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Job
Opportunities
From Mitra Dhanraj,
EHA, Dehradun
Paediatricians-DCh/MD and Surgeons: MS
Herbertpur Christian Hospital
Location: Herbertpur,
Dehradun
For more information please contact: Mitra Dhanaraj
From Arun Gupta, BPNI, New Delhi
Project Officer (Research)
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)
Location: New
Delhi
Closing Date: 30 October 2006
For more information: Click
Here
Upcoming
Events
From Kusum
Gopal, London School of Economics, UK
5th European Congress on Tropical Medicine
and International Health
Amsterdam, Netherlands
24-28 May 2007
For more information Click Here
The theme
chosen is Partnership and Innovation in Global Health, expressing the need
for collaboration to develop the quality of global health and achieve some of
the Millennium Development Goals. Global collaboration means collaboration
between North and South, South and South, North and North, and East and West.
A Discussion on 'Drug Testing In
The World's Poorest Countries: Who Benefits?' Amnesty International, Shoreditch 7 November 2006
at 7:00 p.m.
For more information Click Here
Discussion will
look at the complex issue of drug testing – why clinical trials are
increasingly being carried out in developing countries, and what the
implications of this are for the people taking part in the tests, for their
communities, and for medical drug testing as a whole.
From Anup
Kumar Das, Information Specialist, UNESCO, New Delhi
2nd Annual Asian ICT Conference and
Exhibition
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 2007
For more information Click Here
Centre
for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), India event - 'eAsia 2007' will focus
on five emerging application domains of ICTs, such
as, e-Government, ICT and Education, ICT and Rural Development,
ICT-based Health services and Mobile application and services.
From Shariqua
Yunus Khan, WHO, New Delhi
National Multisectoral
Workshop on NIDDCP
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi 26-27 October 2006
Nutrition division, MOHFW with
support of WHO India will organize this workshop on National Iodine
Deficiency Disorder Programme.
From Kumar Shailabh,
Uplift Health Federation, Pune
Training
Programme on Setting up Micro-Insurance Activities
Pune, Maharashtra 8 November 2006
For more information Click
Here
Sessions will cover the topics like how micro-insurance (MI) work, the
legalities involved in order to setup MI activities, the least risky method
of setting up micro-insurance activities and the processes of a MI setup.
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource
Person
An
International Conference on Best Practices in Sexual and Reproductive Health,
Thailand, Khon Kaen 27-29
April 2007
For online registration Click Here
Meeting will provide an opportunity
for learning about current issues in evidence-based sexual and reproductive
health care, sharing experiences and networking with others working in the
field.
Recently
Held
From Kusum
Gopal, London School of Economics, UK
The US Launch of Lancet Maternal
Survival Series
Webcast by Woodrow Wilson
Center on 5 October
2006
For more information Click
Here
Maternal survival series addresses
the deaths of women who die from preventable causes related to their
pregnancy and provides evidence for solutions that can be taken to scale.
From
Ronita Chatterjee, CINI, Kolkata
Workshop: Community based strategies to improve maternal
and child health: Findings from field sites in Jharkhand
For Report & Presentations Click
Here
A recent workshop, held in
Ranchi, for dissemination of baseline information of two major community
level intervention trials taking place in Jharkhand
Call
for Proposals
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource
Person
2006 Photoshare Photo Contest (4th Annual) Sponsored by The
INFO Project and Canon
For more information Click
Here
Awards
for photos of programs, urban and rural life in developing countries,
personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience can be entered under
any of the eight categories, including family planning and reproductive
health, HIV/AIDS and global health
Methodological Issues in Measuring Population
Health Statistics Canada
Canada’s
National Statistics Agency, Gatineau,
Quebec, Canada
1-3 November 2006
For more information Click Here
This
international event addresses statistical methodology issues relevant to the
work of a government statistical agency, as well as to a broader statistical
community in the health care industry, government, universities and other
research organizations.
The World Bank's 2007 Development Marketplace
(DM) Global Competition: Improving Results in Health, Nutrition and
Population for the Poor!
