Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the CGI Newsletter Dr. Chris Stout, Editor Gracie Wang, Co-Editor
Volume III, Number 5
May 2016
_____News, Tools, Reports and Shout-Outs______ UN body agrees to global indicators to measure SDGs The UN Statistical Commission has agreed on a set of global indicators - 230 in total that will measure success towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
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Strengthening Health Systems to Promote Good Health World Health Day is observed internationally on April 7 to raise awareness regarding the critical role of good health to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages. –UN Global Goal 3 This year’s theme for World Health Day is Beat Diabetes, a noncommunicable disease that affects 350 million people globally and is likely to double in the next 20 years. The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing over the past few decades, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. As populations urbanize, people tend to consume more refined and less nutritious food. As countries develop and their epidemiology changes, we witness a rise in noncommunicable diseases that is more typical of affluent countries. This is why building strong health systems is such an important global health investment. Strong health systems allow countries to address current health concerns as well as new priorities that are bound to emerge as countries develop and our climate changes. Some of the key components or “building blocks” that are necessary to strengthen health systems and build country capacity include effective governance and financing, a competent health workforce, appropriate service delivery models, up-to-date information and quality medicines that reach people who need them. Effective governance can alter policies to change food consumption patterns. Health financing can drive provider and client behavior toward prevention, promotion, and cost-effective disease management. A competent and well-trained health worker can ensure all patients are managed at the appropriate level of the health system. Information systems can identify patterns of disease and empower patients. Effective management of diseases depends on getting the right medicines to patients, in good condition, at the right time. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) collaboration with countries to strengthen their pharmaceutical systems, including work on supply chain management of quality and 2
essential health products for HIV and AIDS and other diseases, seeks to build country capacity and ownership for disease prevention and treatment. Our work to strengthen health systems lays the groundwork for better surveillance and for more sustainable, effective prevention, treatment, and control of all diseases. Our work in nutrition also contributes to linking disease risk factors to nutritional habits. Poor nutrition during the first 1,000 days increases the risk of nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases later in life, including diabetes. Research shows that stunting, low birthweight, and intrauterine growth restriction caused by poor nutrition during pregnancy are all significantly associated with preconditions of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our work in social and behavior change communication addresses the cultural and behavioral dimensions of disease treatment and management, which are also fundamental when dealing with diabetes. Our work in infectious diseases is also critical because people with diabetes are two to three times more likely to get active tuberculosis (TB), which is why effective detection and treatment of TB through a strong and well-equipped health system is essential to reducing the impact of both diseases. Learn more
Read about USAID’s Vision for Health System Strengthening [PDF, 1.6MB] Learn how USAID purchases and distributes life-saving medicines and health supplies. The USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy references how nutrition is a major risk factor and an important component for managing diabetes. A CNN article explores the strong link between TB and Diabetes: Modern life fuels an old infection: Could diabetes inflame the TB epidemic? Read about the SPRING Project and how USAID supports activities across a range of nutrition projects; Learn more about WHO’s 2016 World Health Day Campaign: Stay Super: Beat Diabetes
Learn about USAID's Behavior Change Framework [PDF, 730KB] to accelerate progress in global health and newly launched Accelerator Behavior Website
Collaboration tools for nonprofits In this article by TechSoup, learn about a number of tools your nonprofit can use to teleconference, share documents online, and manage grants and projects. http://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-howtos/collaboration-tools-for-foundations
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Most nonprofits operate without a plan. Based on a poll of more than 1,000 nonprofit and volunteers, the 2016 Nonprofit Sector 50 percent of the nonprofit leaders surveyed are http://concordleadershipgroup.com/new-data-
Reads & Resources Washington Post op-ed describes why U.S. students who go to poor countries to ‘do good’ often do the opposite The Associated Press named a new Global Health Editor to oversee a team of journalists covering medicine, public health, the health care business and consumer health issues There's an interesting looking online course on udemy called, "How to Make a Difference." The course by journalists Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is designed for anyone who wants to leave a mark on the world, make a difference and learn a few secrets about how to live a happier, healthier and more meaningful life ($20 until April 7) Want to start your own nonprofit? Adam Braun, the founder of Pencils for Promise, has a new course to teach you all about how to do it India's top private hospitals are using telemedicine to manage ICUs as a way of dealing with a shortage of critical-care doctors
___Award, Grant, Funding, Ed. & Job Opportunities____ 7 Tips for a Career in Global Health By Brian W. Simpson Get out into the field, gain experience, find mentors and create the path you want to follow, 7 global health experts told more than 300 students at a Saturday afternoon forum at the 2016 Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference.
