News of 06 February 2008

News of 6 February 2008

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Illustrer Besuch aus Kamerun:
Sultan El Hadj Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya zu Gast in Basel
(D) Cameroon Mission 21 | Basel, 23.01.2008. Seine Majestät El Hadj Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, Sultan des Königreichs Bamum in Kamerun, ehemals mit verschiedenen Ministerfunktionen in Kamerun betraut, besucht das World Economic Forum in Davos und schliesst Basel in seine Schweizer Rundreise mit ein. Am 29. Januar 2008 ist der Sultan als Gast des Archivs von mission 21 und des Museums der Kulturen in Basel. Ein Empfang bei der Basler Regierung beendet den Freundschaftsbesuch. Fokus des Besuchs sind der Austausch zwischen Basel und dem Königreich Bamum, welches ein herausragendes, historisches Archiv besitzt.
www.mission-21.org/...

Médecins du Monde-Suisse fête l'anniversaire
15 ans d’existence en Suisse
(F) Médecins du Monde Suisse | L’objectif de ce quinzième anniversaire est de marquer l’évolution de Médecins de Monde-Suisse, d’affirmer son implantation à Neuchâtel, son action en Suisse et son rayonnement international. Plus encore, il est de notre devoir de témoigner des situations telles que nous les rencontrons dans notre pratique médicale. Afin de célébrer cet anniversaire, différents événements auront lieu tout au long de l'année 2008; ces festivités sont présentées plus en détail dans le communiqué de presse ci-joint.
http://www.medecinsdumonde.ch

Female genital mutilation
IMAP Statement released
(E) IPPF – Medical Bulletin | Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs, for non-medical reasons. It is estimated that between 100 and 140 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to all types of FGM, and every year about three million girls and women are at risk of undergoing this harmful practice.
www.ippf.org/...

Task Shifting to tackle health workers shortages
Guidelines formally launched
(E) WHO | One of the major constraints to tackling both the HIV/AIDS pandemic and global access to essential health care services is a serious shortage of health workers. Several countries are already using task shifting to strengthen their health systems and scale up access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care. WHO, together with the US President Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), has developed global guidelines for task shifting. These guidelines were formally launched during the first ever Global Conference on Task Shifting in Addis Ababa on 8-10 January 2008.
http://www.who.int/healthsystems/TTR-TaskShifting.pdf

Unethical drug promotion
Marketing of the pharmaceutical companies in the developing world
(E) CI | Consumers International (CI) revealed the extent to which pharmaceutical companies are trying to boost sales by seeking the favour of health professionals in the developing world.
The new report, "Drugs, Doctors and Dinners", examines how the world’s leading drug companies, desperate to allay falling profits in Western markets, are attempting to sway doctor prescription habits and advice to consumers.
It reveals how doctors are offered everything from mousepads to motorbikes and how pervasive marketing contributes to 50% of medicines in the developing world being wrongly prescribed.
http://consint.live.poptech.coop/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp?NodeID=97128