Friday, May 7, 2010

[EQ] Harnessing science for global health

Harnessing science for global health

Anthony Costello

The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9726, Pages 1599 - 1600, 8 May 2010

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60688-5

URL: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60688-5/fulltext

“….Global health is a rapidly growing academic subject in the USA and Europe. In Science and Innovation for Development, Gordon Conway and Jeff Waage mount a powerful case for the importance and value of investment in natural science research if we are to address formidable global health and development challenges this century….”

Science and Innovation for Development

Professor Sir Gordon Conway and Professor Jeff Waage, with Sara Delaney.
Published by UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) 2010.
ISBN: 978 1 84129 0829

Scientific education, knowledge and research are crucial to solving development challenges.

Science as a tool for providing evidence and discovering solutions has been neglected recently by many key decision makers
Download the entire book (PDF 29.1MB) or by individual chapters below.

INTRODUCTION

· Contents, foreword by Professor Calestous Juma, preface, about the authors (PDF 418KB)

Part 1: MOBILISING SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT

· Chapter 1 - The Nature of Science and Innovation (PDF 1.15MB)

· Chapter 2 - Appropriate Innovation (PDF 1.72MB)

· Chapter 3 - Building Partnerships for Innovation (PDF 2.31MB)

PART 2: SCIENCE AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

· Chapter 4 - Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (PDF 4.71MB)

· Chapter 5 - Combating Hunger (PDF 2.38MB)

· Chapter 6 - Improving Health (PDF 3.84MB)

· Chapter 7 - Achieving Environmental Sustainability (PDF 2.71MB)

PART 3: THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

· Chapter 8 - The Science of Climate Change (PDF 4.86MB)

· Chapter 9 - Adapting to Climate Change (PDF 5.16MB)

PART 4

· Conclusion (PDF 324KB)

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[EQ] Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: What the Patterns Tell Us

Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: What the Patterns Tell Us

Paula A. Braveman and Susan Egerter are with the University of California, San Francisco.
Catherine Cubbin is with the University of Texas, Austin.
David R. Williams is with Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Elsie Pamuk is an independent consultant in Orcas Island, WA.

April 2010, Vol 100, No. S1- | American Journal of Public Health S186-S196

Abstract URL: http://bit.ly/cjCbUM

Objectives.
We aimed to describe socioeconomic disparities in the United States across multiple health indicators and socioeconomic groups.

Methods.
Using recent national data on 5 child (infant mortality, health status, activity limitation, healthy eating, sedentary adolescents) and 6 adult (life expectancy, health status, activity limitation, heart disease, diabetes, obesity) health indicators, we examined indicator rates across multiple income or education categories, overall and within racial/ethnic groups.

Results.
Those with the lowest income and who were least educated were consistently least healthy, but for most indicators, even groups with intermediate income and education levels were less healthy than the wealthiest and most educated. Gradient patterns were seen often among non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites but less consistently among Hispanics.

Conclusions.
Health in the United States is often, though not invariably, patterned strongly along both socioeconomic and racial/ethnic lines, suggesting links between hierarchies of social advantage and health. Worse health among the most socially disadvantaged argues for policies prioritizing those groups, but pervasive gradient patterns also indicate a need to address a wider socioeconomic spectrum—which may help garner political support. Routine health reporting should examine socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparity patterns, jointly and separately.





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[EQ] State of the World's Mothers 2010

Women on the Front Lines of Health Care

State of the World's Mothers 2010

Save the Children

Available online PDF [52p.] at: http://bit.ly/cT2wBE

“…….The focus is on the critical shortage of health workers in the developing world and the urgent need for more female health workers to save the lives of mothers, newborn babies and young children. Every year, 50 million women in the developing world give birth with no professional help and 8.8 million children and newborns die from easily preventable or treatable causes.

This report identifies countries that have invested in training and deploying more female health workers and shows how these women are delivering lifesaving health care to some of the poorest and hardest-to-reach mothers and babies. It identifies strategies and approaches that are succeeding in the fight to save lives, and shows that effective solutions to this challenge are affordable – even in the world’s poorest countries…..”

Content:

Contents

Foreword by Bridget Lynch

Introduction by Jasmine Whitbread and Charles F. MacCormack

Executive Summary: Key Findings and Recommendations

Women Helping Women: A Powerful Force for Health and Survival

Saving Mothers and Children in Bangladesh

A Midwife in Every Village in Indonesia

Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Health Care in Pakistan

Ethiopia Puts Female Health Workers in Rural Areas

Where They Are Needed Most

Decentralizing Health Care in Tanzania

Fighting Maternal Mortality in Honduras

Take Action Now to Train More Health Workers and Save Mothers’ and Babies’ Lives

Appendix: 11th Annual Mothers’ Index and Country Rankings

Methodology and Research Notes





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[EQ] Call for nominations: Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health

Call for Nominations Open Now for the 2010

Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health

URL: http://www.pahef.org/awards/nominations

Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health 2010, a joint program of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

These awards honor dedicated professionals who led the way in advancing health conditions in the Americas during the last century and are intended to stimulate the growth of the next and rising generation of leaders working to improve health and health care in the Americas.

Awards with a nomination deadline of June 15, 2010, 5:00 p.m. EST:

· Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Health

· Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health

· Fred L. Soper Award for Excellence in Health Literature

· Clarence H. Moore Award for Excellence for Voluntary Service

Awards with a nomination deadline of June 30, 2010, 5:00 p.m. EST:

· Manuel Velasco Suárez Awards for Excellence in Bioethics

· Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence in Universal Health Care

Each awardee receives a cash prize or grant, certificate of merit, and a paid trip to Washington, DC, to receive the award at the annual PAHO/PAHEF
Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health Event and is recognized before the ministers of health of the region at the PAHO Directing Council Meeting.





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