Summary: What does Integration Mean, Exactly? Delivering Impact in Women and Children’s Health: The Challenges and Opportunities of Service Integration Session Organizer: USAID's flagship maternal, newborn and child health integrated program (MCHIP) In recent years, the term “integration” has gained increasing prominence in the global health community to describe service delivery or to systems and management, or in some cases both are implied. Confusion surrounding the definition and use of the world often results in misunderstanding among policy makers and global health practitioners, affecting program development and implementation. This session will discuss the various definitions and uses of the term “integration,” and will include examples from a management perspective and that of in country integrated programming. Speakers: Steve Hodgins, Global Leadership Team Leader, MCHIP/JSI Cat McKaig, Family Planning Team Leader, MCHIP/Jhpiego Joseph de-Graft Johnson, Newborn Health and Community Interventions Team Lead, MCHIP/Save the Children
