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Philanthropists who seek to improve health often find themselves torn between efforts to identify cures for disease and projects that strive to improve the social conditions that lead to better health. As this remarkable book shows, over a hundred years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts to balance these sometimes competing objectives have fundamentally shaped the fields of public health and medicine along the way.
Development Challenges, South-South Solutions is the monthly e-newsletter for the United Nations Development Programme’s South-South Cooperation Unit (www.southerninnovator.org). It has been published every month since 2006.
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Methods of Humanitarian Intervention - APA 2019Dr. Chris Stout
Narrative version with reference links is available on LinkedIn at: “State of Philanthropy: Finding Hope Among the 'Disaster' of Humanitarian Aid” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-philanthropy-finding-hope-among-disaster-aid-dr-chris-stout/
May 17, 2019
Breakthroughs in genetics have often raised complex ethical and legal questions, which loom ever larger as genetic testing is becoming more commonplace, affordable, and comprehensive and genetic editing becomes poised to be a consumer technology. As genetic technologies become more accessible to individuals, the ethical and legal questions around the consumer use of these technologies become more pressing.
As these questions become more pressing, now is the time to re-consider what ethical and regulatory safeguards should be implemented and discuss the many questions raised by advancements in consumer genetics.
Presentation: Jonathan Kahn, James E. Kelley Chair in Tort Law and Professor of Law, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law - Precision Medicine and the Resurgence of Race in Genomic Medicine
Learn more: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/2019-petrie-flom-center-annual-conference
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Philanthropists who seek to improve health often find themselves torn between efforts to identify cures for disease and projects that strive to improve the social conditions that lead to better health. As this remarkable book shows, over a hundred years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts to balance these sometimes competing objectives have fundamentally shaped the fields of public health and medicine along the way.
Development Challenges, South-South Solutions is the monthly e-newsletter for the United Nations Development Programme’s South-South Cooperation Unit (www.southerninnovator.org). It has been published every month since 2006.
Stories by David South
Design and Layout: UNDP South-South Cooperation Unit
Methods of Humanitarian Intervention - APA 2019Dr. Chris Stout
Narrative version with reference links is available on LinkedIn at: “State of Philanthropy: Finding Hope Among the 'Disaster' of Humanitarian Aid” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-philanthropy-finding-hope-among-disaster-aid-dr-chris-stout/
May 17, 2019
Breakthroughs in genetics have often raised complex ethical and legal questions, which loom ever larger as genetic testing is becoming more commonplace, affordable, and comprehensive and genetic editing becomes poised to be a consumer technology. As genetic technologies become more accessible to individuals, the ethical and legal questions around the consumer use of these technologies become more pressing.
As these questions become more pressing, now is the time to re-consider what ethical and regulatory safeguards should be implemented and discuss the many questions raised by advancements in consumer genetics.
Presentation: Jonathan Kahn, James E. Kelley Chair in Tort Law and Professor of Law, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law - Precision Medicine and the Resurgence of Race in Genomic Medicine
Learn more: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/2019-petrie-flom-center-annual-conference
Honorary Lecture: Human Health as a Key Factor for Sustainable Development, P...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Her Royal Highness Princess CHULABHORN, Professor, Dr, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute is the youngest daughter of Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand
A critical social analysis of poverty and zoonotic disease riskNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Jo Sharp of the University of Glasgow at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
One Health for the Real World: partnerships and pragmatismNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Sarah Cleaveland of the University of Glasgow at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
A Conceptual Framework for Conducting and Integrated Vulnerability Assessment...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Esther Achieng ONYANGO, Griffith University School of Environment: Centre for Environment and Population Health and Environmental Research Futures Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Framing zoonoses: from single diseases to systemic challengesNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor David Waltner-Toews of Veterinarians without Borders, Canada, at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
Engaging Developing Regions for Effective Global One Health implementation - ...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Plenary IV: Engaging Developing Regions for Effective Global One Health implementation - The ICOPHAI approach
Michael BISESI, PhD, REHS, CIH, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, Interim Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, and tenured Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University, USA
Presentation Title: One Health Approach to Solve Complex Problems and Improve Livelihoods at the Human-Livestock-Wildlife Interface
Rudovick KAZWALA, BVSc, MVM, PhD, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Presentation Title: The Environmental Component of the One Health Approach: An Expanded Paradigm
Mateus MATIUZZI, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Dean of Graduate Programs at the University of Sao Francisco Valley (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Brazil
Presentation Title: Brazilian Experience in One Health: ICOPHAI - One Health for Sustainable Development
Peter COWEN, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Associate Professor in the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of Population Health and Pathobiology, USA (tbc)
Presentation Title: Key Elements for Starting Up One Health Surveillance and Response Systems: What ICOPHAI Brings to the Table
Wondwossen GEBREYES, DVM, PhD, DACVPM. Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Director of Global Health Programs at The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Chair of the Ohio State Global One Health Task Force, USA
Presentation Title: ICOPHAI: Engaging Health sciences and beyond for effective and sustainable Global One Health Implementation
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Sumitra SITHAMPARAM, Malaysian Medical Association, Malaysia
Understanding zoonotic impacts: the added value from One Health approachesNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Jakob Zinsstag of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa 'Ecohealth 2014' presentation on integra...Naomi Marks
Panel presentation on integrative disease modelling given at Ecohealth 2014 conference. Panel members included: Delia Grace, Pete Atkinson, Gianni Lo Iacono, Johanna Lindahl and Catherine Grant.
