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- Network of Experts in the Psychosocial Work Environment of Developing Countries, related hazards and work-related stress- Call for participation
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The WHO is building a Network of Experts in the Psychosocial Work Environment of Developing Countries, related hazards and work-related stress. It is looking for experts who are interested in participating.
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/netpsycallrev.pdf
(Added: Mon Apr 14 2008 Hits: 24)
- New Zealand child wellbeing ailing: International Save the Children report
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Save the Children released its eighth annual Mothers' Index that ranks the best - and worst - places to be a mother and a child. The report compares the wellbeing of mothers and children in 140 countries (Save the Children, 8 May 2007).
http://www.savethechildren.org.nz/new_zealand/news/2007-05-08.html
(Added: Wed May 30 2007 Hits: 113)
- Nigeria accuses Pfizer of experiments on children
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A panel of Nigerian medical experts has concluded that Pfizer violated international law during a 1996 epidemic by testing an unapproved drug on children with brain infections. The report concludes that Pfizer never obtained authorisation from the Nigerian Government to give the unproven drug to nearly 100 children and infants. Pfizer's experiment was "an illegal trial of an unregistered drug", the Nigerian panel concluded, and a "clear case of exploitation of the ignorant". An approval letter from a Nigerian ethics committee, which Pfizer used to justify its actions, was actually a falsified document that had been concocted by the company's lead researcher in Kano, the report said. While the report has remained unreleased for five years, The Washington Post has recently obtained a copy. (Joe Stephens, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 May 2006)
(Added: Mon May 15 2006 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 197)
- Optimism and poverty in Africa: adaption or a means to survival?
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Recent research finds that higher levels of optimism and happiness are associated with other positive traits and behaviors, such as productivity in the labor market, better health, and support for democracy and markets. We compare these findings to new survey data for Africa, in an attempt to understand these relationships in conditions of extreme adversity (Carol Graham and Matthew Hoover, November 2007)
http://www.afrobarometer.org/papers/AfropaperNo76.pdf
(Added: Wed Dec 12 2007 Hits: 85)
- PARAGUAY: Hopes of Meeting Millennium Goals Slipping Away
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Article about Paraguay's ability to meet the Millennium Development Goals. With a focus of Health (David Vargas, IPS News, October 2007).
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/ParaguayHEALTH.doc
(Added: Wed Oct 10 2007 Hits: 49)
- Participation and accountability in health systems: the missing factor in equity?
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Produced by: EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2002. By Loewenson, R. This paper discusses how to improve equity in health systems. In particular, it argues that social dimensions such as social networking, participation and governance are critical factors for vertical equity in health systems. Produced by EQUINET, the paper mainly draws from research work carried out in Zimbabwe, the conclusion from an EQUINET/TARSC/WHO/IDRC South African regional meeting on public participation in health, as well as from published literature. The paper: * identifies three social dimensions that have a positive impact on equity in health systems: social networking, participation and governance * discusses current issues relating to all these dimensions, namely the lack of access to social networks for the most destitute; the ambiguities surrounding different levels of participation; and the lack of a clear legal framework, information exchange or basic training in negotiation skills for good governance * proposes measures to address these issues so as to enhance the social dimension of equity.
(Added: Fri Jul 09 2004 Modified: Thu Sep 21 2006 Hits: 303)
- Partners in Community Development Fiji (PCDF)
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Founded in 1978, PCDF began its operation with a focus on nutrition. The organisation has steadily grown and today its projects encompass health and community awareness, the sustainable management of marine and forest resources, small-business development, disaster relief, human rights and good governance.
http://www.fspi.org.fj/affiliates/fiji.htm
(Added: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 62)
- Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada (PPFC) email update list
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This Bulletin contains news and resources of interest to organizations working in the field of sexual and reproductive health.
http://www.ppfc.ca/ppfc/infosex.asp?articleid=278
(Added: Mon Nov 11 2002 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 293)
- Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease
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This report summarizes the results globally, by 14 regions worldwide, and separately for children, of how much environmental risk factors contribute to the disease burden of 85 diseases. The evidence shows that they play a role in more than 80% of the diseases regularly reported by the World Health Organization. Globally, nearly one quarter of all deaths and of the total disease burden can be attributed to the environment, and for children, the figure is over a third. These findings have important policy implications, because the environmental risk factors that were studied largely can be modified by established, cost-effective interventions to promote equity by benefiting everyone in the society, while addressing the needs of those most at risk. (World Health Organization, June 2006)
http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/preventingdisease/en/
(Added: Fri Jun 23 2006 Hits: 146)
- Project Vietnam
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Project Vietnam is a non-profit, non-political effort to improve healthcare in Vietnam. Project Vietnam was founded as an International Health project of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
http://www.projectvietnam.net/
(Added: Thu Sep 30 1999 Modified: Thu Jun 29 2006 Hits: 427)
- Public Health WWW Virtual Library
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A large resource covering all countries of the world plus 84 selected topics of public health.