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Diverse in experience and position, the experts—including a clinical professor, a lawyer, a provost, a pediatrician and others—shared lessons learned over decades. It’s not always glamorous (there was the story of discovering an underwear drawer overrun with ants) or easy (consider the tears streaming down the cheeks of a child saying goodbye to her dad leaving for another overseas stint), but the work offers deep rewards, researchers said. The top 7 tips from the forum are: 1. “Spend as much time in field as you can early in your career,” advised Sriram Shamasunder, an associate clinical professor, at the University of California, San Francisco. There’s no substitute for experience you gain by working in the field: “I took a pay cut and funded myself sometimes, but I was able to spend time in the field and that raises questions and ideas in ways that you can’t get in a classroom in San Francisco,” he says. Plus, it gets harder to leave home when you have children and have to leave them at home to travel abroad. 2. “Be willing and open to transformation,” counseled Timothy Brewer, a vice provost at UCLA. “I think most of you will admit that when you come back from these kinds of experiences different than when you went. That can be very powerful.” 3. “For you to engage in global health activities later in life, you need to see the world,” advises Jason Blackard, director of Office of Global health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. 4. “Look at the different roles around you and once you figure out the role you want, [then] figure out the skills you need for that role,” says Julie Herlihy, assistant professor of Pediatrics, and director of Pediatric Global Health at the University of California, Davis. 5. “Find your mentors. You need many mentors. It is going to be a community of people,” Herlihy advises. 6. “When you see a door, don’t be afraid to go through it. After you’ve walked through a few doors and you get a little farther on in your career, listen. The most important thing I do in my job is listen,” Brewer says. 7. “You need to like the people you work with. A true partnership emerges when people like each other. Everything is about the relationships for me,” says Matthew Dasco, director of Center for Global health Education, UT Medical Branch. SOURCE: http://www.globalhealthnow.org/news/7-tips-for-a-career-in-global-health
Full year Fellowship in Latin America: Linking the Americas! America Solidaria US is now accepting applications for a year-long fellowship program in 13 countries throughout the Americas. Projects focus on education, health, and economic development. Apply now to our America Solidaria: September 2016-2017 Volunteer Cycle Deadline April 29, 2016. Learn more at http://bit.ly/linkingtheamericas and 5
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/america-solidaria-u-s-latin-america-various-countries-11057-full-yearfellowship-in-latin-america-linking-the-americas/
Landscape analysis research & paper writing The Stevens Initiative requests applications from organizations proposing to conduct a landscape analysis of the field of virtual exchange. The proposal is expected to be no more than 5 pages long. The landscape analysis paper is due July 31, 2016. Applicants may use primary as well as secondary research sources, and may use either PowerPoint or Word Doc format and include relevant charts, lists, etc. For more information, visit: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/aspen-institute-stevens-initiative-8636-landscapeanalysis-research-paper-writing/
Intern, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego Every spring, summer, and fall the IPJ recruits highly qualified individuals to support the Institute’s work through the IPJ Internship Program. Interns have the opportunity to learn about peace and justice issues by working on projects alongside practitioners and scholars in the fields of conflict resolution and human rights. Institute interns research, write and publish online, and learn from IPJ staff while working closely with them on projects and events. The more than 150 individuals who have served as IPJ Interns have leveraged their experience to successfully pursue careers working for peace and justice in the U.S. and around the world. For more information please visit the internship program website for more information and application instructions. See also: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/joan-b-krocinstitute-for-peace-and-justice-san-diego-ca-8638-intern/
Geospatial Specialist – Human Rights, Amnesty International Amnesty International has been using remote sensing for over 10 years to document human rights violations. Remote sensing has been successfully used to document housing demolitions, destruction of civilian infrastructure, secret detention facilities or the impact of extractive industries on communities, among other issues. The organization is looking to expand this approach, especially considering new commercial and technological developments. In order to meet increased demand, we are seeking a geospatial specialist to support the organization’s use of remote sensing and other geospatial analysis techniques for human rights documentation. This is a full time consultancy position, limited initially to 12 months.
