Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council
Enhancing healthcare through innovationgeoffrey-cip
Commonwealth Infrastructure Partners works with health professionals, government departments and NGOs to enhance the availability of good healthcare to the whole population
October 7, 2019
On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled this visionary program, and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly.
There are many lessons learned in PEPFAR’s story - from what it took to build a supply chain where there was none, to establishing the use of generic antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) and leveraging human capacity. This event convened the early architects of PEPFAR as well as experts and implementers currently leading the charge. We took a historically informed look at what it will take to stop global transmission, and shared tools useful for others hoping to move the needle on vexing problems in global health.
For more information, visit our website at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/15-years-of-pepfar
Violeta Gaveikaite's project focuses on the information needs for successful implementation of telehealth interventions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a prevalent chronic disease that is promising for telehealth due to its behavioral etiology and need for self-management. Existing telehealth solutions for COPD have focused mainly on clinical outcomes with little consideration of economic efficiency, quality of life, and physical activity. The most effective interventions addressed multiple outcomes. To understand stakeholder needs, the project will analyze existing COPD studies, update systematic reviews on clinical outcomes from telehealth, and use big data approaches to analyze additional studies. The goal is to determine attributes of scalable and successful COPD telehealth that achieve
Health partners elluminate ppt_final_9.13.10CChangeProgram
C-Change (Communication for Change) is a USAID-fundd program to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) as an integral part of development efforts in malaria, HIV and AIDS, and family planning/reproductive health.
C-Change works with USAID and the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) to prevent and control malaria in several PMI target countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, as well as others.
On September 13, 2010, C-Change and MCHIP facilitated a narrated presentation of the work of two PMI grantees, Concern Universal and HealthPartners, via a webinar. Participants included Save the Children, USAID, CDC, IFPH, and others.
For more information, please visit: http://www.c-changeprogram.org/
The document discusses developing a digital education platform to support Interprofessional Education (IPE) for clinicians in primary health care. IPE brings different professions together to improve collaboration and quality of care. Research shows collaborative practice can decrease complications and errors while increasing patient satisfaction. The project will review current IPE models, interview clinicians, develop online modules and a platform, pilot the program, and evaluate it with clinicians.
The document discusses achieving universal health coverage and strengthening health systems. It notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of countries having strong health systems that can provide quality services to the entire population. It emphasizes that more funding needs to go to health in order to reach the goal of universal coverage by 2030, including spending on protecting health workers, infrastructure, disease prevention, and community-level healthcare. It also stresses the need for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for marginalized groups. The document promotes learning from innovative approaches to healthcare delivery seen during the pandemic and committing to invest in health systems that protect everyone.
Collaborating with the Private Sector to Advance Series for NCDs DalyCORE Group
This document discusses strategies for integrating acute and chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) care in low-income settings. It provides examples of promising approaches, including integrating screening and diagnosis at the community level and linking patients to referral and follow-up. Another approach is customizing chronic disease management closer to home through leveraging existing platforms like HIV/TB programs, training community caregivers, and central medicine distribution. A third approach enhances emergency system efficiency and community response for time-critical events through standardized pre-hospital protocols, physician champions, and hub-and-spoke in-hospital coordination.
The document discusses the Think Kidneys National Programme, which aims to reduce harm related to acute kidney injury (AKI) through improved detection, management, and recovery. The programme has created levers within the healthcare system like a national safety alert and CQUIN. It will lead improvement efforts through education, awareness campaigns, and collaborating with patient safety organizations. The future goals are to expand primary and community care of AKI and establish Think Kidneys as a brand that continues tackling this common and costly health problem through a strategic, system-wide approach.
Enhancing healthcare through innovationgeoffrey-cip
Commonwealth Infrastructure Partners works with health professionals, government departments and NGOs to enhance the availability of good healthcare to the whole population
October 7, 2019
On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled this visionary program, and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly.
There are many lessons learned in PEPFAR’s story - from what it took to build a supply chain where there was none, to establishing the use of generic antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) and leveraging human capacity. This event convened the early architects of PEPFAR as well as experts and implementers currently leading the charge. We took a historically informed look at what it will take to stop global transmission, and shared tools useful for others hoping to move the needle on vexing problems in global health.
For more information, visit our website at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/15-years-of-pepfar
Violeta Gaveikaite's project focuses on the information needs for successful implementation of telehealth interventions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a prevalent chronic disease that is promising for telehealth due to its behavioral etiology and need for self-management. Existing telehealth solutions for COPD have focused mainly on clinical outcomes with little consideration of economic efficiency, quality of life, and physical activity. The most effective interventions addressed multiple outcomes. To understand stakeholder needs, the project will analyze existing COPD studies, update systematic reviews on clinical outcomes from telehealth, and use big data approaches to analyze additional studies. The goal is to determine attributes of scalable and successful COPD telehealth that achieve
Health partners elluminate ppt_final_9.13.10CChangeProgram
C-Change (Communication for Change) is a USAID-fundd program to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) as an integral part of development efforts in malaria, HIV and AIDS, and family planning/reproductive health.
