Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes community health interventions in Senegal supported by USAID and ChildFund Senegal from 2006-2021. It discusses expanding access to health services, strengthening service delivery through standardizing tools and training community health volunteers, and institutionalizing community health services. Key accomplishments include expanding coverage, strengthening service delivery, and motivating community health volunteers. Recent initiatives focus on gender and youth, including revising home visiting and community alert strategies to engage men and adolescents. The Community Action Cycle aims to prevent early marriage and pregnancy through community reflection and mobilization.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
The C3 tool is an Excel-based tool that can examine options for allocating and engaging CHWs (community health workers) to help strengthen CHW policy and programming. It allows users to input data on the population, CHW workload and time spent on various health activities. The tool then compares the number of CHWs needed to implement different policy scenarios against the number of CHWs available to determine if coverage targets can be realistically achieved. It is meant to facilitate planning and discussions between ministries of health and partners on rational CHW programming approaches based on available resources. The tool does not provide costing information or guarantee accurate predictions, but allows comparison of alternative CHW allocation scenarios to help guide policy decisions.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
The document discusses the importance of health workers and strengthening health systems. It notes that there is currently a shortage of over 7 million health workers globally, projected to rise to nearly 13 million. African countries will be hardest hit, with a shortage of 2 million doctors, nurses and midwives needed. The document reviews different components of health systems and provides examples of projects in the Philippines, Ghana and other countries that have empowered and supported health workers, helping address shortages. It argues for continued efforts to strengthen health systems, optimize resources, and foster an environment where health workers are motivated to help reach more people.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes strategies for strengthening health services to deliver improved nutrition. It outlines that while evidence-based interventions exist to address persistent nutrition issues like stunting and anemia, they require an equitable and high-quality delivery system. This involves developing the nutrition workforce through appropriate policies, training, supervision and resources. It also stresses the need to build community demand for better services and coordinate delivery across sectors through multi-level strengthening of health systems and partnerships with frontline workers. The goal is to systematically support service providers and empower communities to drive improved nutrition outcomes.
This document summarizes a health self-assessment process for people with learning disabilities in the North West region of England. It identifies four key targets: ensuring annual person-centered reviews, equal access to health services, safety for those using health services, and developing local services. The assessment found some areas had improved in meeting these targets through actions like increased involvement of advocates and carers, access tools for hospitals, and establishing transition teams. However, the region maintained an overall "amber" rating, indicating more work is still needed. Next steps include all areas developing action plans and considering a joint health and social care self-assessment for the future.
Scaling Up mHealth in Developing Countries - White Paper Commissioned by Adva...Jeannine Lemaire
Presentation on my white paper on scaling up mHealth in developing countries -- presented at the First Ladies Summit | Official Side Event of the UN High Level Meeting (2011) in NYC.
Health Datapalooza IV: June 3rd-4th, 2013
APPS EXPO LIVE DEMOS
Tuesday June 4, 2013 • 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Ambassador Ballroom
Healthy Communities Institute’s web-based platform, the Healthy Communities Network (HCN),
is available for any community in the United States. The system pulls health data from national,
state, and local sources, and provides dashboards and interactive GIS maps as a front end to
help all stakeholders understand complex health data and see community “risk profiles.” Data
is continuously updated. Promising practices are linked to help people find evidence-based
interventions. HCI’s technology is an end-to-end solution for improving community health and
supports hospitals, health departments and coalitions with IRS 990 requirements, Public Health
Accreditation (PHAB), CHIP, SHIP, MAPP and Collective Impact planning.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes community health interventions in Senegal supported by USAID and ChildFund Senegal from 2006-2021. It discusses expanding access to health services, strengthening service delivery through standardizing tools and training community health volunteers, and institutionalizing community health services. Key accomplishments include expanding coverage, strengthening service delivery, and motivating community health volunteers. Recent initiatives focus on gender and youth, including revising home visiting and community alert strategies to engage men and adolescents. The Community Action Cycle aims to prevent early marriage and pregnancy through community reflection and mobilization.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
The C3 tool is an Excel-based tool that can examine options for allocating and engaging CHWs (community health workers) to help strengthen CHW policy and programming. It allows users to input data on the population, CHW workload and time spent on various health activities. The tool then compares the number of CHWs needed to implement different policy scenarios against the number of CHWs available to determine if coverage targets can be realistically achieved. It is meant to facilitate planning and discussions between ministries of health and partners on rational CHW programming approaches based on available resources. The tool does not provide costing information or guarantee accurate predictions, but allows comparison of alternative CHW allocation scenarios to help guide policy decisions.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
The document discusses the importance of health workers and strengthening health systems. It notes that there is currently a shortage of over 7 million health workers globally, projected to rise to nearly 13 million. African countries will be hardest hit, with a shortage of 2 million doctors, nurses and midwives needed. The document reviews different components of health systems and provides examples of projects in the Philippines, Ghana and other countries that have empowered and supported health workers, helping address shortages. It argues for continued efforts to strengthen health systems, optimize resources, and foster an environment where health workers are motivated to help reach more people.
Strengthening the Building Blocks of Health Systems Doing Better, Reaching Mo...CORE Group
This document summarizes strategies for strengthening health services to deliver improved nutrition. It outlines that while evidence-based interventions exist to address persistent nutrition issues like stunting and anemia, they require an equitable and high-quality delivery system. This involves developing the nutrition workforce through appropriate policies, training, supervision and resources. It also stresses the need to build community demand for better services and coordinate delivery across sectors through multi-level strengthening of health systems and partnerships with frontline workers. The goal is to systematically support service providers and empower communities to drive improved nutrition outcomes.
