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Community Update No. 13:  May 30, 2007 In this Issue From the Resource Team |  Network Activity |  Member Postings |  Community News
From the Resource team Dear Friends, Please find the Community Update for May. Thanks a lot for sharing your news, views and resources. As we mentioned earlier this year we will try to demonstrate the power of collaboration, let us work towards that. In the last two years we have discussed several issues - there are many ideas and experiences which can be tried out at various scales. If you have any idea of fostering collaborative work, do let us know. There are some nice ideas in the Annual Forum report which you might wish to explore. We have spent a month and a half discussing safe motherhood issues, its time to move on and we welcome your questions / queries on other maternal and child health issues. Looking forward your participation. Best Wishes, Meghendra Banerjee & Deeksha Sharma Resource Team, MCH Community, Solution Exchange Member Postings/Testimonials For making the remotest corners of the country's mothers and others aware about safe motherhood, the Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India is producing a 13-episode documentary-drama for radio and television that will go on air this July. This news came in National Daily- The Hindu14^th May 2007 (http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/14/stories/2007051410440100.htm) We need to make sure, more women and others would watch and hear this programme. Regional News-papers can aware people about the up-coming programme on air and television. Solution-Exchange's community member from all over the country can inform about this programme to regional news-paper and in village panchayat.  Rujuta Deshmukh, Independent Consultant, New Delhi One interesting news about safe motherhood I noticed in "Indian Express" which I want share with you all. safe motherhood Adalat was held in Dhenkanal of Orissa, organised by state Mahila Commission in association with UNICEF and coordinated by India Social Welfare Organization (ISWO) and of course the district administration. It aimed at addressing problems faced by would be mothers under Janani Surakhya Yojana and NRHM. Main grievance put forth by the mothers was money demanded by doctors even from patients who are critically ill. Next was non availability of incentives under Janani Surakhya Yojana since December 2006. Such adalat if held everywhere will increase awareness among women and encourage them to raise their voice. Is not it? Sadhu Charan Panda, V. S. S. Medical College, Burla		Community News MCH Community 2nd Annual Forum – Report Click Here (Size: 200 KB) Recently Held MCH Community Observed Safe Motherhood Month – Click here for the issues discussed. Water Community – Visioning Workshop New Delhi, 13 – 14 March 2007. Read Report Education Community – 2^nd Resource Group Meeting New Delhi, 15 March 2007 For further details contact Amit Kaushik or Sagarika Gnanaolivu From our Partners WHO World Health Statistics, 2007 accessed online at http://www.who.int/whosis Presents official record of data produced by WHO’s technical programmes and regional offices and provides the global evidence base for improvements and continued challenges in global public health The WHO Clinical Trial Search Portal at http://www.who.int/trialsearch/ A collaborative international initiative that facilitates the identification of all clinical trials, regardless of whether or not they have been published. For health care researchers, funders, policy makers and consumers the Portal represents an enormous step towards greater access, transparency and accountability of health research globally
I am a rural development professional having the experience of 11 years in the health sector. Please let me know if there are any upcoming trainings, seminars or conferences on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS in India. Awaiting your response. Soumendra Nath Ghosh, Independent Consultant, Ranchi I sometime get stuck for appropriate words in Hindi corresponding to technical medical terms used in reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, general health etc. I would appreciate it very much if you could guide me to some good online English-Hindi dictionary or some standard regular dictionary of technical medical terms. Dinesh C. Bhatt, CARE India, New Delhi Iron deficiency remains a major nutritional problem among infants and young children in India. The recent National Family Health Survey III, state that more than 74 percent children between the ages of 6-35 months were anemic. Earlier studies from different regions in the country during the last three decades have also reported a similar high prevalence. Since 1990, outstanding progress has been made toward in our country eliminating iodine deficiency through universal salt idolization. Vitamin A deficiency is being addressed through nationwide biannual distribution of vitamin A solution to infants, young children, and fortification of foods. During this same period, little progress was made towards the   elimination of iron deficiency.  Iodine and vitamin A deficiencies have received far greater attention.  