2017 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 IV, Number 10 October 2017
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___Award, Grant, Funding, Ed. & Job Opportunities___
Development Coordinator/ Proposal Writer, Salam Institute for Peace and Justice
The Development Coordinator manages the relationship building and fundraising efforts of Salam
Institute for Peace and Justice with donors. The coordinator is responsible for fundraising processes
with account leads and managers and the development of high-quality proposals. The Coordinator
conducts prospect research and carries out communication with key donors and within philanthropy
and writes grant proposals.
Flexibility in work schedule is available. The job may be
performed remotely from home or any other preferred area.
Attendance once a month for staff meeting will be required in
NOVA area.
Occasional travel within Washington D.C is required to
attend donor meetings and conferences to support fundraising
efforts. You will be required to use your own computer and
printer. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/salam-institute-for-peace-and-
justice-washington-d-c-metro-area-8898-development-
coordinator-proposal-writer/
Administration & Finance Assistant (20 hours/week, 950
EUR gross/month), Skateistan, Berlin
Skateistan is currently seeking an enthusiastic individual with
a passion for non-profit work. Since opening its headquarters
in Berlin five years ago, Skateistan has significantly increased
the number of its students, schools and staff and has become
recognized for its innovative approach in the field of Sport for
Development. Now, with its office as busy as ever, Skateistan
is looking for the right person to join our team and help
manage administration and operational requirements, to help keep things rolling at its headquarters.
As the Administration & Finance Assistant you will have the opportunity to work together closely
with Skateistan’s motivated and innovative Communications, Development and Finance teams, as
well the organization’s Executive Director. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/skateistan-berlin-19-administration-finance-assistant-20-hoursweek-950-
eur-grossmonth-%E2%80%A8berlin-germany/
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development Regional
Coordinator – Chiang Mai
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) is
currently recruiting a new Regional Coordinator. This is an exciting, yet
demanding position, for a woman from the region to lead a dedicated
Secretariat of 20 women and support a powerful network of women’s rights
organisations, movements and activists across the region. The Regional
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acts as the Executive Officer. She provides leadership and coordination of the Secretariat, works with
APWLD membership to create strategic plans and programme content, acts as a spokesperson for
APWLD in multiple advocacy spaces, coordinates APWLD’s fundraising and liaises with donors and
ensures APWLD continues to be accountable and lead by its members through effective governance
and inclusive programming.
In the past six years APWLD has been steadily growing in terms of its power, size, resources and civil
society leadership. It has strong funding support, engaged and committed membership and skilful,
dedicated staff. The Regional Coordinator will be expected to maintain the impact APWLD has
achieved and grow the power and influence of its membership. For more information, see
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/asia-pacific-forum-women-law-development-regional-coordinator/
Chief, Legal Unit, UN Women, NY
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality
enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works
for the elimination of discrimination against women and
girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement
of equality between women and men as partners and
beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Under the supervision of the Director of Management and Administration, the Chief, Legal Unit will
provide high quality legal advice and support to the UN Women Executive Director, senior
management, HQ units, country offices on a wide-range of multidisciplinary legal matters relating to
the interpretation and application of international, public, private and administrative law, in the
following broad areas:
• Legal status, authorities, privileges and immunities, and relationships with UN Women
Governing Bodies, Programme Country and Partner Governments;
• Corporate, commercial and private law matters, including legal support to the Organization’s
financial and procurement operations;
• Administrative law matters relating to the Organization’s relationship with its staff members,
including legal support to human resources management issues.
The Chief, Legal Unit will also lead and manage the Legal Unit in UN Women, and co-ordinate UN
Women’s relationships with, and represent UN Women’s interests before, external entities, networks
and bodies. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/chief-legal-unit-un-women-ny/
Young African Research Fellowship- DRC, Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground DRC is offering a Fellowship Opportunity open to a Congolese
Graduate Student interested in community violence in DRC. The fellow will work with Search’s team
focused on issues preventing and addressing violent conflict in Eastern DRC.