To review competition
guidelines Click
Here
Proposal Deadline: 17 November
2006
Finalists Announced: 9 February
2007
DM 2007
is offering US$4 Million in awards for proposals with innovative ideas to
improve health, nutrition, population outcomes of poor people in developing
countries.
Resource
Corner
From
Manju Agrawal, Amity University, Lucknow
World of Adolescent Girls
By Manju Agrawal; Books
for Change; 2006
To order the book contact: Manju Agrawal at Tel: 9415410716 or Books for Change at
Tel: 41733197/8
Contains discussion of issues sexuality
and socialization, case studies, and suggests empowerment strategies and
training methodologies for working with adolescent boys and girls. Available
in Hindi for Rs. 70 and in English for Rs. 100
From Ashok Kumar Paikaray, Mahavir Yubak Sangh, Bhubaneswar
Draft Guidelines for Preparation
of District Health Action Plan and Draft
Recommendations of Task Group on PPP
To read drafts Click Here
Drafts have been posted on the website of Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare for suggestions and comments
From Ashutosh Sood,
Fortis Healthcare Ltd., New Delhi
Fortis Initiatives to Promote the Girl Child
For more information Click
Here
A brief description
of an initiative called Chetna, by Fortis
Hospital, Mohali for the health and well being of the girl child.
From Subramonia
Iyer, Retired Civil Surgeon and Gynaecologist,
Chennai
The Reality on Emergency Obstetric Care
By Dr. Subramonia Iyer; 2006
For Full Paper Click
Here
A
short piece written by our member Dr. S. Iyer on
issues related to EmOC in India
From Arun Gupta, BPNI, New Delhi
Several Articles on Universalization
of ICDS
Economic and Political Weekly; 26 August
2006; (free subscription required)
www.epw.org.in
- Food Dole or Health, Nutrition and Development Programme by Shanti Ghosh
- Infant and Young Child Feeding. An ‘Optimal Approach’ by Arun
Gupta
- Rethinking ICDS: A Right Based Perspective by Dipa
Sinha
- Infant Survival: A Political Challenge by Shanta
Sinha
- Universalisation of ICDS and Community Health Worker Programmes: Lessons from Chattisgarh by T. Sundararaman
- Universalisation with Quality ICDS in a Rights Perspective by Jean Drèze
From Siddharth
Agarwal, UHRC, New Delhi
Nutrition
and Health Services to the Urban Poor
By Dr.
Siddharth Agarwal, et al.; OneWorld, South Asia; 3 October 2006
For
article Click
Here
A
well-implemented urban ICDS programme can prevent disease from poor
environment, malnutrition and other ailments of the urban poor.
From Sarah Figge, UNDP, New Delhi
Skilled Attendant at Birth 2006 Updates (Fact
sheet)
World Health Organization (WHO); 2006
For fact sheets Click
Here
Fact
sheet presents nationally representative data of births attended by skilled
health workers available up to 2005 together with global, regional and sub-regional
estimates
Enhancing the Greater Involvement of People
Living with HIV (GIPA) in NGOs/CBOs in India
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
and India HIV/AIDS Alliance; 2006
To read Click Here (Size:
1.7 MB)
Handbook informs
readers about the different dimensions of GIPA in practice and provides tried
and tested tools for use by NGOs and other institutions.
Engaging for Health, 11th General Programme of Work: 2006-2015 A Global Health Agenda
World Health Organisation; May 2006
To read Click Here (Size: 3.6 MB)
Document outlines
a strategic framework and direction for the work of WHO, both Member States and the Secretariat, and a platform
for dialogue with other partners in global health.
India’s Population Reality: Reconciling
Change and Tradition
By Carl Haub and O. P.
Sharma; Population Bulletin, Vol. 61, No.3; September 2006
To read Click
Here (Size: 538 KB)
Bulletin presents a demographic
portrait of India
in the early years of the 21st century and offers insight into some of the
forces driving continued growth.
Lessons from the First Generation of
Integrated Population, Health, and Environment Projects
By John Pielemeier; Population
Reference Bureau; 2006
To read Click
Here
Assessment for the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International
Development provides lessons learnt from using an integrated approach that
simultaneously addresses conservation, family planning, and health needs.
