Health Equity: 04/13/12

Friday, April 13, 2012

[EQ] Non Communicable Diseases and Sustainable Development - Seminar online Rio+20

SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE - PAHO/WHO

Non Communicable Diseases and Sustainable Development

Eleventh Seminar:
18 April 2012 – Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - EDT (Washington, DC USA)

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Website PAHO/WHO Rio+20 at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS

“….In the Americas, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of premature death and disability. In 2007, an estimated 4.45 million deaths occurred causing 3 out of every 4 deaths in the Americas. The leading NCDs include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. These diseases share common risk factors. NCDs can be prevented and controlled through changes in lifestyle, public policies and health interventions that require an intersectoral and integrated approach….”

This seminar will address NCD prevention and control in a perspective of sustainable development. It will discuss how important it is to improve multi-sector policies through the adoption of the principles of equity and accessibility to promote the exercise of human rights. By influencing the environment through which NCDs are allowed to perpetuate, intersectoral and integrated approaches are the only way to improve the current landscape.

There is a growing recognition that NCDs can only be successfully prevented and controlled through linkages and partnerships with sectors outside of health, notably agriculture, education, trade, development, finance, urban planning and transportation, water and sanitation, among others. Cross-sector partnerships are seen as an essential part of the solution, not only across government sectors, but with NGOs, professional associations, academia and the private sector….”

Agenda

12:00 pm Welcome and introduction: Dra Socorro Gross, Assistant Director, PAHO/WHO.

12:10 pm Sustainable development and NCDs by Sir George Alleyne, Former PAHO/WHO Director

12:35 pm Comments: Dr. Karen Sealey, Senior Advisor, WHO-PAHO UN office, New York

12:50 pm Questions and Answers - Moderator - Agnes Soares

1:00 pm Closure

How to participate:

In person:

PAHO/WHO

525 23rd ST NW

Washington DC, 20037 Room C – 12h to 13h Eastern Time (WDC)

Online: via Elluminate link:

- Spanish room: www.paho.org/virtual/SeminariosSDE

- English room www.paho.org/virtual/SDESeminars

Links to all SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20

The SDE Seminar series will happen every Wednesday from 12 to 1pm (EDT), from February 8 to June 13th.

All Seminars will be live streamed, and open for participation in person at the PAHO/WHO headquarters, or via Elluminate.

For those who cannot follow the live seminar, we will have it available later at PAHO Rio+20 Toolkit at: http://bit.ly/Hq7CyF

Send your questions and comments via Twitter https://twitter.com/ToolkitDS

All presentations and recordings are available at PAHO Rio+20 Toolkit – links to each seminar below:

Workers health

No.10 Green Economy /Green Jobs: Health Risks & Benefits
http://bit.ly/IhCwK2

Regional Experiences

No. 9 The Voice and Experience of the Caribbean Islands towards SD
http://bit.ly/HGvKCh

Road Safety

No. 8 Road Safety and Public Transportation towards Sustainable Development:
an agenda for health for Rio+20
http://bit.ly/IS7rAH

Globalization

No. 7 Globalization and Health Equity towards Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/HJ0PTT

Civil Society

No. 6 The Voices of Civil Society - Creating the Healthy Future
http://bit.ly/HRsJyd

Working Environments
No. 5 Employment and working conditions for Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/ILtlHE

The Environment

No. 4 Amazon Region: Environment and Health in the Context of Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/IlMMmK

Climate Change

No. 3 Climate Change and health in the context of Rio+20
http://bit.ly/J7NLFJ

Water

No. 2 Water and Sanitation
http://bit.ly/HP7kGw

Sustainable Development

No. 1 Public Health Challenges
http://bit.ly/Iv3LWW

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[EQ] Global health funding and economic development

Global health funding and economic development

Greg Martin, Alexandrea Grant and Mark D'Agostino
1 UNITAID, World Health Organization
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Medicine, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Globalization and Health 2012, 8:8 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-8-8 - Published: 10 April 2012

Available online at: http://bit.ly/I93h6A

“……The impact of increased national wealth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on public health is widely understood, however an equally important but less well-acclaimed relationship exists between improvements in health and the growth of an economy. Communicable diseases such as HIV, TB, Malaria and the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are impacting many of the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations, and depressing economic development. Sickness and disease has decreased the size and capabilities of the workforce through impeding access to education and suppressing foreign direct investment (FDI).

There is clear evidence that by investing in health improvements a significant increase in GDP per capita can be attained in four ways:

· Firstly, healthier populations are more economically productive;

· secondly, proactive healthcare leads to decrease in many of the additive healthcare costs associated with lack of care (treating opportunistic infections in the case of HIV for example);

· thirdly, improved health represents a real economic and developmental outcome in-and-of itself and finally, healthcare spending capitalises on the Keynesian 'economic multiplier' effect.

Continued under-investment in health and health systems represent an important threat to our future global prosperity. This editorial calls for a recognition of health as a major engine of economic growth and for commensurate investment in public health, particularly in poor countries…”

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[EQ] mHealth on the Move - Online Guest Speaker Lecture April 17, 2012

Invitation from The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the mHealth Alliance

To the Guest Speaker Lecture on:

mHealth on the Move

By Patricia Mechael, MHS, PhD, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Eastern Standard Time (Washington DC USA)

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Agenda

1:00 - 1:05 pm Welcome Marcelo D’Agostino PAHO/WHO KMC Area Manager
1:05 - 1:25 pm mHealth on the Move
By Patricia Mechael mHealth Alliance, Executive Director
1:25 - 1:55 pm Discussion and comments
1:55 - 2:00 pm Wrap-up

To participate Online:

English with Spanish translation available

To login to the Elluminate session, use the link below and type your name on the sign in page:

English: http://bit.ly/gEEPdy

Spanish: http://bit.ly/adxIBs

THE PROBLEM:
There has been rapid increase in the mobile health (mHealth) space, as we are starting to see more evidence, activities, and funding opportunities.

Some mHealth Publications:

- The role of mhealth in the fight against Tuberculosis http://bit.ly/ihggpy

- Advancing the dialogue on Mobile Finance and Mobile health: country case studies http://bit.ly/x1jwT6

- mHealth: New Horizons for Health through Mobile Technologies WHO http://bit.ly/IlFPSJ

- PAHO/WHO eHealth Regional Strategy http://bit.ly/oarWAh

CHALLENGES:
There are implications for each of these opportunity areas that must be accounted for by mHealth stakeholders to ensure we create an enabling environment.

In line with PAHO’s mission, the mHealth field is in need of strategic collaboration to strengthen health systems and advance health outcomes.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
Improve the community’s understanding of trends in the fast-growing mHealth ecosystem and identify opportunities for collaboration among partners to improve health outcomes.

Contact Information:

Avrille Hanzel ahanzel@mhealthalliance.org Tel: 202-778-1623

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