Presentation by Jeff Sanderson at "Post-Ebola Survivors - Research and Recovery Lessons from West Africa," a USAID Brown Bag on May 2, 2019 at USAID/Crystal City.
Together with NIH/PREVAIL, today’s session focuses on learnings from these programs in relation to survivor care and post-outbreak recovery of health services and health systems.
Facilitator: Jeff Sanderson, Team Leader, West Africa Post-Ebola Programs, JSI R&T/APC
The Presenters:
Dr. Libby Higgs, Global Health Science Advisor for the Division of Clinical Research at NIAID, NIH (confirmed)
Dr. Meba Kagone, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Guinea, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Dr. Rose Macauley, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Liberia, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Jeff Sanderson (for Dr. Kwame Oneill, former Director of the Program Implementation Unit, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone)
Background:
The Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program included four components; country programs in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a regional program designed to share best practices and lessons learned.
ETP&SS assisted these governments to prevent further Ebola transmission, reduce stigma and other barriers to care for survivors when accessing health services, support the strengthening of needed specialty services, and build more resilient and self-sustaining health systems.
The regional program sought to ensure the sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the three countries and the region through meetings, exchanges and conferences with partners such as NIH, WHO, and the West African Consortium.
Funded by the Global Health Bureau through the Advancing Partners & Communities Project, John Snow Research & Training Institute implemented the program from July 2016 through July/August 2018.
Amerigroup Georgia
Presentation to the Georgia House Children's Mental Health Study Committee
October 20, 2015
Earlie Rockette, Regional Vice President
Special Programs
National Diabetes Registry Report 2013-2019: Update of Key FindingsArunah Chandran
This presentation is the update of key findings from the second National Diabetes Registry (NDR) report since the establishment of the registry in Malaysia. It is intended to share the data contained within the NDR for clinicians, public
health specialists and researchers and all those who are interested in the clinical management of diabetes
Well Care Health Plans, Inc.
Presentation to Georgia House Children's Mental Health Study Committee
October 20, 2015
Dauda Griffin, MD
Behavioral Health Medical Director
Remedios Roderiguez, Senior Director
Behavioral Health Operations
Global Partnership for Telehealth
Shea Ross
Georgia House Study Committee on Health, Education, and School-Based Healthcare
www.gacommissiononwomen.org
Amerigroup Georgia
Presentation to the Georgia House Children's Mental Health Study Committee
October 20, 2015
Earlie Rockette, Regional Vice President
Special Programs
National Diabetes Registry Report 2013-2019: Update of Key FindingsArunah Chandran
This presentation is the update of key findings from the second National Diabetes Registry (NDR) report since the establishment of the registry in Malaysia. It is intended to share the data contained within the NDR for clinicians, public
health specialists and researchers and all those who are interested in the clinical management of diabetes
Well Care Health Plans, Inc.
Presentation to Georgia House Children's Mental Health Study Committee
October 20, 2015
Dauda Griffin, MD
Behavioral Health Medical Director
Remedios Roderiguez, Senior Director
Behavioral Health Operations
Global Partnership for Telehealth
Shea Ross
Georgia House Study Committee on Health, Education, and School-Based Healthcare
www.gacommissiononwomen.org
MaryJane Lewitt, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM
Nurse-Midwifery Program Director
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Presentation to the Georgia Senate Women's Adequate Healthcare Study Committee
November 9, 2015
Insights from the National Diabetes Registry: User SatisfactionArunah Chandran
The National Diabetes Registry (NDR) is a web-based application to register diabetes patients in Malaysia. It is used in all Ministry of Health (MOH) health clinics and selected hospitals.
User satisfaction is an important factor to determine quality and effectiveness of service delivery to clients of a particular product or service.
Our objective was to examine user satisfaction towards NDR system usage.
12:30pm Murrumbidgee Room presentation on the work of the Icon group, Icon Cancer Foundation, and Epic Good Foundation, presented by Mark Middleton, Fiona Jonker, and Anita Heiss.
