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Welcome to My Mother’s Kitchen: Task Sharing and Innovation

IntraHealth — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:25:00 +0000

Some Good News on H7N9 but No Time for Complacency

CSIS Commission — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:48:00 +0000

For two months, the global health community has once again been on alert, watching closely to see if another pandemic is around the corner. Since March 31st, 131 cases (one in Taiwan, the rest in China) of avian influenza A (H7N9) have been confirmed, causing 36 deaths in China. Fortunately, only one new case has been confirmed since April, none since the first week of May. Given how interconnected the world is today, the situation also reinforces the value of helping other countries become more resilient in being able to prevent, detect and respond to these and other emerging threats – improving their ability to implement the International Health Regulations – and thus enhancing global health security.

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The G8 Declaration on Tax and Transparency

CGDev — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:03:00 +0000

This is a joint post with Owen Barder. International tax has continued to rise up the political agenda, and the crucial UK-hosted G-8 meeting is now approaching. We’ve updated our draft declaration that we would like to see from that summit, to reflect discussions that have taken place since then, and many valuable comments from a wide range of contributors. Our main concern is that the interests of developing countries do not get forgotten in the horse-trading between now and the summit on 17-18 June. We welcome the efforts of G-8 countries to protect their own revenue collection, of course; but it is also essential that any reforms strengthen the ability of developing countries to collect taxes

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The MHTF at Women Deliver

Maternal Health Task force — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:38:00 +0000

The MHTF is packing up and heading to Malaysia for the Women Deliver conference May 28-30. Women Deliver conferences always provides a unique forum for advocates, donors, researchers, programmers and policy makers to come together address a range of issues … Continue reading →

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World Bank Will Step Up Analytic Work in Support of Universal Health…

CSIS Commission — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:38:00 +0000

The World Bank Group will increase its analytic work and health systems’ support as one of five measures it will take to encourage universal health coverage globally, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said this week in Geneva.

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A Little More Transparency at EITI Can Go a Long Way

CGDev — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:59:00 +0000

The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Global Meeting is underway in Sydney. Today, EITI Chair Clare Short leads a panel discussion of a fundamental strategy review for the organization. This a pivotal moment for EITI to take steps to create a level playing field for natural resource investors around the world, so that some outliers from China, Russia, India and elsewhere cannot operate according to different standards of transparency than their rivals. Related Content Draft Policy Paper: Reform EITI to Require Compliant Countries to Publish Disaggregated Company-by Company Revenue Payments The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a voluntary coalition of countries, international companies, civil society groups, and other institutions that has established procedures for extractive industry firms to publish what they pay to governments in the countries where they operate, and for recipient governments to release information on what they receive from the companies.

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Finance and Administrative Manager

Foreign Policy Association Blogs — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:45:00 +0000

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Leaders Re-Focus IHP+ to Improve Health Aid Coordination

CSIS Commission — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:42:00 +0000

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim made a strong case May 21 for increasing alignment between donors and countries to improve delivery of health services, citing the International Health Partnership (IHP+) as a helpful vehicle.

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White House Issues Executive Order on Open Data

AIDS.gov — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:30:00 +0000

By Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov, and Senior Communications Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThis week marks the one-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy, and we want to take a moment to reflect on a recent White House Executive Order about open data. This Executive Order and accompanying Open Data Policy [PDF 6MB] requires that, going forward, all data generated by the federal government be made available in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable (read about it in this blog post). Executive orders are official actions through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the federal government. This Executive Order has implications for all of us. What does “open data” mean?

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U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program (Unpaid) – 2014 Spring

Foreign Policy Association Blogs — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:00 +0000

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International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report May 20-24, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:48:21 +0000

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Recently, several Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of Public Health students, including Health Systems PhD candidates, Casey Branchini and Veena Sriram –both JH-IIRU research assistants—published a paper on their work at the school on gender-based violence (GBV). Learn more here: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-international-injury-research-unit/news/JHIIRU_and_Health_Systems_Students_Publish_on_GenderBased_Violence_in_Reproductive_Health_Matters

Friday

SA Ranked Worst in Global Road Safety Reprot
News24 (South Africa)
May 24, 2013
http://www.news24.com/Travel/South-Africa/SA-ranked-worst-in-global-road-safety-report-20130524

Nigeria: Road “Accident” Deadlier than AIDS-Agency
Daily Trust (Nigeria)
May 24, 2013
http://allafrica.com/stories/201305240794.html

Turkish Parliament Passes Law Curbing Alcohol Sales
The New Age (South Africa)
May 24, 2013
http://www.thenewage.co.za/96913-1020-53-Turkish_parliament_passes_law_curbing_alcohol_sales

School Told to Protect Students at all Times
Khaleej Times (UAE)
May 24, 2013
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/educationnation/2013/May/educationnation_May39.xml§ion=educationnation

Thursday

UN’s Ban, Russian Official Discuss Road Safety
Interfax (News Agency)
May 20, 2013
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=417569

1300 Killed in Road “Accidents” this Year
Citizen News (Kenya)
May 23, 2013
http://citizennews.co.ke/news/2012/local/item/10619-1300-killed-in-road-accidents-this-year

Quadricycles may Increase Road Deaths
News Track India (May 23, 2013)
May 23, 2013
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/05/23/347–Quadricycles-may-increase-road-deaths-.html