C-Change works with USAID and the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) to prevent and control malaria in several PMI target countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, as well as others.
On September 13, 2010, C-Change and MCHIP facilitated a narrated presentation of the work of two PMI grantees, Concern Universal and HealthPartners, via a webinar. Participants included Save the Children, USAID, CDC, IFPH, and others.
For more information, please visit: http://www.c-changeprogram.org/
The document discusses developing a digital education platform to support Interprofessional Education (IPE) for clinicians in primary health care. IPE brings different professions together to improve collaboration and quality of care. Research shows collaborative practice can decrease complications and errors while increasing patient satisfaction. The project will review current IPE models, interview clinicians, develop online modules and a platform, pilot the program, and evaluate it with clinicians.
The document discusses achieving universal health coverage and strengthening health systems. It notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of countries having strong health systems that can provide quality services to the entire population. It emphasizes that more funding needs to go to health in order to reach the goal of universal coverage by 2030, including spending on protecting health workers, infrastructure, disease prevention, and community-level healthcare. It also stresses the need for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for marginalized groups. The document promotes learning from innovative approaches to healthcare delivery seen during the pandemic and committing to invest in health systems that protect everyone.
Collaborating with the Private Sector to Advance Series for NCDs DalyCORE Group
This document discusses strategies for integrating acute and chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) care in low-income settings. It provides examples of promising approaches, including integrating screening and diagnosis at the community level and linking patients to referral and follow-up. Another approach is customizing chronic disease management closer to home through leveraging existing platforms like HIV/TB programs, training community caregivers, and central medicine distribution. A third approach enhances emergency system efficiency and community response for time-critical events through standardized pre-hospital protocols, physician champions, and hub-and-spoke in-hospital coordination.
The document discusses the Think Kidneys National Programme, which aims to reduce harm related to acute kidney injury (AKI) through improved detection, management, and recovery. The programme has created levers within the healthcare system like a national safety alert and CQUIN. It will lead improvement efforts through education, awareness campaigns, and collaborating with patient safety organizations. The future goals are to expand primary and community care of AKI and establish Think Kidneys as a brand that continues tackling this common and costly health problem through a strategic, system-wide approach.
Dan Venables_LTC Consensus Meeting 10-Nov-2015angewatkins
PRIME Centre Wales
Long Term Conditions Consensus Meeting
Tuesday 10th November 2015, St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND
http://www.primecentre.wales/ltc-consensus-meeting.php
This document summarizes the cystic fibrosis care environment in British Columbia. It outlines the challenges with the current system including increasing patient numbers and complexity as well as new treatments. It discusses previous attempts to address issues and the need for standards of care, improved transitions of care, access to specialized care, and data collection. The document proposes using a collective impact model to engage partners around a shared agenda of creating a sustainable provincial cystic fibrosis care system. It notes progress including the formation of an advisory group and work on standards and metrics.
Nutrition as part of ICCM: Evidence, Challenges and Future Directions of Re...CORE Group
1) Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) uses community health workers to treat common childhood illnesses and malnutrition where access to health facilities is limited. However, the extent to which ICCM programs actually implement nutrition interventions is unclear.
2) A review of ICCM and nutrition integration programs found that ICCM can achieve high coverage and quality of care for severe acute malnutrition, and may be cost-effective, but questions remain around motivation, policies, protocols, intervention bundles, and health systems support.
3) To address remaining evidence gaps, organizations will launch a desk review, convene a follow-up meeting, and prepare operational research plans generated through collaboration between ICCM and nutrition communities.
1) The Better Housing, Better Health program provides grants up to £2,500 for energy efficiency measures to improve health outcomes for homeowners in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire who have respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
2) It offers free home energy surveys, benefits checks, fuel debt mediation, and assistance switching energy suppliers through a single point of contact.
3) An evaluation found the program saves an average of £1,200 per person annually for the NHS and £3,200 per person for society, with average grants of £2,100 paying for themselves in under two years.
The document discusses implementing chronic disease prevention and management frameworks in Canada. It notes that chronic diseases are a major cause of death and disability in Canada, costing $45 billion annually. The goals of chronic disease prevention and management frameworks are to reduce care discontinuities, increase prevention behaviors, improve population health, and reduce costs through a coordinated, systems approach. However, the document outlines several issues with implementing these frameworks in Canada, including a lack of governance to support inter-organizational collaboration, incomplete examples and evidence to support all aspects of the frameworks, and discontinuities in care due to a lack of integration between organizations.
This document discusses ensuring continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a critical priority. It outlines the impact of the pandemic on essential health services, including disruptions to services for noncommunicable diseases and declines in immunization rates. It also discusses challenges delivered essential health services during the pandemic, such as limitations in health system capacity and shortages of supplies. The document provides an overview of WHO's guidance and activities to support delivering essential health services during COVID-19, and innovative approaches that have been used. It calls for renewed commitment to achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.
