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Tulane Global Health Digest - October 2011

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Tulane Global Health Digest – October 2011

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1. Next GHIG Dinner: October 2011

Which dates work for you? http://www.doodle.com/psu8dag9mutpsrne

2. The creation of an International Health Service Corps

PERSPECTIVE: An International Service Corps for Health — An Unconventional Prescription for Diplomacy. Kerry, Auld, Farmer. NEJM 2010.

3. USAID: New Course on Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP)

4. Stanford-NBC News Fellowship in Global Health Media

5. Responses to Complex Emergencies: An International Perspective featuring Dr. Manuel Carballo, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, 7PM - 9PM

6. Upcoming Global Health Education Consortium Conference

http://2011globalhealth.org/ November 13–15, 2011

7. International Emergency Health Fellowship

8. WHO Bulletin October 2011 issue:

Countries still using asbestos setting cancer time-bomb
Glasgow tackles stark inequities in health
Health is key to economic growth in Brazil, says Minister of Health
All in the family: a study of tuberculosis in children in Greenland
A decade towards better health in Chile
Estimating global numbers for Japanese encephalitis
Call for more research on hospital infections in Africa

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1. Pick a date for the next GHIG Dinner: October 2011

Join us for an evening of dinner and discussion. We host a bimonthly potluck where residents and faculty can share their experiences in global health.

Please let us know which dates work best for you:

http://www.doodle.com/psu8dag9mutpsrne

Speakers: TBA

Location: Christina and Alex’s: 718 St. Roch Ave, NOLA

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2. International Health Service Corps

The Fogarty Center, CDC and PEPFAR in Washington DC are piloting a medical arm of the Peace Corps called the Global Health Partnership. This is scheduled to be piloted in August 2011, with 20 people for one year each and a goal of growing to 700 corps members over the next five years. Plans including provision of debt amnesty for corps members and finances for this part of the program are still being investigated, but it looks promising.

Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — An International Service Corps for Health — An Unconventional Prescription for Diplomacy. Vanessa Bradford Kerry, M.D., Sara Auld, M.D., and Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:1199-1201.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1006501

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3. USAID: New Course on Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP)

USAID's Global Health eLearning Center (www.globalhealthlearning.org) is pleased to announce the release of a new eLearning course on the Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP). Some researchers have concluded that 1.8 million under-five deaths could be averted if all pregnancis were spaced 36 months from the preceding birth.
Do you know the magnitude of health problems related to timing and spacing of pregnancies in the developing world?
Do you want to know how to add a HTSP approach to your own program?
Take this course to find the answers to these questions and to learn much more about how you can implement HTSP strategies into your own programs.

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4. Stanford-NBC News Fellowship in Global Health Media

http://globalhealth.stanford.edu/strategicinitiatives/gh_media_fellowship.html

Stanford University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health has launched the first U.S. Fellowship in Media and Global Health to demonstrate how multiple media platforms can have significant impact upon work in global health. Fellows who will be competitively chosen from a national pool of medical students committed to a career in global health will learn how multiple media modalities can play a significant role in health and human rights efforts, foundation and government health assistance, and individual health choices.

This opportunity is targeted to provide medical students, residents and/or faculty with 12-months of practical training in global health reporting using a variety of media platforms including: print, photography, television, social networking and fundamentals in journalism and communications.

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5. Responses to Complex Emergencies: An International Perspective featuring Dr. Manuel Carballo

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Building: Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC) in Room 202
Location: uptown campus
Other Information: Rechler Conference Room

The Tulane School of Social Work is proud to present a free community event on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Rechler Conference Room (Rm. 202) on the second floor of the Lavin-Bernick Center. Dr. Manuel Carballo will present about “Responses to Complex Emergencies: An International Perspective” followed by a Q&A session with audience members.

Dr. Carballo, Executive Director of the International Centre for Migration, Health, and Development (ICMHD) in Switzerland, will discuss best practices and challenges in responding to complex emergencies and address the implications for migrant and refugee populations.
Along with providing information on the related initiatives of ICMHD, Dr. Carballo will share insight from his experiences in post-disaster and post-conflict situations around the world.