The  Iron  continued to  remain as  most  “neglected  micronutrient” in spite of  it's higher  magnitude of problem and more  serious health consequences. There is  strong  scientific evidence from community-based studies that iron deficiency anemia is associated with impaired performance on a range of mental and physical functions in children like mental development, physical coordination and capacity, cognitive abilities, social and emotional development, and loss of  intelligence quotient similar to iodine deficiency. The  other  health consequences are i) poor scholastic performance ii) reduced immunity iii) increased morbidity iv) increased susceptibility to heavy metal (including lead) poisoning. The precise effects vary with the age groups studied. Recent studies have documented that the iron supplementation at a later age may not reverse the effects of moderate to severe iron deficiency anemia that occurred during the first 18 months of life . Now, MOH&FW have decided to give a high priority to the problem of Nutritional anemia. The attached circular from MOH&FW includes all groups 6- 60 months , 6- 10 years and 11 to 18 years for Iron and Folic acid  distribution . This is indeed a great initiative by Government of India. (Kindly see the attachment ) We, all the scientists working   for promotion of Maternal and Child Health should take the initiative and provide all the support to the GOI and state Governments to make this initiative successful. Please do share your comments if any, on the new guidelines , so that the comments can  be consolidated  and shared with MOH&FW. Umesh Kapil, AIIMS, New Delhi Job Opportunities From Alok Sahai, Bharatiya Mahila  Evam Gramin Utthan Sansthan, Basti Block Project  Coordinator (Mother And Child Health) Bharatiya Mahila  Evam Gramin Utthan Sansthan, Village- Jakhnee.PO- Labnapar, Basti-272002 For details Contact: Secretary at bmgus@indiatimes.com; Tel.: 09415710545 From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate Technical Specialists – Maternal & Child Health CARE India Location: New Delhi Last Date: 8 June 2007 http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_943.shtml Program Officer CARE India Location: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal Last Date: 8 June 2007 http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_941.shtml Health Policy Analyst The Population Council Location: New Delhi Last Date: 15 June 2007 http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_855.shtml Public Health Specialist The Population Council Location: New Delhi Last Date: 15 June 2007 http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_854.shtml Upcoming Events From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person 34^th International Conference on Global Health: Partnerships Working Together for Global Health Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C., USA; 29 May-1 June 2007 For details Click here Will explore how joint efforts help to tackle complex health problems and find solutions to these problems at all levels and by doing so improve the health worldwide National Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility – ‘From Awareness to Leadership: Making CSR an Actionable Business Agenda’   Chennai; 14-15 June 2007 For schedule Click here (Size: 37 KB) For registration form Click here (Size: 46 KB) Programme will focus on upscaling of social commitments and initiate establishment of formal processes and institutions to sustain CSR in Indian Industry From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate International Conference on Psychology in Mental Health: Journey of a Profession-  Prospects and Challenges National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore; 26-28 July 2007 For details www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/icpmh2007 or www.tciconferences.com/icpmh A platform to discuss individual and systemic approaches to therapy, psychosocial issues across life span, recent trends in Behavioural Medicine, promotion of mental health etc Reproductive Health 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 26-29 September 2007 For details Click http://www.arhp.org/rh2007/ This conference provides a space to present and discuss quality research findings in reproductive health From Pooja Sahni, UNDP, New Delhi International Conference on Environmental Parasitology and Community Health Care Initiatives (ENPARACOHI-2007) Science Faculty, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra; 13-15 October 2007 For details Click here (Size: 215 KB)   For sponsoring souvenir Click here (Size: 23 KB) Researchers and practitioners from India and abroad will identify vistas for integration and convergence of environmental parasitology with community health initiatives From Francesca Barolo, India Consortium on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, New Delhi 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health Hyderabad; 29-31 October 2007 For details Click http://www.4apcrsh.org Platform to exchange ideas and discuss concerns about sexual and reproductive health and rights, with specific reference to the implementation of ICPD, 1994 Recently Held Events From Arun Gupta, BPNI, New Delhi Prime Minister Assures to take Action on Infant Nutrition Press Release; 3 May 2007 http://www.bpni.org/Press_Releases/pr-4may-07-PM-Visit.pdf (Size:333 KB) Reports Prime Minister’s meeting with partners to discuss Joint Statement on Infant and Young Child Feeding ensuring Optimal Infant Nutrition, Survival and Development Call for Proposals/ Papers From Indu Kapoor, CHETNA, Ahemdabad Child-to-Child Newsletter 2007: Call For Articles Endline Date: 30 June 2007 Submit article at: chetna@icenet.net Invite article highlighting issues relevant to the promotion of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and the Child-to-Child approaches through case studies From Kewal Krishan, Panjab University, Chandigarh Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology: Call