Program participants have
the opportunity to make a
direct impact while also
pursuing their own
research. The program is
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exposure as part of an ongoing research project, whether as part of a thesis, dissertation, or another
form of research endeavor.
Working with Search research and program teams, our fellow gain a wide variety of skills where s/He
is given the opportunity to learn and flourish. Fellow should expect to spend approximately 40% of
her/his time in field directly supporting Search for Common Ground activities and 60% pursuing
independently her/his research. Early applications are highly recommended as the selection process is
on a rolling basis. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/search-for-common-ground-
goma-democratic-republic-of-congo-15224-young-african-research-fellowship-drc/
The Department of Government at Georgetown
University invites applications for up to two tenure-track
Assistant Professorships in American politics
The Department of Government at Georgetown University
invites applications for up to two tenure-track Assistant
Professorships in American politics. The positions are open
as to research and teaching specializations, including both
political institutions and behavior. Candidates with a focus
on the presidency/executive branch or race/ethnicity are
especially welcome. The department maintains strong links
with the university’s Department of African American
Studies, the forthcoming Institute for Racial Justice, the Institute of Politics and Public Service, and
other similar units.
A Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment is required, as is evidence of excellence, or potential for
excellence, in research and publication. The teaching load is two courses per semester, typically a
mixture of undergraduate and graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) offerings. The department offers a nationally
competitive doctoral program in political science as well as an innovative master’s degree in American
politics that takes advantage of Georgetown’s location in Washington, DC. The department values
new perspectives on the world and is deeply committed to building a more open discipline that seeks
excellence wherever it may lie. Applications should be filed using the online system at
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9377. Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and
three letters of recommendation. Please email all inquiries to the chair of the search committee, Prof.
Michele Swers, mls47(at)georgetown.edu. For full consideration, applications should aim to arrive by
October 1, 2017, but review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is
filled. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/department-government-georgetown-
university-invites-applications-two-tenure-track-assistant-professorships-american-politics/
Design, Monitoring & Evaluation
Manager, Search for Common
Ground, DRC
The Design, Monitoring and
Evaluation (DM&E) Manager is
responsible for providing
leadership and technical support
on design, monitoring and evaluation within the DRC Country Program. The position includes
supervision of staff on the national DM&E team, as well as coordination with DM&E colleagues in
the Great Lakes region on regional projects. The DM&E Manager will track DM&E responsibilities

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and deliver, ensure quality monitoring and evaluation, and strengthen the capacity of program and
support staff to capture accurate and useful data that informs program implementation and results.
S/he will report to DRC Program Director (in-country) and the Sr. DME Regional Specialist (from
ILT), and work closely with Project Managers, Country Director, and the Director of DM&E at HQ.
For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/search-for-common-ground-bukavu-
democratic-republic-of-congo-18-design-monitoring-evaluation-manager/
Full-time Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universidad
del Rosario
The School of Political Science, Government and International
Relations at Universidad del Rosario, located in Bogotá, Colombia,
invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of Assistant
Professor, beginning January/February 2018. A Ph.D in Political
Science, International Relations, Economics or related fields is
required. Candidates with teaching and research experience qualifying
above the assistant professor category, as well as those with a dissertation defense date prior to January
2018, will also be considered.
Universidad del Rosario is accredited by the National Ministry of Education as a high quality
institution ranked within the top 5 universities among 23 accredited institutions in Colombia.
Applicants are required to send the documents as PDF file attachments to the Dean’s email:
monica.pachonb@urosario.edu.co, by October 24, 2017.For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/job/full-time-assistant-professor-international-relations/
MBB Consulting Managing Director
MBB Consulting (MBBC) provides conflict management and
stakeholder engagement services to companies and governments
around the world. MBBC operates at the intersection of
community needs, business interests, governmental accountability,
and socially responsible development to further the goals of
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI). MBBI is a
nonprofit, international organization that builds local skills for
peace and promotes mediation worldwide. It brings together
experienced volunteer mediators to improve conflict resolution
capacity and support alternative approaches to expressing,
negotiating and resolving conflict.
MBBI seeks an MBBC Managing director to work with the CEO.