Paul C. Browne, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Presentation to the Georgia Senate Women's Adequate Healthcare Study Committee
www.gacommissiononwomen.org
MaryJane Lewitt, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM
Nurse-Midwifery Program Director
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Presentation to the Georgia Senate Women's Adequate Healthcare Study Committee
November 9, 2015
Insights from the National Diabetes Registry: User SatisfactionArunah Chandran
The National Diabetes Registry (NDR) is a web-based application to register diabetes patients in Malaysia. It is used in all Ministry of Health (MOH) health clinics and selected hospitals.
User satisfaction is an important factor to determine quality and effectiveness of service delivery to clients of a particular product or service.
Our objective was to examine user satisfaction towards NDR system usage.
12:30pm Murrumbidgee Room presentation on the work of the Icon group, Icon Cancer Foundation, and Epic Good Foundation, presented by Mark Middleton, Fiona Jonker, and Anita Heiss.
Paul C. Browne, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Presentation to the Georgia Senate Women's Adequate Healthcare Study Committee
www.gacommissiononwomen.org
A experiência do Reino Unido sobre as Práticas Avançadas em Enfermagem foi tema da última reunião virtual, que aconteceu nesta quarta (24/11), do ciclo de intercâmbio promovido pela Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde no Brasil, pelo Conselho Federal de Enfermagem (Cofen) e pelo Centro Colaborador da OPAS/OMS para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo/Ribeirão. As palestrantes foram a diretora e a presidente do International Council of Nurses (ICN) do Reino Unido, Melaine Roger e Daniela Lehwaldt, respectivamente. Elas abordaram os avanços globais nas práticas em enfermagem, trouxeram casos do que acontece no Reino Unido e o porquê da importância dos enfermeiros e enfermeiras em práticas avançadas para os sistemas universais de saúde.
Implementing Post-Graduate Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Psychology Residen...CHC Connecticut
In this final webinar of the Training the Next Generation series, we featured successful postgraduate nurse practitioner and psychology residency programs from around the country. Each presenter shared their unique experiences, successes, and failures of implementing these programs at their health centers.
Sj47 -The State of Youth Mental Health in VirginiaAnne Moss Rogers
Children’s Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities--This is the presentation by Margaret Nimmo Crowe to a special subcommittee of the commonwealth, Executive Director for Voices for Virginia’s Children. More info here: http://1in5kids.org/2014/10/29/sj-47-workgroup-takes-childrens-mental-health/
Advancing Team-Based Care: Complex Care Management in Primary CareCHC Connecticut
This webinar investigated the ways that team members can contribute to the care of patients with complex medical and/or social needs. The focus was on developing the expanded care team and ensuring ready communication between the core and expanded care teams. Models for effective care management were presented.
This webinar was presented May 5, 2016 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
At the end of this session, you will be able to
1. Describe the delivery of family planning services at various levels of health care delivery
2. Define unmet need of contraception and enumerate it’s reasons
3. List the various evaluations done on family planning services
In October 2022, the COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative Supply Planning Initiative (VCSP) held its second in-person retreat for its network of stakeholders and partners involved in COVID-19 vaccine supply planning from global, regional, and country levels. During the retreat, each country presented its COVID-19 vaccine supply planning context at a poster reception. Wish you’d been there? Check out the posters here
Expert Panelists: Dr. Jason Reed, Biomedical HIV Prevention
Technical Advisor, Jhpiego & Dr. More Mungati, STAR-L Director, EGPAF, Lesotho
Moderator: Dr. Seema Ntjabane, Care & Treament Specialist, USAID-Lesotho
Expert panelists:
Dr. Tafadzwa Chakare, Technical Director, Jhpiego, Lesotho
Dr. More Mungati, STAR-L Director, EGPAF Lesotho
Facilitator:
Dr. Seema Ntjabane, Care & Treatment Specialist, USAID-Lesotho
Panelists:
Dr. Abiye Kalaiwo is a Public Health Specialist and USAID's Nigeria's technical lead for Key Populations, managing PEPFAR's
single largest Key Populations program. He has over 12 years of experience in HIV and infectious disease programs at the national level.