Borrelia in Brazil – Fact or Fiction? A Collaborative Study with a One Health...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015 Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Klaisy Christina PETTAN-BREWER, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle USA
One Health networks - why should we bother?Naomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Victor Galaz of the Stockholm Resilience Institute at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, 17-18 March 2016.
The 2014 MDigitalLIfe Social Oncology Project ReportW2O Group
One year ago, the Social Oncology Project 2013 report was published ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, for the first time quantifying the scope and nature of digital conversations about oncology - over 16 million of them.
In 2014, we're focusing in on the trends in those cancer conversations, paying particular attention to those we've culled from the MDigitalLife data set – the world's first and only database that maps physicians' digital properties to their official government registries.
Honorary Lecture: Human Health as a Key Factor for Sustainable Development, P...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Her Royal Highness Princess CHULABHORN, Professor, Dr, President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute is the youngest daughter of Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand
A critical social analysis of poverty and zoonotic disease riskNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Jo Sharp of the University of Glasgow at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
One Health for the Real World: partnerships and pragmatismNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Sarah Cleaveland of the University of Glasgow at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
A Conceptual Framework for Conducting and Integrated Vulnerability Assessment...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Esther Achieng ONYANGO, Griffith University School of Environment: Centre for Environment and Population Health and Environmental Research Futures Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Framing zoonoses: from single diseases to systemic challengesNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor David Waltner-Toews of Veterinarians without Borders, Canada, at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
Engaging Developing Regions for Effective Global One Health implementation - ...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Plenary IV: Engaging Developing Regions for Effective Global One Health implementation - The ICOPHAI approach
Michael BISESI, PhD, REHS, CIH, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, Interim Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, and tenured Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University, USA
Presentation Title: One Health Approach to Solve Complex Problems and Improve Livelihoods at the Human-Livestock-Wildlife Interface
Rudovick KAZWALA, BVSc, MVM, PhD, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Presentation Title: The Environmental Component of the One Health Approach: An Expanded Paradigm
Mateus MATIUZZI, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Dean of Graduate Programs at the University of Sao Francisco Valley (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Brazil
Presentation Title: Brazilian Experience in One Health: ICOPHAI - One Health for Sustainable Development
Peter COWEN, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Associate Professor in the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of Population Health and Pathobiology, USA (tbc)
Presentation Title: Key Elements for Starting Up One Health Surveillance and Response Systems: What ICOPHAI Brings to the Table
Wondwossen GEBREYES, DVM, PhD, DACVPM. Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Director of Global Health Programs at The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Chair of the Ohio State Global One Health Task Force, USA
Presentation Title: ICOPHAI: Engaging Health sciences and beyond for effective and sustainable Global One Health Implementation
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Sumitra SITHAMPARAM, Malaysian Medical Association, Malaysia
Understanding zoonotic impacts: the added value from One Health approachesNaomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Jakob Zinsstag of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, London 17-18 March 2016
Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa 'Ecohealth 2014' presentation on integra...Naomi Marks
Panel presentation on integrative disease modelling given at Ecohealth 2014 conference. Panel members included: Delia Grace, Pete Atkinson, Gianni Lo Iacono, Johanna Lindahl and Catherine Grant.
Borrelia in Brazil – Fact or Fiction? A Collaborative Study with a One Health...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015 Poverty and Health - One Health Approaches for Sustainable Development
Klaisy Christina PETTAN-BREWER, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle USA
One Health networks - why should we bother?Naomi Marks
Presentation by Professor Victor Galaz of the Stockholm Resilience Institute at the One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing symposium, 17-18 March 2016.
The 2014 MDigitalLIfe Social Oncology Project ReportW2O Group
One year ago, the Social Oncology Project 2013 report was published ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, for the first time quantifying the scope and nature of digital conversations about oncology - over 16 million of them.
In 2014, we're focusing in on the trends in those cancer conversations, paying particular attention to those we've culled from the MDigitalLife data set – the world's first and only database that maps physicians' digital properties to their official government registries.