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See attached description for more details: Full Position Description. See also: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/amnesty-international-8636-geospatial-specialist-human-rights/
UNDP Programme Consultant/Team Leader, Establishing Safe Markets for Women in Afghanistan-SSA International – Kabul with Possible Site Visits, AFGHANISTAN Under the overall guidance of UN Women’s Country Representative and direct supervision of the Gender Specialist and the Head of the Political and Economic Empowerment Pillar (PEEP) as well as in consultation with the UNCT Programme Management Team, the team led by an International Programme Consultant will conduct a scoping study contributing to the UNCT’s Safe Market Programme in Afghanistan, develop an overall programme framework for the UN Joint Programme, including Governance and Management arrangements, identify and negotiate scope of engagement of UN agencies, including roles and responsibilities as well as initial seed capital that UN agencies are willing to invest to the roll out of the UN Joint Programme, develop a 6 months detailed workplan for operationalization of the Joint Programme, identify best format and options for Joint Programme implementation (pass through/polled funding, parallel funding under umbrella framework, combination of various options, etc., develop Partnership and Resource Mobilization Strategy, develop areas of intervention for UN Women based on its comparative advantage, identify linkages with the current UN Women’s programmes and explain how each of the program teams of the ACO will contribute to UN Joint Programme Implementation and throughout assignment carry out focus group discussions, presentations, debriefings as necessary. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/undp-programme-consultantteam-leader-establishing-safe-markets-womenafghanistan-ssa-international-kabul-possible-site-visits-afghanistan/
Executive Director Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), a bi-national association of Canada and the US, is seeking an experienced administrator and progressive leader for the position of Executive Director. The Executive Director works closely with the 20+ person active Board of Directors to set goals and articulate the vision of the Association and to develop strategies and plans to meet those goals. The ED also manages the business affairs of the Association, including recommending and implementing an annual budget, serving as Editor for a regular newsletter, and working with the Board on fundraising and grant-writing. Another large piece of the work involves motivating and managing multiple projects performed by a committed set of volunteers, including taking a co-leadership role in planning and conducting the organization’s major annual conference. PJSA is based on a university campus, but primary daily the interactions of the Executive Director are with a Board which is distributed across Canada and the United States, and with the largely North American membership. PJSA is currently based on the campus of the Georgetown University, however we are also in the process of soliciting institutions for a new headquarters (see accompanying announcement below) should the successful applicant be located at another institution 7
or in another city. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/executive-director-peacejustice-studies-association-pjsa/
Save the Children Humanitarian Operations Programme – Homebased Save the Children is delighted to launch the eighteenth Humanitarian Operations Programme (HOP 18). The HOP, accredited at Masters Level by Oxford Brookes University, provides future humanitarian workers with foundation level skills, knowledge and experience. Designed to build the next generation of humanitarian workers, this programme draws on Save the Children’s extensive expertise and experience to cover all the essential aspects of emergency response required for humanitarian personnel. It is a practitioner led learning and mentoring programme which involves face to face classroom learning, simulation training, distance learning and personal reflection. This programme is aimed at individuals who are interested in a career in humanitarian work. This could include national or international staff from humanitarian agencies, individuals who are looking for a route into the sector or those who want to make the transition from a development to a more emergency focused role. The programme is also aimed at those individuals who work in the humanitarian sector but who have not received formal training in the past. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/save-children-humanitarian-operations-programme/
_____Conferences and Meetings _____ Call for Paper, International Workshop: The Legacy of Armed Conflicts: Southern African and Comparative Perspectives – 2829 July 2016 Email abstract and registration form to: legacyconflict@giga-hamburg.de by 30 April 2016. We invite paper proposals that address one or several of the above mentioned themes. Please complete the Application Form on the workshop website (https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/event/the-legacy-ofarmed-conflicts-southern-african-and-comparative-perspectives), including an abstract of up to 250 words, and send it to legacyconflict@giga-hamburg.de, indicating Workshop 2016 in the subject heading. The submission deadline is 30 April 2016. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by 15 May. The deadline for full paper submission is 15 July. