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65th #WHO #WorldHealthAssembly | 21–26 May 2012 »

Follow next week’s @WHO #WorldHealthAssembly via #WHA65. Time for #action on #NCDs! Sixty-fifth World Health…

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Do TOMS Shoes actually help the poor? »

It’s not at all clear, Mother Jones reports, and many experts are concerned about the lack of accountability in…

May 20 2012 / Read More »

Stanford attack of UW/Seattle study on global health funding itself under… »

Okay, this is a bit convoluted but see if you can follow. The gist here is about how best…

May 19 2012 / Read More »

An Over the Counter HIV Test Clears Important Regulatory Hurdle »

Tuesday, May 15 2012, in a unanimous 17-0 decision, experts on the Blood Products Advisory Committee recommended to the…

May 19 2012 / Read More »

Neglecting Trauma in the Developing World: More advocates needed »

In this PBS NewsHour feature, see Dr. Richard Coughlin of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) discuss…

May 19 2012 / Read More »

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Does international aid “crowd out” government funding for healthcare? »

A striking article published in The Lancet in April 2010 concluded that when governments receive international aid for healthcare projects, their own spending gets “crowded out”, or displaced. That is, when $1 of money…

May 16 2012 / Read More »

An update on global access to medicines »

Back in 2001, a major ruling took place at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to increase access–at least theoretically–to generic pharmaceuticals for patients in…

May 9 2012 / Read More »

The Global Mental Healthcare Gap »

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In my recent fieldwork with girls involved in intergenerational prostitution (prostituted by their husbands and in-laws), I have found it very difficult…

Apr 29 2012 / Read More »
Korail Slum Eviction in Dhaka: Notes from the Field » The Passion of Krest » Is Culture an Excuse? Looking at Caste-based Prostitution » Prescription drug shortages: data and mechanisms » Evaluate before you leap — volunteers needed! »

Policy & Systems

From Zoellick to Kim: Three Seedlings to Nourish »

By Nancy Birdsall - Jim Kim, the incoming president of the World Bank, has gotten a lot of free (as in unsolicited) advice. I’ve participated happily, indeed eagerly (e.g. here),…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

Aid & Development

Do TOMS Shoes actually help the poor? »

It’s not at all clear, Mother Jones reports, and many experts are concerned about the lack of accountability in the “buy one, give one” business scheme that tells consumers they…

May 20 2012 / Read More »

Women & Children

Maternal Mortality Falling – But Still Too High »

Maternal Mortality Falling – But Still Too High

Today’s new estimates of maternal mortality from the United Nations’ Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) are good news – but not…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

It Only Takes a Checklist to Improve Child Birthing Services »

It Only Takes a Checklist to Improve Child Birthing Services

You read that headline right. A simple checklist-based childbirth safety program showed dramatic improvements in adherence to essential childbirth care practices at a pilot…

May 17 2012 / Read More »
Cesarean section » New Estimates Show Major Reduction in Maternal Mortality, But More Progress… » Maternal morbidity: maternal deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ » Job Opportunity: Senior Grants Manager with the Women & Health… » If you build it, they will come. Especially girls. »

Can a simple checklist help save the lives of women and newborns? »

According to a new study published in PLoS One by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a simple and low-cost checklist has the…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

Noncommunicable Disease

Neglecting Trauma in the Developing World: More advocates needed »

In this PBS NewsHour feature, see Dr. Richard Coughlin of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) discuss his work to address the neglected and growing global burden of…

May 19 2012 / Read More »

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65th #WHO #WorldHealthAssembly | 21–26 May 2012 »

Follow next week’s @WHO #WorldHealthAssembly via #WHA65. Time for #action on #NCDs! Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly 21–26 May 2012…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

5/16 12pm ET TweetChat w/ @PeterSinger from Grand Challenges Canada »

Do you have a question about how innovations impact global health? After reading our CEO Letter, a desire to learn more about…

May 14 2012 / Read More »

Joint the “It Starts With Moms” Twitter Chat Tomorrow »

What: Thriving babies, healthy families, lives that reach their potential... it all starts with mothers. Jhpiego has partnered with USAID's global Maternal and…

May 10 2012 / Read More »
Join Today’s Born Too Soon Chat » Early Childhood Interventions Conference » Vaccines Are An Act of Love » Heroes from the Frontline: Vaccinators in South Sudan » World Malaria Day 2012 Storify-ed »

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