Dr. Jason Reed offers more than 12 years of experience in public health surveillance and medical epidemiology, specifically in HIV surveillance systems, prevention programming, and implementation research at state, national and international levels.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
State the indications for PrEP
State the eligibility for PrEP
Name the 5 main eligibility criteria for PrEP
Explain how to exclude Acute HIV Infection
Expert Panelists:
Dr. Abiye Kalaiwo, Program Manager, USAID/Nigeria
Dr. Jason Reed, Biomedical HIV Prevention Technical Advisor, Jhpiego
Moderator:
Olawale Durosinmi-Etti, JSI Nigeria
Speakers discuss PrEP counseling, special situations, and other topics covered in training modules three and four. During this webinar, expert speakers review key highlights from modules three and four, and respond to questions from participants.
Part one: https://www.slideshare.net/jsi/prep-elearning-discussion-i
Speakers discuss PrEP eligibility, management, and other topics covered in training modules one and two. During this webinar, expert speakers will review key highlights from the first two modules, share Nigeria specific guidance, and respond to questions from participants.
Part 2: https://www.slideshare.net/jsi/prep-elearning-discussion-2
Implementing ETP and SS: The Liberia ExperienceJSI
Presentation by Dr. Rose Macauley at "Post-Ebola Survivors - Research and Recovery Lessons from West Africa," a USAID Brown Bag on May 2, 2019 at USAID/Crystal City.
Together with NIH/PREVAIL, today’s session focuses on learnings from these programs in relation to survivor care and post-outbreak recovery of health services and health systems.
Facilitator: Jeff Sanderson, Team Leader, West Africa Post-Ebola Programs, JSI R&T/APC
The Presenters:
Dr. Libby Higgs, Global Health Science Advisor for the Division of Clinical Research at NIAID, NIH (confirmed)
Dr. Meba Kagone, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Guinea, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Dr. Rose Macauley, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Liberia, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Jeff Sanderson (for Dr. Kwame Oneill, former Director of the Program Implementation Unit, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone)
Background:
The Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program included four components; country programs in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a regional program designed to share best practices and lessons learned.
ETP&SS assisted these governments to prevent further Ebola transmission, reduce stigma and other barriers to care for survivors when accessing health services, support the strengthening of needed specialty services, and build more resilient and self-sustaining health systems.
The regional program sought to ensure the sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the three countries and the region through meetings, exchanges and conferences with partners such as NIH, WHO, and the West African Consortium.
Funded by the Global Health Bureau through the Advancing Partners & Communities Project, John Snow Research & Training Institute implemented the program from July 2016 through July/August 2018.
Ebola Transmission Prevention and Survivor Services Program, GuineaJSI
Presentation by Dr. Meba Kagone at "Post-Ebola Survivors - Research and Recovery Lessons from West Africa," a USAID Brown Bag on May 2, 2019 at USAID/Crystal City.
Together with NIH/PREVAIL, today’s session focuses on learnings from these programs in relation to survivor care and post-outbreak recovery of health services and health systems.
Facilitator: Jeff Sanderson, Team Leader, West Africa Post-Ebola Programs, JSI R&T/APC
The Presenters:
Dr. Libby Higgs, Global Health Science Advisor for the Division of Clinical Research at NIAID, NIH (confirmed)
Dr. Meba Kagone, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Guinea, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Dr. Rose Macauley, former Chief of Party for ETP&SS, Liberia, JSI/APC (confirmed)
Jeff Sanderson (for Dr. Kwame Oneill, former Director of the Program Implementation Unit, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone)
Background:
The Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program included four components; country programs in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a regional program designed to share best practices and lessons learned.
ETP&SS assisted these governments to prevent further Ebola transmission, reduce stigma and other barriers to care for survivors when accessing health services, support the strengthening of needed specialty services, and build more resilient and self-sustaining health systems.