Please submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and the contact information for two references to
info@mediatorsbeyondborders.org, with the following subject line, “ATTN: Anna Milovanovic,
MBBC Manager Application”. Please cite PCDNetwork as the source of the posting in your
application. Only applicants invited for an interview will be
contacted. Deadline for applications is 28 September 2017. Tentative start date is 9 October 2017. For
more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/job/mediators-beyond-borders-international-19-mbb-
consulting-managing-director/

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_____Conferences, Courses, and Meetings _____
Intergrated water Management Course
November 6 - November 10
| $1100
We have all heard that water is life, and indeed it is. What is often ignored, however, is the fact that
water is also a key component of development. It is crucial for industry and agriculture, as well as for
the health and quality of life of a nation’s citizens. Investment in efficient and sustainable
infrastructure, for both urban and agricultural supply, has proven to yield great economic return.
Unfortunately, water has been taken for granted
for too long in too many countries. Climate
change, rising population growth and increased
urbanization are predicted to change that reality
severely. This training programme is intended to
share the methods of the integrated water
resources management practices and to encourage
the best use of these precious resources in other
regions of the world. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/intergrated-water-
management-course/
Training course on Panel Data Analysis with Stata
October 23 @ 8:00 Am - October 27 @ 5:00 Pm
| $800
This course focuses on the interpretation of panel-data
estimates and the assumptions underlying the models
that give rise to them. Both “real” data and simulation
techniques will be used to build intuition for the
methods covered in the workshop. The breadth of the
lectures will be helpful if you want to learn about panel-
data analysis or if you are familiar with the subjects.
The concepts presented are reinforced with practical
exercises at the end of each section. We also provide additional exercises and materials at the end of
each lecture and access to our experts for any further questions. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-panel-data-analysis-with-stata-3/

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Training Course on Emergency Planning Management
| $800
The course offers essential training on emergency planning
process and the rationale behind planning. It is essential in
developing the student’s capability to effectively participate in
all types of hazard emergency operations planning processes
with the aim of saving lives and securing property that is prone
to disaster. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-emergency-
planning-management-10/
Training Course on Establishing And Strengthening Farmer Organizations
| $800
Farmers’ organizations (FO) are effective channels of
communication between the member-farmers.
Without them, a situation of isolated voices would
arise, that lack coordination and general power to
affect the behavior of agricultural service providers.
Formation of groups and farmer organizations is at
times done without training them properly in theory
and practice on the basic principles of community
organizations. Majority of the farmers do not have
many skills and experience in the process of
establishing these organizations. However, many
government agencies have developed national policies
for rural development and designed policy framework
to help rural people become organized so that delivery of services could be channeled through the
various types of farmer organizations or groups. However, a number of issues surround the
establishment and functioning of farmer organizations remains unaddressed. For more information,
see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-establishing-and-strengthening-farmer-
organizations-9/
Training Course on Mobile Based Data Collection
Tools For M&E
| $800
Data collection and monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) have always been an integral parts of
development work. ICT tools such as mobile devices
and software that allows users to create surveys,
collect, manage and upload data to storage facilities
in real-time, have reduced the conventional
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and M&E. This training course comes with additional M&E and GIS modules to help participants
put the skills acquired into perspective. The GIS module will help participants to work with spatial
data. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-mobile-based-data-
collection-tools-for-me/
Training Course on Leveraging the Generation Gap
| $800
This course will help you understand the various generations
present at work and understand what motivates each of them
and how to work together. While having various cultures in
one workplace can present communication problems and
conflicts, the benefits of such a variety in the workplace
outweigh it. Learning how to deal with the generation gap at
work will help you become a better manager or co-worker. For
more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-leveraging-
the-generation-gap/
Training Course on Crisis Preparation &
Management
| $800
The best way to manage a crisis is to prepare for it.