This presentation was given by Zhenzhong ZHANG and Yunping WANG of the China National Health Development Research Center at the Global Symposium on Health System Research.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes strategies for strengthening health services to deliver improved nutrition. It outlines that while evidence-based interventions exist to address persistent nutrition issues like stunting and anemia, they require an equitable and high-quality delivery system. This involves developing the nutrition workforce through appropriate policies, training, supervision and resources. It also stresses the need to build community demand for better services and coordinate delivery across sectors through multi-level strengthening of health systems and partnerships with frontline workers. The goal is to systematically support service providers and empower communities to drive improved nutrition outcomes.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and collaboration.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and knowledge-sharing.
This document discusses building resilient communities through community engagement for better health outcomes. It provides examples from the COVID-19 response of engaging communities to understand contexts and empowering involvement in decision making. While community engagement approaches have been used in various countries for different health issues, the pandemic highlighted the need for more meaningful and collaborative engagement. The document outlines a roadmap for countries to develop national community engagement strategies, prioritizing governance structures, participatory planning, and mobilizing communities and civil society.
The document summarizes changes to the GP contract regulations and priorities for NHS immunizations in response to COVID-19. It states that the regulations will temporarily amend core hours definitions and increase 111 direct booking minimums. It also suspends requirements like annual reviews, medication reviews, and patient feedback processes. The letter prioritizes routine childhood immunizations as well as targeted vaccines for babies, pregnant women, and those at high risk.
Presented by Agis D. Tsouros, Director, Division Policy and Governance for Health and well-being, WHO/Europe at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, on 16 September 2014.
This document is a call for papers for a special issue of BioMed Research International on evidence-based public health. It discusses that public health decision making is complex, involving many inputs and the need for consensus. It states that while public health has achieved much in the past century, future success requires greater use of evidence-based approaches. Key aspects of an evidence-based public health approach include making decisions based on the best available evidence, using sound research methods, and engaging the community in the decision making process. An evidence-based approach could provide numerous benefits such as access to higher quality information and more successful prevention programs. The call invites researchers to submit papers on generating and implementing evidence-based public health knowledge and practices.
The document discusses Australia's past efforts to address health literacy, which have been fragmented. It outlines a national stocktake of health literacy initiatives that found many different programs but little coordination. There is now strong support for a coordinated national approach to health literacy that embeds it in policies and education for both consumers and healthcare providers. The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards provide an existing framework to help guide improved health literacy.
This document summarizes a 3-year project funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to build capacity for health communication regarding communicable diseases in Europe. The project involved gathering information from stakeholders, conducting literature reviews, and developing recommendations. Key findings include limited evidence and variability in health communication approaches across countries in Europe. Recommendations focus on developing organizational structures, partnerships, dedicated funding, leadership, and workforce training to strengthen health communication capacity.
Dan Venables_LTC Consensus Meeting 10-Nov-2015angewatkins
PRIME Centre Wales
Long Term Conditions Consensus Meeting
Tuesday 10th November 2015, St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND
http://www.primecentre.wales/ltc-consensus-meeting.php
This document summarizes the cystic fibrosis care environment in British Columbia. It outlines the challenges with the current system including increasing patient numbers and complexity as well as new treatments. It discusses previous attempts to address issues and the need for standards of care, improved transitions of care, access to specialized care, and data collection. The document proposes using a collective impact model to engage partners around a shared agenda of creating a sustainable provincial cystic fibrosis care system. It notes progress including the formation of an advisory group and work on standards and metrics.
Nutrition as part of ICCM: Evidence, Challenges and Future Directions of Re...CORE Group
1) Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) uses community health workers to treat common childhood illnesses and malnutrition where access to health facilities is limited. However, the extent to which ICCM programs actually implement nutrition interventions is unclear.
2) A review of ICCM and nutrition integration programs found that ICCM can achieve high coverage and quality of care for severe acute malnutrition, and may be cost-effective, but questions remain around motivation, policies, protocols, intervention bundles, and health systems support.
3) To address remaining evidence gaps, organizations will launch a desk review, convene a follow-up meeting, and prepare operational research plans generated through collaboration between ICCM and nutrition communities.
1) The Better Housing, Better Health program provides grants up to £2,500 for energy efficiency measures to improve health outcomes for homeowners in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire who have respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
2) It offers free home energy surveys, benefits checks, fuel debt mediation, and assistance switching energy suppliers through a single point of contact.
3) An evaluation found the program saves an average of £1,200 per person annually for the NHS and £3,200 per person for society, with average grants of £2,100 paying for themselves in under two years.
The document discusses implementing chronic disease prevention and management frameworks in Canada. It notes that chronic diseases are a major cause of death and disability in Canada, costing $45 billion annually. The goals of chronic disease prevention and management frameworks are to reduce care discontinuities, increase prevention behaviors, improve population health, and reduce costs through a coordinated, systems approach. However, the document outlines several issues with implementing these frameworks in Canada, including a lack of governance to support inter-organizational collaboration, incomplete examples and evidence to support all aspects of the frameworks, and discontinuities in care due to a lack of integration between organizations.
