2016 October Tools for Change CGI Newsletter

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Greetings and welcome to
the latest edition of the
CGI Newsletter
Dr. Chris Stout, Editor
Gracie Wang, Asst-Editor
Volume III, Number 10 October 2016
_____News, Tools, Reports and Shout-Outs______
For more than 50
years, the U.S.
Agency for
International
Development
(USAID) has
partnered with more
than 70
countries around the
globe to support
their family planning
programs, including
countries in Latin
America and the
Caribbean (LAC).
Our work in
increasing access to
reproductive health
services, including voluntary family planning, has had profound health, economic, and social benefits
for families and communities worldwide. As an indicator of our success, USAID "graduated" many of
these countries from family planning assistance and is proud to release technical issue briefs providing
an overview and history of our work in 13 countries in the LAC region.

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Learn more
 Read the issue briefs on USAID.gov.
 Find out about USAID's work in Family Planning and Latin America and the Caribbean.
 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates on our work in family planning, reproductive
health, and more.
Photo credit: Lawrence Ko, Courtesy of Photoshare
Invitation:
Book Opportunity with Nobel Prize Winner Jody Williams
I wanted to share some wonderful news concerning our book project "Why Global Health Matters."
First, I am very happy to note that Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jody Williams will be authoring the
Foreword! She is an amazing person, and has done, and continues to do so much good in the world—I
am honored to have her words and passion be a part of this book.
Next, I wanted to share the draft table of contents. I am so humbled with the caliber of authors and
quality of their contributions, words cannot express… learn more:
http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/invitation-book-opportunity-with-nobel-prize-winner-jody-
williams-why-global-health-matters-draft-table-of-contents
As you may know, we’re experimenting with crowdfunding it before it’s published in early 2017 and
it’s your chance to get a signed edition ($35), or a signed edition with your name included on the
donors page ($50), or a signed edition with your name listed as a benefactor on the back exterior cover
of the book.
We ask that you consider buying a book, not only because of the wealth of information therein, but
also because 100% of royalties go directly to THRIVE (Tanzanian Health & Resilience Initiative
Valuing Education).
As for the cause, THRIVE supports the Tanzanian community of Moshi both educationally and
medicinally. While THRIVE started out as a kindergarten in 2005, it has branched into the healthcare
field as well by partnering with the neighboring clinic/hospital, Huruma Designated Hospital to train
local nursing students.

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When you purchase a copy of "Why Global Health Matters," the proceeds will support:
>Medicines for the hospital to use
>Surgeries at the hospital
>Medical care for both kids and adults
>Nurse training program materials
>Desks for kindergarten students
>School materials for kindergarten students
>Kindergarten teacher salaries
To participate, just click here: https://igg.me/at/wgX8-GoCTs0
Thanks so much! - Chris
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___Award, Grant, Funding, Ed. & Job Opportunities___
Regional Director, South Region, American Friends Service
Committee, Atlanta
The Regional Director provides strategic and creative leadership
in the South Region, in which there are 12 programs at present.
The Regional Director works with staff, committee members
and other volunteers to give regional and local expression to
broader organizational goals and is accountable for the implementation of the AFSC’s strategic plan.
The Regional Director is the primary spokesperson for the region, interpreting its programs and
communicating the principles expressed by the work of the AFSC. She/he participates in AFSC-wide
staff groups to help assure organization-wide coherence, collaboration and program excellence. She/he
works closely with the clerk and members of the regional executive committee, providing guidance and
support to the committee, and implements their decisions, consistent with AFSC board policy. She/he
also provides supportive supervision to staff; manages the region’s financial resources; has a strong role
in regional and organizational fundraising; leads regional grant management and compliance; and
oversees outreach activities including communications with the Religious Society of Friends and with

