Ethiopia’s Investments in Family Planning Lessons for U.S. Policy

April 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2014 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center will host Assistant Secretary Anne Richard, U.S. Department of State,  and a panel of experts to discuss international family planning and the model set by Ethiopia’s ambitious Health Extension Program. The event will also feature a new CSIS report from a Congressional staff delegation to Ethiopia, as well as a CSIS video on Ethiopia’s family planning. Full details appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Second Floor Conference Room
CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

Keynote Address by:

Anne Richard
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
State Department

Panelists:

Olusoji Adeyi
Sector Manager, Health Nutrition and Population, Eastern and Southern Africa
World Bank

Yemeserach Belayneh
Ethiopia Country Advisor
The David & Lucille Packard Foundation

Robert Clay
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Global Health Bureau
USAID

Jennifer Dyer
Executive Director
Hope Through Healing Hands

Purnima Mane
President and CEO
Pathfinder International

Tom Walsh
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Moderated by:

Janet Fleischman
Senior Associate
Center for Strategic and International Studies

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