Past experiences have shown that even unaffected
people are also vulnerable to challenges of an
unexpected disaster. This is because a crisis will
most likely hit you when you are least Crisis
management efforts ought to be coordinated
towards helping your firm recoup and to guarantee
progression. You will be equipped with information and aptitudes to create and actualize a thorough
and complete emergency crisis framework which will help your organization get ready for crisis and
prevent one from happening. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-
course-on-crisis-preparation-management-6/
Training Course on Flood Disaster Risk Management In A
Changing Climate
| $800
Every year across the globe, floods cause the loss of a number of
lives and considerable damage to properties, which severely sets
back the development process. The climate change, global
warming, rapid urbanization and socio-economic disparity are
making the world, vulnerable to floods. The need to combat the
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forefront concern for most nations, which calls for a proactive approach to establishing a disaster risk
reduction regime for safer and sustainable development. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-flood-disaster-risk-management-in-a-changing-climate-
7/
Training Course on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk
Reduction into Development Process
| $800
Disaster risk within a country has its roots in
development decisions that do not adequately address
disaster concerns, and the resulting disasters are coming
at the cost of development and poverty reduction. By not
considering disaster risk in development planning, new
risks could be unintentionally created or existing ones
exacerbated through investments in infrastructure and
public services, and through improper planning and
regulation.
Thus it is essential that the process of development planning identifies and analyzes the underlying
causes of risk, and factors in measures for risk reduction. By mainstreaming disaster risk reduction
into national development processes, disaster risk considerations can be made an integral part of
development processes, especially in priority sectors such as agriculture, education, health, housing
and roads. This course has been developed to enhance the capacity of government officials,
development partners, and stakeholders involved in development planning to mainstream disaster risk
reduction into development activities and practices. For more information, see:
https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-mainstreaming-disaster-risk-reduction-into-
development-process/
Training Course on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Emergencies
| $800
Water borne diseases are major killers in disasters and complex
emergencies where large populations are displaced and/or moving
or where local water infrastructure has been destroyed by an
earthquake, cyclone or bombing. They can turn a disaster into a
catastrophe. As part of our commitment, we are pleased to offer a
number of fee-waived places on our upcoming internationally
recognised humanitarian training course – Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH) in Emergencies. When local emergency response
workers understand how to apply basic Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH) strategies, more lives can be saved. This course introduces participants to the
concepts of public health engineering and environmental health in emergencies, standard equipment
used in the field and the basics of WASH cluster coordination as well as the international SPHERE
standards that apply. For more information, see: https://pcdnetwork.org/event/training-course-on-
water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-emergencies/

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INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN
This is from our dear friends at APA’s Office of International Affairs.
To send information items for the International news bulletin please write to
international@apa.org
Div. 52 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award
This award is presented to the author(s) or editor(s) of a recent book
that makes the greatest contribution to psychology as an international
discipline and profession, or more specifically, the degree to which the
book adds to our understanding of global phenomena and problems
from a psychological point of view. Nominations may include
authored or edited volumes in any language. All submissions must be
accompanied by a 2-page letter in English making a case for the book’s
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Nominations may not include fiction and biographies. Winners will be announced in spring 2018,
presented with a certificate, and invited to give an address at the Aug. 9-12, 2018 APA Convention in
San Francisco, Calif. All nominations, accompanied by the 2-page letter, and three copies of the book,
must be made by Oct. 1, 2017. For more information, please
send inquiries to Renée Goodstein.
APF Trauma Psychology Grant
One grant of up to $3,000 for an early career psychologist
who is engaged in innovative work to alleviate trauma.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2018
Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants
Up to $50,000 for work related to the psychological understanding of gifted children and youth.
Deadline: March 1, 2018
Visionary Grants
Up to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, Deadline: April 1, 2018
and intervention projects and programs.
Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award for
Exceptional Contributions to Trans-Atlantic
Psychology
This award for exceptional contributions to
trans-Atlantic psychology recognizes a
significant record of trans-Atlantic research
collaboration.
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2018
Frances M. Culbertson Travel Grant
$2,000 to support women from developing countries who are in the early stages of their careers by
providing travel funds to attend conferences in psychology.
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2020
Fulbright Scholar Program
The 2017-18 academic year grants are currently accepting
applications. Numerous Fulbright awards are available for
all levels of scholars in all countries worldwide.