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/international-workshop-the-legacy-of-armed-conflicts-southern-africanand-comparative-perspectives/
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Society for International Development, Washington DC 2016 Annual Conference Achieving Impact: Sustainability, Scale, & Inclusion Join your current and future colleagues, competitors, funders, partners, and others for a day of discussion, debate, information exchange, and networking. Attendees will include development professionals representing the private sector, NGOs, think tanks, consulting firms, government agencies, multilateral institutions, universities, and more, actively engaged in international development. We will have keynote addresses, breakout panels, an exhibit hall, plenty of networking time, and our popular topical discussion lunch during which you can pick a table and engage in discourse with others on your table’s assigned topic. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/107494/
Hive Global Leaders Program – San Francisco (May 2016) Hive is hosting the Hive Global Leaders Program in San Francisco May 27-30, 2016. The program is for leaders and entrepreneurs who are making a positive impact on the world and solving humanity’s greatest challenges. You can apply now at http://www.hive.org. Need-based scholarships are available. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2016 however for the best chance of being accepted, apply early. Join us in the heart of Silicon Valley. Apply Now: http://www.hive.org/apply. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/hive-global-leaders-program-san-francisco-may-2016/
The Future of Peace Summit Save the date -- June 15: The Future of Peace Summit has an excellent lineup of speakers. The summitwill examine prospects for peace over the next decade. Is the world becoming more or less peaceful? (livestream available) The focus of the summit will be the main challenges and opportunities for peace over the next decade. Is the world becoming more or less peaceful? What countries and regions have improved the most in peace and why? How do you build support for long-term investments in peace in a world dominated by crisis response? What role can data and analytics play in supporting peace-building efforts? And what is the best way to get needed information into the hands of policymakers and other stakeholders? The summit will seek to address these questions, while at the same time providing a road map for the kinds of investments, such improved rule of law, control of corruption, and the establishment of a sound business environment, that create and sustain more peaceful societies over the long-term.
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_____Newsletters in a Newsletter _____ This is from our dear friend’s post on Medium. Great job Jaclyn Schiff
Read These 10 Things to Get Smarter About International Development The spring 2016 Huddle for Global Change — a virtual conference I started to provide education and community for people who care about global progress — is taking place next week. In advance of that, I was compiling resources for attendees and since there’s some really good stuff, I’m sharing here. There isn’t any scientific methodology to this list. I simply reached out to the Huddle speakers for their suggestions and looked back on stuff I’ve read over the past year and made a list of 10. The only requirement be that the items have been published within the last year. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means, but the thinking reflected in these articles and resources is quite diverse, covering a range of timely issues and perspectives.
1. The Guardian: “This is a black conversation: give us the space to be heard” by Eliza Anyangwe. → Huddle speaker Jennifer Lentfer recommended this piece, noting that it explains why the idea of being a “voice for the voiceless” is fundamentally flawed. Bonus: Jennifer wrote a piece tackling the issue of racism in global development. 2. The World Bank: “Evaluating Digital Citizen Engagement : A Practical Guide.” → Huddle speaker Linda Raftree suggested this resource. “There is a lot of hype around digital tools and mobile phones as a way of involving citizens in everything from aid accountability to corruption monitoring and reporting,” Raftree says. “This is a good framework for thinking through how to design digital civic engagement and how to measure the impact of these kinds of programs. The guide has links to a lot of other resources and is nicely designed.” 3. The Globe and Mail: “Ground Zero” by Stephanie Nolen. This is one of the best deep dives on Zika with foreign correspondent par excellence Nolen reporting from Brazil. 4. New York Times: “I Love the U.N., But It Is Failing” by Anthony Banbury. The op-ed highlights some common criticisms of the U.N. through Banbury’s eyes — based on his three decades with the organization. 5. The Groundtruth Project: “The Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Did We Get Here?” by Charles M. Sennott and Kevin Douglas Grant. Accessible reporting and analysis on the actions and reactions that led to the Syrian refugee crisis. 6. Dissent: “Oprah Is Not Your Friend: A Q&A with Nicole Aschoff” → Huddle speaker Tobias Denskus suggested Aschoff’s book (highlighted in the Q&A), noting that it is a “timely, critical, yet accessible reminder why philanthropists, celebrities and social enterprises will unlikely lead to global social transformation.” Denskus expounded on his thoughts on the book here. 7. Politico: “The King and Queen of Haiti,” by Jonathan M. Katz, is a thorough and critical look at the Clintons’ foreign policy and development efforts in Haiti.