This document summarizes a health self-assessment process for people with learning disabilities in the North West region of England. It identifies four key targets: ensuring annual person-centered reviews, equal access to health services, safety for those using health services, and developing local services. The assessment found some areas had improved in meeting these targets through actions like increased involvement of advocates and carers, access tools for hospitals, and establishing transition teams. However, the region maintained an overall "amber" rating, indicating more work is still needed. Next steps include all areas developing action plans and considering a joint health and social care self-assessment for the future.
Scaling Up mHealth in Developing Countries - White Paper Commissioned by Adva...Jeannine Lemaire
Presentation on my white paper on scaling up mHealth in developing countries -- presented at the First Ladies Summit | Official Side Event of the UN High Level Meeting (2011) in NYC.
Health Datapalooza IV: June 3rd-4th, 2013
APPS EXPO LIVE DEMOS
Tuesday June 4, 2013 • 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Ambassador Ballroom
Healthy Communities Institute’s web-based platform, the Healthy Communities Network (HCN),
is available for any community in the United States. The system pulls health data from national,
state, and local sources, and provides dashboards and interactive GIS maps as a front end to
help all stakeholders understand complex health data and see community “risk profiles.” Data
is continuously updated. Promising practices are linked to help people find evidence-based
interventions. HCI’s technology is an end-to-end solution for improving community health and
supports hospitals, health departments and coalitions with IRS 990 requirements, Public Health
Accreditation (PHAB), CHIP, SHIP, MAPP and Collective Impact planning.
The document discusses the Wellness Improvement Network's Health Improvement Programme, which aims to address challenges related to chronic illness in workforces. It notes that chronic diseases reduce productivity and sustainability through increased absenteeism. The programme focuses on lifestyle changes and treatment compliance, which account for 50-75% of health costs. It utilizes a data-driven approach and benchmarks from the Wellness Council of America to craft interventions, ensure management support, and evaluate outcomes. The programme's technology platform provides comprehensive live reporting to drive compliance, monitor lifestyle changes, and reveal opportunities for high returns on healthcare investments.
Community Health Worker Models: A focus on Sustainability MIKE PARKCORE Group
This document provides information about AMP Health, an organization that aims to strengthen community health systems by building management capacity within ministries of health. Some key points:
- AMP Health places mid-career professionals in ministries of health for 2 years to provide leadership and management training and support.
- The goal is to increase the effectiveness of national community health programs and develop sustainable leadership capacity within governments.
- AMP Health has recently launched programs in Kenya and will begin work in Malawi in the next quarter, focusing on areas like community health worker strategy, data use, and advocacy.
- Over the next 5 years, AMP Health aims to see a 25% increase in community health worker investments
Stepping Up: Enabling National Strategies for HomecareAlayaCare
Joseph Mayer, Practice Lead of Home and Community Care at TELUS and Adrian Schauer, CEO of AlayaCare offer their perspective on what they believe the government should expect from the digital health sector.
Post Project Sustainability Study: Health, Wat/San and Agricultural Intervent...CORE Group
The document summarizes a post-project sustainability study conducted in Bolivia 6 years after completing a USAID-funded health, water, sanitation and agriculture project. The study found that communities who participated in the original project were still better off than control communities. Interventions related to maternal and child health, water systems, and agriculture showed strong sustainability over time, though some improvements were needed. Conducting post-project evaluations provides valuable lessons for improving future program design and measuring lasting impact. While challenging, these types of studies are important for assessing sustainability and improving strategic information for projects.
Operations Research That Aims to Draft a BCC Strategy to Improve Quality Of H...CORE Group
This document summarizes the Communities Accessing Testing for Child Health (CATCH) Benin project. The project aims to decrease malaria morbidity and mortality in children under 5 through improved access to community-based malaria services. Key interventions include developing and training community health workers on behavior change communication strategies to promote prompt care-seeking and treatment of fever with rapid diagnostic tests and antimalarials. Baseline results found that health workers have adopted rapid diagnostic testing but mothers lack confidence in their skills and prefer alternative treatment options. Challenges included ethical board approval delays and implementation of rapid diagnostic tests and integrated community case management. Next steps involve implementing and evaluating a behavior change communication strategy and sharing lessons learned.
Community Health Worker Models: A focus on Sustainability HENRY PERRYCORE Group
Henry Perry discusses how to build sustainable large-scale national community health worker (CHW) programs. Historical CHW programs in the 1970s-80s were not well-planned and lacked evidence of effectiveness, supervision, and political support to sustain costs long-term. Financial sustainability of large CHW programs requires evidence on cost-effectiveness and return on investment, which some studies have shown can be as high as 10:1. The proposed Financing Alliance for Health would serve as a catalytic link between governments and global stakeholders to provide short to medium term support for CHW programs as countries transition away from donor funding. The way forward includes a $1 billion boost from international donors, continued evidence of effectiveness, building political support within
Community Health Worker Models: A Focus on Sustainability MOLLY CHRISTIANSENCORE Group
Living Goods supports networks of Community Health Promoters who educate families on health and deliver life-saving products door-to-door. They reduce child mortality by 25% annually for under $2 per person. CHPs earn income through sales commissions and performance-based incentives to motivate them while improving health outcomes. Living Goods uses an integrated platform and always-in-stock system along with mobile tools and performance analytics to manage a large network of CHPs and achieve significant impact in improving community health.
