CCIH Annual Conference
May 27-29, 2006
Presenters
Amayun, Dr. Milton
Senior Technical Advisor, The Hope Initiative, World Vision International
18745 Sioux Dr., Spring Lake, MI 49456
616-846-7490 (o); 616-850-0922 (h); 616-638-1216 (cell); iaimilton@aol.com
Dr. Milton Amayun is World Vision International’s Senior HIV/AIDS Program Representative and Advisor.
His primary responsibility is to represent World Vision’s global HIV/AIDS program to multilateral donor and
professional communities for funding. A family physician, Milton holds a Master of Public Health from
Harvard University, a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of
the Philippines. He has in-depth training and experience with child survival and maternal health, public
health programs in humanitarian emergencies, and HIV/AIDS. Milton has designed, implemented and
supervised various health programs in many frontline locations around the world for more than two decades.
He previously worked for World Vision Relief and Development as its Director of international health
programs and team leader for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-Eastern Europe regions. He then served for
three years with International Aid as Vice President of International Programs. He rejoined World Vision in
his current capacity in 2001. Milton lives in Spring Lake, Michigan with his wife Raija, a pediatrician who
graduated from the Universities of Helsinki and Turku in Finland. They have two boys in college, Joshua, 20
(Illinois Institute of Art), and Jason, 18 (Wheaton College).
Avian Flu: Why Should We Be Concerned? Saturday 8:30-9:30pm
Baer, Dr. Frank
International Health Systems Consultant, Baertracks
326 7th St., Harrisonburg, VA 22802
540-432-9230, 540-908-6858; FRANK@Baertracks.com
Frank Baer has degrees from Antwerp, Johns Hopkins and Tulane Schools of Public Health, but
learned primary health care management during 30 years of work in Africa. As a Mennonite
Central Committee volunteer he helped create the first FBO co-managed health zone in DR
Congo. He subsequently was project manager for the SANRU Basic Rural Health I/II projects
(1982-1991) to create 100 decentralized health zones. Since 1991, he has worked as an
independent consultant in developing decentralized health systems involving MOH and FBO
collaboration. He is senior advisor to CCIH for GRHAM and to Interchurch Medical Assistance for
projects in several countries.
Health Assets Mapping: GRHAM, ARHAP, Health Mapper & More Monday 10:30am-12pm
FBO Roles in Decentralization and Co-Management of Health Systems Monday 3:455:00pm
Bales, Linda
Program Director, General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church
100 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002
202-488-5649; lbales@umc-gbcs.org
Linda directs an international population project focusing on women and children for the General
Board of Church & Society of The United Methodist Church. The primary emphases of the
project are HIV/AIDS, family planning & reproductive health, gender violence and trafficking of
persons. Mobilizing United Methodists in the United States for social justice and advocacy with a
strong theological foundation is the basis of her work. Linda is a lay woman who has two adult
married sons and one 8 month old grandson, Noah, with another grandson due any week!
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Developing the Blueprint for Leading
the Call Monday 10:30am-12:00pm
Beckman, Rev. David
President, Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute
50 F Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001
(202) 639-9400; dbeckman@bread.org
David Beckmann is president of Bread for the World, a faith-based grassroots advocacy movement
on hunger and poverty issues. Bread for the World mobilizes a quarter of a million letters and calls
to Congress annually from its members and member churches. The organization has an impressive
of legislative victories, notably in the areas of international development and nutrition assistance to
poor people within the United States. Bread for the World is playing a major role in the ONE
Campaign. David is also president of two affiliated organizations. Bread for the World Institute does
analysis and public education on hunger and poverty issues. The Alliance to End Hunger engages
diverse institutions (corporations, unions, charities, foundations and others) in building political
commitment to reduce hunger. David is a Lutheran pastor and an economist. Before coming to
Bread for the World in 1991, he worked at the World Bank for 15 years.