This document discusses ensuring continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a critical priority. It outlines the impact of the pandemic on essential health services, including disruptions to services for noncommunicable diseases and declines in immunization rates. It also discusses challenges delivered essential health services during the pandemic, such as limitations in health system capacity and shortages of supplies. The document provides an overview of WHO's guidance and activities to support delivering essential health services during COVID-19, and innovative approaches that have been used. It calls for renewed commitment to achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.
This presentation was given by Zhenzhong ZHANG and Yunping WANG of the China National Health Development Research Center at the Global Symposium on Health System Research.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes strategies for strengthening health services to deliver improved nutrition. It outlines that while evidence-based interventions exist to address persistent nutrition issues like stunting and anemia, they require an equitable and high-quality delivery system. This involves developing the nutrition workforce through appropriate policies, training, supervision and resources. It also stresses the need to build community demand for better services and coordinate delivery across sectors through multi-level strengthening of health systems and partnerships with frontline workers. The goal is to systematically support service providers and empower communities to drive improved nutrition outcomes.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and collaboration.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and knowledge-sharing.
This document discusses building resilient communities through community engagement for better health outcomes. It provides examples from the COVID-19 response of engaging communities to understand contexts and empowering involvement in decision making. While community engagement approaches have been used in various countries for different health issues, the pandemic highlighted the need for more meaningful and collaborative engagement. The document outlines a roadmap for countries to develop national community engagement strategies, prioritizing governance structures, participatory planning, and mobilizing communities and civil society.
The document summarizes changes to the GP contract regulations and priorities for NHS immunizations in response to COVID-19. It states that the regulations will temporarily amend core hours definitions and increase 111 direct booking minimums. It also suspends requirements like annual reviews, medication reviews, and patient feedback processes. The letter prioritizes routine childhood immunizations as well as targeted vaccines for babies, pregnant women, and those at high risk.
Presented by Agis D. Tsouros, Director, Division Policy and Governance for Health and well-being, WHO/Europe at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, on 16 September 2014.
This document is a call for papers for a special issue of BioMed Research International on evidence-based public health. It discusses that public health decision making is complex, involving many inputs and the need for consensus. It states that while public health has achieved much in the past century, future success requires greater use of evidence-based approaches. Key aspects of an evidence-based public health approach include making decisions based on the best available evidence, using sound research methods, and engaging the community in the decision making process. An evidence-based approach could provide numerous benefits such as access to higher quality information and more successful prevention programs. The call invites researchers to submit papers on generating and implementing evidence-based public health knowledge and practices.
The document discusses Australia's past efforts to address health literacy, which have been fragmented. It outlines a national stocktake of health literacy initiatives that found many different programs but little coordination. There is now strong support for a coordinated national approach to health literacy that embeds it in policies and education for both consumers and healthcare providers. The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards provide an existing framework to help guide improved health literacy.
This document summarizes a 3-year project funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to build capacity for health communication regarding communicable diseases in Europe. The project involved gathering information from stakeholders, conducting literature reviews, and developing recommendations. Key findings include limited evidence and variability in health communication approaches across countries in Europe. Recommendations focus on developing organizational structures, partnerships, dedicated funding, leadership, and workforce training to strengthen health communication capacity.
A preliminary proposal for an application to the Health Care Innovation Challenge sponsored by CMS. Focus of this proposal include gestational diabetes, maternal obesity, postpartum weight loss, and as well as patient engagement / health literacy
The document discusses strategies to reduce the burden of liver disease in the Philippines through hepatitis vaccination and prevention of liver cancer. It outlines the Hepatology Society of the Philippines' strategic focus on research, education, advocacy, and policy formulation to address hepatitis. The summary focuses on key areas of the WHO global hepatitis framework that the HSP plan aligns with and policy levers to support change through advocacy, education, and evidence-based policy development.
1) The document discusses innovative approaches to preventing and managing complex chronic diseases, including establishing centers of excellence through a partnership between UnitedHealth and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
2) It outlines "Grand Challenges" to address chronic disease through public awareness, policies, risk factor modification, business engagement, and health system reorientation.
3) Prevention efforts for those with complex chronic conditions face conceptual difficulties and should be patient-centered rather than disease-focused.
This document summarizes information about Horizon 2020, the EU's 2014-2020 research and innovation program. It discusses how Horizon 2020 aims to stimulate economic growth and jobs in Europe by funding excellent science. For health research, Horizon 2020 has a Societal Challenge 1 focus area and a 2014-2015 health work program with 34 topics and €1.21 billion in funding. Specific health research topics are described, including understanding disease, developing new care models, and advancing active and healthy aging with information and communication technologies. The document also discusses how Ireland is represented in and can learn from the Horizon 2020 system through programs like the Health Research Board.
