Day 1: Tuesday 9 August 2011
Time / Grand Ballroom (1st Floor, Convention Hall)8.00 – 8.30 / Registration
8.30 – 9.10 / Official Opening Ceremony
- Report by Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun
- Welcome Address by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sing Menorath
- Opening Remarks by His Excellency Assoc. Prof. Dr. Som Ock Kingsada
Group Photo
9.10 - 9.30
9.30 - 9.50
9.50 - 10.10
10.10 - 10.30 / Symposium I: Health Systems Strengtheningand Primary Health Care (20 minutes for each presentation including Q&A)
Chairpersons: - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sing Menorath; Vice-President of the University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR
- Prof. Qing Sheng; Vice- President of Kunming Medical University, China
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pissanu Uttamavatin; Vice-President of Khon Kaen University, Thailand
- Prof. Antoine Flahault; Dean of the Ecole des Hautes Superieure de la Sante Publique (EHESP), France
- Health System Strengthening: Lao experiences
- Does Prevention Save Health Expenditure?
- Health Governance among Greater Sub-Mekong Region
- Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital: Thailand Initiatives
10.30-11.00 / Coffee Break Poster Presentation
11.00 - 11.20
11.20 - 11.40
11.40 - 12.00 /
- Primary Health Care in Vietnam
- Health Personnel Development Strategy in Lao PDR by 2020
- Health Financing in Southeast Asia
12.00 - 13.00 / Lunch
Room A(Day 1: Tuesday 9 August 2011)
Time / 12 minutes for each talk including Q&A13.00 - 14.00
13.00 – 13.12
13.12 – 13.24
13.24 – 13.36
13.36 – 13.48
13.48 – 14.00
14.00 – 14.12 / Session 1: Primary Health CareChairpersons: Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun (UHS)Prof. Jun Dong (KMU)
Dr. Peter Heimann (Lux development)
- Provider performance in treating poor patients – Factors influencing
prescribing practices in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study
(Lamphone Syhakhang, Lao PDR)
- Challenge and Indigenous Resource: An experience from case study
of public health policy advocacy in People’s Republic of China
(Ying Huang, China)
- Study on Causes of Injuries and First Aid Activities in 14 Provinces
of Central Coast and Highland Areas, Vietnam(Vo Van Thang,
Vietnam)
- Health Decentralization in Thailand: Progress and Direction of
Health System Reform (Songkramchai Leethongdee, Thailand)
- Prevalence and Patterns of Alcohol Use in Thailand
(Surasak Chaiyasong, Thailand)
- Primary Health Care Program Need not be Expensive -
Evidence from Namtheun 2 Hydroelectric Power Company
(Pany Sananikhom, Lao PDR)
14.12 - 14.30 / Coffee Break Poster Presentation
14.30 – 15.42
14.30 - 14.42
14.42 – 14.54
14.54 – 15.06
15.06 – 15.18
15.18 – 15.30
15.30 – 15.42
/ Session 3: Health Financing Chairpersons: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wongsa Laohasiriwong (KKU)Dr. Chansaly Phommavong (MoH)
Dr. Aaron Beaston-Blaakman (EU)
- Health Service Delivery, Access to Care, Costs of Health Care and
Coping Mechanisms: a Snapshot from Three Central Lao Provinces
(Khampha Keovilay, Lao PDR)
- Thai National Health Accounts: 1994-2008 (Tanavij Pannoi,
Thailand)
- A Critical Look at Health Financing Barriers to Achieving Universal
Access to Reproductive Health in the Mekong Sub region
(Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, ARROW)
- Institutionalizating National Health Account in Thailand
(Tanavij Pannoi, Thailand)
- Using Economic Evidence and Stakeholder’s Participation in
Decision Making on Benefit Package of Public Health Insurance in
Thailand (Kumaree Pachanee, Thailand)
- Economic Burden of Diabetes in Hue City, Vietnam (Nguyen Hoang Lan, Vietnam)
16.00-17.00 / Meeting of the Deans and Vice-Deans, Faculties of Public Health among the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries
18.30-21.00 / Reception