God and the Poor: Our Call Sunday 9:00-10:30am
Blees, Gracia
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
1206 Molokai Dr, Tega Cay, SC 29708
803-548-7498; Gracia.blees@gmail.com
Gracia Blees has been a missionary with SIM for 26 years. She spent 10 years in Liberia, West
Africa. She received her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and is a licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist and a licensed Professional Counselor. Gracia has been in private
practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist for 9 years. Besides her office clients, her work takes
her to businesses in crisis and on overseas assignments.
Burnout: The Silent Epidemic Monday 10:30 am- 12:00pm
Brown, Dr. Judith
Medical anthropologist; AIDS Advisor, Nazareth Hospital, Kenya
431 New Hampshire Ave., Norfolk, VA 23508
757-961-8539; brownrc@africaonline.co.ke
Judith Brown (a medical anthropologist) and her husband Richard (a physician) have lived and
worked in Liberia, Tunisia, Zaire-Congo, Cameroon, Haiti, and Kenya. They served as
missionaries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and also worked with USAID and its partners. For
the past several years in Kenya, Judith has devoted full time to the AIDS and ARV programs at
Nazareth Hospital, particularly the community outreach, social work, and pastoral counseling
teams. She co-authored a book of case studies in AIDS counseling and edited a monthly AIDS
newsletter for church hospitals in Kenya
Integrated Church Response to HIV/AIDS: The Irony of Treatment and Care Monday 1:152:15pm
Chander, Dr. Sri
Health Advisor, Asia Pacific, World Vision International
10 Anson Road, #13-08 International Plaza, Singapore 079903
+65-6348-3811; sri_chander@wvi.org
Dr. Chander, a Singaporean, has been World Vision International’s Regional Health Advisor for
the Asia/Pacific Region for nearly two decades. He is responsible for WVI’s quality programming
in health, from the Pacific Islands to Pakistan. He also assists WVI’s health staff in capacitybuilding, resource mobilization, networking and monitoring and evaluation. Prior to joining WVI,
he was a medical missionary to India with the Navigators. For two weeks each year, he directs a
course in international health at the University of Singapore. He currently lives in Singapore with
his wife Irene and son Daniel (one of Singapore’s top youth chess players).
Avian Flu: Why Should We Be Concerned? Saturday 8:30-9:30pm
Participatory Learning and Action Monday 3:45-5:00pm
Dalrymple, Rev. Terry
International Coordinator
Medical Ambassadors International
PO Box 576645, Modesto, CA 95357
209-524-0600 ext. 216; Tdalry@cs.com
Terry serves as International Coordinator for Medical Ambassadors International (MAI). He uses
his 25 years experience as a missionary, church planter, pastor, teacher, and administrator to
provide professional leadership and direction to MAI’s work in 72 countries with approximately
480 staff and 13,500 volunteers. He is a strategic thinker with a passion to bring the love and light
of Christ to the poor and marginalized. MAI uses a strategy called Community Health Evangelism
(CHE) to deliver long term solutions to the needs of the world’s poor, lifting families and
communities out of the cycle of poverty and disease and proclaiming the forgiveness of sins
through faith in Christ.
A Christian Perspective on Transformational Development and Indicators Saturday
9:00am-12:00pm
Davis, Tom
Director of Health Programs, Food for the Hungry
2536 Holcomb Road, Boonville, NC 27011
336-468-1803 (h/w); 336-469-1543 (cell); Tom.Davis@fh.org
Tom Davis, MPH, has worked with Food for the Hungry for the past eight years, and is currently
the Director of Health Programs. Mr. Davis has twenty years of international field experience in
planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating child survival, HIV/AIDS, food security, and
primary health care projects in sixteen countries. He worked as a Child Survival and Title II
consultant from 1992 to 2004, and as part of that work, he has led trainings and evaluations,
including training in monitoring tools, KPC survey and analysis methodology, qualitative research
methods, LQAS, Hearth/Positive Deviance, behavior change communication methods, curricula
development, creation of health information systems, and continuous quality improvement. Mr.
