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IHN World Space Braodcast
3-Sep-2007
This thursday the IHN will give their first of a series of health and disability lectures to the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) in Sri Lanka. The broadcast will include a synopsis of this years IAS conference held in Sydney Australia. The contents of this presentation will be made available after this Thursday's broadcast.
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A Brighter Future for Ethiopians Suffering with Mental Health Problems and Disabilities
6-Aug-2007
Recent collaboration efforts between the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, physicians and interest groups, along with Australia's Griffith University, have been directed towards creating a Mental Health and Disability Policy for Ethiopia. This groundbreaking policy is set to be the first of its kind in all of Africa and will include the amalgamation of disability and mental health services into one consolidated policy. This project is currently underway and is expected to be completed by 2010. Further information about the ongoing project will be published shortly at www.ihn.info. If you have questions or comments please email the project coordinator Ashley Pardy at ashleypardy@gmail.com
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Bond University Wraps up the second semester of its International Health and Disability Policy Class
6-Aug-2007
Since September of 2006 Dr. Harry McConnell has been teaching a seminar based class on International Health and Disability Policy at Bond University in Brisbane, Australia. Overall the class has been deemed a great success, covering such topics as the MDG's, current issues in health care policy, and new developments in international health and disability. Further information about Bond University and the International Health and Disability Policy class can be found at: http://www.bond.edu.au/index.html
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WHO Director General Candidate Forum on Health MDGs
29-Oct-2006
Register now to participate in the WHO Director General Candidate Forum
View the entire forum live at 08:00 GMT 30 Oct 2006
(see www.timeanddate.com for your local time zone)
Go to the following URL to register and download the software:
www.ihdn.net
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IAS conference
5-Aug-2007
International AIDS Society had its 4th Annual conference in Sydney July 22-24th/2007
Highlights included new HIV testing technologies, HIV and TB co-infections
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Evidence Based Policy for HIV/AIDS
29-Oct-2006
IHN continues to promote evidence based policy dialogue with iots recent videoconferences with the Cochrane Collaboration in Dublin and with the EU-ACP Summit. Speakers included Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, Sir Peter Barter, Minister of Health for Papua New Guinea, Hilde Johnson, African Development Bank, and Dr Peter Olupot, Uganda. Interactive Links included Asia, Pacific and African countries with Ministers and International Experts comparing effective national policies for HIV/AIDS.
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Update on the Kenya eHealth Initiative
3-Jan-2006
The Kenya eHealth Initiative continues to grow from strength to strength. Drs Peter Drury and Bruce Dahlman have worked together with IHN, CISCO Philanthropy and the UK NHS Connecting for Health to put together an exciting implementation of creative knowledge management implenting eHealth solutions in rural Kenya.
Developing eHealth Connections in Kenya
Progress to Mid December 2005
Project 1 Map of Medicine
1.The staff at all 6 of the Kijabe-supported Health Centers have been visited, and their interest in using, and helping to tailor the Map of Medicine for use in Kenya has been confirmed
2.The Deputy District Medical Officer has continued, as part of his routine visits to the rural health centers, to teach staff about the Map of Medicine. So far visits have been made to 4 health centers, and staff at Narok Hospital have also had a seminar on its use as part of their CPD programme
3.The Pharmacy and Poisons Board, AMREF, and the Ministry of Health have continued to express their support for agreeing the necessary licensing arrangements so that the development and testing work can begin.
4.Staff at Kijabe Hospital are keen to support its development, e.g. as part of the editorial board arrangements.
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Welcome to the Interactive Health Network (IHN)
21-Apr-2005
The international community for health equity.
IHN is a non-profit organization dedicated to using online technologies to combat health inequities. IHN focuses on global health issues using the Internet, extranets, intranets, satellite, and videoconferencing to connect people interested in achieving Health for All. IHN views health as a human right, Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) as appropriate technology and global communication as an essential tool to improve healthcare for those most in need.
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New HIV Programme Launched in Mozambique
20-May-2005
UNAIDS has launched a new programme focusing on women and girls in Mozambique this week. Women make up 58% of people living with HIV in Mozambique and three quarters of young people with HIV.
The programme will help empower women in HIV prevention. This is being done in response to the new national strategy on HIV and the UN Secretary General’s report on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS.
See www.unaids.org for more inforamtion
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Health in the Tsunami Affected Areas
21-May-2005
The Conference on Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia took place in Phuket, Thailand from 4 to 6 May 2005. The event was organized by WHO in cooperation with the Royal Thai Government and with co-funding from the Government of Italy.The conference brought together some 400 senior policy advisers and expert practitioners from Asia and elsewhere. and conference focused on the lessons learnt during as part of the health sector response to the tsunami. Both national and international response mechanisms were reviewed from the standpoint of appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency.
For a full report of proceedings see: http://www.who.int/hac/events/tsunamiconf/proceedings/en/index.html
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WHA Opens in Geneva
21-May-2005
Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and His Excellency Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Republic of Maldives open the World Health Assembly today along with Dr LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General. This will be a very important assembly this year with key issues being discussed including the achievement of health-related Millennium Development Goals, Scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention in the context of antiretroviral treatment, Malaria and TB control, public health effects of alcohol, and a global strategy for vaccination. For more information see http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2005/wha58/en/index.html for full coverage and documents
RELATED LINKS
- WHA documentation web site
- Full coverage of the 58th World Health Assembly
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Global Monitoring Report 2005: can we achieve the MDGs???
