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Friday, August 13, 2010

[EQ] MEDICC - Innovating for Global Health Equity

Innovating for Global Health Equity

MEDICC Review Vol. 12, No 3 July, 2010

Website: http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/

The topics on this MECCIC Issue include: an overview of the Global Forum for Health Research, Forum 2009, overcoming obstacles to better research on the social determinants of health, developing a public health research agenda, moving beyond Open Access towards open data, plus exploration of South-South collaboration in health biotechnology.

Plus: Once the Earth Stood Still (Part II): Cuban Rehabilitation Services in Haiti, a special report from MEDICC Review’s senior editor on assignment in Port-au-Prince, on Cuban medical teams addressing mental health issues in post-earthquake Haiti.

Content

Editorial
Research for Health Equity: Knowing is Not Enough
Policy & Practice
Global Forum for Health Research, Forum 2009: Innovating for the Health of All Susan Jupp, MA
Feature
Three-Pronged Innovation to Improve Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in Cuba Gloria Giraldo, MPH
Interview
Shaping a Research Agenda to Solve Health Problems: Niviola Cabrera, MD, Director of Science and Technology, Ministry of Public Health, Cuba Gail Reed, MS

Special Article
Limited Financial Resources Need Not Mean Poor Health Outcomes José Miyar, MD
Original Research
Prevalence of Stroke and Associated Risk Factors in Older Adults in Havana City and Matanzas Provinces, Cuba (10/66 Population-Based Study) Juan de Jesús Llibre, MD, MPH, PhD, et al.
Efficacy and Safety of ior®EPOCIM for Chemotherapy- or Radiotherapy-Induced Anemia in Pediatric Cancer Patients Alicia Vargas, MS, et al.
Perspective
Cuba and Brazil: An Important Example of South-South Collaboration in Health Biotechnology Tirso W. Sáenz , DrSc, et al.
Overcoming Barriers to Improved Research on the Social Determinants of Health Fran Baum, PhD
Abstracts
Cuban Research in Current International Journals
International Cooperation Report
Once the Earth Stood Still (Part II): Mental Health Services in Post-Quake Haiti Conner Gorry, MA
Viewpoint
Innovations for Global Health Equity: Beyond Open Access towards Open Data Emma Veitch, PhD, et al.

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[EQ] Building a More Resilient Haitian State

Building a More Resilient Haitian State

Keith Crane, James Dobbins, LaureL e.MiLLer, CharLes P. Ries, ChristoPher s. Chivvis, MarLa C. Hims, MarCo Overhaus,Heather Lee SChwartz, ELizabeth

2010 RAND Corporation

Available online PDF [209p.] at: http://bit.ly/aOBdeM

“….This report appraises past and current plans and policies to improve the provision of public services in Haiti and, drawing on this appraisal, provides recommendations on how those plans and policies might be improved.

The report focuses on setting priorities and suggesting how programs and initiatives might be refocused so as to provide palpable improvements in the provision of public services in Haiti over the course of the next few years. It is designed to be useful to the government of Haiti as it develops detailed plans for policy and institutional reforms and to the international donor community as it determines how to support the government’s efforts.

The research described in this report was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Smith Richardson Foundation and was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD). NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the defense agencies, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Intelligence Community, allied foreign governments, and foundations….”

Summary

CHAPTER ONE Introduction

CHAPTER TWO

Background
Haiti’s Challenges

Economic Development
Society

State Administration

Politics

Consequences of the Earthquake

Haiti and Donors

CHAPTER THREE Governance and Public Administration

CHAPTER FOUR Justice

CHAPTER FIVE Security
CHAPTER SIX Economic Policy

CHAPTER SEVEN Housing and Infrastructure

CHAPTER EIGHT Education.

CHAPTER NINE Health

The Challenges

Long-Standing

Consequences of the Earthquake

Appraisal of Plans and Initiatives for Addressing the Challenges

Plans and Initiatives Before the Earthquake

Revised Plans

Recommendations Focus on Strengthening Policymaking, Planning, Regulation, and Oversight

Establish Performance-Based Contracting Mechanism for Provision of Services

Reorganize Decentralized Health-Care Operations .

Build Human-Resource Capacity

Examine Health-Care Financing Options

CHAPTER TEN Donor Cooperation and Building the Haitian State

CHAPTER ELEVEN Conclusion .