A World United Against Infectious Diseases: Connecting Organizations for Regi...The Rockefeller Foundation
The world has made significant strides in tackling major public health challenges over the last several decades. We have eradicated one disease, smallpox, and are close to doing so with polio and guinea worm. We continue to make significant progress on other debilitating illnesses, including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Yet, even as our technology and practices improve, new threats arise. In the last two decades, we have seen some 30 new zoonotic diseases emerge, from SARS to hantavirus to Ebola and more. Population pressures and economic growth push humans into ever closer contact with animals, disturbing ecosystems, and creating ripe conditions for new pathogens to jump from animals to humans. Add to this the incredible growth in global travel and trade and the risk of new diseases quickly spreading worldwide has never been greater. So while our ability to respond continually improves, the challenges we face increase as well.
Many factors make up the successful fight against emerging infectious diseases. But one factor trumps all* early detection and rapid identification of novel infections. If we can find a new pathogen early, we can often isolate it to the area in which it emerges. Conversely, failure to find the disease early allows the pathogen to propagate to new regions, countries and continents, making the response much more difficult and costly. Imagine if we had found HIV/AIDS when it was still contained to its region of origin*many of today’s 35 million people infected worldwide would have never been exposed. Our tools of detection, including point-of-care diagnostics and digital surveillance, continue to improve. However, the global infectious disease surveillance system is disjointed. Practices and protocols vary, and inefficiencies abound. The initiative we are jointly supporting*Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS)*tackles this challenge by building trust and collaboration across national borders.
CORDS unites regional disease surveillance networks from critical hotspots around the world to promote exchanges of best practices in surveillance and catalyze innovation in early disease detection. By working together with international bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (IOE), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CORDS will speed the development, capabilities and sustainability of all its network members to improve global surveillance and mitigate the potential impact of disease outbreaks both from epidemic diseases and from the recrudescence of endemic diseases.
Each of our organizations comes to this issue with equal commitment but different perspectives ranging from global health to disaster management to biosecurity and more. We are all united in our dedication to this effort, which fills a critical gap in global public health capacity. We look forward to CORDS contributing to improve health o
The Neglected Dimension of Global Security: A Framework to Counter Infectious...The Rockefeller Foundation
The Ebola crisis in West Africa was both a tragedy and a wakeup call, revealing dangerous deficiencies across global systems to prevent, prepare, and respond to infectious disease crises. To address these shortcomings and inform a more effective response in the future, the National Academy of Medicine convened the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future (GHRF Commission)—an independent, international group of experts in finance, governance, R&D, health systems, and the social sciences.
The Commission’s report highlights the essential role of pandemic preparedness in national security and economic stability—a critical but often under-examined dimension of the global conversation post-Ebola. Importantly, the report demonstrates that the impact of infectious disease crises goes far beyond human health alone—and that mitigation, likewise, requires the mobilization and long-term commitment of multiple sectors.
The new Pandemic Preparedness Citizen's Guide, edited by Sarah Booth, Kelsey Hills-Evans & Scott Teesdale to incorporate information around the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
A Review on International Donor Agencies and the Control of Malaria in Nigeri...AJHSSR Journal
The study has examined the role of International Donor Agencies in the control of malaria in
Nigeria. The study becomes necessary because of the increase in cases of malaria and high rate of infant
mortality in the country. The role of donor agencies, national and state ministries of health is very important in
reducing these challenges in Nigeria. The study reviewed available secondary information sources. The study
revealed that the role of International donor agencies includes supporting the State Governments with funds,
provision of free mosquito treated nets, provision of subsidized drugs, provision of vaccines for childhood killer
diseases etc. Some of the challenge affecting donor agencies includes diversion of funds of by relevant bodies
for personal use, lack of political will to implement programme, cultural and religious beliefs about sickness and
illness etc. Based on these, some recommendations were made on the fights against malaria which includes
improved funding by government, zero tolerance to corruption, recruitment of more health personnel,
establishments of more primary health centres especially in the rural areas.
Today we stand at a vital threshold. Within our grasp is the opportunity to end 30 years of suffering and death due to HIV/AIDS. Individuals and communities around the world have been mobilized toward prevention, and existing treatment can prolong life for many years. While we celebrate these successes, we reject any modicum of complacency. Now is the time to double down and finish the job. The world is fighting AIDS today just as it had previously fought to eliminate smallpox. For centuries, smallpox was a feared scourge that killed nearly half of those infected and maimed those that survived. A worldwide campaign to end the disease began in earnest in the late 1960s and by 1980 smallpox was officially eradicated.