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8. Quartz: “Slacktivism is having a powerful real-world impact, new research shows” → another suggestion from Tobias Denskus who says he wouldn’t argue that “slacktivism” works, but thenew research is noteworthy in that it “explains how a global, digital periphery is important for new social movements and protests.” 9. Foreign Policy: “Can the Global Public Health System Learn From Its Ebola Mistakes?” by Laurie Garrett. The global public health community needs to use the aftermath of Ebola as an opportunity to enact substantial reforms, according to Garrett. 10. Project Syndicate: “Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool” by Anne-Marie Slaughter and Elmira Bayrasli. The authors argue that entrepreneurship is a useful tool for stimulating progress in thorny global situations. 11. BONUS! Green Money Journal: “Indigenous Rights: A Case Study in Bottom Up Social Metrics” → recommended by the author Rebecca Adamson who is also speaking at The Huddle. Rebecca describes how best to measure indigenous peoples’ rights — from the bottom up.
If you found this list interesting, I think you'll love The Huddle for Global Change. There’s still time to register for The Huddle, the virtual conference for smart, global doers.
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Culture and Psychosis: This talk presents two research projects that demonstrate that cultural context shapes schizophrenia. Advanced registration is recommended in order to receive instructions for participation. Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 and Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT. For more information, please visit: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ebw97cn1ca6c320e&llr=vykrlpt ab. You can also attend by videocast at http://videocast.nih.gov. CALLS FOR PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS & NOMINATIONS Call for Nominations: APA Advisory Committee on Human Rights The Advisory Committee on Human Rights is charged with producing, by December 31, 2016, a report advising APA on strategic directions in its engagement in the promotion and protection of human rights. Self- nominations are welcomed. For any questions about the Advisory Committee or the nomination process, contact Dr. Anderson at canderson@apa.org or (202) 336 6037. Deadline: May 1, 2016. Call for papers: Caribbean Journal of Psychology (CJP) The vision of the CJP is to be the premier outlet for psychological scholarship in an underserved region, and to promote psychological research in the academic and public arenas. The CJP is currently available as a free, open access publication. For more information, visit: http://ojs.mona.uwi.edu/index.php/cjpsy or contact: caribbeanpsychology@gmail.com. Call for Papers: Everyday Attention Special issue seeks to bring together cutting edge research papers investigating aspects of everyday attention (i.e., investigations of attention using naturalistic stimuli, tasks, and/or settings) that contribute to the basic understanding of attention. For more information, visit:http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/cep/call-for-papers-attention.aspx. Deadline: June 1, 2016. Call for Papers: Social Movements and Political and Social Transformation Special issue focuses on the role of social movements in bringing about (or failing to bring about) political and social transformation. For more information, visit: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pac/call-for-papers-socialmovements.aspx. Deadline: October 15, 2016. RECENTLY PUBLISHED Gender in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Issue Authors - Bornstein, Putnick, Lansford, DeaterDeckard, and Bradley. March 2016.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 81(1), Pages 1–200. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mono.v81.1/issuetoc?campaign=woletoc). AWARDS & GRANTS Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant For students interested in a career in global early child development who are from or doing research in low- or middle-income countries. For more information, visit: http://www.srcd.org/advancingfield/srcd-awards-research-grants/patrice-l-engle-grant. Deadline: April 30, 2016. Anne Anastasi Graduate Student Research Award Nomination Graduate students who demonstrate research that focus on psychometrics and differential psychology in respect to Anne Anastasi contributions to the field from an international perspective will be highly considered. For more information, please contact the Suzana Adams, PsyD (suzea@mac.com), 13