Crowds Care for Cancer Challenge Webinar Slideshealth2dev
The document provides information about a challenge to create new tools to help cancer survivors manage their health after treatment. The challenge is sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the National Cancer Institute. The challenge will have two phases - the first involves submitting wireframes and explanations of proposed apps, and selected finalists will then develop functioning apps and crowdfunding campaigns for them in the second phase. Winners will receive cash prizes and recognition. The goal is to spur innovation in tools that address survivor care needs and facilitate communication between survivors and healthcare providers.
Gill Rowlands Heath Literacy - Making it Everybody's BusinessHLGUK
- The document discusses a presentation on health literacy given by Gill Rowlands.
- It defines health literacy and establishes that low health literacy is common, affecting 61% of adults in England. People with low health literacy have poorer health outcomes and higher healthcare costs.
- Challenges of low health literacy are discussed for patients, healthcare professionals, managers and commissioners. Solutions proposed include improving health information and increasing citizens' health literacy skills.
- Progress and next steps are outlined to address the issue through various organizations working together.
This document provides guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and levels of care for type 2 diabetes. It recommends that health services decide whether to implement screening programs based on prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and available resources. It provides criteria for diagnosing diabetes based on fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance tests, and HbA1c levels according to WHO standards. It outlines recommended care involving screening high-risk individuals and treating those detected, as well as limited care with opportunistic screening and diagnosis based on available testing, and comprehensive care with additional resources and testing for screening programs and diagnosis.
Our aim is to alleviate human suffering related to diabetes and its complications among those least able to withstand the burden of the disease. From 2002 to March 2017, the World Diabetes Foundation provided USD 130 million in funding to 511 projects in 115 countries. For every dollar spent, the Foundation raises approximately 2 dollars in cash or as in-kind donations from other sources. The total value of the WDF project portfolio reached USD 377 million, excluding WDF’s own advocacy and strategic platforms.
The documents discuss changes in the US healthcare system focusing on quality improvement initiatives. It summarizes frameworks from the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) and Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHIC) that provide guidelines and coordinate multi-stakeholder efforts to reform payment systems, improve care delivery, and increase community health. It also describes the Quality Alliance Steering Committee's (QASC) work measuring healthcare quality nationally through organizations like MN Community Measurement. The overall goal is to shift focus from sickness to prevention by increasing access to high-quality, coordinated care.
Ms Marie Killeen, Programme Manager of the Health and Wellbeing Programme at the Department of Health, spoke about the Government's objectives and aspirations to promote health and wellbeing in Ireland.
This document outlines a framework for advancing universal health coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It identifies four strategic components: 1) developing a vision and strategy for universal health coverage, 2) improving health financing and financial risk protection, 3) expanding coverage of needed health services, and 4) ensuring expansion and monitoring of population coverage, especially for vulnerable groups. The framework was presented to provide guidance to countries on priorities like establishing multisectoral leadership, developing national health financing strategies, progressively expanding service coverage, and monitoring equity in progress toward universal healthcare.
The document provides an overview of public health nursing in the Philippines. It discusses the country's health imperatives, including goals to eradicate poverty and diseases. Public health evolved alongside the development of the Department of Health, the government agency responsible for citizens' health. The Health Sector Reform Agenda aims to improve health outcomes through reforms to financing, regulation, service delivery, and governance. Public health nursing combines nursing skills with public health to promote community health. The Philippine health system includes both public and private sectors working towards the goal of equitable and quality health care for all.
The document summarizes the achievements of the Nutrition in Older People Programme over the past 4 years. Key points include:
- The programme implemented integrated nutritional care approaches in community settings, screening over 4,600 older people with an average malnutrition prevalence of 20%.
- Activities included developing malnutrition screening and treatment tools, collaborative working between health and social care in areas like Dorset, and raising awareness among over 1,000 staff and volunteers.
- Resources created include an 'OPEN' nutrition toolkit with training packages, awareness materials, and care pathways available online to support identifying and treating undernutrition in older community-dwelling adults.
This document provides an introduction to a toolkit for structured education for Type 2 diabetes. It discusses the low uptake of structured education programs despite recommendations and incentives. The toolkit aims to address causes of low uptake and provide guidance to commissioners, providers, and referrers to ensure accessible high-quality structured education. It summarizes the national and local burden of diabetes, costs of complications, and recommends increasing attendance at education to save £1.7 million per CCG annually. Common structured education programs are introduced.
The document outlines a proposal for partners in Hertfordshire to work more closely together on prevention initiatives. It discusses the need to scale up prevention efforts to make the NHS more sustainable and reduce costs across the health and social care system. The partners agree to conduct gap analyses on current prevention activities and develop a joint prevention strategy and governance structure to guide collaborative prevention programs going forward. The strategy will focus on high impact areas like musculoskeletal health, obesity, and long term condition management to help lower the projected cost curve.