Planet Aid anticipates the day when AIDS, too, will be stopped. To this end, we have been helping mobilize communities around the globe to increase HIV/AIDS prevention and care. With this special issue of the Planet Aid Post, we focus on the battle ahead. We also extend a warm welcome to those joining us on the forefront of this work,
Week 4: Week 4 - Epidemiology—Introduction
Epidemiology—Introduction
The study of epidemics is epidemiology. Its primary focus is on the distribution and causes of disease in populations. Epidemiology involves developing and testing ways to prevent and control disease by studying its origin, spread, and vulnerabilities.
As a discipline, epidemiologic research addresses a variety of health-related questions of societal importance. Epidemiologic research methods are used by clinical investigators and scientists who conduct observational and experimental research on the prevention and treatment of disease.
The Cholera epidemic, a case from the 19th century, was enabled by the global movement of people. Having appeared in India in 1817, it spread throughout Asia and the Middle East within a decade. It was reported in Moscow in 1830 and then spread to Warsaw, Hamburg, Berlin, and London in 1831 (Snow, 1855, 2002). When it crossed the Atlantic to reach North America, Cholera gained the notoriety of the first truly global disease.
The modern day world is dominated by free trade and rapid transportation. An unprecedented rate of global interchange of food, consumer products, and organisms—including humans—is occurring. The threat of pandemics in the 21st century has heightened the importance of epidemiology at national and international levels.
Although diseases such as Influenza A (H1N1), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), West Nile Virus, Salmonella, are commonly recognized as epidemics, as they cause large scale disruption of health in populations. The field of epidemiology also addresses epidemics of obesity (Ogden et al., 2007), diabetes (Zimmet, 2001), mental health (Insel & Fenton, 2005), and any other disease that may cause large scale disruption of health in populations.
In general, there are ten stages to an outbreak investigation:
1. Investigation preparation
2. Outbreak confirmation
3. Case definition
4. Case identification
5. Descriptive epidemiology
6. Hypothesis generation
7. Hypothesis evaluation
8. Environmental studies
9. Control measures
10. Information dissemination
Investigation preparation requires a health crisis manager to identify a team of professionals who will lead the outbreak investigation, review the scientific literature, and notify local, state, and national organizations of the potential outbreak.
Outbreak confirmation requires actual laboratory confirmation of the disease, which may involve the collection of blood, urine, and stool samples from ill people and performing bacteriologic, virologic, or parasitic testing of those samples.
Case definition is the process by which we establish a set of standard criteria to determine who is and is not infected with respect to a specific outbreak; that is, a protocol is developed to determine case patients.
Case identification requires the health crisis manager and team of professionals to conduct a systematic and organize.
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around the world”. For instance, in the industrialized countries, ‘what commenced as
an epidemic amongst guys who have intercourse with men and then needle sharing
drug users, is now increasingly concentrated in negative and marginalized sectors of
the population’. In Africa and South Asia, ‘the AIDS epidemic is nearly entirely
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industrial and growing worlds both in its monetary overall performance and its HIV
epidemics’. While it is acknowledged that “social determinants of fitness have an
effect on a person’s risk of HIV infection, the velocity with which HIV contamination
will growth to AIDS and a person’s capability to control and live with
HIV/AIDS” (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2006), these social determinants can
be categorized in a wide variety of ways. For instance, as counseled through Pound
stone et al. (2004), these can focus on structural factors, social factors, character
factors and HIV transmission dynamics. To be useful for research, programmatic
and coverage purposes, the categorizations need to add explanatory power to the
conceivable pathways between factors and outcomes, and no longer certainly be a
laundry list of societal aspects. Furthermore, the meaning and relevance of these
determinants may additionally range notably relying on the regional context as. For
this cause we will at the beginning evaluation the social determinants of HIV/AIDS
from a North American (Canada and the USA) unique perspective, and then from an
emerging markets nations perspective.
1 DESCRIBE HOW THE COMMUNITY IS PRESENTLY TACKLING THE
PROBLEM THROUGH THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Local health department in our society is a non profit organization. And along with
this local organization some organizations are working same for the prevention of
AIDS and their roles are as follows:
Because of their capacity to more effortlessly provide services to high-risk groups,
non-governmental agencies (NGOs) will play a quintessential function in any
profitable AIDS prevention program.
Jonathan Quick, MD, MPH, Senior Fellow Emeritus at Management Sciences for Health and author of the book, The End of Epidemics and David Barstow, PhD, President, Empact Africa, developer of the documentary "How We Lost the War Against AIDS" discuss the role of faith communities in Ending Epidemics.
Means and Methods of Humanitarian InterventionDr. Chris Stout
It has long been the ethos, if not the ethic, of psychology to work via its various iterations and specialties to the betterment of individuals, groups and areas. Professional service is an important aspect of a psychologist’s identity. It is one of the “big three” (teaching, research, service) that are integral to the activities of colleagues, and is emphasized as a core value in founding documents such as the American Psychological Association’s mission (“to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives”), vision (e.g., “…a global partner… to facilitate the resolution of personal, societal and global challenges in diverse, multicultural and international contexts”), and ethical standards (e.g., for “Justice,” “Respect for People’s Rights and Dignities,” and “giving psychology away/pro bono”).