Davis developed the CORE/CSTS KPC 2000+ Training of Survey Trainers Curricula (along with
Julie Mobley, MSPH and Phil Moses, MPH), the FAM Monitoring Toolkit, and CS/Title II
applications for the Pocket PC. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of CORE and
has served on CORE’s Quality Improvement Working Group, and the Monitoring and Evaluation
Working Group.
Motivational Interviewing: A Special Counseling Tool Sunday 11:00am-12:00pm
Where There is No Psychologist: Community-level Treatment of Depression Using
Interpersonal Group Therapy Monday 1:15-2:15pm
Edward, Dr Anbrasi
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Department of International Health,
615 N Wolfe, Baltimore, MD 21205
410-502-7663; aedward@jhsph.edu
Over 18 years experience in primary health care in Asia and Africa. Completed a doctoral degree
in nutrition and served on the team for the WHO Regional collaborative center for Anemia
prevention and control in India. Following completion of the MPH program in 1996 and a post
doctoral fellowship in Nutrition in 1997, she joined the department of International Health as a Full
time faculty member at the Division of Health Systems. While teaching courses at the Department
she worked on the Quality Assurance Project for three years and then at BASICS II in operations
evaluation research. She also provided technical advice as the director of maternal and child
health to World Relief for 4 years, and is now providing technical support to the World Bank
funded National Evaluation of the Basic Health Packages in Afghanistan and also Conducting a
Review of Performance of Health Organizations for the World Bank. She recently completed a
master’s program in business administration at Johns Hopkins University. She has been a
member of CCIH since 1997, and a board member for three years.
FBOs in Conflict and Post-conflict Settings Monday 1:15-2:15
Ekpo, Dr Gloria
Senior Technical Officer, Global Program Policy & Strategic Partnership,
Catholic Medical Mission Board
10 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
212 609 2584; 443 866 8489; gekpo@cmmb.org
Dr. Ekpo is a Physician with over 10 years public health experience in low-resource countries.
Gloria has worked to design, implement and monitor HIV prevention programs including
prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and pediatric HIV/AIDS programs,
infant feeding and nutrition, integrating PMTCT into MCH and ART with technical support for
orphans and vulnerable children programs in many African countries. She participated in AIDS
Relief Consortium to provide comprehensive antiretroviral therapy to women and children in
developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa under the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS
Relief (PEPFAR) in Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. She obtained her HIV
Specialist training in New York and MPH degree with Certificate in Health Communication from
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. Prior to this she held
academic and research positions in The Gambia.
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Making the Case for FBO Leadership
- Biblical Reflections on Call to Action for Reproductive Health and Family Planning
Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Fapohunda, Dr Bolaji
Technical Advisor, John Snow, Inc.
1616 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
703. 528. 7474; bfapohunda@jsi.com
Bolaji Fapohunda, PhD, is population and development specialist with extensive expertise in
research, performance monitoring and evaluation of public health interventions. As Senior
Technical Advisor for MEASURE Evaluation/JSI, she provides technical support for developing
and implementing systems for monitoring and evaluating programs in child survival and
HIV/AIDS. As a key component of MEASURE Evaluation/JSI work is to strengthen systems for
public health impacts of population health and nutrition programs, Dr. Fapohunda is working with
colleagues internationally to improve the collection, availability and use of health systems data,
including the development of tools, indicators, and approaches to improving communication,
coordination, and networking around the collection and utilization of that data. Prior to JSI, Dr.
Fapohunda worked as Director of Research for the National Black Women’s Health Project
(NBWHP), Washington D.C.; supervised the implementation of a CDC funded Project in
cardiovascular risk reduction in four States in the USA and headed the development of new
program initiatives in the advancement of women’s health.