Room B (Day 1: Tuesday 9 August 2011)
Time / 12 minutes for each talk including Q&A13.00 - 14.00
13.00 – 13.12
13.12 – 13.24
13.24 – 13.36
13.36 – 13.48
13.48 – 14.00
/Session 2: Human Resources for Health
Chairpersons: Dr. Phouthone Vangkonevilay (MoH)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prachak Bouphun (KKU)
Dr. Chanhem Songnavong (UHS)
- Evaluation of Job Performance among New OBGYN Specialists after
Graduation (Alongkone Phengsavanh, Lao PDR)
- Head Nurse Management Style and Staff Nurse Burnout in Central
Hospitals, Lao People’s Democratic Republic(Lamngeun Silavong, Laos)
- Achievements of the Healthy Unit Guidance (HUG) Program in Improving
Physical and Psychosocial Work Environments among Nursing Personnel
(Wanpen Songkham, Thailand)
- Outcome Evaluationof Intensive Short-termNurse Practice Training in a
Provincial Hospital in Laos; Results of a Lao-Luxembourg Health Project
Experience (Esther Arendt, Lao PDR)
- EHESP Plus Mekong: Action and Research-Oriented Training Program for
Lao Hospital Managers (Laurence Theaul, EHESP, France)
14.12 - 14.30 / Coffee BreakPoster Presentation
14.30 – 15.42
14.30 - 14.42
14.42 – 14.54
14.54 – 15.06
15.06 – 15.18
15.18 – 15.30
15.30 – 15.42
/ Session 4: Non-communicable diseasesChairpersons: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vang Chu (Mahosot Hospital)
Dr. Souphasai Douangchack (WHO)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Songkramchai Leethongdee (Mahasarakham)
- The Best Clinical Care of Any Person in Acute or Rehabilitation Situations is Done in Collaboration Between the Users, the Carers and the Clinicians (Chantharavady Choulamany, Lao PDR)
- Can we decrease the treatment gap for epilepsy in Lao PDR? (Harimanana A, Lao PDR)
- Factors Related to Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors (Lertchai Charerntanyarak, Thailand)
- Ergonomics Risk Factors in the Development of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Workers in Thailand: the Comparison cases of Repetitive Work vs. Physical Exertion Work (Sunisa Chaiklieng, Thailand)
- Effects of Self Efficacy Promotion Program on Behavioral Modification for levels of Blood Pressure Among Elderly People with Hypertension
(Sununta Srisiri, Thailand)
- Factors Influencing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Services of Universal Coverage Health Insurance of People age between 35 and 59 years olds in Chumphuang District, Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand
(Wongsa Laohasiriwong, Thailand)
16.00-17.00 / Meeting of the Deans and Vice-Deans, Faculties of Public Health among the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries
18.30-21.00 /
Reception
Day 2: Wednesday 10 August 2011
Time / Grand Ballroom (1st Floor, Convention Hall)8.30 – 10.10
8.30 - 8.50
8.50 - 9.10
9.10 - 9.30
9.30 - 9.50
9.50 – 10.10 / Symposium II: Challenges and Opportunities to Meet Health MDGs (20 minutes for each presentation including Q&A)
Chairpersons: - Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun; Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR
- Dr. Vo Van Thang; Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam
- Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
- The role of integrated outreach for health system strengthening
- Maternal Mortality Reduction in Lao PDR: Challenges of Countdown to met the MDG in 2015
Nutrition (MDG1): a Key Factor for Health and Disease
Prof. Frank Peter Schelp, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, ThailandReproductive Health in ASEAN Region: Meeting the MDG 5 Target
Dr. Saramma Mathia (UNFPA, Regional Adviser, BKK)- Human Resources Policy and Strategic Directions for Maternal Newborn Health
10.10-11.00 / Coffee BreakPoster Presentation
11.00 - 11.45
11.45 - 12.00 /
- HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria (MDG6) (15 minutes each including Q&A)