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peace and justice organizations within the region. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/regional-director-south-region-american-friends-service-committee-atlant/
Faculty (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor)
Negotiations & Conflict Management, University
of Baltimore
University of Baltimore — The School of Public
and International Affairs in the College of Public
Affairs invites applications for an Assistant
Professor faculty position (tenure-track) in the M.S. program in Negotiations and Conflict
Management to begin in August 2017 (contingent upon final budget approval). Candidates with the
ability to teach in allied programs, including the M.A. in Global Affairs and Human Security and/or
the B.A. programs in Government and Public Policy and International Studies, will be given
preference. This position requires traditional classroom instruction at the graduate level but may also
involve limited undergraduate and/or online instruction. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/university-of-baltimore-baltimore-md-18-faculty-tenure-track-assistant-
professor-negotiations-conflict-management/
Democracy Fellow, Conflict, Fragility & Peacebuilding,
IIE/USAID, DC
The Fellow will work with DCHA/CMM’s Technical
Leadership team to evaluate and recommend cutting-edge
approaches to improving the effectiveness of USAID
programs that directly or indirectly respond to conflict
dynamics and/or fragility risk factors in developing countries, including rapidly evolving situations
involving complex crises. Since the results of this work also are expected to be directly relevant for
countries at risk for complex crises, they will be made available to USAID’s Complex Crises Fund
(CCF) staff. In addition, results will be made available broadly to USAID and USG personnel, other
donors, implementing partners, Congress, the private sector, think tanks, academia, and the public at
large. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/democracy-fellow-conflict-fragility-
peacebuilding-iieusaid-dc/
Humanitarian Learning and Development
Specialist, Save the Children, London
We are looking for an experienced and efficient
Humanitarian Learning and Development Specialist
to join our Humanitarian Capacity Building Team
within the Humanitarian Department. You will join
the ‘Talent Development’ project which is designed to develop decentralised approaches to capacity-
building and improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response. Save the Children UK aim to
recruit and train 175 humanitarian trainees who will all attend a Humanitarian Operations
Programme. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/humanitarian-learning-
development-specialist-save-children-london/
Programme Officer (Research), Council for the Development of Social
Science Research in Africa, Senegal
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA) invites applications from African scholars to fill a vacant

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position of Programme Officer (Research) in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal.
This position is categorized as belonging to the senior staff of the Council and as such is filled on the
basis of an international announcement. The successful candidate will work as a member of the
Secretariat under the overall supervision of the Executive Secretary of the Council. For more
information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/programme-officer-research/
UN Women: Programme Analyst, Research and Data, NY
The Research and Data Section in the Policy Division is
responsible for leading UN Women’s research and data agenda
and for positioning UN Women as a global knowledge broker
on gender equality and the human rights of women and girls. It
produces knowledge products including UN Women flagship
publications such as Progress of the World’s Women and The World Survey of the Role of Women in
Development. Under the supervision of the Chief, Research and Data Section, the Programme
Analyst is expected to provide the Research and Data team with research and coordination support.
ODI – Head of Programme – Risk and Resilience, London
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Programme to lead and
manage the Risk and Resilience Programme. This position will
join a particularly active group, which has been successful in
attracting numerous multi-year projects and has enjoyed
increasing influence in international and national policy
agendas.
This role will lead on business strategy and management,
partnership development and fund-raising, and programme management and operations. The head of
programme will also be responsible for development and delivery of research, advisory and public
affairs work on the areas of the programme. To inform policy at international and governmental level
through this work.
Project Officer, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Lebanon
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Project
Officer to support the implementation of NP’s civilian
protection and capacity building for civil society
programming, with a focus on the monitoring and evaluation
for NP’s Middle East programming. The Project Officer will
drive the development and implementation of NP’s monitoring and evaluation frameworks, plans and
tools to ensure result-based planning, design and reporting. The Project Officer will facilitate a culture
of evidence-based programming and knowledge sharing internally and externally to support
strengthened outcomes for the protection of civilians. He/she will work to ensure M&E becomes an
integral and valued aspect of NP’s programming whilst being functional and responsive to the needs of
the programme, especially where remote programming is being implemented.

