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Community UpdateNo. 5: 3 September 2006In this Issue
From the Moderator | Network Activity | Member Postings | Community News
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Dear Friends
Let me start by giving you the good news - the 2nd e-discussion is currently on. We have adjusted the topic a little bit to fit to a burning problem of human resource in our country’s health force. I am really looking forward to having an enriching discussion, especially with the 11th Plan just around the corner; we can really make an impact.
One significant event took place in late June. We organised a Global Consultation on Solution Exchange for UN representatives of 13 countries and Knowledge Management experts of various UN agencies, who came here to learn, understand and explore possibilities of replication. I see a great opportunity in this, and that is linking our own community with like-minded practitioners of other countries. The consultation was an exhilarating experience and reassurance that we are going in the right direction.
We had two very important topics up the community for your comments in July the Draft Health and Population Policy of Chhattisgarh and Recommendations from the Gender Round Table on Combating Pre-Natal Sex Detection (See Report). This is a new feature of our communities, and a great chance to impact the policies directly.
I would encourage you to send your questions / queries, to the community (even when the e-Discussion is going on) and I will send them in for the others to respond.
Best Wishes,
Meghendra Banerjee Resource Person and Moderator Health Communities
Member Speak “I thank you for coordinating the dialogue re:
Identifying Post Partum Hemorrhage (PPH) with the
Se-MCH colleagues. There were some interesting observations and the
suggestion of using a calibrated plastic bag post delivery
of baby seems a good option to measure bleeding. I
agree with the experts that assessment of the general condition of the woman
should be used as criteria also to refer her early but most of the times the
general condition shows visible changes after quite a bit of blood loss has
already occurred. I will discuss with the Country Director,
CEDPA-India to recommend to the MH division, MoHFW, the
feasibility of using the plastic bag during training of providers for Skilled
Attendance at Birth. Once
again I thank you for this very useful and interesting consolidated
document.” Rashmi Asif, CEDPA, “Thank you so much for entertaining my query on public private partnerships in MCH and posting it in Solution Exchange community. I have received a number of good responses, which will be of immense value to our study. Your compilation of the responses is truly great. On behalf of IIM Ahmedabad and the project, I would like to thank you for all the help extended by you and the community members towards our study.” Somen Saha, IIM, Ahmedabad
“Thanks for a very useful set of inputs towards the Chhattisgarh Health Policy. We shall be putting up
the final draft to the government incorporating all those vital issues and
shall be sharing back the 'final and approved draft' by the government. I
shall request either Dr. Sundar or the
Director Health Services Chhattisgarh to put an official word on this support
you have extended.” V. R. Raman, State Health
Resource Centre Chhattisgarh,
“I am a new member…. I have really learned many new
ideas and approaches and would like to congratulate the community for such a
rich debate....” Anuj Srivastava, UHRC,
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Events
Upcoming
AIDS Community Visioning Workshop For information contact E. Mohamed Rafique or Rituu B. Nanda
Recently Held
MCH Community Third Resource Group Meeting
Poverty- Work and Employment Community Visioning Workshop Read Workshop Report (Doc, 2 MB)
Gender Community South Regional Workshop Read Workshop Report (PDF, 417 KB) AIDS Community Northeast Regional Workshop on Trafficking and HIV/AIDS Guwahti; June 29-30 Read Workshop Report (Doc, 30 KB)
AIDS Community Kerala Workshops Read Workshop Report (Doc, 30 KB)
Gender Community North Regional WorkshopRead Workshop Report (Doc, 30 KB)
Job Opportunities
Administrative Services Officer WHO SEARO, Dept. of Admin. and Finance Location: Closing Date: Sept. 4 For information click here (Size: 96.6KB)
Scientist (Regional Adviser-Vector Borne Disease Control) WHO SEARO, Depart. of Communicable Disease Location: Closing Date: Sept. 12 For information click here (Size: 98.3 KB)
Medical Supply Officer WHO SEARO, Dept. of Admin. and Finance Location: Closing Date: Sept. 21 For information click here (Size: 99.1 KB)