Strategic Framework

Priorities
Political Prerequisites

Bibliography .

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[EQ] Migration and health: a dynamic challenge for Europe

Migration and health: a dynamic challenge for Europe

EuroHealth Volume 16 Number 1, 2010
LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Available online PDF [48p.] at: http://bit.ly/9hzyLs

“…..Patterns of migration in Europe are evolving dynamically. This is not just as a result of the expansion of the EU and the growing phenomena of internal EU migration; it also has reflected the demand for both skilled and unskilled labour from outside the EU, economic migration and the arrival of displaced individuals from areas of conflict, persecution and/or natural disaster. Yet only a minority of countries in the EU provide the same access to health care services for all migrants as for the resident population.

Regardless of their legal status, migrants can be at particular risk of poor physical and mental health; they may be isolated after arrival in their host country or be unaware of any entitlement to use publicly funded health care services. Even where available, services may not be suitable to the needs of many migrant groups….”

Content:

1 Migrant health policy: The Portuguese and Spanish EU Presidencies

María-José Peiro and Roumyana Benedict

5 What can be done in EU Member States to better protect the health of migrants?

Paola Pace

10 Migration: A social determinant of migrants’ health

Anita A. Davies, Anna Basten and Chiara Frattini

13 Access to health care for undocumented migrants in the EU: A first landscape of Now Hereland

Ursula Karl-Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula and Birgit Metzler

17 Better health for all in Europe: Developing a migrant sensitive health workforce

María-Teresa Gijón-Sánchez, Sandra Pinzón-Pulido, Riitta-Liisa Kolehmainen-Aitken et al

20 Health and well-being among child immigrants in Europe

Michal Molcho, Francesca Cristini, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn et al

24 New citizens, new challenges for the Spanish National Health System

Cristina Hernández Quevedo and Dolores Jiménez Rubio

26 Mapping EC-funded initiatives on health and migration in Europe

Mariya Samuilova, María-José Peiro and Roumyana Benedict

Snapshots

29 Towards equity in health: Migrant health policies in Spain

Begoña Merino, Karoline Fernández de la Hoz and Pilar Campos

30 Approaches to migrant health in Portugal

Maria do Céu Machado, Filipa Pereira and Silvia Machaqueiro

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[EQ] PAHO/WHO Consultation: A Framework for National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans and The Future of Financing for WHO

PAHO/WHO has launched a region wide online consultation on two WHO working documents:

A Framework for National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans and The Future of Financing for WHO

Latin American and Caribbean Countries and interested stakeholders are encouraged to participate.

Documents and questions are available online in both English and Spanish.

English: http://bit.ly/92fYWv

Spanish: http://bit.ly/c7HA3p

The open ended questions can be completed directly online.

All comments and views will be considered for enriching these documents that will be submitted to WHO’s 127^th Executive Board Meeting in January 2011.

Deadline for receiving feedback is 31 August 2010

Consultation Documents:

The Future Financing for WHO – PDF [28p.] at: http://bit.ly/cqVGRv

Framework for National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans – PDF [9p.] at: http://bit.ly/aa9hFl

“…..During the 127th meeting of the Executive Board in January of 2011, the World Health Organization will be presenting reports on a Framework for National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans and The Future Financing for WHO. Since 2009, WHO's Global Policy Group is placing heightened attention to strengthening the Organization's policy dialogue around National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans. WHO has also engaged the Member States in 2010, in a debate on the future financing of the WHO, covering critical issues such as the role of WHO and the nature of its core business in a changing environment of global health, approaches to technical cooperation, mechanisms and/or criteria for defining priorities, greater predictability and flexibility of funding, as well as greater alignment of donor funding with agreed priorities.

The report on the financing of the WHO underlines the development and articulation of policies, strategies and plans as a national responsibility and the bedrock around which harmonization and alignment can take place, in line with the Paris Declaration and Accra Action Agenda. A critical stated role for the WHO is that of improving the quality of national strategies and assisting national authorities in the coordination of development partners around national priorities.

Both topics have been placed for regional consultations, in preparation of their presentation at the 127th EB. Given the close link between the discussions on the role and financing of the WHO and the Organization's renewed emphasis on national health policies, strategies and plans, the Pan American Health Organization is holding a joint consultation on both themes with key stakeholders…..”

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