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HOW TO CONNECT YOUR WORK TO
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
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The United Nation’s recent adoption of the Sustainable
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climate change across the world. If we want to have a chance at
achieving these goals of a more equitable and sustainable world, we'll need your help because of the
unique role you play in the social sector.
The SDGs are applicable to the entire world, constituting a unified global development agenda.
Because the SDGs provide a comprehensive, globally relevant framework for development,
Foundation Center believes that nonprofits and civil society should familiarize themselves, at
minimum, with the indicators of change that have been developed to account for progress towards
each goal. These are the numbers that the world will be watching to see if progress is being made, and
they will quickly become one of the most important yardsticks against which the impact of
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Intended audience:
Organizations at all levels around the world are invited to participate and attend, including:
 U.S. based nonprofit staff and leadership
 NGO staff and leadership
 Foundation staff and leadership
Panelists:
 Lauren Bradford, Director of Global Partnerships, Foundation Center (moderator)
 Ana Marie Argilagos, Senior Advisor, Ford Foundation
 Karolina Mzyk Callias, Policy Specialist, Foundations Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector
in Development UN Development Programme

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 Jeffrey Szuchman, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning
USAID
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Date: Tuesday, October 11
Time: 9am EDT (New York City)/ 2pm BST (London)
Presented by: Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good
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The technology to donate online was launched in the late 1990’s and through a process of trial and
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online donor database. Today online donations make up an average of 7-10% of an NGO’s annual
budget and online giving continues to grow – and will continue grow – every year. Now more than
ever it’s crucial that your NGO knows the basics of a successful online fundraising campaign and has
knowledge of emerging online fundraising trends in order to prepare for the future. Topics include:
 What to look for in an online fundraising service
 How to use social media to increase your online donations
 How to launch a monthly giving program
 How to launch a crowdfunding campaign
 A discussion on the future mobile fundraising apps
 How to be an early adopter of digital wallets

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Regulation of nonprofit and
philanthropic organizations:
an international perspective
Law professor and philanthropy expert Mark
Sidel highlights recent trends in the regulation
of nonprofit and philanthropic groups around
the world in this article from the “Nonprofit
Quarterly.”
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/07/25/r
egulation-nonprofit-philanthropic-organizations-international-perspective/

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Call for Applications: Rehabilitation Psychology Joint Exchange Program in Israel
Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) and the Rehabilitation Division of the Israeli Psychological
Association (IPA-Rehab Div) are calling for applications for a rehabilitation psychology exchange
program to foster professional development and to create opportunities for collaborative research in
rehabilitation psychology. For more information, please send an email
tocsung@msu.edu. Application Deadline: October 16, 2016.
International Leadership Network
The International Leadership Network (ILN) is a new Division 52 initiative
spearheading the promotion of exchange and collaboration for scholarship,
research, education and training on global and diverse leadership. For more
information on joining the network, please visit: https://div52.org/iln/.
The ILN is also sponsoring a webinar series. Visit the network website for
more information.
APA Convention 2017
APA seeks proposals for individual
presentations and sessions for the
2017 Annual Convention Aug. 3-6, 2017, in Washington, D.C. For more information, please
visit: http://www.apa.org/convention/proposals.aspx.
Deadlines:
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AWARDS & GRANTS
APA Awards and Grants
CIRP Award Announcement: Outstanding Dissertation Award
APA’s Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP) will provide an
award for the most outstanding psychology dissertation on international and global
communities. For more information, please
visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/cirp-dissertation-
award.aspx. Deadline: January 17, 2017.