The regional program sought to ensure the sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the three countries and the region through meetings, exchanges and conferences with partners such as NIH, WHO, and the West African Consortium.
Funded by the Global Health Bureau through the Advancing Partners & Communities Project, John Snow Research & Training Institute implemented the program from July 2016 through July/August 2018.
These slides were presented by Dr. Henry Nagai during JSI’s Index Testing & Partner Notification for HIV Epidemic Control webinar on April 11th, 2019. Dr. Nagai is currently the Project Director/Chief of Party for the JSI-implemented USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum project in Ghana with a focus on HIV and key populations. Using funding from USAID and PEPFAR, the Project is improving the capacity of the Government of Ghana and civil society partners to provide quality and comprehensive HIV services for key populations and people living with HIV.
HIV Index Testing: The USAID DISCOVER-Health Project Experience in Zambia JSI
This was presented by Kalasa Mwansa during the Index Testing & Partner Notification for HIV Epidemic Control webinar on April 11th, 2019. The USAID DISCOVER- Health Project Experience aims to increase the use of high quality, integrated health services in specific target groups, and to provide integrated health products and services in a sustainable manner. In addition, it aims to contribute to HIV epidemic control and provides HIV index testing at every ART site.
Root Cause Analysis: A Community Engagement Process for Identifying Social De...JSI
This presentation serves as a training of trainers for the root cause analysis process, where participants will be able to train their organizational staff and community members on the process. In addition, it shows how it can be used for community engagement, coalition building, and to identify the root causes of HIV.
Setting Them up for Failure: Why Parents Struggle to Adhere to Infant Safe Sl...JSI
This poster was presented by Christin D'Ovidio at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing & Media.
Each year in Vermont, 4-6 infants die of unsafe sleep environments. The Vermont Department of Health contracted with JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), to study the major barriers Vermont parents and professionals face with regard to infant safe sleep. The research examined: what parents know, have heard, or find confusing about infant safe sleep practices; decisions around infant safe sleep practice; and response to existing infant safe sleep materials.
Some of the major themes with implications for future
communication efforts included parents’ need to be respected as good and competent caregivers, the desire for information that addresses the unique sleep challenges in their family, and
a skepticism of infant safe sleep research and messaging.
Although parents are highly motivated to do what is best for their baby and are aware of the basic infant safe sleep guidelines, parents who struggle the follow the guidelines feel they must choose between sleep and safety, or adapt the guidelines as their version of “safe sleep.”These parents feel they are being set up for failure, due to a lack of guidance to get their baby to sleep in a safe sleep environment. Parents want assistance grounded in the reality of the challenges
and choices they face to get their babies to sleep while keeping
them safe.
Binge-Free 603: What's Your Reason? Preventing Binge Drinking in Young Adults...JSI
This poster was presented by Christin D'Ovidio at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing & Media.
Through a contract with the NH Department of Health and Human Services, JSI conducted peer-crowd/peer-group validation and formative research to inform a public health prevention campaign targeting young adults (YA), aged 21-25, identified as most likely to engage in the misuse of alcohol.
The campaign (Binge-Free 603: What’s Your Reason?) addresses binge drinking behaviors and utilizes harm reduction messaging to create an effective marketing mix. JSI used a social norming, a social marketing approach, as the strategic planning framework for developing a campaign to decrease the prevalence of binge drinking in NH YA.
The resulting, highly-targeted campaign includes video production, illustration, social media assets (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat), A/B testing and geo-targeting to further hone effective messaging and reach, and a website.
USAID Community Capacity for Health Program (Mahefa Miaraka)JSI
How Can Population, Health, and Environment Projects Learn from Family Planning High Impact Practices?
JSI’s Yvette Ribaira shares best practices from Madagascar in a new webinar.
On February 6th, JSI population, health, and environment (PHE) expert Dr. Yvette Ribaira shared insights from her experience in Madagascar during a webinar examining the link between PHE programs and high-impact practices (HIPs) drawn from family planning activities.