About the Presenter

Dr. Manuel Carballo is the Executive Director of the International Centre for Migration, Health, and Development which is based in Switzerland. The Center works with governments, UN agencies, NGOs and other organizations interested in improving the health and welfare of people affected by migration, economically or politically. The Center also organizes training courses for humanitarian relief workers, UN personnel, health practitioners, public health professionals, policy makers/planners and military and peacekeeping forces. Dr. Carballo is an epidemiologist who has previously worked in multiple countries for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations. He served as the WHO Public Health Advisor for Bosnia and Herzegovina and was also Chief of Social and Behavioral Research for WHO’s Global Programme on AIDS. With the United Nations, he has been responsible for health assessments for refugee populations and for emergency responses for countries recovering from post-disaster or post-conflict situations. As a founding member of the UNAIDS Uniformed Services Task Force, he has worked extensively on HIV prevention programs with uniformed services and peacekeeping forces. His areas of specialty include migrant and refugee health, reproductive health, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. He is also a Professor of Clinical Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York.

Sponsored by: School of Social Work

Admission: Free
Attendance: Open to the public
Open to: Alumni, Faculty, Graduate students, Parents, Prospective undergrads, Staff, Undergraduates, Visitors

For more information contact Elaine Wright via email to ewright3@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-862-3472

Additional information may be found at the event website at http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=8vppaidab&oeidk=a07e505hm2afa5399d7

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6. Upcoming Global Health Conference

http://2011globalhealth.org/

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the Canadian Society for International Health and the Global Health Education Consortium

November 13–15, 2011

Montreal, Canada

Featured Speakers:

Eric Goosby

Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR

Roger Glass

Director, Fogarty International Center; Associate Director for Global Health

Research, National Institutes of Health

Harold Varmus

Director of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

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7. International Emergency Health Fellowship

http://www.uic.edu/com/er/EMProg/intlfellowship.shtml

International Emergency Medicine and
Health Fellowship

The University of Illinois is one of the first institutions who introduced a fellowship in International Emergency Medicine with the aim to provide training for expertise in management of international emergency medicine and health related issues.

The field itself developed out of a desire to extend available resources in leadership and experience to locations and situations that lacked the infrastructure or organization to address emergent health conditions. The role of international emergency medicine and international health as a specialty continues to expand, as the world evolves into a more global society.

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8. WHO Bulletin October 2011 issue

Volume 89, Number 10, October 2011, 701-776

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.001011

EDITORIALS

Global action on social determinants of health
- Michael Marmot
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094862

Social determinants of health: practical solutions to deal with a well-recognized issue
- Rüdiger Krech
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094870

NEWS

Public health round-up

Behind the “Glasgow effect”

Tackling social factors to save lives in India

A decade towards better health in Chile

Dealing with the big picture in Australia

Brazil calls for pact on social factors to improve health

RESEARCH

Global mesothelioma deaths reported to the World Health Organization between 1994 and 2008
- Vanya Delgermaa et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086678

Excess child mortality after discharge from hospital in Kilifi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort analysis
- Jennifer C Moïsi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.089235

Childhood and adult mortality from unintentional falls in India
- Jagnoor Jagnoor et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086306

Risk factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among children in Greenland
- Bolette Søborg et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.084152

Preoperative visual acuity among cataract surgery patients and countries’ state of development: a global study
- Shaheen P Shah et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080366

Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review
- Sepideh Bagheri Nejad et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.088179

Estimated global incidence of Japanese encephalitis: a systematic review
- Grant L Campbell et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.085233

PERSPECTIVES

Action on social determinants of health is essential to tackle noncommunicable diseases
- Kumanan Rasanathan & Rüdiger Krech
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094243

Tulane Global Health Digest - May 2011

Posted by Alex on May 21, 2011 at 12:54 AM

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Tulane Global Health Digest – May 2011

1. Next GHIG Dinner: Tuesday May 24th, 2011, 6:30pm
Speakers:

Nick Van Sickles, Infectious Disease fellow, on his cholera work in Haiti and
Tayo Idera-Abdullah, Peds resident, about her recent rotation in Jamaica.