Health Assets Mapping: GRHAM, ARHAP, Health Mapper & More Monday 10:30am-12pm
Fountain, Douglas (Doug)
Acting Head, Dept of Health Sciences and Special Advisor for Health Programmes
Uganda Christian University; Box 4, Mukono, Uganda
+256-782-563039; dfountain@ucu.ac.ug
Mr. Fountain is Special Advisor for Health Programmes and Acting Head of Health Sciences at
Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda. Mr. Fountain has 17 years experience in public
health and behavioral health research and consulting, working with agencies, ministries, and
programmes in the United States, Tanzania, and Uganda. Currently he is developing a range of
programmes including a Nursing degree program, a Masters’ in Public Health Leadership
program called “Save the Mothers”; the UCU HIV/AIDS Initiative, and the Health and Wholeness
course for the entire University. He holds a Master’s in Public Administration (with an emphasis
in public health) from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelors in from the University of
Oregon.
Teaching Health and Wholeness: Lessons from Uganda Christian University
Monday 1:15-2:15
Green, Dr Edward (Ted)
Senior Research Scientist, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617 495 3014; egreendc@aol.com
Edward C. Green, PhD Senior Research Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, is an
anthropologist with over 30 years of experience in AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, family
planning, primary health care, human resources development, maternal &child health, children
affected by war, child nutrition, water and sanitation, environmental health, refugee issues, and
mental health. Dr. Green has evaluated IEC and community outreach components of AIDS/STD
programs in Uganda and has led strategic planning for umbrella grants to Ugandan NGOs
working in AIDS prevention. He has provided long-term technical assistance to both the
Mozambique and the Swaziland Ministries of Health. He author of six books, including two books
on HIV/AIDS in Africa, and over 350 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference papers,
and technical reports. He is on 10 boards of directors and advisory boards, including the
Presidential Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS, and the Advisory Council, Office of AIDS Research,
Dept. of Health and Human Service.
The ABC Approach to HIV Prevention: Fresh Evidence and Recent Controversies Sunday
2:00-3:30pm
Hall, Jyl
Program Manager, Acting on Aids, World Vision
34834 Weyerhaueser Way So., Federal Way, WA, 98063
253-815-2566; JyHall@WorldVision.org
Jyl Hall manages World Vision’s college advocacy program. World Vision and Acting on AIDS is
a coalition of college groups to create awareness and activism of the global AIDS pandemic at
colleges and universities across the nation. In addition to this work Jyl has worked for several
years contracting with various humanitarian organizations in program development by promoting
civic engagement in the community both nationally and internationally. She also recently
graduated from seminary to study a theology of care for the poor. Working part time as a freelance writer, Jyl has spent time in Africa in six countries to research and report on the AIDS crisis
and various development issues.
Our Scriptural Calling to Care for the Marginal Sunday Worship 9:00-10:30am
Herling, Allison
HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator, Medical Service Corporation International (MSCI)
1716 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22209
(202) 494-8339; aherling@gmail.com
Ms. Herling is the HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator at Medical Service Corporation International
(MSCI). She became interested in behavior change approaches to HIV prevention while earning
an MS in Public Health at Oregon State University, and spent two months in Uganda doing
qualitative research with youth about abstinence and delay of sexual debut. She first became
acquainted with CCIH when she was invited to present that research at CCIH’s 2004 Annual
Conference. Little did she know that the next year she would be coordinating much of the CCIH
Retreat, in the role of CCIH Program Associate. She held this position for nine months and loved
every minute of it, although she is glad that at the CCIH 2006 Annual Conference she will not
spend all her time focused on conference logistics.
The ABC Approach to HIV Prevention: Fresh Evidence and Recent Controversies Sunday
2:00-3:30pm
Hilton, Dr David
Physician; 4162 Cimarron Dr, Clarkston, GA 30021
404-218-0929; dhilton01@mindspring.com
Dave Hilton has practiced medicine as a missionary in Nigeria and as a Family Physician in
Wisconsin and for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. As associate director of the Christian Medical
Commission, World Council of Churches, in Geneva, Switzerland, he did consulting on health for
churches in over 50 countries while editing Contact, a periodical about innovative approaches to
faith and health published in six languages. Until retiring last summer he was director of
Ecumenical Health Ministries and a consultant nationally and internationally for faith based health
programs. At Emory University he is adjunct professor of Global Health.