Health educators promote healthy behaviors and help communities adopt healthy lifestyles. They collect and analyze data to identify community health needs and plan, implement, and evaluate programs. Employment of health educators is expected to grow 26% by 2016 due to rising healthcare costs and increased focus on prevention. A bachelor's degree is required for entry-level positions, though many employers prefer a master's degree. Health educators' responsibilities include assessing needs, planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, and managing health education programs and personnel. They also build coalitions, provide referrals, and advocate for health issues. The majority of health educators work in healthcare, social assistance, or state and local government.
Susan Aitkenhead - Head of Nursing, NHS EnglandHIMSS UK
This document outlines the development and launch of a new framework called "Leading Change, Adding Value" for nursing, midwifery, and care staff in England. The framework was developed through an extensive stakeholder engagement process. It positions these professionals as leaders and emphasizes eliminating unwarranted variations in care. The framework's 10 commitments aim to improve population health, enhance patient experiences, and use resources efficiently. Moving forward, the framework will be implemented through local and regional plans with a focus on identifying unwarranted variations and building skills like using technology to improve care delivery.
Child Survival & Health Grants_ Jenn Wiess_10.14.11CORE Group
The KabehoMwana consortium implemented child survival programs in Rwanda from 2007-2011, covering 20% of the country. It was a partnership between Concern Worldwide, the International Rescue Committee, and World Relief to reduce child mortality. Each agency led programs in two districts with technical support from other members. The consortium approach strengthened implementation through shared resources, learning, advocacy, and expanded scale. However, individual agency visibility decreased over the branded program. Maintaining principles like transparency, communication and respect between diverse partners was key to success but also challenging.
Victorian Health and Aged Care Capability Statement - October 2013.PDFVirginia Lin ???
Victoria has a world-leading healthcare system, ranked third globally by the OECD. The state leads health reform in Australia and has expertise in areas such as health services planning, workforce training, and senior living solutions. Victorian organizations are open for exporting their healthcare knowledge and training internationally. They have had success providing training to nurses in China and offer various health and senior living courses abroad.
The document discusses solutions to improve primary healthcare in India. It faces issues like high medicine costs, lack of facilities, and few medical professionals. The proposed solution has multiple parts: 1) Establishing primary healthcare camps staffed by doctors and nurses to provide basic care. 2) A mobile app and helpline for medical advice. 3) Home visits by doctors from the camps. This solution would improve access to healthcare across India, especially in rural areas, but faces challenges of funding, resources, and corruption that would need to be addressed.
The Parent Aid Program aims to promote safety, strengthen families, provide individualized services, and foster quality of life for youth and families. The program serves families at risk of child removal, in crisis, or struggling with issues like poverty or substance abuse by providing supervised visitations, resources, parenting skills, and household management skills. It takes an empowerment-based approach to help clients develop self-determination, advocacy skills, and access community resources to overcome barriers. The program will be implemented through an agency with existing supports and a small staff, and aims to work with community partners to reunify families and improve quality of life through a more proactive approach.
This document summarizes the coordination of maternal and child health activities in 10 counties in Kenya through the Right Start Project. It outlines progress made in reducing child mortality and increasing access to skilled birth attendants. However, there are still high rates of preventable morbidity and mortality due to barriers to quality healthcare. The Right Start Project aims to address these challenges through partnership-driven activities like capacity building, health systems strengthening, and high impact interventions. The goal is improving maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition outcomes through coordinated efforts across 10 counties.
The document discusses services for older people in Ireland. It aims to support older people remaining in their homes and communities, provide family carer support, and ensure high quality residential care. Priorities include hospital avoidance, accelerated discharge, residential care avoidance, and improved quality of care and quality of life. Over 360 million is spent annually on home care services. Main reasons for residential care admission are dementia, falls, and stroke. The Health Service Executive has 20 clinical care programs including care of the elderly to improve quality, access, and cost effectiveness of services. Objectives of the elderly clinical care program include improving management of acutely ill older patients, increasing independence at home, reducing falls, and improving education.
Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council
Karley King has over 15 years of experience in health care leadership positions. She has a proven track record of designing and implementing successful community health programs and policies. Currently, she serves as the System Manager of Community Benefits at BJC HealthCare, where she developed strategies to conduct comprehensive community health needs assessments and increase community benefit reporting and funding. Previously, she held director roles with community health organizations, focusing on integrating services and obtaining grant funding to improve care for vulnerable populations.
OpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Sun Microsystems' Solaris. It includes code from Solaris and UNIX System V as well as free software. Sun contributed to OpenSolaris and planned to base future versions of Solaris on the OpenSolaris project before being acquired by Oracle. OpenSolaris can be installed, updated, and managed through its package system and is offered in both development and production releases.
Blood components case study presentation july 2013jaccalder
Blood is composed of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout the body while removing carbon dioxide. White blood cells are part of the immune system and help fight infection. Platelets help the blood clot and stop bleeding. Together, these components transport nutrients, oxygen, waste products, and provide immune system functions throughout the body.
The document discusses the Wellness Improvement Network's Health Improvement Programme, which aims to address challenges related to chronic illness in workforces. It notes that chronic diseases reduce productivity and sustainability through increased absenteeism. The programme focuses on lifestyle changes and treatment compliance, which account for 50-75% of health costs. It utilizes a data-driven approach and benchmarks from the Wellness Council of America to craft interventions, ensure management support, and evaluate outcomes. The programme's technology platform provides comprehensive live reporting to drive compliance, monitor lifestyle changes, and reveal opportunities for high returns on healthcare investments.
Community Health Worker Models: A focus on Sustainability MIKE PARKCORE Group
This document provides information about AMP Health, an organization that aims to strengthen community health systems by building management capacity within ministries of health. Some key points:
- AMP Health places mid-career professionals in ministries of health for 2 years to provide leadership and management training and support.