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“Change the world.” It always struck me that saying that sounded a lot like grandiose hubris, or at best, a dauntingly overwhelming task. The utter impossibility of it seemed certain until I realized that it can mean helping one person at a time. That is a theme you’ll see throughout this book and our websites and our work. I have added some of my LinkedIn Influencer blogs/essays that I hope may be inspirational, also. The format of this book is inspired by Brian Eno’s A Year with Swollen Appendices, not so much the diary aspect but rather the overwhelmingly large collection of information in the various appendices. Additionally, this book is an “analog” version, if you will, of the content and links found at the Center for Global Initiatives website and the associated DropBox account. Open-Sourced Humanitarian Interventionism It’s long been my goal to make life easier for those working in humanitarian and volunteer endeavors, as well as those in need of help. Indeed, in one way or another, we all need help in one form or another. So, just about everything you find herein and on the Center’s website, is free of charge, and a lot you could also find for yourself. What I’ve tried to do is speed up the search, vet what has been found, and then curate the results, making them as readily and easily available as I know how to. This is my dream of open-sourcing humanitarian work. Current Content, For Pretty Close To Forever The reason for this “reverse engineering” is twofold. First, the amount of content and links on the Center’s website may not always be apparent to the novel user. This book allows for near complete exposure to the functional tools and content that await the online user. Second, this book will never be out-of-date, in that when new content becomes available via uploads to the DropBox account, you’ll be able to read that as well. All you have to do is email me and ask to be linked. I curate the content constantly. You can also request being added to our mailing list via my email address as well if you’d like to be kept up-to-date on events and other relevant content. We welcome your joining! All proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Center for Global Initiatives. Available at Amazon and on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Humanitarian-Field-Guide-InspirationResources/dp/1500535079 16
_____Zika, Infectious Disease, and More…_____ Aggregated News Reports from: Global Health NOW is an initiative of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, www.jhsph.edu. Views and opinions expressed in this email do not necessarily reflect those of the Bloomberg School. Created by Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Maryalice Yakutchik, Jackie Frank and Salma WarshannaSparklin. You can connect with them at: bsimpso1@jhu.edu ZIKA VIRUS Brazil Bets on Prevention With no treatment or vaccine for the Zika virus, Brazil’s best hope to keep the Zika virus at bay during the Olympics is preventing mosquito bites. Nature could help out, too: the games take place in August: winter for Brazil, with slightly lower temps and less rainfall that could help keep mosquitoes in check. Still, Aedes aegypti larvae only need a teaspoon of water to complete their development. Not depending on luck, the government is deploying 200,000+ workers in a massive mitigation effort to educate the population and help clean up the stagnant water pools favored by mosquitoes for breeding. Accuweather Thanks for the tip, Bill Brieger! Related: How Contagious Is Zika? – NPR Goats and Soda Related: Zika Virus In The Americas: Early Epidemiological And Genetic Findings –Science Related: Peru reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus – Reuters A New York Times editorial gives the US Congress failing marks on its Zika response, for its refusal to appropriate the $1.8+ billion requested by the White House needed to respond to the crisis. The New York Times Absent a vaccine or treatment, battling Zika means combat against mosquitoes,and writer Joshua Lang describes in fascinating detail how Casey Stevenson, a vector-control specialist, hunts for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Silicon Valley. The New Yorker Colombia confirmed 2 cases of microcephaly in babies affected by the Zika virus this year, out of 33 total; a connection was ruled out in 16 cases, and the remaining 15 cases are still under analysis. The Guardian According to the CDC, a Dallas man who traveled to Venezuela gave the Zika virus to his male partner, confirming that Zika can be transmitted by anal, as well as vaginal, sex. The Dallas Morning 17
News American health officials are split on whether or not to tell women in Zika areas to avoid pregnancy, with some warning that the government shouldn’t tell women what to do, and others saying that avoiding conception is the only sure way to avoid having a baby hurt by the virus. The New York Times CDC Confirms Microcephaly Link Long suspected and much feared, the Zika-microcephaly link and the virus’s connection to other fetal abnormalities was confirmed yesterday by CDC scientists. The finding, which followed a careful review of existing research, marks the first time that mosquitoborne virus has been connected to congenital brain