Christian Faith, Health and Social Justice Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Huber, Dr Douglas
Principal Medical Officer for FP/RH, Management Sciences for Health
MSH, 784 Memorial Dr. , Cambridge, MA 02139
617 250 9237; dhuber@msh.org
Douglas Huber has 30 years experience in international family planning and reproductive health.
He served as medical director for EngenderHealth and Pathfinder International. His early work in
Bangladesh was initiating the Matlab Family Planning project that had substantial influence on
Bangladesh’s national family planning program. Douglas also served from 2002-2004 as the
HIV/AIDS Advisor to the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa, encompassing 42 million
Anglicans.
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Making the Case for FBO
Leadership- An Overview of Potential Consequences of Unintended Pregnancies Saturday
3:00-4:30pm
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Developing the Blueprint for Leading
the Call Monday 10:30am-12:00pm
Jennings, Dr Victoria H
Institute Director, Principal Investigator of the AWARENESS project, and Professor, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Institute for Reproductive Health of Georgetown University
4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 310 Washington, DC 20008
202-687-1392; jenningv@georgetown.edu
Dr. Victoria Jennings has more than 25 years international experience developing, managing,
implementing and advising family planning and reproductive health programs in capacity building,
evaluation, and advocacy. As Director of the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown
University, Dr. Jennings oversees a research-to-practice initiative to develop, test, and integrate
simple natural family planning methods into a wide variety of programs, including involvement from
the public sector, NGOs, and FBOs. An anthropologist with a background in research, gender
issues, male involvement, training, and behavior change communication, Dr. Jennings has
experience in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She serves on numerous committees of the
World Health Organization and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences.
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Making the Case for FBO
Leadership- Spotlight on Natural Methods: Interventions that transcend doctrinal
challenges within faith based RH/FP contexts Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Developing the Blueprint for Leading
the Call Monday 10:30am-12:00pm
Kintaudi, Dr Ngoma Miezi (Leon)
Director, SANRU Rural Health Program, ECC-DOM (The Protestant Church of Congo)
75 Ave. de la Justice, Kinshasa, DR Congo
245 081 8130508 ; leonkintaudi@sanru.org
As a young man in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Kintaudi watched his
father die after several days of acute appendicitis because there was no doctor at the local
hospital to attend to him. Kintaudi vowed to become a physician, eventually moving to the U.S.,
where he earned his undergraduate and medical degrees. But he never forgot the need for better
medical care in the DRC and returned a few years ago to help reconstruct that war-torn country's
health zones in a unique partnership between the government and the church community. Now
the medical director of ECC-DOM and the SANRU Rural Health program, and in partnership with
Interchurch Medical Assistance, Kintaudi oversees a number of projects that are providing
development assistance to 75 health zones and improving the health of millions of Congolese.
Innovations in Human Resource Management by African Christian Health Associations
Monday 9:15-10:15am
Lederer, Dr Laura
Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
U.S. Dept. of State; 2201 C Street NW; Wash. DC 20520
202 647 2990 (direct line); LedererLJ@state.gov
Dr. Lederer graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Comparative Religions from the
University of Michigan. She worked for many years in philanthropy before going back to school to
obtain her law degree. She ran a legal research institute at Harvard University’s John F.
Kennedy School of Government, and directed The Protection Project, at Johns Hopkins
University’s School of Advanced International Studies before coming to the State Department to
work on a USG foreign policy response to human trafficking. She is happily married and has
three beautiful girls.