Watch the webinar here: https://bit.ly/2SKbuvG
Dr. Ribaira, a medical doctor, has spent her career in public health strengthening the Madagascar’s health system, with a specific focus on community health in the last decade. She currently leads the JSI’s USAID Community Capacity for Health Program in Madagascar, locally known as Mahefa Miaraka, which implements the Population Health and Environment (PHE) Activity, funded by Advancing Partners and Communities.
The webinar was hosted by the PACE (https://thepaceproject.org/) (Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health) project and included presenters from the Population Reference Bureau and USAID.
Read more about JSI’s work on population, health, and environment, as well as family planning, in Madagascar and around the world at www.jsi.com
USAID Community Capacity for Health Program (Mahefa Miaraka): Re-engaging Pop...JSI
This presentation was given by Yvette Ribaira at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda in November 2018. (This is the English version of the presentation).
In Madagascar, there are 80% endemic species, 80% of the country is rural, 72% of the population is poor, with only 2.7% population growth. There are over exploitation and destruction of natural resources and lack of access to family planning in rural areas.
Program implications:
1. Partnership for integration health, population, environment
2. Coverage in universal health by delegation of tasks to CAs
3. Increased productivity by women and men
Using Demographic Data to Forecast Contraceptive Implant Demand Underestimate...JSI
This poster was presented by Laila Akhlaghi at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda in November 2018.
The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) Initiative was launched in 2012 to address high unmet need for contraception, especially in low and middle income countries. Increasing access to long acting hormonal contraceptives (LARCs), and specifically hormonal contraceptive implants is an important strategy for achieving increases in modern contraceptive prevalence rates (mCPR).
Increasing access to contraceptive implants and ensuring demand is being met begins with accurate forecasting. This step precedes the process of supply planning, procurement, and distribution of these goods to service delivery points (SDPs) that make them available as a choice for women.
Several methods can be used in forecasting demand for contraceptives. How closely does contraceptive implant demand estimated from survey and demographics data align with actual data on insertions collected from service delivery points through eLMIS, LMIS, or DHIS II data?
The findings indicate that demographic estimates underestimate actual consumption for long-term methods. This has implications for the use of survey and demographic data (including CYPs), for forecasting demand for contraceptive implants.
The results also emphasize the importance of establishing and strengthening eLMIS systems that collect supply chain data and the use of this data for operational and management decisions to improve performance. Understanding true demand at the last mile of the supply chain, is an essential data element for managing supply chains. Without this information, supply chain managers have limited ability to increase performance and efficiency of their systems.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
NVBDCP was launched in 2003-2004 . Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
Knee anatomy and clinical tests 2024.pdfvimalpl1234
This includes all relevant anatomy and clinical tests compiled from standard textbooks, Campbell,netter etc..It is comprehensive and best suited for orthopaedicians and orthopaedic residents.
Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
Are you curious about what’s new in cervical cancer research or unsure what the findings mean? Join Dr. Emily Ko, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine, to learn about the latest updates from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2024 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. Dr. Ko will discuss what the research presented at the conference means for you and answer your questions about the new developments.
Pulmonary Thromboembolism - etilogy, types, medical- Surgical and nursing man...VarunMahajani
Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
Acute scrotum is a general term referring to an emergency condition affecting the contents or the wall of the scrotum.
There are a number of conditions that present acutely, predominantly with pain and/or swelling
A careful and detailed history and examination, and in some cases, investigations allow differentiation between these diagnoses. A prompt diagnosis is essential as the patient may require urgent surgical intervention
Testicular torsion refers to twisting of the spermatic cord, causing ischaemia of the testicle.
Testicular torsion results from inadequate fixation of the testis to the tunica vaginalis producing ischemia from reduced arterial inflow and venous outflow obstruction.
The prevalence of testicular torsion in adult patients hospitalized with acute scrotal pain is approximately 25 to 50 percent
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
2. WHERE WERE THE EVD SURVIVORS LOCATED (APR. 2016)?
3,466* EVDS
2,877 EVDS
6 USAID PRIORITY DISTRICTS
Districts in pink were the six most affected by the outbreak.