defects. The next step is for scientists to determine whether microcephaly is the “tip of the iceberg of what we could see in damaging effects on the brain and other developmental problems,” said CDC director Thomas Frieden. In addition to being linked to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, Zika infection may also be connected to another serious neurological condition similar to multiple sclerosis, Brazilian researchers are reporting. Washington Post Related: Confirmation that Zika causes microcephaly shifts debate to prevention –Thomson Reuters Foundation Related: USAID Challenges Innovators to Combat Zika – U.S. News Related: White House: Zika bill is 'two months late and $1.9 billion short' – USA Today Tip of the Iceberg? The realization that microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome may be just the most obvious maladies caused by Zika adds urgency to vaccine development efforts, top investigators report. Researchers are discovering serious brain and spinal cord infections—including encephalitis, meningitis and myelitis—in people exposed to the mosquito-borne virus. "If you have a virus that is toxic enough to produce microcephaly in someone, you could be sure that it will produce a whole series of conditions that we haven't even begun to understand," said Dr. Alberto de la Vega, an obstetrician at San Juan's University Hospital in Puerto Rico. Reuters Related: White House to Transfer Ebola Funds to Combat Zika – AP Related: Doctors Urge Congress to Fund Zika Research, Preparation – VOA Related: Is Zika a permanent threat or a fleeting scare? – Stat 18
NATURAL DISASTERS Ecuador’s Most Devastating Quake in Decades A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador over the weekend, killing at least 272—and the death toll is likely to rise. The quake—the country’s most devastating in 40 years—hit in a sparsely populated coastal area around 100 miles west from the capital, Quito. But many people are trapped under collapsed buildings, including 3 hotels in hard-hit Pedernales. Landslides closed a dozen roads, complicating relief efforts, The Guardian reports. 3,000 to 5,000 people are in need of emergency shelter, according to the Ecuadorian Red Cross, which estimates that 100,000 people could ultimately be affected by the disaster. IFRC/ReliefWeb Related: Ecuador Earthquake Kills Hundreds in Huge Wave of Collapses – The New York Times POLIO The Big Switch Over the next couple weeks, countries all over the world using the oral polio vaccine will change to a new vaccine. It’s a massive switch involving 155 countries, hundreds of thousands of health workers and 18 months of planning. The new vaccine drops the component that protects against Type-2 polioviruses, which haven’t been seen since 1999. Type 2 was dropped because it was responsible for more than 90% of paralysis cases involving vaccine-derived polio. As polio numbers plummet, keeping Type-2 became too big of a risk. STAT Related: Latest Battle To Wipe Out Polio Begins With Vast Vaccine Switch – Reuters MALARIA "Genetic Trap" Could Trip Up Malaria Parasites Malaria parasites can develop resistance to a common antimalarial drug—but they pay for it dearly down the road, University of Melbourne researchers have shown. In a study published in Science, the researchers confirmed that resistance to atovaquone can emerge— but it saps the parasite later in life, thwarting the spread of resistance. They hope this “genetic trap” could lead to new treatments. Geoff McFadden, one of the authors, said, "We now understand the particular genetic mutation that gave rise to drug resistance in some malaria parasite populations and how it eventually kills them in the mosquito, providing new targets for the development of drugs.” The researchers are now eager to perform field tests in Kenya and Zambia. BBC Related: Cracking the code of the malaria parasite may help stop transmission – Penn State Related: WHO scales up malaria response in Yemen – WHO via ReliefWeb MENTAL HEALTH 19
Traumatic Journeys As unprecedented numbers of refugees continue to arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos, a small cadre of mental health providers is struggling to help traumatized migrants. With scarce time and resources, NGO-based therapists are often limited to helping refugees manage symptoms—flashbacks, insomnia, hyper-alertness and pain—that if neglected can progress to severe mental illness. Recent research (in German) from the German Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists estimates that as many as half of the refugees there suffer from conditions like PTSD or depression. The Atlantic A Good Investment Citing deplorable or non-existent mental health care in much of the world, the World Bank and WHO are launching a campaign, including hundreds of doctors, aid groups and government officials, to prioritize mental health on the global health agenda. The announcement coincides with a new study in Lancet