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CIRP Award Announcement: Recognition of Programs Fostering International and Global
Perspectives APA’s Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP) is initiating an award
to recognize a doctoral program that has demonstrated an overall commitment to international issues.
For more information, please visit:http://www.apa.org/about/awards/cirp-global-
perspectives.aspx. Deadline: January 17, 2017.
Small Grants for Program
Development of National Psychology
Associations
The overall goal of this award is to
contribute to the development of psychology around the globe by providing funds to support the
development of national psychology associations. For more information, please
visit:http://www.apa.org/about/awards/cirp-small-grants.aspx. Deadline: March 1, 2017.
Florence L. Denmark and Mary E. Reuder Award
The award’s purpose is to recognize and encourage other outstanding psychologists
who have made similar international contributions to further the understanding of
women and/or gender. For more information, please
visit:http://www.apa.org/about/awards/denmark-
reuder52.aspx?tab=1. Deadline: May 1, 2017.
APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
This award honors an individual who has made sustained and enduring contributions to international
cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. For more information, please
visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/international-advancement.aspx?tab=1. Deadline: June 1,
2017.
APA International Humanitarian Award
This APA award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian service and activism by a
psychologist or a team of psychologists, including professional and/or volunteer
work conducted primarily in the field with underserved populations. For more
information, please visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/international-
humanitarian.aspx?tab=1. Deadline: June 1, 2017.
American Psychological Foundation Awards and Grants*
Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award for Exceptional Contributions to
Trans-Atlantic Psychology
An award intended to recognize psychologists from Europe and/or North
America who have made significant contributions to trans-Atlantic research
collaboration. For more information, please
visit: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/wundt.aspx.Deadline: October 31,
2016.
Henry P. David Research Grant
Grant provides up to $1,500 for support of ongoing research in
behavioral aspects of population studies or human reproductive
behavior. For more information, please
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15, 2017.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED
APA Publications
 A cross-cultural comparison of children’s imitative flexibility. Clegg,
Jennifer M.; Legare, Cristine H. Developmental Psychology, Vol
52(9), Sep 2016, 1435-
1444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000131.
 Age and gender differences in ability emotional intelligence in adults:
A cross-sectional study. Cabello, Rosario; Sorrel, Miguel
A.; Fernández-Pinto, Irene; Extremera, Natalio; Fernández-
Berrocal, Pablo. Developmental Psychology, Vol 52(9), Sep 2016, 1486-
1492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000191.
 Promoting protection against a threat that evokes positive affect: The case of heat waves in the
United Kingdom. Bruine de Bruin, Wändi; Lefevre, Carmen E.; Taylor, Andrea
L.; Dessai, Suraje; Fischhoff, Baruch; Kovats, Sari.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied,
Vol 22(3), Sep 2016, 261-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000083.
 Happy Family Kitchen: A community-based research for
enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong
Kong. Ho, Henry C. Y.; Mui, Moses; Wan, Alice; Ng, Yin-
lam; Stewart, Sunita M.; Yew, Carol; Lam, Tai
Hing; Chan, Sophia S. Journal of Family Psychology, Vol
30(6), Sep 2016, 752-762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000233.
 Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural window. Bleidorn, Wiebke; Arslan,
Ruben C.; Denissen, Jaap J. A.; Rentfrow, Peter J.; Gebauer, Jochen E.; Potter,
Jeff; Gosling, Samuel D. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 111(3), Sep 2016,
396-
410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000078.
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Mapping Global Mental Health Developments and Resources
Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for
sustainable development. By K. O'Donnell and M. Lewis
O'Donnell. For the full article, please
visit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-
mental-health/article/global-mental-health-sharing-and-
synthesizing-knowledge-for-sustainable-development/DCAED6DE1AA133F8A7D876F3564126A4.
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Call for Papers: Journal Frontiers in Public Health Education
and Promotion
Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO)
is a United States based non-profit
that collaborates with over eighty
international universities and health
institutions to send volunteer health professionals to provide continuing
education, train the trainer courses, professional support, and consultation
on academic program and curricula development. Health Volunteers Overseas is excited to collaborate
with the open-access journal Frontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion on a one-time, special
edition e-journal titled International Partnerships for Strengthening Health Care Workforce Capacity: Models
of Collaborative Education. For more information, please
visit: http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/4708/international-partnerships-for-strengthening-
health-care-workforce-capacity-models-of-collaborative. Deadline: October 1, 2016.
Call for Contributors: Emerging Adulthood Measured at Multiple Institutions 2
The EAMMI2 is a large scale collaborative project that seeks to survey a
large and diverse population regarding attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs
related to Emerging Adulthood. This is intended to provide EA
researchers with high impact data, instructors with an easy to integrate
project for their classes, and students with an opportunity to engage in
authentic research as part of their learning experience. Contributors who
complete a sample with N > 80 are invited to make preregistered
hypotheses and will have access to the data set after project completion.
For more information, please visit:https://osf.io/f24aj/.
Call for Reviewers: Translational Issues in Psychological Science
Translational Issues in Psychological Science® (TPS), is a unique mentoring journal
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Students and early career psychologists co-author the articles, serve as reviewers,
and have the chance to serve as Associate Editor for one issue. For more
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“Change the World”
It always struck me that saying that sounded a lot like grandiose hubris, or at best, a dauntingly
overwhelming task. The utter impossibility of it seemed certain until I realized that it can mean
helping one person at a time. That is a theme you’ll see throughout this book and our websites
and our work. I have added some of my LinkedIn Influencer blogs/essays that I hope may be
inspirational, also. The format of this book is inspired by Brian Eno’s A Year with Swollen
Appendices, not so much the diary aspect but rather the overwhelmingly large collection of
information in the various appendices.
Open-Sourced Humanitarian Interventionism
It’s long been my goal to make life easier for those working in humanitarian and volunteer
endeavors, as well as those in need of help. Indeed, in one way or another, we all need help in
one form or another. So, just about everything you find herein and on the Center’s website, is
free of charge, and a lot you could also find for yourself. What I’ve tried to do is speed up the
search, vet what has been found, and then curate the results, making them as readily and easily
available as I know how to. This is my dream of open-sourcing humanitarian work.
Current Content, For Pretty Close To Forever
The reason for this “reverse engineering” is twofold. First, the amount of content and links on
the Center’s website may not always be apparent to the novel user. This book allows for near
complete exposure to the functional tools and content that await the online user. Second, this
book will never be out-of-date, in that when new content becomes available via uploads to the
DropBox account, you’ll be able to read that as well. All you have to do is email me and ask to be
linked. I curate the content constantly. You can also request being added to our mailing list via
my email address as well if you’d like to be kept up-to-date on events and other relevant content.
All proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Center for Global Initiatives.
Available at Amazon and on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Humanitarian-Field-Guide-
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_____Zika, Infectious Disease, and More…_____
Aggregated News Reports from:
Global Health NOW is an initiative of the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, www.jhsph.edu. Views and opinions
expressed in this email do not necessarily reflect
those of the Bloomberg School. Created by
Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman
Myers, Maryalice Yakutchik, Jackie Frank and
Salma Warshanna-Sparklin. You can connect
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MAYARO (and ZIKA)
Future Threat Waiting in Wings?
Florida researchers studying Haiti’s chikungynya outbreak identified a mosquito-borne virus
called Mayaro in that Caribbean country, where it had never been observed before.
The strain is different from those previously seen in the Amazon, where most cases of Mayaro
have historically been reported, according to findings published in the journal Emerging
Infectious Diseases.
Little is known about Mayaro, first isolated in Trinidad and Tobago in 1954. But joint pain from
Mayaro can last for a year, and infected people often have stomach problems, said John
Lednicky, a University of Florida associate professor whose team was the first to identify the
spread of Zika in Brazil, and later to discover its presence in spit and urine. U.S. News & World
Report
Related: Zika virus and global health security – The Lancet
Related: Predict Zika’s Spread? It’s Hard Enough to Count the Cases – The New York Times
Related: Probable sexual transmission of Zika virus from a vasectomized man – The Lancet
EBOLA
Strength in Cities
Packed West African cities bore the brunt of the 2014 Ebola pandemic, showing the outsize role
that cities will play in future outbreaks infectious and noncommunicable.
Calling cities “crucial laboratories of innovation in public health,” Ashish Jha, director of the
Harvard Global Health Institute, makes the case that cities, not nations, must take on the lead in
fighting future outbreaks.
Jha points to Lagos, Nigeria as a model; The city of 21 million leveraged its strengths to mobilize
a powerful public health effort that ultimately helped quell fears the Ebola outbreak would go
global. South China Morning Post