This presentation will demonstrate how to translate service into concrete international action. Beginning with examples of specific international service needs and opportunities, at home and abroad, the presentation will highlight people, programs, and places where the vibrant potential for global service is very real and present. For current and future psychologists as well as colleagues in different areas interested in “making a difference in the world,” this talk offers a very pragmatic how-to in developing skills, identifying partners, and managing the logistics and practicalities of international service within a psychology career.
Science, Technology and Ethics: Hacking Darwin with Jamie Metzl, PhDDr. Chris Stout
Could this be the most important book of our generation?
Jamie Metzl, PhD, JD, and polymath extraordinaire, writes “From this point onward, our species will take active control of our evolutionary process by genetically altering our future offspring into something different from what we are today. We are, in other words, beginning a process of hacking Darwin.” This is a quote from his latest book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.
Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitaria...Dr. Chris Stout
Dr. Chris Stout will provide tools and discuss models that psychologists and other disciplines have used in global humanitarian work. The use of psychological principles in policy development and sustainability along with interventionism will also be discussed. He will share real-world stories from innovative non-profits that will open new perspectives, ideas and approaches for attendees to learn from and adapt to their interests and work.
Dr. Chris Stout is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Founding Director of the Center for Global Initiatives, a Top Ranked Healthcare Nonprofit. He is a former faculty member at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and is currently an Advisory Board Member at the Center for Global Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Medicine. He served as a NGO Special Representative to the United Nations via Division 9 of the APA, was a Federal Advocacy Coordinator for APA for 12 years, was co-chair of CIRP, is past-President of the Illinois Psychological Association, Fellow in three Divisions of APA and is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He was a World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and invited faculty at their Annual Meeting in Davos. He published the award–winning three volume set, The New Humanitarians, in addition to over 35 other books, having been translated into 8 languages. He has been interviewed on CNBC, Oprah, and by the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and others. He’s received numerous humanitarian awards, including APA’s International Humanitarian Award and four honorary doctorates.
Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitaria...Dr. Chris Stout
You’re Invited:
I am proud to announce that I have been invited by APA’s Division 52 – International Psychology to do a Continuing Education Webinar entitled: “Technologies, Organizations and Tools for Global Psychologists in Humanitarian Intervention,” moderated by Falu Rami, Ph.D. and hosted by Karen Brown, Ph.D. on May 21, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT, 11:00 PM CDT, 9:00 AM PDT.
I hope you can join! - Chris
Invited Midwestern Psychological Association Presentation - 2019Dr. Chris Stout
The mission of the Center for Global Initiatives is to help in the creation of self-sustaining programs that improve access to healthcare in underserved communities throughout the world.
Learn more at: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ and http://www.drchrisstout.com/
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Becoming a New Humanitarian: Examples and Tools Dr. Chris Stout
The mission of the Center for Global Initiatives is to help in the creation of self-sustaining programs that improve access to healthcare in underserved communities throughout the world.
Learn more at: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ and http://www.drchrisstout.com/
Presented at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit, Chicago 2017 #PAChicago
https://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/predictive-analytics-innovation-summit-chicago-2017/speakers
This presentation centers on currently published findings focused on the use of predictive analytics in healthcare venues of sports medicine and orthopedic rehabilitative settings. Aspects of data access via national patient registries as well as nascent applications of machine learning will also be covered. An example of one approach of incorporating a model of assessment, evidence-based practice, treatment augmentation, and resultant outcome evaluation will be provided as well.
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Setting Goals by Sarah Buerger & Dr Chris StoutDr. Chris Stout
There are lots of planners, systems, seminars, and books to help achieve goals, get organized, and plan. But Meaningful Productivity is the first comprehensive approach for one’s LIFE – not just work or home. It is based on an integrative philosophy of living that has evolved and been acid-tested in the real world by its originator. It is designed to be specifically tailored to your needs, goals, and ambitions.
Meaningful Productivity is designed to be simple and unencumbered. It is basically a hybrid of a scheduling system/planner with a to-do list. Its simplicity is its power. It is my goal to get Meaningful Productivity out to the masses, via amazon so it is as affordable as it is easy to use. I am not too concerned with my copyright, other than you recognize my authorship and perhaps may wish to use my consultative services or purchase other materials, via DrChrisStout.com.
My focus is on life significance. This significance is defined via achievement with satisfaction. Significance wins out over success. Meaning and individualized importance are drivers. Sure, sometimes these result in outward reward of status, celebrity, or wealth, but these are side-effects, not ends. This philosophy is best stated in one of my mottos: “Do important things.”
