Final Agenda

September 2, 2008

Keck Building, Room 100

500 Fifth St., NW

Washington, DC 20001

Meeting Objectives:

The purpose of this meeting is to inform US stakeholders about the present state of brain disorder activities in sub-Saharan Africa based on information coming out of the planning meeting held in July, 2008 in Kampala, Uganda; to identify issues of concern to US stakeholders in the area of quality of care for mental health and neurological disorders in sub-Saharan Africa; and to solicit support from interested stakeholders to expand the scope of the workshop agenda and to increase participation of key stakeholders from all regions of Africa.

 10:00-10:30 a.m.          Registration

10:30 a.m.        Welcome, Introductions, and Setting the Stage

·        International Academy Forum Partnership

·        Meeting Objectives

·        Outcomes from the planning meeting in Uganda

Alan Leshner

Neuroscience Forum Chair

Chief Executive Officer, AAAS

Executive Publisher, Science

10:45 a.m.        “Burden of Disease” and Epidemiology

Steven Hyman

Provost

Harvard University

11:05 a.m.        Discussion

11:20 a.m.        Brain disorders sub-Saharan Africa: leveraging

                          other resources

Gretchen Birbeck
Chikankata Epilepsy Care Team
Zambia

11:40 a.m.        Discussion

Noon               LUNCH: Remarks on Quality of Care in Developing

                                         Countries

Harvey Fineberg

President

Institute of Medicine

1:00 p.m.          Panel Discussion: Brain Disorders in Sub-Sahara Africa

Cost-effective quality care in resource-poor settings

Ramanan Laxminarayan
Senior Fellow

Resources for the Future

Delivering Neurological Care to the Developing World

Francisco González-Scarano

Professor and Chair

Department of Neurology

Professor

Department of Microbiology

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Substance Abuse

Jacques L. Normand

Director

AIDS Research Program

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Developing Primary Care Interventions for Addiction

Wilson Compton

Director

Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Millennium Village Project (MVP)

Gary S. Belkin

Mental Health Coordinator of MVP

New York University School of Medicine

2:15 p.m.          Discussion

Steven Hyman

Provost

Harvard University

2:45 p.m.          Next Steps: Taking action to be involved

Alan Leshner

Neuroscience Forum Chair

Chief Executive Officer, AAAS

Executive Publisher, Science

3:00 p.m.          ADJOURN