- The goal is to increase the effectiveness of national community health programs and develop sustainable leadership capacity within governments.
- AMP Health has recently launched programs in Kenya and will begin work in Malawi in the next quarter, focusing on areas like community health worker strategy, data use, and advocacy.
- Over the next 5 years, AMP Health aims to see a 25% increase in community health worker investments
Stepping Up: Enabling National Strategies for HomecareAlayaCare
Joseph Mayer, Practice Lead of Home and Community Care at TELUS and Adrian Schauer, CEO of AlayaCare offer their perspective on what they believe the government should expect from the digital health sector.
Post Project Sustainability Study: Health, Wat/San and Agricultural Intervent...CORE Group
The document summarizes a post-project sustainability study conducted in Bolivia 6 years after completing a USAID-funded health, water, sanitation and agriculture project. The study found that communities who participated in the original project were still better off than control communities. Interventions related to maternal and child health, water systems, and agriculture showed strong sustainability over time, though some improvements were needed. Conducting post-project evaluations provides valuable lessons for improving future program design and measuring lasting impact. While challenging, these types of studies are important for assessing sustainability and improving strategic information for projects.
Operations Research That Aims to Draft a BCC Strategy to Improve Quality Of H...CORE Group
This document summarizes the Communities Accessing Testing for Child Health (CATCH) Benin project. The project aims to decrease malaria morbidity and mortality in children under 5 through improved access to community-based malaria services. Key interventions include developing and training community health workers on behavior change communication strategies to promote prompt care-seeking and treatment of fever with rapid diagnostic tests and antimalarials. Baseline results found that health workers have adopted rapid diagnostic testing but mothers lack confidence in their skills and prefer alternative treatment options. Challenges included ethical board approval delays and implementation of rapid diagnostic tests and integrated community case management. Next steps involve implementing and evaluating a behavior change communication strategy and sharing lessons learned.
Community Health Worker Models: A focus on Sustainability HENRY PERRYCORE Group
Henry Perry discusses how to build sustainable large-scale national community health worker (CHW) programs. Historical CHW programs in the 1970s-80s were not well-planned and lacked evidence of effectiveness, supervision, and political support to sustain costs long-term. Financial sustainability of large CHW programs requires evidence on cost-effectiveness and return on investment, which some studies have shown can be as high as 10:1. The proposed Financing Alliance for Health would serve as a catalytic link between governments and global stakeholders to provide short to medium term support for CHW programs as countries transition away from donor funding. The way forward includes a $1 billion boost from international donors, continued evidence of effectiveness, building political support within
Community Health Worker Models: A Focus on Sustainability MOLLY CHRISTIANSENCORE Group
Living Goods supports networks of Community Health Promoters who educate families on health and deliver life-saving products door-to-door. They reduce child mortality by 25% annually for under $2 per person. CHPs earn income through sales commissions and performance-based incentives to motivate them while improving health outcomes. Living Goods uses an integrated platform and always-in-stock system along with mobile tools and performance analytics to manage a large network of CHPs and achieve significant impact in improving community health.
Health educators promote healthy behaviors and help communities adopt healthy lifestyles. They collect and analyze data to identify community health needs and plan, implement, and evaluate programs. Employment of health educators is expected to grow 26% by 2016 due to rising healthcare costs and increased focus on prevention. A bachelor's degree is required for entry-level positions, though many employers prefer a master's degree. Health educators' responsibilities include assessing needs, planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, and managing health education programs and personnel. They also build coalitions, provide referrals, and advocate for health issues. The majority of health educators work in healthcare, social assistance, or state and local government.
Susan Aitkenhead - Head of Nursing, NHS EnglandHIMSS UK
This document outlines the development and launch of a new framework called "Leading Change, Adding Value" for nursing, midwifery, and care staff in England. The framework was developed through an extensive stakeholder engagement process. It positions these professionals as leaders and emphasizes eliminating unwarranted variations in care. The framework's 10 commitments aim to improve population health, enhance patient experiences, and use resources efficiently. Moving forward, the framework will be implemented through local and regional plans with a focus on identifying unwarranted variations and building skills like using technology to improve care delivery.
Child Survival & Health Grants_ Jenn Wiess_10.14.11CORE Group
The KabehoMwana consortium implemented child survival programs in Rwanda from 2007-2011, covering 20% of the country. It was a partnership between Concern Worldwide, the International Rescue Committee, and World Relief to reduce child mortality. Each agency led programs in two districts with technical support from other members. The consortium approach strengthened implementation through shared resources, learning, advocacy, and expanded scale. However, individual agency visibility decreased over the branded program. Maintaining principles like transparency, communication and respect between diverse partners was key to success but also challenging.
Victorian Health and Aged Care Capability Statement - October 2013.PDFVirginia Lin ???
Victoria has a world-leading healthcare system, ranked third globally by the OECD. The state leads health reform in Australia and has expertise in areas such as health services planning, workforce training, and senior living solutions. Victorian organizations are open for exporting their healthcare knowledge and training internationally. They have had success providing training to nurses in China and offer various health and senior living courses abroad.
The document discusses solutions to improve primary healthcare in India. It faces issues like high medicine costs, lack of facilities, and few medical professionals. The proposed solution has multiple parts: 1) Establishing primary healthcare camps staffed by doctors and nurses to provide basic care. 2) A mobile app and helpline for medical advice. 3) Home visits by doctors from the camps. This solution would improve access to healthcare across India, especially in rural areas, but faces challenges of funding, resources, and corruption that would need to be addressed.
