Dangerous Isolation

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Focus: One Year After the Earthquake
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Focus: One Year After the Earthquake

DEZA: Die Zahlen
Ein Factsheet der DEZA
(D) Haiti DEZA | Am 12. Januar 2010 erschütterte ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,0 den Karibikstaat Haiti - eines der ärmsten Länder der Welt. Bei der Katastrophe starben rund 230`000 Menschen. 3.7 Mio. Menschen waren vom Beben betroffen, 1.5 Millionen verloren ihr Obdach. Auch ein Jahr nach dem verheerenden Erdbeben leidet das Land unter den Folgen dieser Naturka-tastrophe. Die DEZA hat im Januar 2011 ein Factsheet zum Beben und ihrem Engagement publiziert. (pdf)
http://bit.ly/eGRvBz

Swiss Solidarity: 66 million Swiss Francs has been donated
Despite difficulties, humanitarian aid is getting through
(E) Haiti Swiss Solidarity | On 12 January 2010 a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean state of Haiti. Nine days later Swiss Solidarity staged a national fund-raising day in Switzerland, since when almost CHF 66 million has been donated in humanitarian aid.
http://bit.ly/icGWNd

SRK: Kampf gegen die Cholera
Haitis schwieriger Gedenktag
(D) Haiti SRK | Am 12. Januar 2010 wurde Haitis Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince und deren Umgebung von einem schweren Erdbeben heimgesucht. Ein Jahr danach steht die Hilfe im Zeichen der Cholerabekämpfung. Auch das Rote Kreuz ist gefordert.
http://bit.ly/dSF7R2

Handicap International: Ein Jahr Einsatz in Haiti
Eine erste Bilanz
(D) Haiti Handicap International | Fast ein Jahr nach dem zerstörerischen Erdbeben vom 12. Januar zieht Handicap International eine erste Bilanz aus seinem Einsatz in Haiti. Mit einem Team bestehend aus 540 Mitarbeitern, darunter 60 Auslandsmitarbeiter, bildet es das grösste Projekt in der Geschichte der Organisation. Erdbeben, Wirbelstürme und Unwetter, Cholera, gewaltsame Ausschreitungen nach den Wahlen – die Nothilfe ist in diesem Jahr nicht zur Ruhe gekommen. Handicap International wird in den kommenden drei bis fünf Jahren in Haiti bleiben, um am Wiederaufbau des Landes mitzuwirken.
http://bit.ly/htOji3

Schweizer Fernsehpublikum ehrt Engagement auf Haiti
Marianne Barthelmy-Kaufmann und Rolf Maibach SchweizerInnen des Jahres
Haiti , Switzerland BPHASH | Riesige Freude bei der MMS Mitgliedorganisation Bündner Partnerschaft Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti: Marianne Barthelmy-Kaufmann und Rolf Maibach wurden vom Schweizer Fernsehpublikum zum „Schweizer des Jahres 2010“ gewählt.
http://www.hopitalalbertschweitzer.org/Home.34.0.html?&L=0

EdM: Den verzweifelten Jugendlichen eine Perspektive geben
Das Engagement von Enfants du Monde auf Haiti
(D) Haiti EdM | Am 12. Januar 2010 verwüstete ein schreckliches Erdbeben Haiti und brachte Chaos und Verzweiflung. Ein Jahr ist vergangen, aber die Auswirkungen des Erdbebens sind immer noch stark zu spüren und der Alltag ist immer noch davon geprägt. Fritz Evens Moïse, Animator in einem Kindergarten und Jugendzentrum, das Enfants du Monde in einem armen Quartier in Port-au-Prince seit 1996 unterstützt, erzählt: «Nach dem Erdbeben haben wir im Innenhof rund 300 Personen untergebracht, und wir haben sie psychologisch unterstützt. Später haben wir die normalen Aktivitäten wieder aufgenommen.»
http://www.edm.ch/de/actualite_details.php?nid=283

Soirée débat: Haïti 1 an après
Neuchâtel, 13 janvier 2011
Haiti MdM | Table-ronde avec la présence de Félix Bollman (directeur de la Chaîne du Bonheur),
Pierre Salignon (directeur de l'action humanitaire de Médecins du Monde France),
Marie-Lourdes St Felix (responsable de la santé communautaire de Médecins du Monde Suisse en Haïti). Modération : Pr Nago Humbert (président de Médecins du Monde Suisse)
http://www.medecinsdumonde.ch/haiti-1-an-fr17.html