For Papers For details Click http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijba/archives.xml For standard instructions on manuscripts Click http://www.ispub.com. This peer reviewed journal  will include articles on human biology, genetics, growth and development, community health and epidemiology, clinical and medical Anthropology From Sadhu Charan Panda, V.S.S. Medical College, Burla Journal of Community Medicine: Call For Papers on "Poverty and Development" Submission Deadline: 31 July2007 For details send email at sadhucmvss@yahoo.co.in It will be published online on 22nd October2007 and will get published later in the January 2008 issue From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person Supporting Efforts to Scale-Up High Impact Best Practices in Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn, and Infant/Child Health in the Asia/ Near East Region: Request for Applications http://www.esdproj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=RFA_ANE1 Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Project will award three to five grants to country teams, participating in technical meeting in Bangkok on 4-9 September  2007 Online Networks From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person A Virtual Forum: Addressing Unmet Need for Family Planning in Rural Areas: Introducing Community-Based Distribution of Injectable Contraception Family Health International (FHI) and Management Sciences for Health http://globalexchange.msh.org Based on expertise gained through work and research discusses different aspects of introducing injectable contraception and the lessons learned from successful programs The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights http://www.wgnrr.org/home.php?page=1&type=menu An autonomous network of groups and individuals in every continent who aim to achieve and support reproductive rights for women From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate Web Services for NGOs, Civil Societies and Individual Change Makers http://www.thedevelopmentcafe.org/ An online network of social science professionals to bridge the technology and knowledge divide between policy and grassroots Training Opportunities From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate 2007 Leadership in Strategic Health Communication: Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases, HIV/ AIDS and Reproductive Health Course Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; 4-22 June 2007 For application form visit http://www.jhuccp.org/training/Workshop/Advances.htm Responding to changing health needs course provides need based content for strategic health communication planning incorporating latest thinking on leadership development International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) Ottawa, Canada; 11 June-6 July 2007 For details Click http://www.ipdet.org/page.aspx?pageId=programInfo Designed to build skills of professionals from governments, non-governmental, bilateral and multilateral development agencies to evaluate development interventions 13th Oxford Workshop on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK; 10- 14 September 2007 For details Click www.cebm.net/courses.asp Aimed for health care professionals already having some knowledge of critical appraisal and experience in evidence-based health care and want to explore issues around teaching From Anju Dadhwal, WHO India, New Delhi Global Course: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform" Bangkok, Thailand; 20-31 August 2007 Application deadline: 15 June 2007 For Brochure Click here (Size: 232 KB) Explores key elements in designing efficient, equitable and financially sustainable population policies and reproductive health programmes in context of health sector reform From Jeevan Kuruvilla, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore Short Course in Economic Basis of Health Care Intervention Department of Community Medicine, CMC, Vellore; 16-18 August 2007 For application form and details Click here (Size: 49 KB) Introduces basic principles of economic evaluation, types of research designs, cost effectiveness and benefit analysis, developing research questions and writing proposal Principles and Practice of Epidemiology, 30th course Department of Community Medicine, CMC, Vellore; 20 August-1 September 2007 For application form and details Click here (Size: 50 KB) Describes epidemiological approach, reliability and validity of diagnostic tests and screening of diseases, study designs and analytical methods used in this area Short Course on Clinical Trials and Case Control Study Designs Department of Community Medicine, CMC, Vellore; 15-20 October 2007 For application form and details Click here (Size: 49 KB) Provides skills in randomization techniques, sample size calculation, masking manoeuvres, preparation of forms and data analysis using multivariate techniques From M. M. A. Faridi, G. T. B. Hospital, Delhi Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling (Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and HIV and Infant Feeding) Ranchi 29 September-5 October 2007 For details Click here (Size: 36 KB)  For schedule Click here (Size: 49 KB) For registration form Click here (Size: 31 KB) Prepares health care providers with knowledge and appropriate counseling skills in infant and young child feeding required to manage IYCF Counseling Centre From Indu Kapoor, CHETNA, Ahemdabad Children as Catalysts for Change Samvaad Heritage Conference Centre, CHETNA, Ahmedabad; 30 November-5 December 2007 For details contact: Ms Minaxi Shukla, Course coordinator, CHETNA; chetna@icenet.net