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Piot’s Ebola Book Picks
In a rare treat for the global health community, Peter Piot reviews not 1 but 2 books about
Ebola.
The first (Ebola: How a People's Science Helped End an Epidemic, by Paul Richards), which Piot
calls a must-read, explores through an anthropologist’s lens how villages in Sierra Leone reacted.
Interestingly, Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, calls the
book an important counterweight to analyses by international panels—including one that the
chaired—for its emphasis on the local rather than global response.
The second (Ebola's Message: Public Health and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century, edited by
Nicholas G. Evans, Tara C. Smith & Maimuna S. Majumder) tackles aspects of the emergency
including the media response and bioethics—including essays that, Piot writes, offer balanced
perspectives to reconcile disagreements in the design of trials, experimental interventions, and
controlling outbreaks. Nature
Related: What a walk down Ebola memory tells us – SciDev.Net
Related: Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bushmeat, with risk – AP
HIV/AIDS
Monitoring HIV
Results of an annual global survey reveal that although labs can easily obtain the instruments
needed to monitor the efficacy of HIV treatment, usage is very low.
Labs often fail to order correct equipment, sufficiently stock treatment drugs, appropriately train
lab technicians, and properly forecast the number of patients.
“Funding organizations must commit to supporting the full spectrum of laboratory program
needs,” writes a former international health official in a journal article on the survey results.
“Laboratory directors need the program management training, tools, resources, and authorities
for implementation.” PLoS Medicine
Related: Availability and Use of HIV Monitoring and Early Infant Diagnosis Technologies in
WHO Member States in 2011–2013: Analysis of Annual Surveys at the Facility Level – PLoS
Medicine
Drug War Fuels HIV Spike
The Philippines’ hardline policy against illegal drugs may be facilitating transmission of HIV,
which has increased by 220% over the last 5 years.
The crackdown has stressed the country’s meager network of rehabilitation centers and its

