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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
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53429#.VwbzzfkrLIW

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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
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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-how-
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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
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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

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https://pcdnetwork.org/job/america-solidaria-u-s-latin-america-various-countries-11057-full-year-
fellowship-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-landscape-
analysis-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-kroc-
institute-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-women-
afghanistan-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
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or in another city. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/executive-director-peace-
justice-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 – 28-
29 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-of-
armed-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-african-
and-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
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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.
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN
To send information items for the International news bulletin please write to international@apa.org
REPORTS RELEASED
 IPsyNET: International Psychology Network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and
Intersex Issues Annual Report: For more information,
visit: http://www.apa.org/ipsynet/about/index.aspx.
 Improving Health Care for Disadvantaged Populations: report issued by National Academies
of Sciences, Engineering and
Medicine http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=21914
 World Health Organization, 2nd
Edition of report “Preventing disease through healthy
environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental
risks. Link: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/deaths-attributable-to-
unhealthy-environments/en/
CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
APA Annual APA Convention: Registration opens April 15, 2016. Information for international
visitors is at http://www.apa.org/international/resources/convention/index.aspx.
APA Grants to Attend the APA Annual Convention
 Awards to help high school psychology teachers travel to and attend the 2016 APA Annual
Convention. For more information, visit: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/professional-
topss.aspx. Deadline: April 25, 2016.

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 Up to $500 to psychologists and psychology students based outside the U.S. and Canada. For
more information, visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/convention-international-
travel.aspx. Deadline: May 1, 2016.
 Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training (CEMRRAT2) Task
Force's Travel Grant for Students of Color in Psychology. For more information,
visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/cemrrat2-travel.aspx?tab=1. DeadlineMay 15, 2016
 For student members of Division
1. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19P8NjR9mz3F9pI1OK2YaAC9ombiQfK838p-
W_QzhYYY/closedform. Deadline June 1, 2016
 Division 44, Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Issues: Mentoring Student Travel Award. http://www.apadivisions.org/division-
44/awards/mentoring.aspx?tab=3Deadline May 1
 Division 45, Society for the Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race: Student Travel
Awards. http://division45.org/awards/student-awards/ Deadline May 31.
 Division 52, International: Student international research award (Div52). For more
information, visit: http://div52.org/awards/student-international-research/. Deadline May
1, 2016.
 Division 54, Society of Pediatric Psychology: Student Travel
Awards http://societyofpediatricpsychology.org/node/225 .Deadline May 31
 Division 56, Trauma Psychology: International Student Travel Assistance. Send CV and
Submission to ecarll@optonline.net. Deadline May 1
Psychology Day at the UN – April 28, 2016
The 9th
Annual Psychology Day at the UN will examine the global migration crisis through Human
Rights, Psychological and Intercultural Perspectives. Registration deadline is April 15. For more
information, please visit http://unpsychologyday.org or to
register:https://cyberstore1.apa.org/cyb/cli/casinterface1/psychologyDay/.
OTHER CONFERENCES
For a list of upcoming international psychology conferences visit:
http://www.apa.org/international/resources/events.aspx
TRAINING
APA sponsors FIVE Advanced Training Institutes for summer 2016
Single-case Intervention Research: New Developments in Methodology and Data Abalysis. The
content covered in the ATI is intended to improve: (a) the methodological rigor of single-case
intervention research, and (b) the analysis of single-case intervention data. Instructors will present both
traditional and more scientifically credible single-case intervention designs.
Applications are invited from investigators at the faculty/ professional / postdoctoral and advanced
graduate levels. The ATI is open to investigators from within and outside of the United States. June
27 – July 1, 2016.
For more information, please visit: http://www.apa.org/science/resources/ati/single-case-
intervention.aspx. Deadline: April 11, 2016
WEBINAR
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research

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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-social-
movements.aspx. Deadline: October 15, 2016.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
Gender in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Issue Authors - Bornstein, Putnick, Lansford, Deater-
Deckard, 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/advancing-
field/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),

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Mercedes A. McCormick PhD (mampsyyoga@aol.com) and Zhipeng Gao
(gzhipeng@yorku.ca). Deadline: June 7, 2016.
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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
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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
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is my dream of open-sourcing humanitarian work.
Current Content, For Pretty Close To Forever
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_____Zika, Infectious Disease, and More…_____
Aggregated News Reports from:
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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

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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
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
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 mosquito-
borne 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

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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

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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

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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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