Presentation for EPEMED Webinar (11-27-12) FinalStig Albinus
This document discusses strategies for communicating the potential of personalized medicine to stakeholders in Europe. It begins by setting the context of the complexity of personalized medicine and the European healthcare landscape. It then examines stakeholders' current perceptions and initiatives related to personalized medicine. Several hypotheses are presented for how to advance adoption, including that social change is a major barrier, personalized medicine encompasses more than just genomics, and that a new health paradigm is needed. The document concludes by offering thought starters for communications strategies, such as humanizing genomics and demonstrating the new value model of personalized medicine. The desired future is for stakeholders like patients, physicians and policymakers to see personalized healthcare as empowering and improving outcomes while reducing costs.
Similar to Global Dementia Legacy Event: Dr Shekhar Saxena (20)
No voice unheard, no right ignored: consultation for people with learning dis...Department of Health
The document outlines proposals to strengthen the rights of people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and autism in the UK. It discusses 5 key areas for reform: 1) the right to independent living and community inclusion, 2) the right to have one's wishes heard and decisions challenged, 3) rights under the Mental Health Act, 4) the right to control one's own support through personal budgets, and 5) improved coordination between health and social services. The consultation seeks public input on these proposals to ensure laws and policies fully respect the rights of those with mental health conditions or disabilities.
Creating digital tools for mental health and employment support: the discover...Department of Health
This report maps out the needs of potential users of an online mental health and work assessment and support service, suggests key user groups and presents a set of design principles for any a potential future service.
Creating digital tools for mental wellbeing and employment support: pre-alpha...Department of Health
This slide-deck reports on the second phase user research and testing. It presents refined design briefs that can be used to inform future alpha stages and design of a future service. These are themed according to the three core user groups identified in the first phase:
(i) finding work
(ii) in and out of work
(iii) managing work.
Further information on:
- user testing details
- mock-ups of potential digital tools for people finding work
- mock-ups of potential digital tools for people moving in and out of work
- mock-ups of potential digital tools for people managing work
Global Dementia Legacy Event: Canada & France: Dr Etienne Hirsch & Dr Yves Jo...Department of Health
Session Five: The next goal – towards Canada, France, Japan and the United States.
Canada & France: Dr Etienne Hirsch, Director, Institute for Neurosciences, Cognitive sciences, Neurology and Psychiatry at INSERM and the French alliance for life and health science Aviesan & Dr Yves Joanette CIHR, Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Aging & World Dementia Council Member
Feature presentation - The economic case for action
Professor Martin Knapp, Director, Health &
Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics & Kings College London
Session Four: Exploring the financial mechanisms that can be harnessed to increase investment in
dementia.
Professor Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan Professor of Finance
Session Four: Exploring the financial mechanisms that can be harnessed to increase investment in
dementia.
Mr. George Vradenburg, Convenor, The Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's and Chairman of USAgainstAlzheimer’s & World Dementia Council Member
Marc Wortman, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Department of Health
Session Three: To explore ways in which we can increase investment in innovation. Part 2 presents a case study of innovation across the globe and the need to continue global collaboration
Marc Wortman, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI)
Session Three: To explore ways in which we can increase investment in innovation. Part 2 presents a case study of innovation across the globe and the need to continue global collaboration
DY Suharya, Executive Director of Alzheimer's Indonesia
The International AD Research Funder Consortium (IADRFC) aims to foster collaboration and data sharing between Alzheimer's disease research organizations through developing partnerships, standard templates, and influencing the international research agenda. The Global Alzheimer's Association Interactive Network (GAAIN) is a collaborative effort to provide researchers worldwide access to a vast repository of Alzheimer's research data by establishing a central data infrastructure and engaging data partners. GAAIN will transform heterogeneous local data into a common data model and terminology to allow integrated analysis across datasets.
Session 3: To explore ways in which we can increase investment in innovation. In part 1 panellists will highlight ways in which they are seeking to tackle barriers and find solutions, including through big data, patient involvement in clinical trials and social investment.
Mr. Stephen Johnston, Co-Founder, Aging2.0 & Partner, Generator Ventures
Session 3: To explore ways in which we can increase investment in innovation. In part 1 panellists will highlight ways in which they are seeking to tackle barriers and find solutions, including through big data, patient involvement in clinical trials and social investment.
Mr. Tom Wright CBE, Group CEO, Age UK
Session Two: Barriers to investment in research to find a disease modifying therapy or cure for dementia
Dr Neil Buckholtz , Director of Neuroscience, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Global Dementia Legacy Event: Ms Inez Jabalpurwala, President and CEO, Brain ...Department of Health
Session Two: Barriers to investment in research to find a disease modifying therapy or cure for dementia
Ms Inez Jabalpurwala, President and CEO, Brain Canada Foundation
Global Dementia Legacy Event: Raj Long, Senior Regulatory OfficerDepartment of Health
Raj Long presented on regulatory challenges for dementia treatment development and proposed innovative regulatory approaches. Key challenges included the prolonged time required for R&D, uncertainties around classifying and measuring dementia, and regulatory variances between geographies. These factors increase costs and risks for pharmaceutical companies, deterring investment. To address this, Long suggested regulatory designations to expedite review, adaptive development and licensing models, increased international regulator collaboration, incentives for developers, and public-private partnerships to accelerate cure discovery by 2025. Current approaches were deemed insufficient given the high risks and costs of dementia R&D.