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already overcrowded prisons, and forced the discontinuation of once successful needle-exchange
programs. As a result, intravenous drug users are increasingly sharing needles in shooting
galleries. In the city of Cebu, needle sharing likely led to 74% of the 1,366 HIV infections
recorded in 2014. Meanwhile, health care workers want to create more rehab programs and
reinstate needle-exchange programs. Deutsche Welle
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
A Microbial Honor
Diane Newman, a molecular geomicrobiologist and self-proclaimed “Pied Piper of microbes,” sat
down with Scientific American this week to discuss her MacArthur “genius” grant. Newman’s
research focuses on microbes that can survive in low-oxygen environments and may further
understanding of drug-resistant pathogens.
Newman said she’ll likely use her 5-year, $625,000 grant to promote science careers and advance
projects she cares about, including the study of antimicrobial resistance.
“The rate of microbial evolution can outpace our ability to rationally design new drugs,” she
said. “… It’s a formidable challenge that requires new ways of creatively thinking about the
problem.”
Scientific American
Related: The UN just took on antibiotic resistance, but can diplomacy help us combat disease? –
PRI
Related: How We'll Tackle Diseases That Are Becoming Untreatable – National Geographic
Germination Blog
“Just the Beginning: UN Adopts AMR Declaration”
Citing the critical nature of antimicrobial resistance—superbugs are estimated to kill 10 million
people annually by 2050 if current trends continue—the UN General Assembly yesterday
adopted a political declaration calling for a collaborative, global response to the threat.
“Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis. It is bad and getting worse,” WHO Director-General
Margaret Chan warned.
Among the complex challenges is increasing access to antibiotics in low- and middle-income
countries while ensuring they are used only when necessary. “Access is quite a multi-dimensional
issue,” observed Manica Balasegaram, director of DNDi’s Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership.
“On one hand, everyone says antibiotics are made available too easily. On the other hand, we
know people are not able to access antibiotics when they need them.” Brian W. Simpson, Global
Health NOW
Related: Why Superbugs Are Beating Big Pharma – Bloomberg
Related: Gonorrhea is more dangerous than ever as resistance to antibiotics grows –The
Washington Post

