervention Methodology for Children and Guardians Affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa," Jamie Lachman,</b> Clowns Without Borders</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Robert Lawrence</b>, MD, The Center for a Livable Future Professor, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Pamela Lynam,</b> MD, Country Director Kenya, JHPIEGO - Johns Hopkins University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>John McGoldrick,</b> JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Carole Mitnick,</b> Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social medicine, Harvard Medical School</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Society, Migration, Culture and Women," Mini Murthy,</b> MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College
School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Ron Nabors,</b> Chief Executive Officer, Christian Blind Mission-USA</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Cliff O'Callahan,</b> MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Rebecca Onie,</b> JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALTH</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Role of Inflammation in Retinal Degeneration," Santa Ono,</b> PhD, Sr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>David Oot,</b> Associate Vice President for Health, Save The Children</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Sung Chul Park,</b> MD, Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Matthew Paul,</b> MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Global Health Partnerships--Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned From A Private Sector Perspective," Steven Phillips,</b> MD, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil Corporation</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Maryse B. Pierre-Louis,</b> MD, MPH, MH/HSA, Lead HNP Specialist, Human Development; Coordinator, Booster Program For Malaria Control in Africa, World Bank Africa Region</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Vision 2020/USA and The Future of Collaborative Efforts in Blindness Prevention," Louis Pizzarello,</b> MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Suzanne Rainey,</b> Forum One Communications</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Rebecca Richards-Kortum,</b> PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Rice University</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Partnership Models in International Health, The Yale Experience," Majid Sadigh,</b> MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Sarwat Salim,</b> MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Georgia Sambunaris,</b> Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agency for International Development</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Integration of Surgery Into Population-Based Healthcare in Learning Models of Integrated Care," David Spiegel,</b> MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Laura Stachel,</b> MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>John E. Tedstrom,</b> PhD, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>James C. Tsai,</b> MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Seth Wanye,</b> MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Can We Eliminate Blinding Trachoma by 2020?" Sheila West,</b> PhD, El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>"Innovation in Global Health Research," David Zakus,</b> BSc, MES, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department
of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Derek Yach,</b> Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><b>Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer,</b> U.S. Malaria Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative</div>
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