(Added: Wed May 12 1999 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 360)
- Public Library of Science: Medicine
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Unlike other medical journals, everything published in PLoS Medicine is immediately freely available online throughout the world, with no restrictions on distribution, copying, printing, or legitimate use. The journal is published monthly and provides outstanding original research and new ideas; thought-provoking, educational, and imaginative features for readers; and the fastest, fairest, and most rigorous peer review for authors. Articles are frequently related to health in the developing world.
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676
(Added: Thu Aug 17 2006 Hits: 136)
- Raranga Tupuake: Ma¯ori Health Workforce Development Plan 2006
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He Korowai Oranga: Ma¯ori Health Strategy sets the strategic direction for Ma¯ori health in the health and disability sector and outlines four pathways of action, which are described in greater detail in Whakata¯taka: Ma¯ori Health Action Plan. Te Ara Tuarua: Pathway Two, which seeks to increase Ma¯ori participation in the health and disability sector required the development of a Ma¯ori health workforce development plan. This Ma¯ori Health Workforce Development Plan has been named Raranga Tupuake. It describes the growth of the weave as it slowly develops the whakata¯taka or pattern to form the korowai (cloak), and can be likened to the development of the people (workforce) to realise the aim of He Korowai Oranga: wha¯nau ora.The vision for Raranga Tupuake is to build a competent, capable, skilled and experienced Ma¯ori health and disability workforce over the next 10 to 15 years. There are three goals to achieve the vision. Goal 1: Te Raranga Tuatahi: Tuia te muka tangata i takea mai i hawaiiki: Increase the number of Ma¯ori in the health and disability workforce. Goal 2: Te Raranga Tuarua: Te whiri i te mauri Ma¯ori ki roto i nga¯mahi: Expand the skill base of the Ma¯ori health and disability workforce. Goal 3: Te Raranga Tuatoru: Te hononga ki nga¯kete ako: Enable equitable access for Ma¯ori to training opportunities. (Ministry of Health, April 2006)
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/4631/$File/raranga-tupuake-apr06.pdf
(Added: Thu Apr 27 2006 Hits: 183)
- Reaching the Poor with Health, Nutrition and Population Services: What works, what doesn't, and why
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This report from the World Bank provides eleven case studies from around the developing world that document how health, nutrition and population programmes have performed in reaching disadvantaged groups. Topics examined include: health, nutrition, and population topics related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): nutrition; infant and child health; reproductive health; and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. While the authors conclude that it is possible for programmes to reach the poor more effectively than they are doing at present, they found that there is no one strategy that would be appropriate in all cases. Instead there is a need to find better and more feasible approaches to service delivery for the poor to be reached effectively and to ensure flexibility. Doing this would include: studying approaches of successful programmes; adapting to local conditions; experimenting with adapted approaches in various and multiple settings; monitoring these experiences; and adjusting approaches according to findings. (World bank, 2005)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPAH/Resources/Reaching-the-Poor/complete.pdf
(Added: Thu Mar 30 2006 Modified: Thu Jun 01 2006 Hits: 320)
- Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities
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Despite a plethora of newly validated interventions, the millennium development goals to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters and child mortality by two thirds are unlikely to be achieved.1 One of the reasons for this is that current safer motherhood and newborn care programmes emphasise interventions that do not reach the poorest households. In this article the authors argue that community based interventions have been neglected and undervalued. Large scale community effectiveness trials are both necessary and feasible if we are to make further progress with reducing maternal and child mortality. (Anthony Costello, David Osrin, Dharma Manandhar, British Medical Journal, 13 November 2004)
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/329/7475/1166?ck=nck
(Added: Wed Apr 12 2006 Modified: Mon Jul 02 2007 Hits: 132)
- Rehydration Project: focus on diarrhoea, dehydration and oral rehydration
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This large database highlights possible solutions to diarrhoea and associated problems.