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Upcoming Events
From
Veronica Peris, OneWorld
South Asia,
Sharing on Safe Motherhood: Looking Ahead September 8-9, 2006; Pilani, Rajasthan Workshop organized by the Centre For Women Studies at Birla Institute of Technology Science, objective is to address problems related to safe motherhood and to learn from experiences in improving maternal health, with special focus on Rajasthan For more information click here (Size: 479 KB) and tentative session plan click here (Size: 31 KB)
From Aditi Bana,
September 15-18, 2006; Mumbai, International
conference organized by the Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological
Societies of For more information click here
From Jaideep
Malhotra, Malhotra
Nursing and Maternity Home, Ltd.,
4th World Congress of Perinatal Medicines for Developing Countries September 29- October 1, 2006; Second annual world congress on perinatology and high risk pregnancy in developing countries organised by the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM) For more information click here
From Aditi Bana,
14th
Congress of the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal
Societies (FAOPS) October 1-5, 2006; Organized by FAOPS the theme of the meeting is “Care, Concern and Cure in Perinatal Health” and will cover a wide range of recent advanced issues applicable to the perinatal practice in Asian and Oceanic regions For more information click here
From Sandip Ray,
51st All January 19-21, 2007; Kolkata,
Conference theme is “Socio-Political
Determinants of Public Health-The National Rural Health For more information click here (DOC, Size: 54 KB)
From Umesh Kapil, AIIMS,
National Workshop on Development of a Community Based Package of Interventions for Prevention of Under Nutrition Amongst Children Below Two Years of Age March 2007; For more information contact Professor Umesh Kapil, Organizing Secretary, AIIMS
Call for Award Nominations
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource
Person Annual award established by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to reward and exemplify organizations which have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with measurable results For more information click here Yearly award given to a journalist (print, electronic, or visual) who has most effectively captured the essence of a major issue in global health and conveyed it to a broad audience For more information click here
Training Opportunities
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person
Online Proposal Writing Short Course The For more information click here
Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program application deadline Sept. 15, 2006 The Center for Disease Control EIS, USA is now accepting applications for the EIS class beginning July 2007, professionals with a strong interest in applied epidemiology are encouraged to apply For more information click here
Resource Corner
From Sarah Figge, UNDP,
WHO Called to Return to World Health Organization; May 2006 Note on the informal briefing from the Commission held at the 59th World Health Assembly on “Managing the Politics of Equity and Social Determinants of Health"
Monitoring Health Equity in the MDGs: A Practical Guide By Meg E. Wirth, et al.; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and UNICEF; January 2006 Click Here (PDF, Size: 1.9 MB) Builds on work in the area of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), providing technical advice on how to do a simple equity analysis using population-based surveys
Setting the Stage For Equity-Sensitive Monitoring of The Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals By Meg E. Wirth, et al.; Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 84, No. 7; July 2006 Click Here (PDF, Size: 401 KB) Authors demonstrate how it is possible to analyse data from international household-level surveys from specific countries to measure health disparities
From Sumeeta Banerji, ILO,
Social Security for Unorganised Workers, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector; May 2006 Click Here (PDF, Size: 992 KB) Report submitted by the Commission to the Government for further action, examines the issue and coverage of the social security for informal sector
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006 United Nations,
Click Here (PDF, Size: 1.4 MB) Report based on data compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators, provides the most recent periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs.