Fight Against HIV/AIDS in the Lao PDR (Dr. Chansy Phimphachanh, Director of CHAS, Lao PDR)
TB Control in the Lao PDR (Dr. Phannasinh Silavong, Director of TB Center, Lao PDR)
Roll Back Malaria in the Lao PDR (Dr. Symone Nampanya, Vice-Director of Center of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology, Lao PDR)
Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases in the Lao PDR: Public HealthPerspectives(15 minutes including Q&A)
Dr. Bounlay Phommasack, Director of NEIDCO, Vice-Director of Dept. Hygiene and Prevention, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR /Dr. Reiko Tsuyoka (WHO, Lao PDR)
12.00-13.00 / Lunch
Room A (Day 2: Tuesday 9 August 2011)
Time / Room A (12 minutes for each talk including Q&A)13.00 - 14.00
13.00 – 13.12
13.12 – 13.24
13.24 – 13.36
13.36 – 13.48
14.00 – 15.12
14.00 - 14.12
14.12 – 14.24
14.24 – 14.36
14.36 – 14.48
14.48 – 15.00
15.00 - 15.12 /
Session 5: Maternal and Child Health (MDG 4 & 5)
Chairpersons: Dr. Khampiew Syhakhang (MCH Center)Dr. Alongkone Phengsavanh (UHS)
- Barriers to infant care in remote areas of Attapeu, Sekong and
Salavanh provinces, Lao PDR (Serge Doussantousse, Lao PDR)
- Use of antibiotics among mothers after normal delivery in two
provinces in Lao PDR (Amphoy Sihavong, Lao PDR)
- Why and how did Thailand achieve Good Health at Low Cost?
(Waraporn Poungkantha, Thailand)
- Vilabouly Mother and Child Health Project Baseline Community
Survey (Niramonh Chanlivong, Lao PDR)
Session 7: Reproductive Health
Chairpersons: Dr. Mieko Yabuta (UNFPA)
Dr. Visanou Hansana (UHS)
- Post abortion care: the experience of young unmarried women in
Vientiane, Lao PDR (Khampha Keovilay, Lao PDR)
- “Do You Hear What I Have to Say?” Participatory Community
Assessment as a Tool to Explore Low Usage of Reproductive Health
Services in Rural Laos: A Qualitative Study (Asif Hameed KHAN,
Lao PDR)
- “Why Didn’t I Learn About Contraception In High School?”
Contraceptive Choices Of Young, Unmarried Women In Hanoi,
Vietnam (Kathryn Shepherd, Vietnam)
- Integrating Youth-Friendly Services into the Government’s
Reproductive Health Network (Le Ngoc Hue, Vietnam)
- Access to Reproductive Health Services in Thailand: Does It Equity?
(Suratchada Kongsri, Thailand)
- Postpartum Beliefs and Practices In Don-Kouad Village, Viengkham
District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR (Frank Haegeman and
Umakon Sithong, Lao PDR)
15.12-15.30 / Coffee BreakPoster Presentation
15.30 - 16.30
15.30 - 15.42
15.42 – 15.54
15.54 – 16.06
16.06 – 16.18
16.18 – 16.30
16.30 – 16.42 / Session 9: Environmental Health, Well-being and Sustainable
Development (MDG7)
Chairpersons: Dr. Soutsakhone Chanthaphone (CWSEH)
Dr. Kate Medlicott (WHO)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Yanyong Inmuong (KKU)
- Lessons learned from monitoring of health impacts in resettled
communities (Jo Pereira, Lao PDR)
- Community Health Impact Assessment from Landfill Activity of
Khon Kaen Municipality Thailand (Phatcharee Srikuta, Thailand)
- Agrochemical Risk Behaviors among Rice Farmers in Rural
Community, Pathumthani, Thailand (Buppha Raksanam, Thailand)
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Household Drinking Water
Storage Intervention to Assess Its Impact on Microbiological Water
Quality and Diarrhoeal Diseases Mae La Temporary Shelter, Tak
Province, Thailand (Valerie Daw Tin Shwe, Thailand)
- Comparison of Daily Mortality Effects of Outdoor (ambient) Air
Pollution between 1999-2001 and 2006-2008: Time-Stratified Case-
Crossover Study (Phairoj Jantaramanee, Thailand)
- Global warming and its impact on health (Antoine Flahault, France)
16.42-17.30 / Closing Ceremony
- Report by the Raporteur - Dr. Mayfong Mayxay
- Report by the chairperson - Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun
- Remark by the next host of the 4th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-regional Countries.