Psychiatry, reporting that a $147 billion investment to scale up depression and anxiety treatment programs between 2016 and 2030 would yield nearly $400 billion in economic productivity gains and 43 million extra years of healthy life over the study period. According to the WHO, approximately 30% of global disability costs are due to mental health disorders. The New York Times HEALTH DISPARITIES Boost for Caribbean Vulnerables The NIH has awarded Florida International University (FIU) a $9.5 million grant to expand its research and training programs aimed at reducing health disparities in vulnerable populations in South Florida and the Caribbean. The university plans to establish a health disparities innovation and technology transfer initiative and increase community-based research programs to develop prevention and intervention strategies focused on tackling HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, obesity and diabetes in affected communities. The award, say FIU officials, will allow the university to draw on a range of disciplines to gain a holistic understanding of health problems in the region. FIU News HEALTH SYSTEMS Tickets to Health Care Outside of Chinese hospitals, patients queue up to see doctors with tickets they bought from “scalpers”—people who make a living illegally selling appointments that could expedite the wait time from a fortnight to 2 days. A "special care" appointment ticket could run a patient 850 yuan ($131)—almost 3 times the face value. A scalper could keep 200 yuan from the sale, with the rest going to hospital insiders. Authorities have promised to intensify their crackdown on this street crime. Many patients and
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doctors say, though, the time-served practice is a symptom of deeper issues: low salaries and a dearth of doctors. Reuters REFUGEES You Too Can Think Bigger Just back from visits to refugee camps in East Africa and the Middle East—places he describes as “car parks of humanity,” U2’s Bono reports being disabused of the notions that the Syrian refugees are concentrated in camps and that the crisis is “temporary.” Hope is not lost, argues the founder of the advocacy group ONE and the AIDS organization (RED), but it is “getting impatient.” “They need development . . . that invests in them and empowers them—that treats them not as passive recipients but as leaders and partners,” he writes, adding, “it is less expensive to invest in stability than to confront instability.” The New York Times Related: Denmark, a social welfare utopia, takes a nasty turn on refugees – The Washington Post TERRORISM Turning Children into Weapons Boko Haram now uses girls to carry out more than 3/4ths of its suicide attacks, UNICEF reports. Beyond Chibok, a report marking the 2-year anniversary of Boko Haram's abduction of 200 girls from Chibok, Nigeria, reveals that 44 children were used in suicide attacks in Nigeria and neighboring countries in 2015—up from 4 in 2014. "The use of children, especially girls, as suicide bombers has become one of the defining and alarming features of the conflict,” the report says. The Guardian How Can Public Health Stop Terrorism? Each day this week, we’ll be featuring one voice on the issue of public health and terrorism from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health magazine. You can read the full article here. Public health should work with others to better understand the epidemiology behind violent extremism. By focusing on the root causes and working to address them, public health can assist humanity to mitigate the prevalence of terrorist events. In addition, each community must also have in place a comprehensive public health system that has the capacity for early recognition of a new health threat in community and the ability to effectively respond to it. On a global basis, public health diplomacy, which works to mitigate the social conditions that allow violent extremism to thrive, must also be used.—Georges C. Benjamin, MD, is the executive director of the American Public Health Association. CHOLERA Leaked Report Details UN Mistakes Soon after Haiti’s 2010 cholera outbreak erupted, an internal UN report warned UN leadership of 21
serious sewage disposal failures on its bases. The UN, blamed for negligently allowing peacekeepers from Nepal to carry the disease into Haiti, is currently facing a lawsuit over the epidemic that has killed 9,000 (an estimate that MSF believes is a “gross understatement.”) While the UN has resisted calls to compensate victims and accept responsibility, the review alerted the leadership that the failures—including sewage being dumped in the open as well as a lack of toilets and soap—amid a raging cholera epidemic “will potentially damage the reputation of the mission,” and rendered the mission “vulnerable to allegations of disease propagation and environmental contamination.” The Guardian
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