Haïti: L’avenir à réinventer
Genève, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, 12 au 15 janvier 2011
Haiti IAMANEH | Un an après le séisme : journées de solidarités avec des programmes culturels, des colloques et des tables rondes. En outre avec un colloque international: "Haïti - des lendemains qui tremblent" à Genève.
http://www.cerahgeneve.ch/

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Executive Course on Intellectual Property, Diplomacy and Global Public Health
Geneva, 16-18 February 2011
Graduate Institute | The Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute and Seton Hall Law School are jointly organising a three-day "Executive Course on Intellectual Property, Diplomacy and Global Public Health". The course explores current debates about health-related aspects of intellectual property from a global public health perspective. It aims to promote the development of systems that stimulate the production of affordable drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and medical devices for populations in which traditional market forces do not create sufficient incentives. It brings together professionals working on issues related to pharmaceutical innovation and access to medicines from ministries of health and foreign affairs, the pharmaceutical industry, international organisations, NGOs and philanthropic organisations.This course is also being offered as an advanced module to the Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy. Deadline for applications is 20 December 2010
http://graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/intellectualproperty.html

Formation Courte en Politiques de Santé
Antwerpen, Mars/Avril 2011
HUG | "Le but du cours est de renforcer les capacités des participants à jouer un rôle actif dans le développement des services et systèmes de santé à travers la formulation et le suivi des politiques de santé dans l’intérêt publique de leurs pays. Des politiques de santé de différents contextes et le processus de leur formulation, réalisation et évaluation seront étudiés. Le rôle de l’aide internationale et l’influence des principes de l’économie du marché sur des réformes dans le secteur de la santé seront analysés de près."
http://www.itg.be/itg/generalsite/Default.aspx?WPID=668&l=f&miid=255

aidsfocus.ch Conference 2011: Linking HIV and reproductive and sexual health and rights
Bern, 7th April 2011
MMS | UNAIDS, the International AIDS Society, the Global Fund and other international bodies are aware of the need of better integration of HIV/AIDS, reproductive and sexual health and rights and other key health priorities. At the local level, many NGOs allready work in an integrated way. However, many challenges emerge: If HIV prevention and care are integrated into reproductive health services and family planning clinics, how will groups most at risk such as young girls and boys, MSM, sexworkers etc. be reached? How can the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and young girls living with and affected by HIV/AIDS be addressed?
http://www.aidsfocus.ch/platform/Event.2010-10-27.5318

Network MMS: News

Qualitätssiegel für Eritreas Blutspendedienst
Fehlende Blutspendetradition
(D) Eritrea SRK | Meilenstein erreicht: Der vom SRK aufgebaute nationale Blutspendedienst Eritreas ist zertifiziert worden. Es ist erst das vierte afrikanische Land das die hohen internationalen Standards im Bereich Blutversorgung erfüllt.
http://bit.ly/dLg2XF

Health: Fundamental for Swiss Foreign Policy?
Federal Council approves the 2010 Foreign Policy Report
(E) Switzerland FDFA | At its meeting on 10 December 2010, the Federal Council approved the 2010 Foreign Policy Report. The report gives a complete overview of Switzerland’s foreign policy. In particular it shows how Switzerland can exercise an influence in today’s interconnected international environment and the instruments available to it for this purpose. In addition, this comprehensive document renders account of Switzerland’s most important foreign policy activities from mid-2009 to mid-2010.
http://bit.ly/el93sm

...as if medicine can be a neutral profession
The 2010 Right Livelihood Awards Speech by Ruchama Marton
(E) Israel , Palestine medico international | «For all of us, this award gives a moment of pride and recognition to lives of continuous struggle that is often rebuked, lonely and rejected. It is not an easy decision for a physician or nurse to join PHR Israel. They are criticized by their peers for being "political", as if medicine can be a neutral profession. Because health is used by the regime as a means of controlling its citizens, of undocumented people and Palestinians under occupation, it is through the right to health that we can best struggle against such control and oppression.» (Ruchama Marton, 6.12.2010 / pdf)
http://bit.ly/dH5fFj

Tentayape wehrt sich gegen Ölkonzern
Internationalen Kampagne für die Rechte der Guaraní
(D) Bolivia SRK | Der indianische „Capitán Grande“ Guayari Bacuire aus Bolivien besuchte das SRK in Bern. Er informierte über die Pläne des Öl- und Gaskonzerns Repsol, die den Lebensraum der Bevölkerung von Tentayape im bolivianischen Tiefland zu zerstören drohen.
http://bit.ly/gIgRb5

WHO to define information standards for traditional medicine
International Classification of Traditional Medicine
WHO | "WHO will develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits. The International Classification of Traditional Medicine project will assist in creating an evidence base for traditional medicine – producing terminologies and classifications for diagnoses and interventions."
www.who.int/...