The document discusses the need for global collaboration to conquer Alzheimer's disease. It notes that knowing is not enough and we must apply what we know. It advocates changing the dialogue around Alzheimer's to focus on the disease rather than just the patient. Key needs for "disease interception" are identified, including increased investment in basic science, incentivizing innovators, improving diagnostic tools and biomarkers, establishing clinical trial registries, building translational infrastructure between registries and trial-ready cohorts, using relevant outcomes measures, and creating a synchronized regulatory environment. The presentation promotes the Global Alzheimer's Platform as a way to foster data sharing, collaboration, and building a "global connectome" to accelerate progress on Alzheimer's.
Session Two: Barriers to investment in research to find a disease modifying therapy or cure for dementia.
Elisabetta Vaudano DVM PhD, Coordinator Scientific Pillar, Principal Scientific Manager, Innovative Medicines Initiative
Session Two: Barriers to investment in research to find a disease modifying therapy or cure for dementia.
John Ryan, Acting Director of the European Commission Public Health Directorate
Session Two: Barriers to investment in research to find a disease modifying therapy or cure for dementia.
Professor Lefkos Middleton, Professor of Neurology, Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research at School of Public Health, Imperial College London
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a simplified look into the mechanisms involved in the regulation of respiration:
Learning objectives:
1. Describe the organisation of respiratory center
2. Describe the nervous control of inspiration and respiratory rhythm
3. Describe the functions of the dorsal and respiratory groups of neurons
4. Describe the influences of the Pneumotaxic and Apneustic centers
5. Explain the role of Hering-Breur inflation reflex in regulation of inspiration
6. Explain the role of central chemoreceptors in regulation of respiration
7. Explain the role of peripheral chemoreceptors in regulation of respiration
8. Explain the regulation of respiration during exercise
9. Integrate the respiratory regulatory mechanisms
10. Describe the Cheyne-Stokes breathing
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 42, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 36, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 13, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
Computer in pharmaceutical research and development-Mpharm(Pharmaceutics)MuskanShingari
Statistics- Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing and interpreting numerical data to assist in making more effective decisions.
A statistics is a measure which is used to estimate the population parameter
Parameters-It is used to describe the properties of an entire population.
Examples-Measures of central tendency Dispersion, Variance, Standard Deviation (SD), Absolute Error, Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Eigen Value
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GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS AND GASTRITIS
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Gastrointestinal Infections
GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS result from the ingestion of pathogens that cause infections at the level of this tract, generally being transmitted by food, water and hands contaminated by microorganisms such as E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus, Rotavirus among others that are generally contained in feces, thus configuring a FECAL-ORAL type of transmission.
Among the factors that lead to the occurrence of gastrointestinal infections are the hygienic and sanitary deficiencies that characterize our markets and other places where raw or cooked food is sold, poor environmental sanitation in communities, deficiencies in water treatment (or in the process of its plumbing), risky hygienic-sanitary habits (not washing hands after major and/or minor needs), among others.
These are generally consequences (signs and symptoms) resulting from gastrointestinal infections: diarrhea, vomiting, fever and malaise, among others.
The treatment consists of replacing lost liquids and electrolytes (drinking drinking water and other recommended liquids, including consumption of juicy fruits such as papayas, apples, pears, among others that contain water in their composition).
To prevent this, it is necessary to promote health education, improve the hygienic-sanitary conditions of markets and communities in general as a way of promoting, preserving and prolonging PUBLIC HEALTH.
Gastritis and Gastric Health
Gastric Health is one of the most relevant concerns in human health, with gastrointestinal infections being among the main illnesses that affect humans.
Among gastric problems, we have GASTRITIS AND GASTRIC ULCERS as the main public health problems. Gastritis and gastric ulcers normally result from inflammation and corrosion of the walls of the stomach (gastric mucosa) and are generally associated (caused) by the bacterium Helicobacter pylor, which, according to the literature, this bacterium settles on these walls (of the stomach) and starts to release urease that ends up altering the normal pH of the stomach (acid), which leads to inflammation and corrosion of the mucous membranes and consequent gastritis or ulcers, respectively.
In addition to bacterial infections, gastritis and gastric ulcers are associated with several factors, with emphasis on prolonged fasting, chemical substances including drugs, alcohol, foods with strong seasonings including chilli, which ends up causing inflammation of the stomach walls and/or corrosion. of the same, resulting in the appearance of wounds and consequent gastritis or ulcers, respectively.
Among patients with gastritis and/or ulcers, one of the dilemmas is associated with the foods to consume in order to minimize the sensation of pain and discomfort.