Sponsor: United States Department of State Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Div. 14 International Research and Collaboration (IRC) Small Grant
A grant that provides funding for international, global or cross-cultural teams from at least two
different continents. Research projects can be from any area of I-O psychology (e.g., leadership,
selection, performance management, motivation, job satisfaction) as long as it as a significant
international focus and collaboration.
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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
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Puerto Rico, After Maria
The damage to communities in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria is slowly coming into
focus.
Mayors from more than 50 communities held an emotional meeting in San Juan to report on
the damage. Given the lack of power, communicating in person was their only option. The
stories they shared were devastating: Floodwaters reached 10 feet in the northern town of Vega
Baja. And 90% of the north coastal town of Loiza was destroyed.
The mayors shared their most urgent needs: safe water, medications, gas, oxygen tanks and
satellite phones.
The Washington Post
Related: Puerto Rico is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now. – The New York Times (Editorial)
HIV/AIDS
PEPFAR, Retooled
The US is retooling PEPFAR to prioritize 13 countries with high rates of HIV that are in the
best position to control their epidemics, according to a strategy announced today by US
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
PEPFAR, which funds HIV/AIDS treatment, testing and counseling, will continue working in
50 countries but will focus on helping the 13 countries, which include Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania,
Uganda and Haiti. The strategy did not specify which programs might be cut, but officials said
anyone on treatment will continue to receive it.
Congress last week rebuffed the Trump administration’s proposed $1 billion in cuts to
PEPFAR’s $6 billion budget.
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Related: Five African countries approach control of their HIV epidemics as U.S. government
launches bold strategy to accelerate progress – PHIA Project / ICAP at Columbia University
(news release)
Related: Prefabricated Containers To Improve Access To And Provision Of Hiv Testing And
Care Services – The Namibia Economist
Dangerous Myth
More and more men visiting the red-light district in Kolkata, India, are willing to pay steep fees
to be with virgin girls under the mistaken belief doing so can cure or stave off HIV.
The myth of so-called “virgin-cleansing” originated in Africa in the 1990s and spread to
Southeast Asia. Some thought the practice no longer prevalent in India. But as poverty pushes a
wave of migrants into Kolkata, sex workers and the social service organizations that work with
them say the misconception has resurfaced, putting young girls at risk of being trafficked and
contracting HIV.
“We need to stop this now,” says anti-sex-slavery advocate Dipesh Tank.
News Deeply
GLOBAL HEALTH
The Goalkeepers' Backstory
What was behind last week’s “Goalkeepers” report on global health indicators by Bill and
Melinda Gates?
The Gateses targeted leaders gathering this week at the UN General Assembly with the message
that “pretty miraculous” progress was being endangered by donor fatigue and deep US cuts
proposed by the Trump administration, according to New York Times global health reporter
Donald G. MacNeil Jr.
The report, which was 3 years in the making, also seeks to warn global leaders of steep global
health challenges in the next 15 years, especially if they lose focus.
The New York Times
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
King Coal, Dethroned
By 2025, Britain will have phased out its last coal-burning power plant, a startling move for the
founder of the industrial revolution.
This summer, coal supplied less than 2% of Britain’s electricity. The country’s grid is almost
completely run on natural gas, nuclear, wind and solar power. The shift from coal is 1 of the
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emissions from Britain between 2010 and 2016.
Could the demise of King Coal in Britain mark the beginning of a new, more environmentally
conscious age worldwide?
Yale Environment 360
Far From the Field
Once green year-round, agricultural fields in southern India have been devastated by years of
inadequate rainfall and drought. Thus, millions of people are being driven to urban areas to find
work.
Most migrants are young men like 30-year-old Vinod Kumar, who drives for a living in Chennai,
155 miles from his village. “It has become impossible to make a living from farming,” he says.
Things could get worse in coming years for the 60% of Indians who work the land. India had its
warmest year on record in 2016, and researchers predict much of South Asia could be too hot
for humans by the year 2100.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
OPIOID CRISIS
Compliance Boosters
A pilot project to support patients undergoing opioid-substitution therapy, modeled after
Vancouver’s successful HIV/AIDS strategy, will begin Friday in British Columbia.