40% Drop in Child Fatalities on Dubai Roads
Gulf News (UAE)
May 23, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/40-drop-in-child-fatalities-on-dubai-roads-1.1187599

South Africa Ranked Worst in Global Road Safety Report
Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
May 23, 2013
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-05-23-south-africa-ranked-worst-in-global-road-safety-report

Wednesday

World Telecom Day Focuses on Improving Road Safety, Prosperity
Oman Observer (Oman)
May 21, 2013
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/165031

Road “Accidents” Gobble 3.4 Percent of GDP
Tanzania Daily News (Tanzania)
May 21, 2013
http://allafrica.com/stories/201305210449.html

Children and Youth Most Vulnerable to Road Fatalities
Khaleej Times (UAE)
May 22, 2013
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/community/2013/May/community_May27.xml§ion=community

Three Key Laws to Save Lives on UAE Roads
The National (UAE)
May 22, 2013
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/transport/three-key-laws-to-save-lives-on-uae-roads

Monday

Burn Awareness Drive for Kids, Parents Launched
Khaleej Times (UAE)
May 19, 2013
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/community/2013/May/community_May17.xml§ion=community

Serious Efforts are Needed to Tackle Cambodia’s Traffic Issues
Cambodia Daily (Cambodia)
May 20, 2013
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/opinion/serious-efforts-are-needed-to-tackle-cambodias-traffic-issues-25371/

Road Crashes Kill Seven, Injure 20
The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
May 20, 2013
http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/road-crashes-kill-seven-injure-20/

Dubai Schoogoers Measure up to “Road” Test
Gulf News (UAE)
May 20, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/dubai-schoolgoers-measure-up-to-road-test-1.1185997

The impact of food price spikes

Sara Gorman — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:56 +0000

As we discussed in a previous post, several causes led to a massive spike in food prices internationally in 2008 and again a few years later. The average world price of rice, for example, rose by 217% between 2006 and 2008. Classical theories have suggested that we shouldn’t worry about these spikes: that the high prices will lead to more production (attracting farmers to produce more, which will drive prices back down), people’s wages will adjust to costs of living, and people will be able to substitute for expensive items with other foods. But a new report tracking how the most-affected people have responded to the food spikes reveals that classical theories may be a bit out of touch…

via The impact of food price spikes | [ EpiAnalysis ].

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Control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Myanmar: results of 7 years…

Tropical Med and Intl Health — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

After a baseline survey in 2003 which showed an overall parasitological prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths of 69.7% in school children (prevalence of ascariasis 48.5%, prevalence of trichuriasis 57.5% and prevalence of hookworm infection 6.5), a national deworming programme was established. After 7 years of implementation, it had resulted in a significant reduction of STH prevalence (prevalence of any STH 21%, prevalence of ascariasis 5.8%, prevalence of trichuriasis 18.6% and prevalence of hookworm infection 0.3%) as well as a reduction of the infections of moderate-heavy intensity from 18.5% at baseline to less than 7%. The results are encouraging and a reduction of the frequency of deworming can be envisaged in two of four ecological areas of Myanmar.

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Seeking grants manager for anticipated @DFID_UK #VAWG Research &…

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AMFm – more than empty boxes?

Bill Brieger — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

The Affordable Medicines Facility malaria (AMFm) was aimed at ensuring high quality low cost medicines reached the public and saved lives. Nigeria was one of the biggest challenges for AMFm with having the highest burden of disease of any single country. Unfortunately the vastness of the problem seemed to work against the effort. Instead of concentrating the resources on a few pilot states of local government areas, as often happens, the project was spread thinly across the nation. There was no way that enough medicine would be provided to treat the large number of cases seen annually in the country. In the states only selected medicine shops received training and supplies.

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Demonstrating Progress: Building a More Equitable Global R&D System

PLoS Medicine Blog — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:00 +0000

Suerie Moon and John-Arne Røttingen from Harvard University call for WHO member states to embrace new approaches to governing the global research and development system. This week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, WHO member states are debating how to strengthen the global pharmaceutical R&D system to better meet needs in low- and middle-income countries. Last November, governments agreed to establish a set of “demonstration projects” to test out the recommendations of a WHO expert group on how to develop more affordable, adapted medicines to address long-neglected health needs. But it remains unclear what exactly these demonstration projects should be and what they should demonstrate. A key principle is that these projects are not just pilots – they should also demonstrate new mechanisms, principles or approaches.

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Citizens’ lack of information on health policies in Tanzania:…

International Health Policies — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:33:00 +0000

Albino Kalolo, MD, MSc(Public Health), EV2010 from Tanzania Poor people face a variety of barriers when accessing health care in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of these barriers could no doubt be eliminated if poor people were actually more aware of health policies, as a lack of information often leads to undesirable results such as delayed medical treatment, improper health seeking behaviours, and even foregoing medical treatment. This situation contributes to morbidities and mortalities among this group of poor people that could otherwise be avoided, at least to some extent. The example of a lady in her late 30s called “Sikitu” (a Swahili name, which literally means “Nothing”), provides a snapshot of how things are on the ground. Sikitu is a widow living with her four children in a village in Southern Tanzania

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