International Health and more: Issues, Debates, Tools

Verschärft der Medizintourismus die globale Ungleichheit?
Von maroden Gesundheitssystemen profitieren
MMS | Die Schweiz versucht als Mitbewerber im globalen Gesundheitsmarkt Fuss zu fassen. Zusammen mit anderen Ländern möchte sie davon profitieren, dass wohlhabende Patientinnen und Patienten aus der ehemaligen Sowjetunion oder dem arabischen Raum, kein Vertrauen in die eigene Gesundheitsversorgung haben. Besser werden die dortigen Gesundheitssysteme damit nicht, schreibt Martin Leschhorn Strebel in der jüngsten MMS Kolumne in der Sozialen Medizin.
http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/med/med201012.html

The movement of patients across borders
Challenges and opportunities for public health
WHO Bulletin | "In a globalizing world, public health is no longer confined to national borders. In recent years we have observed an increasing movement of patients across international borders. The full extent of this trend is yet unknown, as data are sparse and anecdotal. If this trend continues, experts are convinced that it will have major implications for public health systems around the globe. Despite the growing importance of medical travel, we still have little empirical evidence on its impact on public health, especially on health systems. This paper summarizes the most recent debates on this topic."
http://bit.ly/hIS64u

Religion and health - spirituality and healing
MMS Bulletin 118
(E) MMS | In December the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland has published its Bulletin on the topic Religion and Health. With contributions of: Anne-Marie Holenstein, Peter Hellmold, Zygmunt Zimowski, Edgar Widmer, Noël Tshibangu und Emmy Sahertian.
http://bit.ly/ijARdy

Noncommunicable diseases: Let us get involved!
MMI Editorial
MMI | Bettina Schwethelm, board member of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland, has written the latest editorial of the MMI Network News: She "recently attended a teleconference of the “Common Interest Group” of the NCD Alliance, a lobby network lead by four international federations representing the four main noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) The teleconference provided an update on the preparations under way for the UN Summit on Noncommunicable Diseases in New York in September 2011." Schwethelm shares some of this information, followed by action proposals for interested civil society organizations.
http://www.medicusmundi.org/en/mmi-network/documents/newsletter/201012

Is the WHO Becoming Irrelevant?
Why the world's premier public health organization must change or die
Foreign Policy | "The WHO -- for 62 years the world's go-to agency on all public health matters -- is today outmoded, underfunded, and overly politicized. In a world of rapid technological change, travel, and trade, the WHO moves with a bureaucracy's speed.(...)Perhaps what's needed is a move away from the region-centric approach toward a strategy that would allow the WHO to devote more resources to country-level work."
http://bit.ly/dI4p57

Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Shared Responsibility
IOM Workshop Paper
NAP | "HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The IOM recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it."
http://bit.ly/eB1qRc

Rapid progress towards international targets
World Malaria Report published
(D) WHO | "A massive scale-up in malaria control programmes between 2008 and 2010 has resulted in the provision of enough insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) to protect more than 578 million people at risk of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Indoor residual spraying has also protected 75 million people, or 10% of the population at risk in 2009. The World malaria report 2010 describes how the drive to provide access to antimalarial interventions to all those who need them, called for by the UN Secretary-General in 2008, is producing results. "
http://www.who.int/malaria/world_malaria_report_2010/en/index.html

AfGH launches an EU online guide to global health
Information about ongoing policy processes on EU level
AfGH | "The online guide is an excellent and in-depth tool for anyone who wants to know more about EU's global health policies, resources and who is who in defining the global health agenda for the EU. In the online guide, interested advocates can learn about specific opportunities to influence ongoing policy processes."
http://www.globalhealthguide.eu/index.php

Fragile states - Analyzing the interface of health and diplomacy
Presentations of the fourth high-level symposium online
The Graduate Institute Geneva | "On 29 November 2010, the Graduate Institute’s Global Health Programme (GHP), in cooperation with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), held its fourth high-level symposium entitled ‘Fragile states – Analysing the Interface of Health and Diplomacy’." The presentations are now available online.
http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/globalhealth/home/page9072_en.html

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