The Parent Aid Program aims to promote safety, strengthen families, provide individualized services, and foster quality of life for youth and families. The program serves families at risk of child removal, in crisis, or struggling with issues like poverty or substance abuse by providing supervised visitations, resources, parenting skills, and household management skills. It takes an empowerment-based approach to help clients develop self-determination, advocacy skills, and access community resources to overcome barriers. The program will be implemented through an agency with existing supports and a small staff, and aims to work with community partners to reunify families and improve quality of life through a more proactive approach.
This document summarizes the coordination of maternal and child health activities in 10 counties in Kenya through the Right Start Project. It outlines progress made in reducing child mortality and increasing access to skilled birth attendants. However, there are still high rates of preventable morbidity and mortality due to barriers to quality healthcare. The Right Start Project aims to address these challenges through partnership-driven activities like capacity building, health systems strengthening, and high impact interventions. The goal is improving maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition outcomes through coordinated efforts across 10 counties.
The document discusses services for older people in Ireland. It aims to support older people remaining in their homes and communities, provide family carer support, and ensure high quality residential care. Priorities include hospital avoidance, accelerated discharge, residential care avoidance, and improved quality of care and quality of life. Over 360 million is spent annually on home care services. Main reasons for residential care admission are dementia, falls, and stroke. The Health Service Executive has 20 clinical care programs including care of the elderly to improve quality, access, and cost effectiveness of services. Objectives of the elderly clinical care program include improving management of acutely ill older patients, increasing independence at home, reducing falls, and improving education.
Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization (WHO) & Technical Advisor to the World Dementia Council
Karley King has over 15 years of experience in health care leadership positions. She has a proven track record of designing and implementing successful community health programs and policies. Currently, she serves as the System Manager of Community Benefits at BJC HealthCare, where she developed strategies to conduct comprehensive community health needs assessments and increase community benefit reporting and funding. Previously, she held director roles with community health organizations, focusing on integrating services and obtaining grant funding to improve care for vulnerable populations.
OpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Sun Microsystems' Solaris. It includes code from Solaris and UNIX System V as well as free software. Sun contributed to OpenSolaris and planned to base future versions of Solaris on the OpenSolaris project before being acquired by Oracle. OpenSolaris can be installed, updated, and managed through its package system and is offered in both development and production releases.
Blood components case study presentation july 2013jaccalder
Blood is composed of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout the body while removing carbon dioxide. White blood cells are part of the immune system and help fight infection. Platelets help the blood clot and stop bleeding. Together, these components transport nutrients, oxygen, waste products, and provide immune system functions throughout the body.
The document outlines the steps for establishing a nonprofit organization presented by David Stallings and Scott Helm of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership. It discusses establishing an organizational structure with a board of directors and confirming community need. The presentation covers incorporating as a nonprofit at the state level, applying for federal tax exemption, and maintaining compliance with filing requirements. The goal is to provide guidance on the process for creating a sustainable nonprofit organization.
This short document contains a list of positive and negative adjectives related to nature. It includes words like amazing, beautiful, fantastic, and nice as well as endangered and safety, suggesting both benefits and risks. The document presents a range of concepts in a brief, unsorted list without additional context or explanation.
Internet memberi kebebasan berekspresi namun tidak untuk hasutan kekerasan atau kebencian. Internet juga dapat membantu pemerintahan yang lebih akuntabel, ide baru, dan peningkatan ekonomi seperti di Kenya, Bangladesh, dan Afrika Sub-Sahara.
Maternal Anemia within Child Survival Grants Program: Lessons Learned and a ...jehill3
The document reviews maternal anemia programs within the Child Survival Grants Program (CSGP) to identify effective components and barriers. It finds that while programs integrated recommended anemia interventions like iron supplementation and deworming, implementation challenges remained. Outcomes like anemia reduction were achieved in few projects. It recommends CSGP programs improve monitoring of iron tablet receipt and quality of antenatal care to better address maternal anemia.
El documento lista 20 destinos de viaje en Colombia. Luego presenta una tabla con 4 columnas que indican el tipo de pasaje (turista, ejecutivo, primera clase), el destino, y las letras A, R, C que parecen ser códigos. Finalmente muestra una tabla con fecha, hora, número de tiquete y pasajero de 16 vuelos.
Tips for small businesses on how to best use online marketing to grow their biz and build a greater connection with current customers. Created and presented by Amy Black at the to members of the Greater Merrimack Valley CVB at the annual tourism breakfast on June 22, 2010 (Dracut, MA)
Cross Platform Apps with Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8Brent Edwards
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 now run on the same kernel. What does that mean for you, the developer? Two platforms, one codebase! With a little planning, much of your app code can be re-used between both platforms. In this session, we’ll take a look at useful patterns, tips, and tricks to get you writing one codebase that works across both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
Je hebt een goed idee en wil dit online vorm gaan geven met een webshop. Maar hoe start je een webshop?
Voor de KvK Den Haag gaf ik een presentatie over het starten van je webshop. Daarbij werd ingegaan op wat er allemaal komt kijken bij het starten van je webshop en waar je over na moet denken voordat je een webshop start?
E-commerce is behoorlijk 'marketing-driven', daarom is aan dit onderdeel ook relatief veel tijd besteed. Een mooie shop met goede producten is immers niet echt waardevol wanneer je klanten je niet kunnen vinden.
Wil je hier eens over doorpraten? Of heb je hulp nodig bij je online marketing activiteiten? Neem dan contact op via http://xpertmarketing.nl/contact
Introduction to the Nutrition Program Design Assistantjehill3
The document introduces the Nutrition Program Design Assistant (NPDA), a tool to help program planners design effective nutrition interventions. It provides an overview of the NPDA's development process, which involved over 40 contributors from 12 organizations over several years. The NPDA breaks down approaches for preventing and treating undernutrition. It is intended to help programs select appropriate nutrition approaches, compare options, and design programs in a structured way.