3-May-2005
The Global Monitoring Report 2005: From Consensus to Momentum also warns Sub-Saharan Africa is in danger of not meeting any of the Millennium Development Goals –international targets to reduce poverty, disease and illiteracy by the year 2015.
The report, a joint effort by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, makes it clear this year is a crucial year to build momentum to reach the Millennium Development Goals – which were agreed upon by the international community at a UN meeting in 2000.
see:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20443544~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
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Leadership in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) and eHealth 2005
21-Apr-2005
Come to the 5th Annual Conference and Exhibition
Clinical Information Systems & Electronic Records
and
eHealth 2005
Novotel London West Convention Centre, London
26, 27 & 28 September 2005
in association with the continuation of the highly successful Leadership in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) Series on 26 September 2005 reflecting on eHealth policies from around the globe
The LIGHT process is a global review of national Programmes for Health Information Infrastructure. The LIGHT Initiative started out of a comprehensive review of eHealth National Policies at eHealth 2003 in London and has been followed with Leadership Summits in Dubai with the International Hospital Federation Regional Conference, Geneva, alongside the World Health Assembly, Berlin, at the IHF and European Hospital Association Congress, the USA, at the HIMSS and HIT Congresses, London at eHealth 2004, Mexico in association with Forum 8, continuing with an online forum and discussion and with further regional summits planned.
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Together We Can Beat Malaria: Africa Malaria Day April 25 2005
21-Apr-2005
This year's theme for Africa Malaria Day is "Unite Against Malaria", and the associated slogan is "Together We Can Beat Malaria".
The theme highlights the crucial element of a successful fight against malaria: partnership.
See http://rbm.who.int/amd2005/index.html
and
http://www.afro.who.int/amd2005/index.html
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World Health Day April 7, 2005
4-Apr-2005
IHN is pleased to support WHO's World Health Day 2005.
April 7th, 2005 marks World Health Day, sponsored by the World health organization. This year the theme is 'Make Every Mother and Child Count'. The key messages for this important day are as follows:
MESSAGES FOR WORLD HEALTH DAY 2005
Too many mothers and children are suffering and dying each year
Healthy mothers and children are the real wealth of societies
Millions of lives could be saved using knowledge we have today; the challenge is to transform this knowledge into action
In order to make a difference, we must all join forces and act. Together we can do it. Each one of us has a role to play.
for more information see:
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2005/en/
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Tsunami and Indonesian Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts
4-Apr-2005
Keep abreast of the lates efforts in the Tsunami Reconstruction at:
http://w3.whosea.org/
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm
http://www.who.int/hac/crises/idn/sitreps/en/
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Health and the Millenium Development Goals
4-Apr-2005
Three out of eight goals, eight of the 16 targets and 18 of the 48 indicators relate directly to health. Health is also an important contributor to several other goals. The significance of the MDGs lies in the linkages between them: they are a mutually reinforcing framework to improve overall human development.
See
http://www.who.int/mdg/en/
http://www.who.int/mdg/score/en/
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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IHN Supports the Global Review
4-Apr-2005
IHN is part of a consortium supporting the access and usen of health inforamtion in developing countries. Despite many successful initiatives during the past 10 years, most healthcare providers in developing countries continue to lack access to the information they need to deliver safe, effective healthcare with available resources.
Access to health information is increasingly recognized as a prerequisite for the Millennium Development Goals. The issue has never been so high on the political agenda. The recent draft 'World Report on Knowledge for Better Health' (WHO) argues that 'access to relevant, reliable and up-to-date health and health research information [in] the developing world must be improved and must take into account the needs of diverse groups of constituencies and stakeholders'.
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AFRICAN SUMMIT ON HIV AIDS MALARIA AND TB
1-Jul-2003
The World Forum on Health and Development, 10 July 2003
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Can we achieve health information for all by 2015?
4-Apr-2005
Lancet 2004 (18 July); 364: 295-300)
by Fiona Godlee, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Dan Ncayiyana, Barbara Cohen, and Abel Packer.
This paper is the starting point for the Global Review on Access to Health Information in Developing Countries, which launched formally at the BMA London on 12th July 2004, and will run through 2004 and 2005 (see www.inasp.info/health/globalreview).
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INASP Health Links
22-Sep-2003
INASP Health Links is a unique Internet Gateway to over 500 selected websites for health professionals, medical library communities, publishers and non-governmental organisations in developing countries. The site is hosted by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, a programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU). INASP Health Links is accredited by the Health on the Net Foundation.
http://www.inasp.org.uk/health/links
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IHN hosts public debate for WHO Director general Candidates
4-Apr-2005
Candidates for the top post in world health - the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) - participate in a two-hour, worldwide question and answer session open to the public and linked across the world via video and teleconferencing. See:
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=759
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Clinical Malaria Case Review
8-Aug-2003
The World Forum on Health and Development, 12 August 2003
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The role of Science in the Information Society
5-Sep-2003
CERN. Geneva. 8-9 December 2003.
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Confronting HIV/AIDS in Africa
1-Aug-2003
The Strategic Role of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA)
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MOZAMBIQUE: AU summit focuses on fight against HIV/AIDS
28-Jul-2003
"Up to 1,000 people die of AIDS each day in the most affected countries"
Click here to read report.
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