Jhpiego hosts congressional briefing on the ACCESS Program
18 May 2007
Jhpiego and the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues hosted a briefing on 18 May 2007
about the ACCESS Program, the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID)'s flagship maternal and neonatal health program. ACCESS, a 5-year global program, currently
operates in 25 developing countries, striving to bring coverage, access and use of high-quality health care services
as close to home as possible. Jhpiego implements the program in partnership with Save the Children, Constella Futures, the Academy for Educational Development, the American College of Nurse-Midwives
and IMA World Health.
More than 30 congressional staffers heard from a distinguished panel of health care experts, including
Mr. Richard Greene (Director of the Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition, Global Health Bureau, USAID).
Mr. Greene discussed USAID's priorities in maternal and newborn health. Dr. Koki Agarwal (Director, ACCESS) provided an overview of the program, with country
case studies offered by Prof. Emmanuel Otolorin (Regional Senior Technical Advisor, Jhpiego/Nigeria) and
Ms. Hannah Gibson (Chief of Party, ACCESS-SSP, Afghanistan). Dr. Leslie Mancuso (Jhpiego President and CEO)
moderated the panel and summarized the presentations for the audience at the end of the session.
This congressional briefing is the latest in a series conducted by Jhpiego. Previous briefings have
addressed cervical cancer, malaria in pregnancy, Afghan midwifery and post-tsunami health care for women in Indonesia.
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Dr. Nahed Matta (USAID Cognizant Technical Officer for ACCESS), Dr. Leslie
Mancuso, Dr. Koki Agarwal, Ms. Hannah Gibson, Dr. Emmanuel Otolorin and
Mr. Richard Greene
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Dr. Otolorin is interviewed by a television crew following the briefing
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Dr. Mancuso, Dr. Otolorin, Ms. Gibson and Dr. Nasratullah Ansari (Training and Performance Manager,
ACCESS-SSP) outside the U.S. Capitol building
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Presentation Notes:
About ACCESS
The ACCESS Program is the U.S. Agency for
International Development's global program to improve maternal and newborn health.
The ACCESS Program works to expand coverage, access and use of key maternal and newborn
health services across a continuum of care from the household to the hospital—with the
aim of making quality health services accessible for women and newborns. Jhpiego
implements the program in partnership with Save the Children, Constella Futures, the
Academy for Educational Development, the American College of Nurse-Midwives and
IMA World Health.
About Jhpiego
For 35 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health
workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that
strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the
household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to
national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through
advocacy, policy and guidelines development, and quality and performance
improvement approaches.
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