- Closing remarks by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sing Menorath, Vice-President of the University of Health Sciences, MoH, Lao PDR
- Closing dance performance
Room B (Day 2: Tuesday 9 August 2011)
Time / Room B (12 minutes for each talk including Q&A)
13.00 - 14.00
13.00 – 13.12
13.12 – 13.24
13.24 – 13.36
13.36 – 13.48
13.48-14.00
14.00 – 15.12
14.00 - 14.12
14.12 – 14.24
14.24 – 14.36
14.36 – 14.48
14.48 – 15.00
15.00-15.12 /
Session 6: Nutrition and Food Safety (MDG 1)
Chairpersons: Dr. Eric Benefice (IRD)Dr. Bounthom Phengdy (MoH)
Dr. Keith Feldon (WHO)
- Micronutrient Powder Sprinkles Program in Lao People’s Democratic
Republic: Policy, Research, and action (Sengchanh Kounnavong, Lao PDR)
- Mothers and Children Nutritional Status and Food Habits in the City
Vientiane as Related to the Level of Urbanization (Eric Benefice, Lao PDR)
- Weekly iron-folic acid supplementation reduces anemia among women of
reproductive age in the Sekong Province of Lao PDR (Bounthom Phengdy,
Lao PDR)
- Malnutrition And Some Determinants Of Stunting In Children Under The
Age of Five In Quangninh Province,Vietnam (Nguyen Ngoc Sang, Vietnam)
- Consumption risk assessment of pesticides contamination in chilli farm to
fork (Wattasit Siriwong, Thailand)
Session 8: STI and HIV/AIDS (MDG 6)
Chairpersons: Dr. Chansy Phimphachanh (CHAS)
Dr. Niramonh Chanlivong (Burnet, Lao PDR)
Dr. Pornapha Suggaravetsiri (KKU)
-Mapping Sexual and Social Networks of Men who have sex with both Men and Women, in Vientiane, Lao PDR (Kongchay Vongsaiya, Lao PDR)
-Behavioural and HIV survey among drug users in 2 provinces of Lao PDR
(Chansy Phimmachanh, Lao PDR)
- Assessment of HIV Infection and Risk Behavior Among Populations of Men
Who Have Sex with Men in Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (Niramonh Chanlivong, Lao PDR)
- HIV Risk-taking-behavior of First and Second Year University Students: a
study at Khon Kaen Province (Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Thailand)
- Factors Associated with Delayed Access to HIV Clinical Service Among
Adult Patients in Phnom Penh (Kea C, Cambodia)
- Mobile phone affecting Gender and Sexuality among MSM/transgender, Lao
PDR (Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Lao PDR)
15.12 - 15.30 / Coffee BreakPoster Presentation
15.30 - 16.30
15.30 - 15.42
15.42 – 15.54
15.54 – 16.06
16.06 – 16.18
16.18 – 16.30 / Session 10: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases/Control of
Communicable Diseases
Chairpersons: Dr. Phengta Vongphrachanh (NCLE)
Dr. Mayfong Mayxay (UHS)
Dr. Reiko Tsuyuoka (WHO)
- A (H1N1) 2009 Seroconversion Rates and Risk Factors Among General Population In Vientiane Capital, Laos: the CoPanFlu Study (Alexia Kieffer, Lao PDR)
- Adverse Events Following Immunization from Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Lao PDR, 2010 (Doualy Lylianou, Lao PDR)
- Influencing Factors in the Controlling and Protecting an Influenza type A among the Secondary School Students, A case study of the Demonstration School of Mahasarakham University (Cheerasak Charoenpan, Thailand)
- Predictive Factors of Delay Treatment among New Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Thai-Cambodia border: Cases Study in Surin and Sisaket Province, Thailand (Pornnapa Suggaravetsiri, Thailand)
- Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Healthy Adult Population in Rural Vietnam (Tran Kim Phung, Vietnam)
16.42-17.30 / Closing Ceremony
- Report by the Raporteur - Dr. Mayfong Mayxay
- Report by the chairperson - Dr. Vanphanom Sychareun
- Remark by the next host of the 4th International Conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-regional Countries.
- Closing remarks by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sing Menorath, Vice-President of the University of Health Sciences, MoH, Lao PDR
- Closing dance performance