Constructivism is a learning theory that emphasizes active learning through hands-on experiences and collaboration. Key contributors include Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, and Dewey. According to constructivism, learning occurs as students actively construct new knowledge based on their previous knowledge and experiences. In the classroom, teachers should facilitate hands-on projects, problem solving activities, and discussions to help students build upon what they already know. Technology can also be incorporated to enhance constructivist learning through virtual experiences, educational videos, and online collaboration.
This document discusses refugee education in Western Australia and Austria. It provides statistics on refugee populations in both countries. It then discusses refugee education programs in Western Australia, including intensive English language programs, support for settlement and trauma, and community services that promote resilience. The document advocates for education and activism to promote human rights and help refugees integrate into their new communities.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and collaboration.
The document summarizes key points from the 2010 WHO guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, treating pediatric HIV, and HIV treatment for adults and adolescents. Major changes included treating all HIV-positive pregnant women and children under 2, simplifying adult regimens, and emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. Implementing these guidelines could virtually eliminate pediatric HIV but would require increased resources, integration, monitoring, and research to inform future revisions. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation aims to support countries in adapting and applying the guidelines through toolkits, advocacy, evaluation, and knowledge-sharing.
The document discusses the current state of knowledge around early childhood care and development (ECCD) in emergency settings. It notes that while awareness of the importance of ECCD in emergencies has grown, significant gaps remain in understanding how to best support young children. It calls for more robust research that incorporates local contexts and uses mixed methodologies to evaluate interventions. Within 10 years, the document envisions ECCD being better integrated with other sectors and informed by an evidence base of promising practices developed through collaborative networks.
The document outlines recommendations to strengthen mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) systems and services for children and adolescents in the East Asia and Pacific region. It identifies three packages of priority actions: 1) Accessible and responsive services for mental health conditions, 2) Prevention of mental health conditions in the immediate social context, and 3) Mental health promotion through an enabling and safe environment. For each package, it recommends priority actions in the short term (2 years), midterm (2-5 years), and long term (5 years). It also identifies the leading and supporting roles and responsibilities of different sectors including health, education, social welfare, and justice.
Evaluating Impact of OVC Programs: Standardizing our methodsMEASURE Evaluation
Jen Chapman presents on the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program Evaluation Tool Kit, which supports PEPFAR-funded programs and helps fulfill the aims presented in the USAID Evaluation Policy.
What Is the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Program? | Future Education Ma...Future Education Magazine
Early Childhood Intervention is a systematic and holistic approach aimed at identifying and addressing developmental delays or disabilities in young children.
Maximizing the Impact Of Global Fund Investments by Improving the Health of W...theglobalfight
Dr. Viviana Mangiaterra, Senior Technical Coordinator for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Health Systems Strengthening at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, discusses service delivery integration for the three diseases, Global Fund partnerships and strengthened training and representation of women in Country Coordinating Mechanisms.
A Toolkit for Evaluating the Impact of HIV/AIDS Programming on Children in Af...MEASURE Evaluation
This document describes the development of a standardized toolkit for evaluating the impact of HIV/AIDS programming on children in Africa funded by PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief). It details the process of identifying core indicators, developing survey tools for children and caregivers, piloting the tools, and finalizing them along with implementation guidance. The goal is to produce comparable data across interventions to inform programs and enable evidence-based decision making. The standardized toolkit includes questionnaires, manuals, analytical guidance, and other resources to evaluate PEPFAR's progress in caring for orphans and vulnerable children.
A program coordinated by ministry of health srilanka and Provincial health departments to control obesity which causes non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as high blood pressure, heart attacks, stroke, and diabetes. Lack of exercise, over eating and mental stress.
Fall 2014 Global Health Practitioner Conference BookletCORE Group
1) CORE Group is a global network that aims to improve community health practices for underserved populations through collaborative action and learning.
2) At their 2014 conference, they discussed how NGOs can strengthen health systems with a focus on community health workers and mobile health tools.
3) CORE Group is currently partnering with USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program and the Food Security and Nutrition Network to apply their expertise in knowledge management, community health strengthening, and expanding partnerships.
Maja Gavrilovic explores how social protection programs target or include adolescents.
Presented as part of ALIGN's Social Protection, Gender Norms and Adolescence expert dialogue, held in London in September 2018.
1) Social protection programs can play a critical role in facilitating safe transitions to adulthood for adolescents by addressing vulnerabilities during rapid development.
2) However, adolescents are often not directly targeted and their needs are inconsistently reflected in program design, with a focus on younger ages and practical needs over empowerment.
3) Education is a main focus of social transfers for adolescents, which can challenge gender norms by promoting schooling, but impacts vary by context and more can be done to address gendered risks faced by both boys and girls.
Evaluating impact of OVC programs: standardizing our methodsMEASURE Evaluation
This document discusses standardizing methods for evaluating orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) programs. It presents an evaluation toolkit being developed by MEASURE Evaluation to assess the impact of OVC programs on child and household wellbeing over time. The toolkit includes 12 child wellbeing indicators and 3 household wellbeing indicators identified through extensive research. It also includes draft child and caregiver questionnaires to collect data on the indicators. The goal is to provide a standardized approach and tools for evaluating OVC programs globally that can objectively measure impact and be applied across countries. The draft tools will be piloted in several countries in late 2012 and early 2013.