I feel the accomplished life is ongoing, not an endpoint. Accomplishment should occur across the life span. Life thus needs a design. Certainly randomness has its place, and entropy can make for an enjoyable calamity, but a life left to be “designed” by chance is too much at risk of being wasted.
Some choose to simplify their lives. And this has become quite popular as of late. I support this philosophy with clarification: to simplify is to be unencumbered from the unnecessary, not to sacrifice needs and self-defined reasonable wants.
It is my philosophy to support high-achievement over over-achievement. Over-achievers tend to be more driven by obtaining external trappings resultant from achievement rather than inherent drive by the work itself. These are the individuals who risk burn out they are those who feel heavy work involvement is expected by a superior (not the result of an “internal” motivation); or feel a need to perform for others; or feel pride in external/material attainment over intrinsic satisfaction in the work itself; and then they reach a point in mid- to late-career that results in the “is this all there is?” phenomenon.
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Books inspire and create. They can provide pleasure or provocation—either can make you better. Every few months (or so, I’m a slow reader) you can see what I’m recommending for you in order to live A Life in Full.
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Global Health Film Club
The Film Club provides unique venue to view a film as a group and then follow with conversation and methods to address the issues. The film serves as vehicle to learn about a specific humanitarian issue.
Some of you may be familiar with the concept behind “The 100 Ton Club.” It’s basically lifting 100 tons, yes, 200,000 pounds, in a day’s time.
If you know some of my background, you may know that I like to take on various (odd) physical challenges—running marathons and ultras, racing cycling criteriums, summer biathlons, cross-country ski races, Warrior Dashes and other obstacle races, diving the Blue Hole, the Great Barrier Reef, and with sharks, climbing 3 of the World’s Seven Summits, etc. You may not know that I grew up poor, obese (particularly a bummer when you consider my last name), had orthopedic issues, etcetera—woe was me.
You also likely know that I run a non-profit Center for Global Initiatives and often pair some physical challenge as a fundraiser for our work in Tanzania.
So, by my 58th birthday (8 May) I hope to join-the-Club and lift 100 tons, but as somewhat of making this an endurance challenge as well, I hope to do it in 3 hours.
Gulp…
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Thanks for any help you can lend…!
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The emerging healthcare environment requires expanded patient access while delivering optimal outcomes and cost. As healthcare moves form a fee for service model to alternative delivery and payment models, there are opportunities for physical therapy to revolutionize the delivery of musculoskeletal medicine. Physical therapists are uniquely qualified to spearhead musculoskeletal care through direct access with the potential to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes while limiting unneeded medical care. While this model has been described in the military, there are few descriptions of this PT First approach in the private payer arena. This session will provide the attendee with a multifaceted perspective on the impact of physical therapy in emerging, collaborative healthcare models. Approaches to payers and employers with the business implications will be presented that influence these new models. Key strategies to implement a scalable, best practice model will be discussed including the logistical challenges and corollary solutions in the private arena. We will discus our experience implementing novel delivery models for management of neck, back, shoulder and knee pain. The session will deliver practical solutions to the challenges of implementing, assessing, and adapting a theoretical construct to a working viable program. Finally, the session will discuss how the use of a a large Patient Outcomes Registry and analysis of “big data” can drive best practice and inform development of the program.
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Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of our growing newsletter! Volume 1, Number 6
News, Reports and Shout-Outs
Our dear friends and colleagues at the Center for Global Health were recently featured in United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine in a supplemental Dossier. This is great exposure both nationally and internationally, here is the link to their website page: http://globalhealth.uic.edu/news/hemispheres- supplement-dossier
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Another big and heartfelt shout- out is to dear friend and amazing person, Jaclyn Schiff. She has single handedly built the super helpful: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GlobalhealthCHI/
But wait, that’s not all! She’s also launched a great way to learn about upcoming programs - http://tinyurl.com/ChiGlobal it’s great
Grant and Funding Opportunities
Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education open for applications The Saville Foundations Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship seeks to identify outstanding education initiatives across Africa that are capable of replication and scale. Applications are due by December 12, 2014. http://teachamantofish.org.uk/pan-african-awards
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Check out one of my favorite and most helpful sites, the Chicago Donors Forum https://donorsforum.org/tools-resources Todd Summers, Senior Adviser, Global Health Policy Center writes that India is the second-largest grant recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, receiving 6% of Global Fund grants over the next three years. This reflects the severity of India’s health needs: it has the world’s highest burden of tuberculosis cases and the third highest number of people living with HIV. At the same time, India has a growing middle-income economy, complete with a space program and its own foreign aid budget. This creates a paradox for funders seeking to target limited resources: most donors have moved out of India even though its health needs remain substantial. To better understand this challenge and develop recommendations for the Global Fund’s future relationship with India, the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS sent a team to India to engage national and state level politicians, donors, non-governmental groups, and civil society