World Health Statistics 2006 World Health Organization; 2006 Click here to download individual chapters Click here to view PDF (5.8 MB) Presents the most recent statistics since 1997 of 50 health indicators for WHO’s 192 member states, with a particular focus on equity between and within countries
Misoprostol for Postpartum Hemorrhage Information Kit Family Care International; 2006 Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Challenge for Safe Motherhood Click here to view PDF (1.1 MB) Postpartum Hemorrhage: Responding to the Challenge Click here to view PDF (221 KB) Contains a fact sheet gives overview of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and the Document outlining potential role of misoprostol in reducing deaths from PPH
Access to Evidence-Based Medical Information-Open vs. Closed By Dean Giustini;
UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian, Click Here (PDF, Size: 256.2 KB) Compilation of over 60 open access medicine sources on the Internet
Report on ‘Managing the Politics of Equity and Social Determinants of Health’ Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, WHO; May 2006 Report of an informal briefing held at the 59th World Health Assembly, which focused on the necessity of major health stakeholders to step up action on the social causes of ill health
Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences Click Here (PDF, Size: 1.6 MB) A comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioural research to serve the individual or institution who seeks financial support
Integrated Management of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (IMEESC) e-learning Tool Kit Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC), WHO; 2006 Tool provides WHO recommendations for minimum standards on emergency and essential surgical care in trauma, obstetrics and anaesthesia at first-referral level health-care facilities
Strengthening Family Planning Policies and Programs in Developing Countries: An Advocacy Toolkit Policy Project, USAID; December 2005 Click here to view PDF (Size: 1.2 MB) Provides step-by-step advice to community and national staff to promote family planning agendas, including FP, maternal and infant mortality, adolescent reproductive health
Family Planning for Married Adolescent Girls Global Health Technology Briefs, USAID; January 2006 Click here to view PDF (Size: 153 KB) Technical brief emphasizes that young married women are most vulnerable sub-group of sexually active population because providers ignore needs, despite needing contraceptives
Preparing a Case Study: A Guide For Designing and Conducting A Case Study For Evaluation Input By Palena Neale, Shyam Thapa, and Carolyn Boyce; Pathfinder International; May 2006 Click Here (PDF, Size: 154 KB) Part of Pathfinder’s Tools Series provides guidance in preparing a case studies as part of a programme evaluation
Are you interested to share your readings, new publications with the community? We are building this resource corner, where your recommended readings will feature.
Membership and Community Statistics
You can find the list of new members, who joined since the last update, and I am very glad to introduce them you. 121 new members joined since 15th June 2006, bring our membership to 1,054!
Click here to view the list of new members – http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/res-05-310806-01.pdf (Size:62 KB)
Member Database is now open, you can visit http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in to access it, click on Member List next to MCH Community. You will need to log in with your email and password, to see the details.
Completed Queries (June 16 to August 31, 2006)
Improving Coverage of Vitamin A Administration, from NFI, New Delhi (Experiences). Cross-Posted with Food and Nutrition Security Community Issued 30 June 2006 Explores the coverage of Vitamin A supplementation under the revised Tenth Plan Strategy, and its effectiveness in containing Vitamin A deficiency Download PDF of Consolidated Reply (Size: 254 KB)
Public Private Partnership in RCH, from IIM Ahmedabad (Experiences). Issued 30 June 2006 Members shared experiences their experiences with different types of public-private partnerships to delivery reproductive and child health services Download PDF of Consolidated Reply (Size: 152 KB)
Panchayats and Health Care System, from Foundation for Research in Community Health (Experiences). Cross-Posted with Decentralization Community Issued 30 June 2006 Highlights from across the country experiences of people controlled health care systems based in village level committees, like Panchayati Raj Institutions Download PDF of Consolidated Reply (Size: 130 KB)
First Hour Support for Breastfeeding, from BPNI, New Delhi, (Experiences). Explored interventions, which facilitate breastfeeding within the first hour of delivery, including the obstacles and different approaches being employed Download PDF of Consolidated Reply (Size: 136 KB)
For Comments on Chhattisgarh Draft Health and Population Policy, from SHRC, Chhattisgarh. Issued 8 August 2006 Members provided feedback, recommendations, and suggestions of additions to the draft health policy Download PDF of Consolidated Reply (Size: 140 KB)
Open Query
Implementation of Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls, from NFI, New Delhi (Experiences). Cross-Posted with Food and Nutrition Security Community Further contributions are welcome! Seeks members’ experiences with trying to implement the Nutrition Program for Adolescent Girls and provide suggestions for ways to improve implementation Ongoing E-discussion:
Posting and Transfer Policy for Health Staff in Rural Areas
This e-discussion would explore areas of opportunity for the country’s rural health delivery system to contribute more effectively to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, and other general health problems. Issues would relate specifically to the factors affecting posting and transfer of health personnel in rural areas which directly or indirectly relate to the quality of medical services, transparency and accountability to the clients and increasing coverage.
Start Date: 24th August 2006 End Date: 15th September 2006
Guest Moderator Dileep V. Mavalankar Associate Professor Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Pleas visit http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/mch/e-discuss to participate.
Previous Updates
MCH Health Community Update #1; Issued 7 November 2005 MCH Health Community Update #2; Issued 23 December 2005 MCH Health Community Update #3; Issued 16 May 2006 MCH Health Community Update #4; Issued 15 June 2006
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