PIHOA E-Blast: 65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting

65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting

March 25-28, 2019

Koror, Palau

Mesulang and Thank You!

The PIHOA Secretariat and Executive Board Members wish to convey a heartfelt mesulang and thank you to all of you who were able to join us last week at the 65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting in Koror, Palau!

Mesulang, most especially, to the hard work and generosity of Minister Emais Roberts, and the Palau Ministry of Health Staff for a spectacular meeting, amazing food and awesome hospitality!

Thank you all so much for all your comments, inputs, debate, and feedback. We hope to see you all at the next PIHOA Meeting in Honolulu, tentative for September 2019.

65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Participants - March 27, 2019, Koror, Palau

Meeting Documents & Presentations

Day 2, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (Open Session)

65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Agenda

65th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Registered Attendees Contact List

PIHOA Quarterly E-Newsletter: March 2019

PIHOA Regional Initiatives

Regional Epidemiology Unit - Dr. Mark Durand, Dr. Haley Cash and Dr. Thane Hancock, PIHOA

Regional Laboratory Strengthening - Vasiti Uluviti, PIHOA

Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation - Manasa Mainaqelelevu, PIHOA
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Sierra Leong Visit - Scott Becker, APHL

Strategic Resource Management

Process Improvement for Strategic Resource Management - Karl Ensign, ASTHO (presented by Robert Greathouse, PIHOA on behalf of Karl Ensign)
Improving Federal Grants Management Systems and Capacities - Robert Greathouse, PIHOA

Human Resources for Health/Workforce Development

Pacific Basin Primary Care Office - Dr. Angela Techur-Pedro, PIHOA
Pacific Island Public Health Training Center & Doctors and Dentists for Tomorrow Program - Dr. Brian Mangum, PIHOA
RMI Nurse Practitioner Training Program - Dr. Aina Garstang, RMI MOHHS
Strengthening HRIT Systems in the USAPIs - Mindy Sugiyama, PIHOA

Day 3, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 (Open Session)

Partnership Engagement

The Next 5 Years of Funding and Response Priorities for NCDs in the Pacific Islands - Stacy de Jesus, CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDC NCCDPHP)
Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Both Development and Humanitarian Settings Across the Pacific Islands - Michael Sami, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Supporting the U.S. Pacific Regional Integrated Vector Management Plan for Mosquito Surveillance - Dr. Chris Baker, Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases at University of California Davis (PACVEC)

Pacific Innovations

Palau National Health Insurance Scheme - Dr. Victor Yano, Palau MOH
Palau Ministry of Health NCD Response - Edolem Ikerdeu, Palau MOH
Strengthening Oral Health Workforce: A Critical Priority for the Pacific Islands - Dr. Louisa Santos, Pacific Basin Dental Association (PBDA)
Oral Cancer in the USAPI: A Rising Epidemic - Dr. Angelica Sabino, Pacific Basin Dental Association (PBDA)
Lessons Learnt from the CNMI Typhoon Yutu Response & Opportunities for Strengthening U.S. Pacific Health Security Response Capabilities - Warren Villagomez, CNMI CHCC

Pacific Facilitated Discussion & Planning Session - Establishing USAPI Regional Disaster & Public Health Response Capabilities

Subroto Banerji, Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, CNMI CHCC
Partner Support & Emergency Medical Teams - Sean Casey, Health Cluster Coordinator, Division of Pacific Technical Support, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO WPRO)
Mark Young, Regional Administrator, Region IX, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
CAPT Brad Austin, HHS/ASPR Regional Emergency Coordinator, U.S. Public Health Service, Region IX (ASPR)
DSLR Capabilities - CAPT Randolph Daley, Chief, Field Services, CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR)
Dr. Thane Hancock, Regional Career Epidemiology Field Officer, CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (CDC OPHPR)

Meeting photos have been posted on the PIHOA Facebook Page & the Palau MOH Facebook Page ! See you all in September 2019!

PIHOA Executive & Associate Board Members

PIHOA Secretariat Staff & Consultants