Assessing a Healthcare Program Policy Evaluation.docxwrite22
The document discusses assessing the effectiveness of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) program. PSSF aims to keep families together and ensure children's safety and stability. The program's success is measured by increased funding levels over time, as well as data on individuals served. Effectiveness evaluations examine goals and outcomes, costs, and opportunities for nursing advocacy to further improve the program.
This document provides biographical and professional information about Jean-Marie Nyambe Wandji. It details his education history including degrees in medicine and public health. It lists his professional experience working for organizations like MSF and Save the Children in various African countries on public health programs related to malaria, nutrition, HIV/AIDS and emergency response. His current role is as an international health humanitarian advisor with Save the Children in the Central African Republic and Niger.
The Head Start program began in 1965 as part of the War on Poverty to provide preschool children from low-income families with education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services. It serves children ages 3-5 and their families who live below the federal poverty line. Head Start programs provide educational, health, nutrition and social services to enrolled children and families to promote school readiness and engage parents in their children's learning. The program is funded by federal appropriations and administered locally by non-profits and school systems, with over $6.8 billion spent in 2007. Nutrition professionals play roles in menu planning, nutrition education and ensuring children's nutritional needs are met.
This document outlines the steps for planning and implementing a community health education program. It discusses gathering information about the community, defining health problems, setting goals and objectives, identifying resources, and selecting educational methods. The document also covers implementing the program, and evaluating it through formative, process, outcome, and impact assessments. It provides examples of existing national health programs in areas like family planning, immunizations, and disease control.
Working Groups Report Out_CORE Group_10.17.13CORE Group
The document outlines the FY14 priorities and strategic plans for several working groups within CORE Group. Key points include:
- Monitoring long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and collaborating on social and behavior change strategies for malaria programs.
- Operationalizing frameworks for multisectoral collaboration on malaria and webinars on case management, prevention strategies, and insecticide resistance.
- Collaboration with various technical stakeholders on case management, community case management, and health communication.
- Integration of HIV/TB, early childhood development, and other initiatives for several working groups. Addressing strategic plans through learning, dialogue and collaborative action.
The document discusses the development and testing of a Child Well Being Assessment tool in South Africa. It was adapted from the Core Status Index to assess children's well-being across 8 domains on a quarterly basis. The tool aims to provide a standardized way to monitor children, identify their needs, and ensure resources are appropriately allocated. Over 100 youth facilitators and CCF members have been trained on the tool. Testing is underway and focus groups will provide feedback before it is rolled out more widely. The tool is intended to guide interventions and evaluate the impact of services in moving children from vulnerability to greater well-being.
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Unsafe water and lack of sanitation are major global problems, contributing to over 1.5 million child deaths from diarrhea each year. Household water treatment (HWT) options like sodium hypochlorite, Aquatabs, and PUR can provide low-cost solutions, treating water for a family of 6 for less than a penny per day. Social marketing approaches that combine communications and product access have helped programs in over 30 countries treat over 60 billion liters of water, improving health behaviors and reducing diarrhea prevalence in places like Madagascar. Lessons show that focusing on key behavior drivers, partnerships, and multiple communication channels can enable HWT to effectively and affordably scale up safe water access.
The document discusses global sanitation issues and innovative solutions being piloted by USAID's Hygiene Improvement Project in various countries. 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation. New approaches are needed beyond subsidized latrines. Projects in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Peru, and Uganda aim to create demand, strengthen local markets and entrepreneurs, and link sanitation to hygiene. Monitoring tools also developed to measure access and behaviors. Handwashing promotion highlighted as a way to reduce diarrhea by 50%.
Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALLA)jehill3
This document summarizes a food security program in Malawi called Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA). The program aimed to reduce food insecurity for over 214,000 households. Key activities included improving maternal and child health, smallholder farming, and community capacity. The program was implemented by several organizations and involved conservation agriculture, village savings and loans, and direct food assistance. Lessons learned stressed the importance of clear targeting, planning, understanding of synergies between sectors, and monitoring mechanisms to promote integration across activities and organizations.
This document discusses the potential for mobile health (mhealth) technologies to help address healthcare challenges in remote areas with limited resources. It provides examples of how SMS and other mobile technologies have been used in a pilot project in Kenya to:
1) Provide patient follow-up, adherence tracking, and reporting of new symptoms to improve information sharing and care. This saved fuel costs and staff time.
2) Enable remote care requests, drug information, and point-of-care support to enhance patient care. This led to more patients enrolling in health programs.
3) Help manage drug and supply stockouts, support group coordination, training, and CHW communication to improve healthcare logistics and operations.
Preliminary results from a survey on the use of metrics and evaluation strate...jehill3
Preliminary results from a survey on the use of metrics and evaluation strategies among mHealth projects
Patricia Mechael, Nadi Kaonga
Center for Global Health and Economic Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University
CORE Group Spring Meeting, April 30, 2010
This document discusses using mobile health (mhealth) applications to address challenges in community health programs. It outlines mhealth ideas from working groups in areas like integrated community case management (ICCM), nutrition, tuberculosis, HIV, and monitoring and evaluation. Examples of proposed mhealth interventions include using phones to answer community health worker questions, improve referral systems, collect and transfer data, monitor adherence, and reduce stigma. The document concludes by sharing the results of an mhealth competition in Malawi and providing prompts for small groups to design an mhealth checklist to assess whether and how mhealth should be integrated into different community health topics and settings.