The Christian Response to Human Trafficking - Developing an International Health
Response to Human Trafficking Monday 2:30-3:30pm
MacLean, Dr Alynne
President, Science with a Mission
602 Massapoag Ave, Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-6907; Alynne@sciencewithamission.org
Alynne’s PhD in Biochemistry gives her the knowledge she needs to design immunoassays. But
her desire to help people in the poorest parts of our world is a gift from God – the result of a
mission trip in 1984.
Diagnostic Tests for Developing Countries: Low cost, High value Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Mataya, Dr Ron
Chair, Department of Global Health, Loma Linda University School of Public Health
Loma Linda, CA 92350
909-558-4902; rmataya@llu.edu
Ron Mataya is Chair of the Department of Global Health at Loma Linda University School of
Public Health in southern California. He served as Associate and then Director for Health at The
Adventist Development and Relief Agency for seven years in Silver Spring, Maryland. Prior to
working with ADRA he served as a clinician and medical director of The Blantyre Adventist
Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, his native country.
Burnout: The Silent Epidemic Monday 10:30am-12:00pm
Mhango, Desiree
Director Of Health Programmes, Christian Health Association of Malawi
P.O Box 30378 Lilongwe, Malawi
265 1 775 180 or 265 9 939 333; dmhango@cham.org.mw
Ms. Mhango was trained in Malawi as a registered nurse midwife. She practiced clinical
midwifery for 5 years as the Head Nurse of the Maternity Department. She later worked as a
Nursing Professor and as the Director of the Ekwendeni College of Nursing Training Institution.
Ms. Mhango currently occupies the position as Director of Programs at the Christian Health
Association of Malawi (CHAM), based in Lilongwe. She has vast experience in sexual and
reproductive health, nursing education, HIV/AIDS, community participation methodologies and
facilitation skills. She holds a BSC in Nursing and an MSc in International Health.
Innovations in Human Resource Management by African Christian Health Associations Innovative Recruitment & Retention Strategies by CHAM Facilities Monday 9:15-10:15am
Morrow, Melanie
Director of Maternal & Child Health Programs, World Relief
7 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900 x 142; mmorrow@wr.org
Melanie Morrow is the Director of Maternal & Child Health Programs at World Relief in Baltimore,
MD. She has an MPH from Johns Hopkins University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Bogota,
Colombia. Presently her work focuses on the countries of Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Haiti,
Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Sudan.
Care Groups and Community-Based Behavior Change Communication Monday 3:45-5:00
Mosley, Dr Henry
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2118 Woodfork St., Timonium, MD, 21093
410-252-4402; hmosley@jhsph.edu
Henry Mosley is a physician/epidemiologist who has worked in international health for over 40
years including 14 years residence in Bangladesh, Kenya and Indonesia. He was the founding
director of the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). He
chaired the former department of Population Dynamics at Johns Hopkins for 19 years. His major
areas of interest are in infectious diseases, child survival, population, family planning,
reproductive health and strategic leadership. He is an active member of Valley Baptist church
where he teaches Sunday school and served as a deacon.
The Challenge of Christian Health and Wholeness Saturday 4:45-5:30pm
Murphy, Dr Elaine
Professor of Global Health, retired; George Washington University School of Public Health
3960 Georgetown Court, NW, Washington DC 20007
202-965-0392; emurphy530@aol.com
Elaine Murphy, Ph.D., has worked in international health for 30 years, focusing on population,
family planning, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, maternal and child health,
gender and human rights. She has worked professionally in 25 developing countries and has
extensive experience in the following areas: reproductive health policy communications and
information dissemination, behavior-change communication, qualitative research, project design
and evaluation, education, and training. Following her recent retirement, she has been invited to
become a scholar-in-residence at the Population Reference Bureau. Previously, she directed
PATH’s Women’s Reproductive Health Initiative, a policy project that responds to the
recommendations of the UN International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD) to
improve women's lives by promoting their reproductive health within a gender and human rights
framework. Dr. Murphy was a leader on the USAID Interagency Gender Working Group and cochair of the Client-Provider Interactions Committee of USAID’s Maximizing Access & Quality
(MAQ) Initiative.