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organizations. Its findings and conclusions are captured in a new paper, “India and the Global Fund: Implications for Discussions on Transition and Sustainability,” authored by Todd and his colleague Katherine Peck. It argues that the Global Fund should engage the Indian government to negotiate a mutually agreeable plan to reduce substantially its assistance over time, continuing to support civil society groups key to reaching vulnerable populations while transitioning to the Indian government responsibility for financing prevention, care, and treatment services for the three diseases. To read the full report, see: http://csis.org/files/publication/141205_Summers_IndiaGlobalFund_Web.pdf Health Activist Awards Nomination Now Open
The Fourth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards are in full swing, and we wanted to invite you to nominate a leader in your health community for a Health Activist Award. Click here to nominate! https://awards.wegohealth.com/nominate?sp_email=chris@centerforglobalinitiatives.org&sp_rid= MzE2MDQ0NDg2MTgS1&sp_mid=10031873&utm_source=silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEGOHealth_HAAwards_SegmentA_Wave1_2014-11- 26%20(1)&utm_content=WEGOHealth_HAAwards_SegmentA_Wave1_2014-11- 26%20(1)&spMailingID=10031873&spUserID=MzE2MDQ0NDg2MTgS1&spJobID=422300929& spReportId=NDIyMzAwOTI5S0 The WEGO Health Activist Awards were created to embody the mission of WEGO Health: to empower Health Activists, those patient influencers who raise awareness, share information, advocate for others and support their communities. The Health Activist Awards are a way to recognize these leaders for the work they do. Take a moment to nominate a leader in your community for a Health Activist Award today. Not sure who to nominate? Think of someone in your community who: Raises awareness Advocates for others Shares information Eradicates stigma Inspires you or your community
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Upcoming Conferences and Events
http://www.inmed.us/events/exploring-medical-missions- conference If you’re in Chicago, mark your calendars for Wednesday, January 7th for the regular monthly Center for Global Health network meeting at its new permanent location in the Gerald Moss Auditorium located at 909 S. Wolcott. Beginning at noon Dr. John Arthur (Jack) Herrmann will be presenting “One Health: We're all in this Together” Dr. Herrmann's talk will be available for 1 CME credit, at the completion of his presentation participants should be able to : 1. Explain how human, animal and ecosystems health are interrelated. 2. Recognize the need for effective communication between health care providers - in human and animal health care and with public health professionals 3. Describe how surveillance systems for infections and non-infectious diseases across human and animal populations within critical ecosystems could be integrated to effectively predict and manage outbreaks. Location: Gerald Moss Auditorium 909 S. Wolcott, Chicago
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From International to Transnational: Transforming the Psychology of Women International Summit before APA Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 4th & 5th 2015. Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2015 The goal of this International Summit is to foster new directions in the psychology of women through exploration and awareness of international perspectives. The Summit’s programming will include speakers, work groups, and a poster session social hour. What makes this Summit unique is its action-oriented approach—Work groups comprised of women in different stages in their careers will be formed to develop specific products (e.g., a book, special journal issue, undergraduate and graduate curriculum, policy, best practices guide, etc.) and long-term goals that promote the transformation of the psychology of women. Call for Proposals - Conference Website - Submit a Proposal http://www.intlpsychwomensummit.com/ Ebola and Infectious Disease Related
Big fan of Hans’ work, now it’s being applied to global health! http://news.sciencemag.org/africa/2014/12/star- statistician-hans-rosling-takes-ebola
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Aggregated News Reports from:
EBOLA
Genetic Research, Factory-Style Ace science writer Gina Kolata embeds in a former beer distribution center in Cambridge that has a second life as a high-tech gene-analyzing factory. Think 10,000 test tubes in line for processing 24/7. The Broad Institute’s latest challenge: Ebola. With samples from West Africa, technicians and scientists are tracking the virus’s mutations, finding if some strains are deadlier than others, determining if some people are more resistant than others—and why. They also are studying Lassa fever. “The research is emblematic of a new direction in public health, which uses powerful genetic methods and applies them to entire populations. The aim is to get a detailed picture of disease epidemiology, as the disease is happening,” writes Kolata. The New York Times Related: Life on the Ebola frontline: 'Fear is overpowering even the health workers' – The Guardian Poverty Matters Blog Related: Obama to urge Congress to loosen purse strings for Ebola fight – Reuters
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Veterinarians are Sentries How do we find the next Ebola, rabies, West Nile before it infects humans? Look for it in wild animals—a concept that underlies the One Health Initiative and has the potential to prevent medical disasters. Around 75 percent of newly emerging diseases in humans are zoonotic, and they result in 2.7 million deaths every year, according to a recent study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. While the CDC houses a One Health office, the surveillance of animal disease is still scattered across American bureaucracy, and there’s plenty of room for better communication between agencies, says veterinarian Tracey McNamara. The Atlantic Coaxing Secrets from Clouds of Bats Bats— with a seemingly unique ability to harbor viruses—have long drawn the interest of disease detectives.
