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News of 25 August 2009
News of 25 August 2009
Focus: Global Health and the Crisis
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The global financial crisis: an acute threat to health
The Lancet on the effect of the crisis on global health policy
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The Lancet
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"What can we expect for health? The first predicament to recognise is that countries are not in a good place to weather another storm. Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has been slow and uneven. Inequities in health are deep and intractable. Donor funding is unpredictable. International institutions suffer pervasive democratic deficits—the views of low-income and middle-income countries are too often marginalised or excluded."
www.thelancet.com/...
The Financial Crisis and Global Health
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva 19 January 2009
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WHO
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To address the growing concerns about the potential impact of the financial and economic crisis on global health, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan convened a high-level consultation on 19 January 2009. Participants of the consultation included delegates from Member States, civil society, private sector, international organizations and the media.
www.who.int/...
6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Verona, 6–10 September 2009
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SGTP
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The Congress will deal with the classical aspects of Tropical Medicine including basic science, diagnostic / therapeutics, clinical tropical medicine and disease control, but International
Health will not be a minor component, the central focus being on the main theme of Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care. The Congress will also put a great emphasis on Transferability of Research results into actual practice. The organisers are also interested to discuss how evidence obtained from research is transferred/not transferred into actual policy and practice.
http://www.festmih.org/verona2009/
MMS Meeting Point: Professionelle Dienstleistung – ehrenamtliche Führung
Bern, 15. September 2009
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MMS
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Der Meeting Point widmet sich der Arbeit des Vereins Freunde Behindertenintegration Kamerun (FBK). Seit elf Jahren unterstützt dieser das orthopädische Zentrum Obala (OZO) in Kamerun.Der Verein steht vor verschiedenen Herausforderungen. Folgende Fragen diskutiert der Meeting Point:
• Wie kann die Nachhaltigkeit des Projektes gesichert werden, finanziell und personell?
• Wie kann ein Nachfolger gefunden werden für den Gründer und Präsidenten des kamerunischen Vereins JHAR, und was sind die notwendigen Qualifikationen?
• Wie kann der ehrenamtlich arbeitende Vorstand, der zugleich Projektberater, Finanzverantwortlicher und Fundraiser ist, das Projekt in Kamerun gut begleiten und die Qualität langfristig sichern?
http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/cb/meetingpoints/meetingpoint090915
MMS Round Table 2: International recruitment of health personnel: How to do it, if not by stealing
Bern, 24 September 2009
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MMS
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Rich countries recruit directly or indirectly qualified staff from low and middle income countries in order to secure their health care systems. In the countries of origin, the international migration of health workers often has a negative impact, deepening the crisis of the national health system. In order to address this challenge and to set some international standards and guidelines, the World Health Organization is developing a global code of practice of international recruitment of health workers. Medicus Mundi Switzerland and Medicus Mundi International will debate the issue at the next MMS Round Table.
http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/events/RT2
3rd Symposium on Global Health Diplomacy - "Negotiating health in the 21st century
Geneva, 15th October 2009
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IHEID/GHP
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On occasion of the establishment of GLOBAL HEALTH EUROPE: A Platform for European Engagement in Global Health the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute, Geneva is hosting a high level symposium to explore the emerging regional dimension of global public health. Not only does the growing number of regional agreements in other sectors such as trade impact on population health, health itself is increasingly part of the deliberations of regional bodies such as the EU, ASEAN, AU and OAS. Particularly since the SARS and avian flu outbreaks regional bodies have included health in the functional areas of their cooperation and have explored how to jointly approach regional and global health threats.
http://graduateinstitute.ch/globalhealth/page6404.html
Chronic diseases in developing and newly industrialized countries: A new challenge for global health
Basel, 10 November 2009
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MMS
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Death rates caused by infectious diseases have been overtaken by chronic diseases in all parts of the world except southern Africa. Chronic diseases can no longer be regarded as a problem that is exclusive to the developed world. This presents major challenges not only for the affected countries, but also for international health policy and non-governmental organizations involved in health cooperation. The eighth Swiss Health Cooperation Symposium to be organized by Medicus Mundi Switzerland will take place within the established framework.
http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms-en/services/events/Symposium2009
Symposium of the Novartis Foundation: "Tackle the crisis with a new world economic ethic?"
Basel, 27 November 2009
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Novartis Foundation
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The subject of this year's Novartis Foundation Symposium is: "Tackle the crisis with a new world economic ethic?" Speakers will include Hans Küng, theologian and publicist, President of Foundation „Weltethos“; and Ioanna Kuçuradi, Turkish human rights activist and philosopher. The current economic, social and ecological crisis serves as a background for this topic. At the symposium, a new declaration on “Global Economic Ethic – Consequences for Global Businesses” will be presented. Speakers will debate this and other proposals of alternative ways out of the crisis critically. Not only the economic crisis, but also the social dimension, in particular extreme poverty, will prominently figure in the day’s discourse.
http://www.novartisfoundation.org
Specialist/Consultant in Internal Medicine for the training of Medical Licentiates in Zambia
Advertisement of a vacancy
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Zambia
SolidarMed
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Since January 2009, SolidarMed has been involved in the training of “Medical Licentiates” (MLs) in Zambia. This programme is a response to the shortage of medical personnel - esp. Doctors - in rural hospitals.
The ML-Programme at Chainama College in Lusaka offers post-graduate training for qualified Clinical Officers with two years work experience. In four decentralised training hospitals, trainees receive in-depth specialist instruction in the areas of
Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Gynaecology/Obstetrics and Surgery. Graduates of this programme should be able to offer first-line medical care, including diagnosis and treatment, as well as be able to manage district health centres/hospitals.