From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource
Person
Newborn, Child, and Maternal Survival
The Lancet; 28 September 2006
For list of articles Click Here
Collection
of articles published by The Lancet since January 2003 relating to newborn,
child, and maternal survival
Infant and Child Feeding Index
By Srivastava N, Sandhu A;
Indian Journal of Paediatrics, Vol. 73, No. 9; September 2006
For abstract Click
Here
This
article explores the feasibility of using composite feeding indices in
potentially resolving issues of measuring child feeding practices.
Tracking Progress on Child Survival
UNICEF; September 18, 2006
For press release Click Here
Government of Norway, the Lancet Medical Journal and UNICEF
jointly hosted a Symposium on Child Survival in New York, focusing on ways to prevent the
deaths of millions of children before their fifth birthday.
Systematic Screening: A Strategy for
Determining and Meeting Client Reproductive Health Needs
Global
Health Technical Briefs ; The INFO Project at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public
Health/Center for Communication Programs, August 2006
To read Click Here
(Size: 399.8 KB)
Systematic screening
is a simple process for improving the integration of services by which health
care providers can increase the number of services received per client visit.
From Deeksha Sharma, Research
Associate
Advancing Reproductive Health and Family
Planning through Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Organizations
Pathfinder International; August 2006
To read Click
Here (Size:1.4 MB)
Report describes
how Pathfinder has engaged the support of religious leaders through training
and sensitization, to spread knowledge and acceptance of family planning and
to challenge harmful traditional practices.
Royal Society - Publishing - Reader Gateway
Journal archive from March 1665
For details Click Here
Archive
provides online access to all journal content, from Volume One, Issue One in
March 1665 until the latest modern research published today ahead of print-
until December 2006 the archive is freely available to anyone on the internet
to explore.
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Network
Activity
Membership and Community
Statistics
We now have more than eleven hundred members
(1,158)! You can find the list of new members, who joined since the last
update, I am very glad to introduce them to you.
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Completed Queries (August 31, 2006 to October 25, 2006)
Implementation
of Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls, from Shavika Gupta, NFI, New Delhi
(Experiences). Cross-Posted with Food and
Nutrition Security Community Issued 13 September 2006
Download
PDF (Size: 254 KB)
Experiences
shared on implementing the NPAG, along with suggestions on how the programme
could be further strengthened to have a positive impact on adolescent
girls.
Comments
on Recommendations of Gender Round Table for Combating Pre-Natal Sex
Detection, from Kiran Walia,
Delhi
Commission for Women
Cross-Posted with Gender Community Issued 10 September
2006
Download
PDF (Size: 180 KB)
Comments
and recommendations on the Gender Round Table Recommendations for the Chief
Minister of Delhi on implementation of PNDT Act in New Delhi
Double
Fortified Salt for Combating Anaemia, from Rita Patnaik, NFI, New Delhi
(Experiences). Cross-Posted with Food and
Nutrition Security. Issued 6 October 2006
Download
PDF (Size: 140 KB)
Experiences
with Double Fortified Salt (DFS) as a way to reduce anemia,
also explore the utility of DFS and appropriateness of employing it in
national programs.
Integrating
PPTCT Programs, from Subhasree Sai Raghavan, SAATHII,Chennai (Experiences;
Advice). Cross Posted with AIDS Community. Issued 6
October 2006
Experiences
of integrating specialised PPTCT programmes with mainstream care and support,
and treatment programs in India
Integrating
Counselling Services, from Jitendra, Gujarat State
Network of People Living with HIV, Surat (Experiences; Advice). Cross
Posted with AIDS Community Issued 18 October 2006
Experiences
of integrated counselling services with mainstream service and departments in
various institutional and community settings in India
Open Queries
Testing in PPTCT, from Janaki
Menon and K. Ajithkumar, Medical College Hospital,
Thrissur (Experiences; Advice).
Cross-Posted with AIDS Community
Looking
for experience and advice on screening all new admissions to neonatology
departments and during pregnancy
Setting Up Human Milk Banks, from Deepak Dave,
Human Milk Bank Project, Mumbai, (Experiences).
Looking for
feasibility and experiences of other milk bank initiatives in India and
abroad, for increasing the chances of survival of feeble low birth weight
babies
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