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3 Key Steps After the UN Political Declaration on AMR
Anthony D. So and Reshma Ramachandran argue the meeting is an important step but action
and resources must follow. “As resistance to last-line antibiotics has emerged, the need for a
multisectoral, One Health response has never been greater,” write So and Ramachandran of
the ReAct-Action on Antibiotic Resistance Strategic Policy Program and the new Innovation +
Design for Enabling Access (IDEA) Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.
They recommend 3 key steps following Wednesday’s signing of a Political Declaration by heads
of state: revamping the R&D pipeline; financing better stewardship of antimicrobials; and
monitoring antimicrobial use, sales, prescriptions, trade and resistance. Anthony D. So and
Reshma Ramachandran, Global Health NOW
Related: The U.N. General Assembly is taking on a danger that threatens the health of our
entire species – Scientific American (Laurie Garrett/guest blogger)
MATERNAL HEALTH
Islamic Champions
Determined to improve Nigeria’s maternal health care, Aminu Gamawa, a lawyer in Nigeria,
recognized the importance of allying Islamic scholars—particularly in the country’s Muslim
North.
While many Islamic scholars in the region cite Islamic texts to oppose maternal care, family
planning and child vaccines, Gamawa, who is also Muslim, saw opportunities to tap their
influence. Gamawa and his colleagues arranged for community and religious leaders to attend
trainings in Egypt led by scholars who specialize in reconciling Islamic teachings and maternal
health. They helped allay concerns by suggesting creative workarounds—like encouraging uneasy
husbands to accompany their wives, rather than forbid them from visiting a doctor. NPR Goats
and Soda
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Updated Data on FGM
Female genital mutilation is widely acknowledged as a dangerous practice that negatively impacts
the physical and psychological health of women and girls. A new report from the Population
Council synthesizes the most recent data on FGM from 29 countries in an effort “to both
improve understanding of the practice and to accelerate its abandonment.”
Key findings reveal that the practice is declining in nearly half the countries surveyed, but girls
are undergoing the procedure at increasingly younger ages.
Still, the report finds that men and women in several countries “believe the practice should end,
suggesting a promising window of opportunity for change.” Population Council
MENTAL HEALTH
Uganda’s Mental Health Failings
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mental health treatment. A country of over 37 million people, Uganda has only 32 licensed
psychiatrists and just 1 national mental health hospital. This insufficient capacity—combined
with stigma—causes many to self-medicate or forego treatment altogether.
The government is working to improve access by refurbishing regional mental health care wards
and training 300 psychiatric clinical officers to staff lower-level health facilities.
Advocates believe Uganda should also address social factors that trigger mental illness, such as
unemployment, sexual violence and war-induced trauma. VOA
NEGLECTED DISEASES
Venom: Friend or Foe?
Bites or stings from venomous animals such as the king cobra, killer (Africanized) bees and the
Gila monster often cause illness or death. But their venom may also have the potential to
conquer ailments such as Lyme disease, type-2 diabetes, chronic pain, heart disease, Alzheimer’s
and even HIV.
Biologist Christie Wilcox discusses the positive and negative effects of venom in an interview
with National Geographic. Her book, Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered
Biochemistry, details budding research about our venomous foes and how studying their poisons
may boost our understanding of our own physiology. National Geographic
REFUGEES
A Declaration, and a Reality Check
At the UN General Assembly’s refugee summit yesterday, world leaders approved the New York
Declaration to provide a more coordinated and humane approach to refugee crises—but
advocates say that the watered down, non-legally binding document lacks concrete commitments,
the New York Times reported.
Anticipating the results, MSF issued a Reality Check report yesterday in an attempt to ensure
that the leaders understand the realities on the ground.
The Quote: “As the leaders sit down to trumpet their pledges, 75,000 Syrian refugees are trapped
on the Jordanian border with Syria just kilometers from a war zone, 350,000 Somali refugees are
at risk of being sent back to a war zone from Dadaab (Kenya) and tens of thousands are enduring
hell in Libya as they await their chance at the Mediterranean crossing that has killed 3,200 men,
women and children in this year alone,” as well as emergencies in Central America, South East
Asia, and Lake Chad, reported MSF.
Related: Billionaire Soros to invest $500 mln to help migrants, refugees –WSJ – Thomson
Reuters Foundation
Related: GlaxoSmithKline Cuts Vaccine Cost for Refugees – Fortune

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