GLOBAL HEALTH

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• A Cure for Health Costs?

  
  Wealth of Nations — Authority: 514
  By Mary Carmichael Whats the secret to improving public health while cutting costs? The question has consumed Washington, but its being answered elsewhere, by doctors offering a new test for more than 100 rare recessive genes, some of which cause fatal diseases. The test, Counsyl, lets potential parents assess their ...
  13 hours ago

• The elephant in the room: a nation of band-aids

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following post by Liz Scherer , Principal of Digital Copy, LLC, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Liz Scherer is a digital copywriter, health reporter, medical writer, marketing and social media consultant, blogger and ...
  2 days ago

• Administration: Obama to Push for Allowing Drug Re-Importation

  
  WSJ.com: Washington Wire — Authority: 752
  White House aide David Axelrod said President Barack Obama was “committed” to allowing the re-importation of pharmaceutical drugs into the U.S. and would push ahead with efforts to open the market.
  3 days ago

• 100 million H1N1 vaccine doses available, flu waning in U.S., officials report

  
  Paging Dr. Gupta — Authority: 419
  By Miriam Falco CNN Medical Managing Editor The Department of Health and Human Resources says as of Friday, December 18, more than 100 million doses of H1N1 flu vaccine will have been made available for states to distribute. This news comes at a time when the so-called swine flu seems to be waning in the United ...
  5 days ago

• Economic Security and Reproductive Health

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following guest post by Rachel Hampton , Research Associate at the Global Health Council, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Rachel’s areas of focus include maternal, newborn and child health and reproductive health. She has ...
  5 days ago

• Early morning laugh...

  
  Read My Lipstick Network — Authority: 128
  Think about this headline: Obama: Global capacity to fight climate change in doubt right now The collective ability of world leaders to confront climate change "is in doubt right now," President Barack Obama said Friday in Copenhagen. Read more: ...
  5 days ago

• Global health: Organ failure and systemic sustainability

  
  Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD — Authority: 126
  or Blue Planet :: Blue People Original image sources: Northern Europe - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Europe_10.17239E_63.58242N_center.png Stethescope - http://www.brookvillehospital.org/images/stethescope.jpg
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• Integrating HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health Services

  
  The New Security Beat — Authority: 421
  Integrating maternal health and HIV/AIDS services “includes organizing and providing services that meet several needs simultaneously…focusing not only on the condition, but also the individual,” argued Dr. Claudes Kamenga, Senior Director of Technical Support and Research Utilization at Family Health ...
  6 days ago

• Also In Global Health News: Kenya HIV/AIDS; Uganda Bill; Water Project In Philippines; U.N. Appeal For Yemen

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 145
  U.S. Pledges $26.5M Over 4 Years To Fight HIV/AIDS In Kenya U.S. Ambassador Michael Ranneberger on Wednesday announced the U.S. would provide $26.5 million (2.7 billion Kenyan shillings) between 2009 and 2013 to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, the Daily Nation reports (Sinundu, 12/16)… Source: Also In Global ...
  6 days ago

• Franchising Child and Family Wellness

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following guest post by Dr. Gunther L. Faber , CEO of The HealthStore Foundation ® , is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Context: Lack of Access to Quality Basic Healthcare :  The market for drugs and basic healthcare ...
  6 days ago

• Forum 2009, No. 6: A Physical Therapist Headed to Tecate (#GFHR09)

  
  Global Health Ideas — Authority: 109
  The Global Forum for Health Research Forum 2009: Innovating for the Health of All took place in Havana, Cuba from 16-20 November. This is the sixth and final in a series of posts from the conference. It’s now been a month since Forum 2009, so it’s time to wrap up any remaining thoughts from the meeting. ...
  6 days ago

• Nursing human rights - dementia care II: fao Sir Gerry Robinson*

  
  Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD — Authority: 126
  The 2nd and final edition of BBC Twos TV programs Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes? was on last night and made for uneasy viewing. The saving grace for the publics confidence (if there is one) was repetition of the excellent care at one home. For all the negatives presented on TV, before mapping the key ...
  1 week ago

• Private Sector Contribution to Developing Countries’ Health Unheralded

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following guest post by Susan Crowley , President of Multilateral Consulting, LLC, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. By any measure, giving programs directed at developing countries by research-based pharmaceutical companies ...
  1 week ago

• Israel Takes The Lead In Health Technology

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 508
  The Media Line Staff Having already mastered telecommunications and defense, analysts say health could be the next big thing for the Israeli high tech industry. Banking on a tradition of multi-disciplinary innovation, Israeli firms for health information technology (HIT) are slowly becoming leaders in the ...
  1 week ago

• The Communication Initiative Network and holistic bandwidth

  
  Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD — Authority: 126
  In 2004 I attended a day at a community informatics conference in Brighton, UK (see the side bar for details) . My interest in that event stems from recognising the different schools of informatics and the multidisciplinary potential for Hodges model that extends beyond health and social care. The model provides a ...
  1 week ago

• Nigeria: A Year Without Guinea Worms

  
  ONE — Authority: 578
  There have been a lot of successes in global health – could the elimination of Guinea worm worldwide be next? After 12 consecutive months without a single worm detected, Nigeria is moving closer to the eradication of Guinea worm . Two more years are needed for the WHO to make it official, but it appears that ...
  1 week ago

• Tackling the Biggest Maternal Killer: How the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative Strengthened Efforts Around the World

  
  The New Security Beat — Authority: 421
  On Friday, November 20th, 120 representatives from the maternal health community, the U.S. and around the world, gathered for an all day meeting at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to discuss the report, Tackling the Biggest Maternal Killer: How the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative ...
  1 week ago

• Saving Money while Saving Lives: The Economic Argument for Childhood Vaccination

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following post by Lois Privor-Dumm, IMBA , Director of Alliances and Information for the PneumoADIP at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Lois heads up several vaccine projects ...
  1 week ago

• News, Data on Health Care, Global Demographics: OECD Health at a Glance 2009

  
  EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC — Authority: 114
  Organisation of Economic Co-operation & Development ( OECD ) published its’ fifth annual edition of Health at a Glance 2009 – OECD Indicators on Dec 8 2009. The full report is available in English or French language; anyone may read the “web book” online, at no cost, on the OECD Statistics ...
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• Employment : A Public Health Intervention

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 421
  The following guest post by Ellen Dorsch , Founder of Creative Women, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Building on her commitment to women’s well being, her love of travel, her desire to experience the challenges of the ...
  1 week ago

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