STUDIES IN SUPPORT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS: GERIATRICS E7shruti jagirdar
Unit 4: MRA 103T Regulatory affairs
This guideline is directed principally toward new Molecular Entities that are
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to be treated is characteristically a disease of aging ( e.g., Alzheimer's disease) or
because the population to be treated is known to include substantial numbers of
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Histololgy of Female Reproductive System.pptxAyeshaZaid1
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NAVIGATING THE HORIZONS OF TIME LAPSE EMBRYO MONITORING.pdfRahul Sen
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- Video recording of this lecture in Arabic language: https://youtu.be/uFdc9F0rlP0
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5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT or Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that serves a range of roles in the human body. It is sometimes referred to as the happy chemical since it promotes overall well-being and happiness.
It is mostly found in the brain, intestines, and blood platelets.
5-HT is utilised to transport messages between nerve cells, is known to be involved in smooth muscle contraction, and adds to overall well-being and pleasure, among other benefits. 5-HT regulates the body's sleep-wake cycles and internal clock by acting as a precursor to melatonin.
It is hypothesised to regulate hunger, emotions, motor, cognitive, and autonomic processes.
PGx Analysis in VarSeq: A User’s PerspectiveGolden Helix
Since our release of the PGx capabilities in VarSeq, we’ve had a few months to gather some insights from various use cases. Some users approach PGx workflows by means of array genotyping or what seems to be a growing trend of adding the star allele calling to the existing NGS pipeline for whole genome data. Luckily, both approaches are supported with the VarSeq software platform. The genotyping method being used will also dictate what the scope of the tertiary analysis will be. For example, are your PGx reports a standalone pipeline or would your lab’s goal be to handle a dual-purpose workflow and report on PGx + Diagnostic findings.
The purpose of this webcast is to:
Discuss and demonstrate the approaches with array and NGS genotyping methods for star allele calling to prep for downstream analysis.
Following genotyping, explore alternative tertiary workflow concepts in VarSeq to handle PGx reporting.
Moreover, we will include insights users will need to consider when validating their PGx workflow for all possible star alleles and options you have for automating your PGx analysis for large number of samples. Please join us for a session dedicated to the application of star allele genotyping and subsequent PGx workflows in our VarSeq software.
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Your smile is beautiful.
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“Psychiatry and the Humanities”: An Innovative Course at the University of Mo...Université de Montréal
“Psychiatry and the Humanities”: An Innovative Course at the University of Montreal Expanding the medical model to embrace the humanities. Link: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/-psychiatry-and-the-humanities-an-innovative-course-at-the-university-of-montreal
The skin is the largest organ and its health plays a vital role among the other sense organs. The skin concerns like acne breakout, psoriasis, or anything similar along the lines, finding a qualified and experienced dermatologist becomes paramount.
5. Commitment 2 : Expand dementia
research funding
• Norms and standards and mapping of dementia
research funding: with OECD
– Diverse systems and nomenclature being used by different
agencies
– Comprehensive and accurate information on R&D resource
flows will enable comparison and benchmarking
– Will enable strategic investments, improved coordination
and reduced duplication
• Create an innovative system to translate and map
the diverse research classification systems into a
common standard
6. Commitment 4 : Develop a coordinated
international research action plan
• Developing Dementia Research Priorities and
Setting the Agenda
• Core role of WHO in shaping the research agenda and
stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination
of valuable knowledge
• Research prioritization important for
– maximizing disease burden reduction in equitable and cost-
effective way
– improved health system efficiency and intervention delivery
– discovery and development of new interventions
– education regarding controllable risks
7. Health and
Social Care
System
Country
Policy and
Planning
Epidemiology
Advocacy and
Awareness
Caregiver
SupportEconomic
Impact
Tools
Commitment 3: Improve information sharing and open access
8. Commitment 10 : Support improvements in
care and services
Dementia risk reduction
programme focusing on
healthy lifestyle
– Healthy diet
– Reducing hypertension
– Lowering cholesterol
– Reducing smoking
– Promoting physical activity
– Promoting cognitive
stimulation
• Use of mHealth
WHO's programme for
prevention of NCDs
9. Commitment 10 : Support improvements
in care and services
Dementia drugs and treatment: Creating demand
and improving access and equity
• Important role of WHO in the area of medicines
Regulatory Support
– Development of norms, standards and guidelines
– Open access innovation
– Provision of guidance and support to national
regulatory authorities to implement global guidelines
10. Commitment 10 : Support
improvements in care and services
Information and
Communication Technology
for Dementia caregivers:
iSupport
• Most care for people with
dementia is provided by family
caregivers
• Dementia is overwhelming for
the caregivers – physically,
emotionally and economically
• Support is required from the
health, social, financial and legal
systems
11. Global Dementia Observatory
Commitment 3: Improve information sharing and open access
• Observatory will provide
data and analyses highlights
on dementia burden and
response
– Global epidemiological trends
– Policy formulation and
adoption
– Country implementation
through health and social care
system
– Partnerships