Teams of professionals will regularly check in with about 3,000 patients in therapy to ensure they
don’t miss a day of treatment. They’ll also reach out to additional people who need help.
“The aim is not only to improve these outcomes for people known to the teams,” says Rolando
Barrios of Vancouver Coastal Health, “but also to ensure access to these services for other
patients.”
Phase 1 runs through July 2018 with the goal of having 95% of people still in treatment after 12
months.
The Globe and Mail
Related: The Social Life of Opioids: New studies strengthen ties between loss, pain and drug use
– Scientific American
OBESITY
Tipping the Scales
Processed foods and sugary drinks are now reaching even the most isolated parts of Latin
America, Asia and Africa—upending traditional diets and expanding waistlines.

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In places like Brazil, this sea change in diet has only added to an already dire situation of rising
rates of diabetes, heart disease and chronic illnesses. “To put it in stark terms,” says Anthony
Winson of the University of Guelph in Ontario, “the diet is killing us.”
An examination of corporate records, epidemiological studies and government reports, as well as
interviews with nutritionists and health experts, sheds light on the global shift from underweight
to obese. Thanks for the tip, Erna Morden!
The New York Times
MALARIA
Superbug Reaches Vietnam
An exceptionally drug-resistant strain of the malaria parasite that originated in western
Cambodia has now reached southern Vietnam, according to a letter published in The Lancet
Infectious Diseases.
Vietnam’s first-line artemisinin treatment is failing at “alarming rates” against Plasmodium
falciparum C580Y, the scientists report. The superbug’s spread across the region threatens
malaria control, they added.
The Quote: "We are losing a dangerous race. The spread of this malaria 'superbug' [is] forcing
changes in drug policy and leaving few options for the future," says co-author Sir Nicholas
White, a professor at Mahidol and Oxford universities.
Wellcome Trust
NEGLECTED DISEASES
Validation of Victory
The WHO commended Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for eradicating
trachoma, an eye disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatisbacteria. The tropical disease is
spread from person to person through contact with infected discharge and recurring infections
can lead to painful scarring and blindness.
Assessments from 2014-2016 revealed that trachoma was scrubbed out in the southeast Asian
countries using the WHO’s recommended SAFE strategy (Surgery for trichiasis—a complication
caused by scarring, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvements including
safe water and sanitation) as part of its Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020.
WHO
Not the Right Antidote
Several antivenoms used to help people recover from the bites of saw-scaled vipers—a group of
incredibly lethal snakes commonly found in Africa, the Middle East and Asia—don’t work well
enough, according to an Australian study.

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Snakebite antidotes contain toxins from multiple types of snakes. But researchers found that 4
antivenoms did not work on all venomous toxins from saw-scaled vipers in 9 countries.
Antivenom makers are responding by relabeling their products so it’s clearer they should be used
only in certain parts of the world, and by working to develop new, more broadly effective
antidotes.
The Economist
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Drug Deaths Depress US Life Expectancy
Drug overdose deaths account for a 3-and-1/2-month drop in American life expectancy,
according to a new CDC analysis of life-expectancy trends between 2000 and 2015.
“It really underlines how serious the problem of opioid overdose has become in the US,” says
lead author Deborah Dowell. “In general we don’t see decreases in life expectancy attributable to
a single cause that are of this magnitude.”
Americans’ life expectancy gained two years between 2000 and 2015, but overdose, combined
with Alzheimer’s disease, suicide and liver disease, blunted the growth between 2014 and 2015.
The US’s last drop in life expectancy came in 1993, at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
TIME
Related: Women with Opioid Addiction Live With Daily Fear Of Assault, Rape – NPR Shots
Related: ‘The Pills Are Everywhere’: How the Opioid Crisis Claims Its Youngest Victims—The
New York Times
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Sex Ed in the City
New York’s young people are not getting the sexual health education they need, according to
a new report from the city comptroller.