Gender, Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Saturday 1:15-2:00pm
Outterson, Beth
Reproductive Health Advisor, Save the Children
2000 M Street NW, Washington DC 20036
202-530-4371; boutterson@dc.savechildren.org
Reinvigorating Family Planning/Reproductive Health: Developing the Blueprint for Leading
the Call Monday 10:30am-12:00pm
Patterson, Jacqui
Institutional Development Consultant, Pan African Christian AIDS Network (PACANet)
500 Main St. P.O. Box 188 New Windsor, MD 21776
443-226-3773; jpatters1@gmail.com
Jacqui Patterson, most recently Assistant Vice-President of Programs, HIV/AIDS Services for
Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. (I.M.A.), managed and coordinated HIV/AIDS-related
projects initiated by I.M.A. since 2001. She traveled extensively in Africa and the Caribbean,
providing technical assistance to the medical facilities and programs. With extensive experience
in research, social activism and community-based health programming, Patterson has served as
the Outreach Project Associate for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy and
research organization; served as policy analyst for Baltimore City (MD) Healthy Start; codesigned data collection and analysis protocol for Johns Hopkins University study on the effects
of neighborhood residence on child development and conducted interviews and analyzed data for
the Baltimore Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board. A returned U.S. Peace Corps volunteer to
Jamaica, Patterson holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland and a
master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as Public
Policy Chair of the National Association of Black Social Workers and sits on the Boards of
Directors of United for a Fair Economy, Pan African Christian AIDS Network, and Christian
Connections for International Health.
PACANet –Fueling and Equipping a Grassroots HIV/AIDS Movement in the Church
Conference Overview Sunday 11:00am-12:00pm
Rowland, Stan
Emerging Ministry Facilitator, Medical Ambassadors International
6420 W. Beverly Lane, Glendale AZ 85306
623-412-0184; 623-412-0184; stanrowland@cs.com
Stan Rowland was trained in Business and Hospital Administration at Harvard and UCLA. He
spent the first 20 years of his career in industry in marketing and management eventually starting
a hospital management company involved in 55 rural hospitals in the 17 western states. Twentyfive years ago he initiated the Community Health Evangelism (CHE) strategy which is now being
used in 73 developing nations in over 2000 rural communities. CHE is committed to a wholistic
community based development approach to ministry. He has been the International Coordinator
for Medical Ambassadors International and is now helping to initiate the Collaborative for
Transformational Ministries which brings together organizations to work together in doing all
forms of wholistic ministry. Most recently he is Emerging Ministry Facilitator and Regional
Coordinator for North America.
A Christian Perspective on Transformational Development and Indicators Saturday
9:00am-12:00pm
Collaborative for Transformational Ministry Sunday 11:00am-12:00pm
Shah, Dr Vinod Kumar
Pediatric surgeon; Head, Distance Education Department, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
ASHA building, CMC Hospital, Vellore, India
0091-416-2284291-(H) 2283433(O); vshah47@cmcvellore.ac.in
After qualifying as a surgeon, Dr. Shah was involved in pioneering a medical missionary program
in a tribal area in Western India with an indigenous Indian Mission agency for 5 years. He
retrained as a pediatric surgeon and then joined the Emmanuel Hospital Association where
worked for 7 years as Medical Secretary promoting the work of the mission. He later took on
leadership as the Director for 8 years. Dr. Shah is now working to develop distance medical
education for a family medicine diploma in India with the Christian Medical College, Vellore to
make some impact on the quality of private practice in the country. Shah came to know the Lord
when I was studying in a Catholic College at the age of 16. His passion has been to develop
medical missionary leadership in India. Dr Shah and his wife, Shalini, a public health physician,
have 3 children. In 2004 Dr. Shah was awarded the Paul Harrison Prize for outstanding
contribution to the country providing leadership in medical missions.