Course is designed for senior personnel to develop conceptual clarity on children based approaches, identify and prioritize issues and implement evidence based strategies Resource Corner From Padma Buggineni, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, New Delhi India Lags Behind in Maternal Health Click Here Reports findings of State of the World's Mothers Report, 2007 released by the US-based NGO "Save the Children" , where India tops the list of countries in maternal deaths From Gopi Ghosh, FAO, New Delhi World Bank Reproductive Health Strategy By Serra Sippel; Center for Health and Gender Equity; 8 May 2007 http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2007/05/08/world-bank-reproductive-health-strategy Blog on the recent World Bank controversy regarding efforts to eliminate Bank support for sexual and reproductive health From Ramya Gopalan, UNDP, New Delhi Millions of Children Needlessly Dying from Preventable Disease Foreign Policy Association; 28 April 2007 Click Here Enumerate children dying from preventable diseases i.e. Malaria, Tuberculosis, Measles, AIDS, Polio, malnutrition and the need to find effective ways to deal with these epidemics Feed the Children The Jakarta Post.com; 27 April 2007 http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070427.C05 Brief on United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report on widespread malnutrition and at risk young population in Indonesia From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person Maternal and Social Factors Associated with Abortion in India: A Population-Based Study By S. Pallikadavath and R.W. Stones; International Family Planning Perspectives; September 2006  http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3212006.html Assesses underlying maternal and social correlates on demand for abortion in India through nationally representative survey data Health Aid and Infant Mortality By P. Mishra and D. Newhouse; International Monetary Fund- Working Paper; April 2007 http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2007/wp07100.pdf (Size: 418 KB) Examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality in context of MDGs using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004 Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007 Plan International; 2007 http://www.plan-international.org/pdfs/becauseiamagirl.pdf (Size: 4 MB) Report provides secondary data, study material on major issues of concern, demonstrate what is being done, as well as highlights the concerted effort needed for real progress USAID's Program for Advancement of Commercial Technology-Child and Reproductive Health (PACT-CRH) in India http://www.usaid.gov/in/our_work/activities/Health/health_pact.htm Supports commercialization of new RCH and HIV/AIDS technologies and improves quality and use of private sector, RCH and HIV/AIDS products and services From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States The World Bank; April 13, 2007 Click Here Assesses stakeholders contributions towards MDGs, reviews key developments, emerging priorities and highlights thematic areas of gender equality and problems of fragile states Janani "Butterfly" Centers http://www.janani.org/overview.htm Centres are Janani's conduit to rural communities to sell over-the-counter products and services, and create access to quality clinical services by linking with the doctors' network Are you interested to share your readings, new publications with the community? We are building this resource corner, where your recommended readings will feature. Network Activity Membership and Community Statistics Members who have changed their organisations or wish to change other information in their profile can update their profile online at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in or send us an email with relevant information. You can find the list of new members, who joined since the last update, I am very glad to introduce them to you. Click here to view the list of new members- http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/res-13-290507-48.pdf  (Size: 35 KB) Member Database- 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 (1 May 2007 to 29 May 2007) Home Delivery Vs. Institutional Delivery -Experiences, Examples. Issued 8 May 2007 Documented experiences and examples on why women prefer delivery at home, impact of JSY on institutional delivery and current government strategy on Safe Motherhood Setting up Delivery Huts in Rural Areas -Experiences. Issued 11 May 2007 Documented successful experiences of setting up delivery huts or rooms in the remote areas Community Based Models of Skilled Birth     Attendance and Newborn Care - Examples; Experiences. Issued 17 May 2007 Documenting experiences and examples of service delivery models resulted in measurable positive change in community based Skilled Birth Attendance and Newborn Care Controlling Undernutrition and Anemia in Pregnancy - Experiences. Cross Posted with Food & Nutrition Security Community. Issued 29 May 2007 Experiences of projects that have supplemented government’s iron-folate supplementation program to control iron deficiency anemia in adolescent and pregnant women Open Queries Measuring Behaviour Change in Health - Examples; Experiences. Documented examples and experiences on measuring behaviour change in health and suggestions on how to make these type of surveys more meaningful Previous Updates http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/index.htm Many thanks to all who contributed to this issue! 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