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This story delves into the fascinating traits and habits of bats. It follows the work of epidemiologists Jon Epstein, from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ian Lipkin, from Columbia University, tracking down the fleshy fliers in Saudi Arabia and hunting a new, deadly coronavirus that would eventually be known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. While epidemiologists are working hard to study emerging zoonotic diseases, people like disease ecologist Peter Daszak emphasize the importance of also understanding the role played by humans, encroaching on the domains of animals—and the viruses they harbor. The Scientist Related: Saudi Arabia reports new MERS cases, infection control plan – CIDRAP
PLAGUE Preventing the “Nuclear Blast” Madagascar is still fighting a plague outbreak. As noted on Nov. 24, more than 100 cases and 40 deaths have reported. The challenges now are to limit the cases of bubonic plague (transmitted from fleas to human) and prevent the “nuclear blast”—when an infected person becomes a transmitter. This is pneumonic plague, which is a serious health risk in dense populations like urban slums or prisons, according to Christophe Vogt with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Vogt, based in Antananarivo, describes Madagascar’s annual plague outbreaks, ICRC’s training of “rat brigades” and the rats in his own home. The Guardian TUBERCULOSIS
TB or Not TB? Drone is the Answer MSF is about the last organization you would expect to use drones. But they’re sending in the drones to help contain Papua New Guinea’s TB epidemic. A lack of diagnostic laboratories is a major impediment to fighting the disease in the island nation, where 1 person dies every hour from the disease, so MSF is deploying a pilot mission of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect samples from remote areas. The longest flight so far: 26 miles over swamp and jungle in 55 minutes (including a recharge stop). By car, it would have taken 4 hours. The vast, swamp-like wilderness of the country is making it difficult to bring TB under control, according to MSF; the country is reporting 15,000 new infections a year. Vice News Technology Over Quarantine With Ebola quarantine debates in the news, New York City has already developed a system that relies on technology to manage TB, another highly infectious disease,
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Although the state of New York allows for strict quarantines on TB patients (including detention in Bellevue Hospital lock-ups), that proves unnecessary for all but a few of the 650 residents with active TB every year. For most, home isolation until treatment brings the bacteria down to noncontagious levels will suffice. After that, patients are allowed to move around freely, as long as they take their daily pills, under the watch—via smartphone—of a health official. NPR Blog (Shots) Lessons from San Francisco’s 150-Year Fight TB came to San Francisco with the gold rush in the mid-1800s, launching a long battle against the scourge, documented in this piece by Anne Kavanaugh that takes us through the start of the AIDS era, and up to the present multi-drug resistant era. Now, UCSF is now taking lessons learned from San Francisco, and applying them across the globe— providing support for research in Tanzania and Zimbabwe to examine multidrug-resistant TB and transmission between people and animals; helping to develop better diagnostics in Uganda, and bringing together private doctors with public health initiatives in India and Indonesia. University of California San Francisco
SUPERBUGS
Threat Without Borders Doctors in India are reporting an overwhelming number of cases of resistant newborn infections in India, and the implications could be global. Bacteria like Klebsiella and Acinetobacter, found in untreated human waste, frequently cause the infections, which killed more than 58,000 babies in India last year. With India’s notoriously poor sanitation and lack of toilets, doctors depend heavily on antibiotics to treat infections that could be avoided with better sanitation. India is far from alone. We know that overuse of antibiotics is dropping in the US and Europe, but those reductions are more than offset by increases in the developing world. The Quote: “India’s dreadful sanitation, uncontrolled use of antibiotics and overcrowding coupled with a complete lack of monitoring the problem has created a tsunami of antibiotic resistance that is reaching just about every country in the world,” said Timothy R. Walsh, a microbiology professor at Cardiff University. The New York Times
CHOLERA
Better Than Gold Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) has been praised as the “gold standard” cholera treatment, but some believe that the mixture of drinking water with salts and sugar could still be improved.
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Knowing that the glucose needed to help the body absorb the salts makes cholera-causing bacterium produce more toxin, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPEL) theorized that replacing the sugar with rice could reduce bacterial toxicity by almost 75%. Since people remain infectious until the diarrhea stops, that change could make patients less likely to infect others who may be exposed to any body fluids. In a PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases article, the EPEL researchers looked at numbers from the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti, and said that if a rice starch-based solution had been used there, cases could have been reduced by 30%. See ORT's value in fighting Ebola in today's top story. Voice of America
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