Christian Health and Wholeness: Understanding Excellence Saturday 7:30-8:30pm
Roots of Corruption: Professional and Personal Sunday 11:00am-12:00pm
Todd, Scott
Geographic Information Systems Specialist / Consultant; Northeast Regional Director
Global Mapping International
15435 Gleneagle Drive, Ste. 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80921
Colorado - (719) 531-3599, Philadelphia – (610) 617-0195; scott@gmi.org
Scott Todd has degrees from Utah State University and Temple University and has worked as a
GIS consultant and project manager in non-profit, public and private sectors for 20 years. He has
worked with federal and state agencies, local governments, utilities, academic institutions,
environmental regulatory agencies, public and private facilities, faith-based and community
development organizations and the military. He has served as a Deacon and Missions Chair at
his local church for the past five years and been involved in a variety of projects with mission and
ministry organizations. He is currently a GIS Specialist with Global Mapping International and is
directing their partner and consulting relationships with US-based ministries located in the MidAtlantic and Northeast.
Health Assets Mapping: GRHAM, ARHAP, Health Mapper & More Monday 10:30am-12pm
van Vuuren, Laura
Technical Specialist for Training and Education, Northwest Medical Teams International
P.O. Box 10, Portland, OR 97035
(0) 503-624-1211; (cell) 443-562-3162; lvanvuuren@nwmti.org
Laura van Vuuren has enjoyed 20 adventurous, fulfilling years in international development and is
hoping for 20 more. She has traveled to and worked in more than 30 countries and is continually
awed by the grace and generosity of those in the two-thirds world. A pioneer in the areas of
Christian-based HIV/AIDS prevention and care and microeconomic solutions to strengthening
AIDS affected households, Laura has a heart for empowerment and transformational learning.
She is especially interested in blending the principles of non-formal education with Christ’s
example of servant and teacher. A former journalist and writer, Laura considers herself a lifelong
learner, and is often reminded of how much she still has to learn.
Christian Health and Wholeness: The Way Forward Monday 5:00-6:00pm
Verhallen, Marieke
UCMB: Technical Advisor Organizational Development and Technical Advisor Health Training Institutions
Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) And Association of Public Health Consultants, Amsterdam
P.O Box 2886 Kampala
+256 (0) 41 510576 / 269705; mverhallen@ucmb.co.ug
Marieke Verhallen is a nurse - tutor with extensive experience in the Netherlands and Cameroon.
Marieke did her MPH in 1993-1995 and specialized in public-private partnership in health with a
focus on contractual arrangements, publishing several articles. She joined the Ugandan Catholic
Medical Bureau and in 2004 she facilitated a Task Force to investigate the problems of the
twenty-one Private Not for Profit (mostly church owned) Heath Training Institutions and propose
feasible solutions to optimize their contribution to the national requirements in professional health
workers. The main recommendation of this Task Force was to form a legally recognized
association that can implement common solutions as well as represent the entire group in
national policy development and planning.
Innovations in Human Resource Management by African Christian Health Associations Strengthening Private Not-for-Profit Health Training Institutions in Uganda Monday 9:1510:15am
Wiebe, Kristin
Director, Anti-Trafficking Activities, World Hope International
625 Slaters Lane, Ste. 100, Alexandria, VA 22314
o: (703) 923-9414 x121; m: (202) 257-2422; WiebeKL@gmail.com
Kristin Wiebe currently directs anti-trafficking programs in Cambodia for World Hope International
and in West Africa for the Faith-based Agencies' Initiative Against Trafficking In Persons (FAITH)
Consortium. After designing handcrafts for rural women's cooperatives in Bangladesh, she
pursued a law degree to gain legal skills to use against human trafficking. Ms. Wiebe has worked
on trafficking issues in the United States, FYR Macedonia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia;
and lobbied at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to address the demand for
trafficking. A native of Nebraska, she now lives in Washington, DC.
The Christian Response to Human Trafficking - Identifying the Link between HIV/AIDS and
Trafficking in Persons Monday 2:30-3:30pm