Among the sobering statistics cited:
• Only 57% of 8th graders got the state’s required health class, which New York City has
told its schools should include sex education
• 88% of middle schools didn’t have a licensed health education teacher
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling for the city’s Department of Education to
guarantee sex education in middle and high school curricula. “[I]t should be considered part of a
standard classroom education for all—not a luxury for a few," he says.
Tonic

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WATER
Fertility Goes Down in Flint
Fewer babies are being born in Flint, Michigan, a likely outcome of the highly publicized lead-
poisoning of the city’s water supply, say economists from the University of Kansas and West
Virginia University.
They looked at birth and death certificates in Flint and compared them to other Michigan cities
before and after the April 2014 change in Flint’s water source.
Fertility rates in Flint decreased 12% and fetal death rates increased 58%.
Tying the statistics to the lead-contaminated water is difficult, the researchers say. But their
examination of Google searches and American Time Use Survey results did not unearth
evidence that Flint residents were trying to prevent pregnancy.
University of Kansas
CORONAVIRUSES
Camels and the Threat of MERS
Blame camels for the persistence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, first identified in a Saudi
Arabian man in 2012, says Michael Osterholm, director of CIDRAP at the University of
Minnesota and author of “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.”
MERS is a coronavirus that, like SARS, likely originated with bats. And while SARS evolved
from a virus bats passed to rats in China, MERS comes from camels.
Exterminating rodents ended SARS, Osterholm says. But camels have deep cultural and
economic value in the Middle East.
“We’re going to be stuck for a long time at least until we get a vaccine,” he says of the virus that
has caused at least 700 deaths.
Outbreak News Today Podcast
SUPERBUGS
Ford's Fault
Early automobile innovator Henry Ford is to blame for antibiotic-resistant superbugs, according
to a new book about American agriculture, “This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an
American Family Farm,” by Ted Genoways.
In the 1920s, Ford’s agricultural laboratory wanted to create plastics and biofuels out of soy.
Farmers began planting thousands of acres of it, and when a 1934 drought killed corn and
wheat, they used soy as a substitute for livestock feed. But soy didn’t fatten chickens up fast
enough, and antibiotics entered the picture to boost poultry growth.

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Today, farm animals consume more than ¾ of U.S.-produced antibiotics.
Bloomberg
HEALTH SYSTEMS
As Hospitals Die, So Do Their Communities
“If you want to watch a rural community die, kill its hospital.”
When rural hospitals close, the effects are devastating. The June 2014 closure of Lower Oconee
Community Hospital in Glenwood, Georgia was followed by the shut down of the bank, the
pharmacy and, this August, the county’s only grocery store.
The cost for upgrading facilities, increased use of ERs by uninsured people, decreased federal
government support and other issues have conspired to make rural US hospitals precarious
enterprises. The US Southeast, which has higher levels of obesity, diabetes, etc. than the rest of
the country, will be especially hard hit by closures.
The Huffington Post
CHILD MORTALITY
From the Million Death Study, Hope
While India’s childhood death toll is staggering—29 million between 2000 and 2015—it could
have been much worse.
According to data from the Million Death Study published last week in The Lancet, the overall
child mortality rate slowed down significantly, and the gender gap narrowed during that time.
The total deaths for that period would have been an estimated 39 million if they’d kept pace
with 2000 numbers.
The researchers set out to improve upon hospital death data by also probing the cause of death,
collecting "verbal autopsies" from family surveys.
NPR Goats and Soda
HEALTH SECURITY
Biological Weapons: The Next Big Threat?
Experts fear the risk of bio-attacks is rising around the world. Yet budget cuts may soon shut
down the U.S.’s only government lab devoted to studying bioweapons.
2 decades ago, the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, which terrorized Tokyo with toxic nerve gas in
1995, had to build a large facility to create its toxins. Today, biological weapons could more
easily be made at home.
“Imagine that the Unabomber was a biologist and not a mathematician. Instead of making pipe
bombs, he’d make pathogens,” says former U.S. Navy secretary Richard Danzig. “I think we’re a
step away from those concerns.”
Foreign Policy

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