2. Perspective: Responding to Cholera in Post-Earthquake Haiti. NEJM. Jan 2011.

3. AAP Section on International Child Health Spring Newsletter

http://www.aap.org/sections/ich/Newsletter_Spring_%202010_LR.pdf

4. Series on Tropical Medicine Certificate Courses: Johns Hopkins

5. May issue of the WHO Bulletin

People with diabetes face higher risk of tuberculosis infection
Psychiatrist Mustafa Elmasri challenges the way the international community handles mental health care in crises
Opt-out HIV testing dramatically increases cases diagnosed in Zambia
A case for no-fault compensation for vaccine injuries
Abortifacients: clinical versus home use
One third of patients in Thailand are “medical tourists”: effects on the health system
Road crashes double over four years in Kyrgyzstan

1. Next GHIG Dinner: Tuesday May 24th, 2011, 6:30pm

Where:

Hosted by Dr. Olteanu.

Speakers:

Nick Van Sickles, Infectious Disease fellow, on his cholera work in Haiti and
Tayo Idera-Abdullah, Peds resident, about her recent rotation in Jamaica.

RSVP: To Alex at astancul at tulane.edu.

2. Article: Perspective: Responding to Cholera in Post-Earthquake Haiti. NEJM. Jan 2011.

In keeping with Dr. Van Sickles work, here is a quick run down from January’s NEJM.

http://www.nejm.org.libproxy.tulane.edu:2048/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1012997

3. AAP Section on International Child Health Spring Newsletter

http://www.aap.org/sections/ich/Newsletter_Spring_%202010_LR.pdf

4. Series: Tropical Medicine Certificate Courses

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/programs/certificates/program/13

Educational Objectives

This eight-week summer program is designed to provide training in tropical medicine and related public health issues through a multidisciplinary approach. It is also designed to prepare participants for working with current and emerging health problems in developing countries and health problems of travelers. This program focuses broadly on issues of tropical health and on clinical tropical medicine. Toward the program’s conclusion, students will have acquired a strong scientific basis for preventing, diagnosis, treating, and controlling tropical health problems. The curriculum will consist of:

· Specific tropical diseases and detailed case studies stressing diagnosis, treatment, and the implementation of preventive control measures; · Recent advances in diagnostic methodologies; · Human behavior associated with the transmission of infection and of local perceptions of the disease; · Laboratory sessions focusing on diagnostic methods for identification of blood, intestinal, and tissue parasites as well as their vectors. Sessions include practical lab experience in parasitology and diagnosis;

Intended Audience

Johns Hopkins Medical Institution students and staff; health professionals; other individuals with an interest in tropical medicine.

Admissions Criteria

Graduate degree in a health or science; or bachelors degree with significant experience in a health profession.

Course of Study

8 week institute offered in Summer. Institute is offered in 4 two-week long modules that may be completed over a period of several years...

Requirements for Successful Completion

Four courses:

· 223.684 Vector Borne Diseases in the Tropics

· 223.685 HIV, TB and other Chronic Infections

· 223.686 Child and Public Health in the Tropics

· 223.688 Intestinal Infections in the Tropics

5. May issue of the WHO Bulletin

Highlights from the May 2011 issue:

· People with diabetes face higher risk of tuberculosis infection

· Psychiatrist Mustafa Elmasri challenges the way the international community handles mental health care in crises

· Opt-out HIV testing dramatically increases cases diagnosed in Zambia

· A case for no-fault compensation for vaccine injuries

· Abortifacients: clinical versus home use

· One third of patients in Thailand are “medical tourists”: effects on the health system

· Road crashes double over four years in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 89, Number 5, May 2011, 241-316

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.000511

Digest

Course of Study

Requirements for Successful Completion

Four courses:

Volume 89, Number 5, May 2011, 241-316

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

EDITORIALS

NEWS

RESEARCH

Volume 17, Number 3–March 2011

Research

Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis, 2009

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

EDITORIALS

NEWS

RESEARCH

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