Working with the “institutional” health system: HAI’s model of health systems...jehill3
This document outlines HAI's model of health systems strengthening which focuses on working with public sector institutional health systems. It discusses the importance of strong public health systems for scalability, equity, and specialized services. HAI works in key areas like integrating services, leadership and management, health systems research, and community linkages. Examples from Timor-Leste and Côte d'Ivoire show HAI's work improving maternal and child health services, developing health facilities, training health workers, and strengthening community outreach. The document concludes by discussing opportunities to further strengthen whole health systems through integrated services, workforce issues, information systems, and leadership coordination.
This document discusses improving community health through an integrated community case management (ICCM) approach. The ICCM approach has 3 components: improving case management by health staff, strengthening the overall health system, and engaging families and communities through practices. A key part of the community component is utilizing community health workers and mobilizing communities.
Boosting Nutrition Impact via Integrated Program Strategiesjehill3
The document summarizes an integrated nutrition program in Bangladesh called Jibon o Jibika that targeted 200,000 children under age 2. It showed that reducing undernutrition was more effective when all program components, such as food production, marketing, health, water and sanitation, were implemented together. Stunting, wasting, and being underweight declined more in areas where all components worked together. Dietary diversity and income also increased more in integrated areas. The document discusses proven interventions to reduce undernutrition and calls for more evidence on how best to integrate different sector approaches, prioritize interventions, and strengthen programs targeting mothers and children under age 2.
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Retention, attrition and motivation of voluntary workers in community-based programs
Peter Winch and Anne Palaia, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
CORE Group Spring Meeting, April 29, 2010
Community Directed Interventions to Improve Malaria in Pregnancy Control Serv...jehill3
The document summarizes a community-directed intervention project in Nigeria to improve malaria control among pregnant women. Key points:
- The project trained community volunteers to provide intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) and insecticide-treated bednets in their communities, in addition to clinic services. This increased access to malaria prevention and treatment.
- Evaluation found higher uptake of IPTp and bednets in intervention areas compared to control areas relying solely on clinics. However, stockouts of commodities and user fees reduced impact.
- Community involvement through volunteers was effective but regular support is needed. Advocacy is also key to ensure free services and continuous supply of medicines and bednets.
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American College of Nurse Midwives
Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Working Group Showcase
CORE Group Spring Meeting, April 29, 2010
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Meeting the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS and their Families
Elizabeth Younger, USAID
SBC Working Group Showcase
CORE Group Spring Meeting, April 29, 2010
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Barrier Analysis Survey: Working Group Participation
Mitzi Hanold, Food for the Hungry
SBC Working Group Showcase
CORE Group Spring Meeting, April 29, 2010
The skin is the largest organ and its health plays a vital role among the other sense organs. The skin concerns like acne breakout, psoriasis, or anything similar along the lines, finding a qualified and experienced dermatologist becomes paramount.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a simplified look into the mechanisms involved in the regulation of respiration:
Learning objectives:
1. Describe the organisation of respiratory center
2. Describe the nervous control of inspiration and respiratory rhythm
3. Describe the functions of the dorsal and respiratory groups of neurons
4. Describe the influences of the Pneumotaxic and Apneustic centers
5. Explain the role of Hering-Breur inflation reflex in regulation of inspiration
6. Explain the role of central chemoreceptors in regulation of respiration
7. Explain the role of peripheral chemoreceptors in regulation of respiration
8. Explain the regulation of respiration during exercise
9. Integrate the respiratory regulatory mechanisms
10. Describe the Cheyne-Stokes breathing
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 42, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 36, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 13, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
Pictorial and detailed description of patellar instability with sign and symptoms and how to diagnose , what investigations you should go with and how to approach with treatment options . I have presented this slide in my 2nd year junior residency in orthopedics at LLRM medical college Meerut and got good reviews for it
After getting it read you will definitely understand the topic.
The biomechanics of running involves the study of the mechanical principles underlying running movements. It includes the analysis of the running gait cycle, which consists of the stance phase (foot contact to push-off) and the swing phase (foot lift-off to next contact). Key aspects include kinematics (joint angles and movements, stride length and frequency) and kinetics (forces involved in running, including ground reaction and muscle forces). Understanding these factors helps in improving running performance, optimizing technique, and preventing injuries.
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Know the difference between Endodontics and Orthodontics.Gokuldas Hospital
Your smile is beautiful.
Let’s be honest. Maintaining that beautiful smile is not an easy task. It is more than brushing and flossing. Sometimes, you might encounter dental issues that need special dental care. These issues can range anywhere from misalignment of the jaw to pain in the root of teeth.
Are you looking for a long-lasting solution to your missing tooth?
Dental implants are the most common type of method for replacing the missing tooth. Unlike dentures or bridges, implants are surgically placed in the jawbone. In layman’s terms, a dental implant is similar to the natural root of the tooth. It offers a stable foundation for the artificial tooth giving it the look, feel, and function similar to the natural tooth.
Travel vaccination in Manchester offers comprehensive immunization services for individuals planning international trips. Expert healthcare providers administer vaccines tailored to your destination, ensuring you stay protected against various diseases. Conveniently located clinics and flexible appointment options make it easy to get the necessary shots before your journey. Stay healthy and travel with confidence by getting vaccinated in Manchester. Visit us: www.nxhealthcare.co.uk
Summer is a time for fun in the sun, but the heat and humidity can also wreak havoc on your skin. From itchy rashes to unwanted pigmentation, several skin conditions become more prevalent during these warmer months.
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Developing an Essential Package for Young Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
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Include history of how CARE and SAVE approached Hilton with similar proposals and Hilton suggested partnership. Many partnerships have not worked, but so far we’ve been able to
Are people familiar with the global standards? What do we mean by ‘child development’—focus on cognitive development, socio-emotional, and physical Ages and stages approach means we tailor approach to developmental stage