<p> FROM SCIENCE TO ACTION: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES A specialist workshop in Cairo 9-27 November, 2008</p><p>Social Research Center American University in Cairo</p><p>Block 1: Reproductive Health Paradigm: Evolution and Overview</p><p>Day 1: Sunday (9/11) 9:00-9:45 Introduction to Social Research Center and Overview of the Workshop (Zeinab Khadr) 9:45-10:00 Break 10:00-10:45 Pre Assessment and Logistics</p><p>10:45-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30 Implementing the Reproductive Health Approach: An Overview (Mahmoud Fathalla) 12:30-1:00 Break 1:00-2:30 Reproductive Rights (Hania Sholkamy) 2:30-4:00 Family Planning: Revisited (Hoda Rashad)</p><p>Day 2: Monday (10/11) 9:00-10:30 Rights and Wrongs in Reproductive Health (Mahmoud Fathalla) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Practical considerations: Ethics in Health Research (Gamal Abou Serour) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Reproductive Health on the Internet (Mohamed Salem) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and Zeinab Khadr) </p><p>Block 2: Reproductive Health Dimensions, Concerns and Needs</p><p>Day 3: Tuesday (11/11) 9:00-10:30 Reproductive Morbidity (Karima Khalil) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Reproductive Choices: Unmet Need, Infertility and Pregnancy Loss (Laila el Zeini) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 HIV/ AIDS and reproductive health (Sherine Shawky) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and Zeinab Khadr) Day 4: Wednesday (12/11) 9:00-10:30 Male Involvement in Reproductive Health (Hala Youssef) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Marriage and Family dissolution: Familial Context of Reprodutcive Health ( Mulki Shermani) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Violence within the Family (Amal Abdel Hadi) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Global Burden of Disease and Reproductive Health (Hesham el Sayed)</p><p>Day 5: Thrusday (13/11) 9:00-10:30 Counseling in Reproductive Health (Wael Ibrahim) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Sex Education and Reproductive Health (Heba Kotb) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Adolescence and reproductive health (El Dow Soliman and Khalid Nada) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Breast Cancer and Reprocductive health (Mohamed Shaalan)</p><p>Block 3: Measurements in Reprodutive Health</p><p>Day 6: Sunday (16/11) 9:00-10:30 Measurement of Health: Population and Epidemiological Approaches (Sherine Shawky) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis in Reproductive Health Research (Hania Sholkamy) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators)</p><p>Day 7: Monday(17/11) 9:00-10:30 Evidence Based Medicine in Reproductive Health (Hania Sholkamy) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Operation Research in Reproductive Health (Nahla Abdel Tawab) Day 8: Tuesday (18/11) 9:00-10:30 Hard to Reach Population: Research and Sampling techniques (Sherine Shawky) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Indicators of Reproductive Health (Ramadan Hamed) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Measuring Maternal Mortality: Approaches and Methods (Magued Osman) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Monitoring Progress in Reduction of Maternal Mortality (Zeinab Khadr)</p><p>Day 9: Wednesday (19/11) 9:00-10:30 Overview of the Reproductive Health in the MENA Region (Zeinab Khadr) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Pathways to Reproductive Health (exercise ) (Zeinab Khadr) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Pathways to Reproductive Health (Zeinab Khadr) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators)</p><p>Day 10: Thursday (20/11) 9:00-10:30 Overview of the Reproductive Health in the MENA Region (Zeinab Khadr) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Practical: development of a Research Proposal (Sherine Shawky and facilitators</p><p>Block 4: Empirical Knowledge and Measurements in Practice</p><p>Day11: Sunday (23/11) 9:00-10:30 Maternal Mortality Surveys and Surveillance (Adel Hakim) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Infertility and Pregnancy Loss (Somaya El Saadani) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Women’s health in Poor Urban Areas: Case study of Egypt (Ibrahim Kharboush) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Impact of Improved Client/Provider Interaction on Women’s Achievement of Fertility Goals (Ibrahim Kharboush) Block 5: Implications of Reproductive Health for Service Delivery and Policy formulation</p><p>Day12: Monday (24/11) Arab experiences in reproductive health 9:00-10:30 Participants presentations 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Participants presentations 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Participants presentations 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Open Debate </p><p>Day 13:Tuesday (25/11) 9:00-10:30 HIV/AIDS among Young People: Evidence from the Community (Ahmed Ragaai) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 The Policies and Practices of Normal Vaginal Delivery: An Observational Study (Karima Khalil/Mohamed Cherine/Amer El Nouri/Nevine Hassanein) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Egyptian Experience with Post Abortion Care (Ezz El Dein Osman) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Reproductive Rights: The Egyptian experience (Salma Galal)</p><p>Day 14 Wednesday (26/11) 9:00-10:30 Health Sector Reform and Reproductive Health (Islam Badawe) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Beyond Reproductive Health: Women’s health (Huda Zurayk) 12:15-12:45 Break 12:45-2:15 Improving Health: Policy Approaches (Hoda Rashad) 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-4:00 Gender Assessent and Mainstreaming Gender in Policies (Hoda Rashad)</p><p>Day 15: Thursday (27/11) 9:00-10:30 Reproductive health in the Arab countries: Vision for the Future (Hoda Rashad) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Practical: Presentations of Research Proposals (Participants working groups) 12.:15-12:30 Break 12:30-2:00 Practical: Presentations of Research Proposals (Participants working groups) 2:00-2:15 Break 2:15- 3:30 Closing Session</p>