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AFRICAN
POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER (APHRC)
Urban
Poverty and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Grand Regency Hotel
Nairobi, Kenya
April 14-15, 2003
APHRC is sponsoring a conference to examine the critical health issues of the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and discuss ways to reduce health inequities. The conference is open to the public, and there is no registration fee. For additional information, contact Pierre Ngom at pngom@aphrc.org.
DAY 1: The GEGA Urban Health Equity Gauges
Keynote Address: Pat Naidoo, Rockefeller Foundation
Achievements, challenges, and prospects
Cape Town Equity Gauge
Ecuador Equity Gauge
Nairobi Equity Gauge
Ouagadougou Equity Gauge
The way forward
DAY
2: Urban Poverty and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Prologue - Revolving doors: Urbanization, Pauperization, and Health
in Sub-Saharan Africa. Pierre Ngom & Alex Ezeh (APHRC)
1. Social Context
Chair: Intermediate Technology Development Group
The nature and consequence of urban poverty: case of Nairobi City. Frederick Mugisha and David Owuor (APHRC)
Growing up in Nairobi urban slums. Monica Magadi (Univ. of Southampton)
The mediating effects of social networks on household's health among urban poor communities in Nigeria. Olabisi Aina (Obafemi Awolowo Univ., Nigeria)
Urban poverty and domestic violence. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo et al.
Discussant: Brigit Obrist (Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel)2. Measuring Health inequities
Chair: Central Bureau of Statistics
Measuring the health gaps between the rich and the poor. Amson Sibanda (ACAP, Univ of Pennsylvania)
Levels and Trends in Urban Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: 1986-2002. Ayaga Bawah & Kubaje Adazu (CDC Kisumu)
Child Health Inequities in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa. Eliya Zulu
Discussant: Jeanette Vega (Catholic Univ. of Chile)3. Critical Health Issues
Chair: Medical Officer of Health
Urban poverty and HIV/AIDS. Souleymane Mboup (Univ of Dakar and Harvard)
Difficulties experienced by TB patients accessing DOT in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mette Sagbakken (Univ of Oslo, Norway) et al.
Nutritional situation of vulnerable urban population in Nairobi. David Mwaniki & Negussie Taffa (KEMRI Kenya)
Urban Malaria and poverty in Ouagadougou. Gabriel Pictet (UERD, Univ of Burkina Faso) et al.
The urban informal economy and environmental health: the case of Kampala City, Uganda. Augustus Nuwagaba
Discussant: Fred N. Binka (INDEPTH Network)4. Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health and Poverty Interventions
Chair: Nairobi Urban Slums Development Project
Monitoring and evaluation of urban poverty and health: beyond conventional measures. Gora Mboup & Nefisse Bazoglu (UN-Habitat)
Slum upgrading versus health interventions. Abdoulaye Sadio (UNICEF West & Central Africa)
Monitoring and evaluating Urban Poverty and Health Interventions: The African Development Bank Experience. Prosper Pooukouta (African Development Bank)
Poverty and Health in Cotonou (Benin): A Case Study. Cosme Vodounou (INSEA Cotonou)
Discussant: Mark Montgomery (Population Council and SUNY)5. Policy
Chair: National Council on Population and Development
Urban Poverty and drug policy. Peter Folb (Univ of Cape Town)
International policy responses to urban health inequities. Pierre Ngom & Alex Ezeh (APHRC)
Discussant: TBA