3. PROGRAM CONTEXT IN SIERRA LEONE
• Program designed with USAID Global Health Ebola Team in May 2016.
• JSI/APC arrived after government’s CPES (Comprehensive Program
for Ebola Survivors) had been developed and started implementation
(early 2016). CPES sought to provide access to care for all survivors,
assist in recovering livelihoods, and monitor survivor health status.
• Wide ranging DfID funded support program had also begun in April.
• ETP&SS focused on:
• Stigma reduction, care and support - at PHC level and with CHWs
• Specialty services: mental health, eye care, neurology, including
medicines
• Health Systems Strengthening: Clinical mentorship and referrals
• Capacity building for SL Association of Ebola Survivors (SLAES)
5. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Strengthened mental health services for survivors, families and
communities - defined as a critical area of need - and focus:
• National Mental Health Policy - assisted the MOHS in developing
National Mental Health Policy (2017-2021) and related Strategic Plan
• Series of focused community level Mental Health Interventions:
• Training of mental health nurses
• Community Healing Dialogues
• Psychological First Aid Training for PHC providers
• Supported stronger mental health referral pathways
• Gained recognition for Post-Graduate Diploma in Mental Health
• MH consultations increased from an average of 66 to 176 per month
between 2015‒2018 nationwide (across 14 MH clinics)
6. HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
• Program support for improving access to health services for FHCI
(Identified Vulnerable Population Groups – pregnant and lactating
women, under 5s):
• 14 Clinical Training Officers - line managed by DHMT, provided
mentorship to HCWs in 247 PHUs nationwide. Key indicators were
linked to maternal and child health (plus presence of EVD Survivors)
• 18 Referral Coordinators - line managed by district hospitals,
facilitated referrals and access to specialized care at secondary,
and occasionally, tertiary facilities
• Enhancing Quality of Health Services through Continuum of Care and
development of tools for providers in PHC facilities & District Hospitals
• Clinical mentorship and OTJ Training
7. DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR PROVIDERS
Mental Health Assessment Tool for PHU
level
CHW MH job
aide
Mentoring tool for
CTOs
8. HSS RESULTS
• RCs facilitated almost 9,000 referrals for all FHCI categories
• Of these referrals: 50% were for maternal cases
30+% were for pediatric cases
17% were for EVD survivors
• Supported 4,300 specialized care visits (18.7% were survivors)
• CTOs mentored more than 1000 HCWs (2,000 clinical mentorship
Sessions) on topics such as RMNCH, patient care, EVD survivor care,
and mental health
• At endline, only 1.3% of EVD survivors with health issues sought
care outside of a facility, compared to 8.7% (baseline) of survivors
• EVD Survivors able to have a healthy and functional life – increased
from 59.3% at baseline to 70.1% at endline
9. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION HAS HIGHLIGHTED …
EVD Survivors Health Sequelae
• Mental Health remains a
problem for EVD Survivors (and
for the general population in SL)
• Eye care / ophthalmology is an
area of limited capacity in SL
• Research has yet to find a
conclusive link between EVD
survivors and neurological
complications, yet symptoms
persist in many survivors
Health Systems Strengthening
• The need for additional
investment in MH services remains
high - to ensure needs are addressed
and to reduce stigma and
discrimination
• The transition from the CPES
structure to the MoHS should have
happened earlier to maximize CPES’
impact on HSS
10. A FEW COMMENTS ON LESSONS LEARNED
In post-Ebola recovery settings:
• Critical to start surveillance / health status monitoring quickly;
but potentially only for 12 months
• Also important to start and maintain a BCC campaign regarding
safe sex and other questions
• Government and/or partners need to operate semen testing
Program(s) that male survivors can easily access (public health)
• Survivors will need access to specialty services, especially for eye
care and mental health
• Valuable to assist with the development of a Survivor Association
for advocacy and to support various components of post-Ebola period