(Added: Tue Mar 02 1999 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 277)
- Soul City Instutute for Health and Development Communication
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The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (SC IHDC) is a social change project which aims to impact on society at the individual, community and socio-political levels. SC IHDC is South Africa's premier edutainment project.
http://www.soulcity.org.za/about-us/institute-for-health-development/
(Added: Tue Feb 19 2008 Hits: 39)
- State of the World's Mothers 2005
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Across the globe, 58 million girls are not attending school. Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers 2005 examines the ways investing in girls' education can benefit present and future generations of children, and society as a whole. It points to effective, affordable programs and policies that are working, even in the world's poorest countries. Other highlights of the report include: Looking back 10 years at gains in girls' education in 71 developing countries (Girls' Education Progress Report), the report finds that countries have a mixed record when it comes to progress in girls' education. Looking 10 years forward (Forecasts for Children), the report identifies 11 developing countries that are "most likely to succeed" in improving children's quality of life in the next decade in three important areas of global development: achieving smaller, healthier families; educating all children; and reaching the Millennium Development Goal targets. The sixth annual Mothers' Index ranks the best and worst countries to be a mother, based on a review of 10 indicators of women's and children's well-being among 110 countries, including the United States.
http://www.savethechildren.org/mothers/report_2005/
(Added: Tue May 17 2005 Modified: Fri Oct 14 2005 Hits: 283)
- Success Stories in Indigenous Health [pdf]
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ANTaR's booklet of Success Stories in Indigenous Health shows that Indigenous-led health care initiatives often get the best results. The stories demonstrate that progress in improving Indigenous health is achieved when there is significant engagement with the Indigenous communities concerned and appropriate funding and support provided (ANTaR, 2007).
http://www.antar.org.au/images/stories/PDFs/SuccessStories/success_stories_final.pdf
(Added: Wed Apr 09 2008 Hits: 74)
- Teaching-aids At Low Cost
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Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC) is a registered UK charity (no: 279858) founded in 1965 by Prof.David Morley. TALC's main objective is to promote the health of children and advance medical knowledge and teaching in the UK and throughout the world by providing and developing educational material. TALC has traditionally focused on developing countries; particularly Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In recent years TALC has become more global and now distributes to more than 200 countries. The majority of TALC's work is focused on the production and supply of low cost books, which includes many essential texts on tropical medicine, nursing, surgery, HIV/AIDS, child-to-child teaching books and infectious diseases.
(Added: Mon Aug 19 2002 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 217)
- The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur [PDF ]
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Médicins sans Frontières (MSF), March 2005. Since early 2003, the people of Darfur have endured a vicious campaign of violence, which has forced almost 2 million people to flee from their destroyed villages in search of safety. Rape against women children and men has sadly been a constant factor in this violence throughout this campaign of terror. More tragically, it continues to this day even long after people have fled from their villages. The stories of rape survivors give a horrific illustration of the daily reality of people in Darfur and especially of women and young girls, the primary victims of this form of violence. It has to stop. MSF Head of Mission Paul Foreman, a British national, was arrested in Khartoum, Sudan. MSF's Head of Mission has been charged with crimes against the state. The charges relate to this MSF report "The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur" which was published on March 8, 2005. Faced with hundreds of women and girls seeking medical care following rape and sexual violence in Darfur, MSF wrote and published this report in order to raise awareness about the ongoing violence against women. It is noteworthy that the report does not accuse the government of Sudan. MSF defends its right to speak about the humanitarian situation in Darfur and views these baseless charges as intimidation against the humanitarian community by the Government of Sudan.
http://www.msf.ca/press/images/070305_darfur_sexualviolence.pdf
(Added: Tue May 31 2005 Modified: Thu Jan 18 2007 Hits: 420)
- The Ecosytem Approach to Health: IDRC In_Focus
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Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the "Ecohealth" approach. It recognizes the inextricable links between humans and their biophysical, social, and economic environments, and that these links are reflected in a population's state of health. This In_Focus Web site assembles a variety of resources on the ecosytem approach to human health. Including slide presentations, short stories, case studies, research reports, books, etc., the site presents an overview of the Ecohealth approach, results of IDRC-supported research, and the important lessons that have been learned.
http://network.idrc.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=27266&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1053458014
(Added: Mon Jul 14 2003 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 181)
- The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
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The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization was formed to harness the strengths and experience of multiple partners in immunization. It is an historic alliance between the private and public sector committed to the mission of saving children's lives and protecting people's health through the widespread use of vaccines. A new type of public-private partnership, GAVI brings together governments in developing and industrialized countries, established and emerging vaccine manufacturers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), research institutes, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank.
(Added: Fri Jun 10 2005 Hits: 103)
- The Global Fund for Women
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The Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation supporting women's human rights organisations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education and stopping violence against women.
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
(Added: Wed Jul 23 2003 Modified: Fri Jun 03 2005 Hits: 301)
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
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The purpose of the Fund is to attract, manage and disburse additional resources through a new public-private partnership that will make a sustainable and significant contribution to the reduction of infections, illness and death, thereby mitigating the impact caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in countries in need, and contributing to poverty reduction as part of the Millennium Development goals.
(Added: Mon Jun 09 2003 Modified: Tue Sep 13 2005 Hits: 338)