SolidarMed requires a Specialist/Consultant in Internal Medicine with didactical competencies. S/he will be responsible for mentoring, supervision and practical training in the area of Internal Medicine.
www.solidarmed.ch/...
Unruhen in Nordnigeria – auch Kirchen betroffen
Partnerorganisation von mission 21 betroffen
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Nigeria
mission 21
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Heftige Unruhen in Nigeria haben auch Todesopfer unter Christen gefordert. Die Kirche der Geschwister (EYN), eine Partnerorganisation von mission 21 in Nordnigeria, beklagt Tote und Zerstörungen. Die Friedensarbeit der EYN soll trotzdem weitergeführt werden. Ökumenische Mitarbeitende von mission 21, die sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unruhen im Nordosten Nigerias aufhielten, befinden sich in Jos in Sicherheit.
http://www.mission-21.org/deutsch/files/MM-Unruhen-Nigeria-Maiduguri-130809.pdf
Enfants du Monde: Serge Chapatte neuer Präsident
Ehemaliger DEZA-Vize gewählt
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EdM
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Enfants du Monde hat mit Serge Chapatte (66) einen neuen Präsidenten gewählt. Der Ökonom war bis 2008 Vize-Direktor der Schweizer Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA), bei der er beinahe seine ganze berufliche Karriere durchlaufen hat. Serge Chapatte löst Jean-François Giovannini ab, der seit 2002 Vorstandspräsident gewesen ist. Giovannini bleibt weiterhin Vorstandsmitglied. Serge Chappatte schätzt sich glücklich, sich für eine Nichtregierungsorganisation engagieren zu können, die sich für Werte einsetzt, an die er glaubt.
http://www.enfantsdumonde.ch/fr/
Vor dem Sturm
Neue Ausgabe von inter-action erschienen
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Honduras
SRK
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Die Hurrikan-Saison steht kurz bevor. Das Rote Kreuz will die Bevölkerung der Risiko-Regionen besser auf Katastrophen vorbereiten und ihre Verwundbarkeit vermindern. Die neue Ausgabe des Magazins inter-actio zeigt dies am Beispiel Honduras auf.
http://www.redcross.ch/activities/international/news/news-de.php?newsid=1150
Über Umwege den Alltag der Frauen verbessert
Pakistan: vier Jahre nach dem Erdbeben
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Pakistan
SRK
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Vier Jahre nach dem verheerenden Erdbeben im Nordwesten von Pakistan hat das Schweizerische Rote Kreuz (SRK) seinen Wiederaufbau abgeschlossen. Im schwer zugänglichen Allai Valley wurde für 13‘000 Menschen die Wasserversorgung wieder hergestellt - kein einfaches Unterfangen.
http://www.redcross.ch/mag/mag/index-de.php?id=191
Culture and Condoms. Integrating Approaches to HIV and AIDS
Out now: MMS Bulletin 113
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MMS
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The Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland has published the extended reader to the aidsfocus.ch’s conference “Culture and Condoms: Integrating approaches to HIV and AIDS“. The new edition of the MMS Bulletin covers theoretical articles as well as reports of practical experiences, which focus different aspects of cultural approaches in the international HIV/Aids cooperation.
http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/bulletin/bulletin113_2009
Was tun, wenn nicht stehlen?
MMS Debatte: Zur Rolle reicher Länder in der Migration von Gesundheitsfachkräften
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MMS
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Die Migration von gut ausgebildetem Gesundheitspersonal aus ärmeren in reiche Länder mag für die einzelne Fachkraft zu einem höheren Verdienst führen. In ihrem Herkunftsland verschärft ihre Auswanderung aber die Gesundheitskrise. Die WHO will mit einem Verhaltenskodex für etwas Ordnung sorgen – ein nicht unumstrittenes Unterfangen, schreibt Thomas Schwarz, Geschäftsleiter von Medicus Mundi International, in der neusten Ausgabe des MMS Bulletins.
www.medicusmundi.ch/...
Billigmedizin
Warum die Ausrottung der Kinderlähmung in Afrika scheitert
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Die Zeit
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"Der globale Kampf gegen Infektionskrankheiten ist keineswegs nur die Domäne von Mikrobiologen und Pharmakologen. Wichtiger als potente Impfstoffe und Antibiotika sind mitunter diplomatisches Feingefühl und der Wille, ein Projekt optimal anzugehen. In dieser Hinsicht hapert es bei einem der weltweit größten Impfprogramme – dem Versuch, die Kinderlähmung (Polio) endlich auszurotten."
http://www.zeit.de/2009/34/Kommentar-Polio-Impfung
Kenyan mothers too poor to pay for treatment locked up in hospital
Campaigners say practice of detaining people for unpaid medical bills is widespread
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Kenya
The Guardian
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"As a poor woman from the slums, Monica Wanjiku knew that gaining admission into a maternity hospital would be difficult. Leaving was to prove much harder."
www.guardian.co.uk/...
Preparing health professionals for development cooperation and humanitarian aid
New handbook "Go International!"
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STI/SCIH
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"Go International!" a new handbook for preparing health professionals for development cooperation and humanitarian aid is hot off the press. Published (in German) by Hans Huber and edited by Elgin Hackenbruch, the book includes chapters on ‘HIV/Aids: Much More than a Health Problem’ authored by Claudia Kessler of the SCIH and ‘Strategic Project Management: Project Cycles and Planning’ by Axel Hoffmann of the STI. Among other SCIH/STI collaborating authors are Hans Jochen Diesfeld, Rainer Külker and Dagmar Domenig."
http://www.verlag-hanshuber.com/vkat/einzeltitel.php?isbn=3-456-84591-X