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Community Update No. 16:  August 31, 2007 In this Issue From the Resource Team |  Network Activity |  Member Postings |  Community News
From the Resource team Dear Friends, Greetings! We are pleased to bring to you the August update of the MCH Community, which is a snapshot of our network activities for the current month. We are currently building our Community Home Page where you will have more interactive and collaborative features, and the information contained in the community updates. We invite your suggestions on the content of the Community Page. What do you want to see in the upcoming MCH Community Home Page? After the month of discussion on Breastfeeding, we will now start looking at the broader thematic area of MCH community – the Millennium Development Goals (4 & 5). This year, as you know, is the Mid Point of the MDGs, and it would be great to re look at our roadmap and also take stock of situations. Please tell us what we should discuss and what we need to take stock of. We will send you a further reminder for this series of discussions. Hope this will not only generate awareness but also put our work into perspective. Please send in your responses. We look forward to it. Best Wishes, Meghendra Banerjee & Deeksha Sharma Resource Team, Solution Exchange		Community News Recently held World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) (1-7 August 2007) MCH Community celebrated WBW in August 2007 and held a month long discussion on Breastfeeding... Read More Food & Nutrition Security Community – 2^nd Annual Forum, 17 – 19 August, Hyderabad. Click Here for a brief report.  From Partners The World Health Report 2007 - A Safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century Full report: (Size: 3.96 MB)
Member Postings/Testimonials Dear all, You will be pleased to hear what Hon'ble Prime Minister said on 15th August, here is the key para that tackles child malnutrition and recognizes breastfeeding to be key component of the future strategy. Complete text of the speech is also attached for your complete reading. A very good one. "....The problem of malnutrition is a matter of national shame. We have tried to address it by making the mid-day meal universal and massively expanding the anganwadi system. However, success requires sustained effort at the grassroots. Infants need to be breast-fed, have access to safe drinking water and health care. We need the active involvement of the community and panchayats to see that what we spend reaches our children. I appeal to the nation to resolve and work hard to eradicate malnutrition within five years..." Hope this will change the direction of tackling with malnutrition by preventing it. Arun Gupta, BPNI, New Delhi We have developed our own website for “Journal of Community Medicine" www.jcmorissa.org You are invited to visit the site and comment. Sadhu Charan Panda, V.S.S. Medical College, Burla Greetings from HUNGER SOLUTION! Hunger Solution is a newly formed Trust under Trust Act of India vide. Trust Deed Regd no. 99/07 for the Integral Development of resource poor people. It is a trust formed and supported by eminent researchers, social workers, intellectuals, activists and gender specialists. We have expertise in the field of Food and livelihood security, Sustainable agriculture, organic farming and certification process, conservation of biodiversity, promotion of technology and value addition to rural agricultural and forest produces. We also look in to successful trading of those rural products. With above background, our consultancy and training services have been provided to various NGOs in Orissa and other states. We are making efforts to make horizontal and vertical growth of youth leaders, SHGs and farmers by linking them to traders and industries. Therefore we request you to give us opportunity to provide you services to your projects, farmers groups, SHGs and their federations for the betterment of our people. Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, Koraput, Orissa I have been reading all your important and relevant queries with interest. I feel that we need to look beyond the obvious and think more deeply on issues that lie at the root of maternal and child care in the Indian subcontinent. Currently, I have been appointed by the One UN --Delivering as One Strategy for Maternal Mortality and Neonatal Deaths.   For the past thirty years the global approach has been # to instruct # the rank and file health workers  by medical  rules and protocol -- instead of a policy to learn and to incorporate what is happening on the ground --- be it at the community or family level  has led to a history of failures and also, waste of vast amounts of money. We need to think beyond this box-- and all initiatives including breast feeding will be successful. Breast feeding needs a lot of energy and also is there sufficient milk for the mother? We need to acknowledge why there is pernicious anaemia and often with that work load that make women so weak  Anyone who has lived in the villages in India for a  [period of time will realise how rich and  extensive is local knowledge and  how much healing and herbal medicines combine to inform such knowledge, The problems lie in extremely poor sanitation,  lack of water - women have to walk miles everyday for water-- and poor housing.--example--rats infest households -- as indeed, land use -- there is very little land and the soils have lost their productive capacity.. low yields.. as indeed, cooking by the wood fires and smog that it creates and dangers inherent in wearing nylon sarees that are cheaper than cotton sarees by women who cook. In urban setting these problems occur -- but prostitution - be it male or female --and  other forms of income that accompany the “jhuggi existence"  are much more difficult given the pollution levels All this affect the health and well being of individuals and in this case harm especially for women and children- Men are always fed first each morning. Thus we need to ask ourselves how we can improve the dietary intake, how we can  improve housing, sanitation--maybe introduce solar energy/gobar gas-- and,  water pipes for each home or at least a few metres away. AND, Culture is never to be seen a barrier but as an integral aspect of  human existence -- and needs to be worked with and respected. Kusum Gopal, London School of Economics, United Kingdom It’s really great to see that this month we are celebrating breastfeeding month..... Chandrakant Munjewar, MGIMS Student, Wardha Job Opportunities From Anup Kumar Das, UNESCO, New Delhi Multiple Vacancies: * Professor (Education & Training) (On Deputation) * Professor (Planning & Evaluation) (On Deputation) * Reader (Medical Care & Hospital Administration) (Regular) * Reader (Nursing) (Regular) * Lecturer (Print Media) (On Deputation) * Lecturer (Extension Education) (Regular) * Lecturer (Immunology) (Regular) * Lecturer (Reproductive Bio-medicine-Clinic) (Regular) * Lecturer (Statistics & Demography) (Temporary) National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi Submission deadline: 5 September 2007 For details visit: http://www.nihfw.org/html/Vacancies.htm From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person Health Reporter The India Today Group, Videocon Towers, Delhi Please send CV with short note to: healthmt@gmail.com Upcoming Events From Chandrani Banerjee, Boston, USA Scaling-Up FP/MNCH Best Practices in Asia and the Near East Technical Meeting Millennium Hilton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand; 3-8 September 2007 For details Click Here To disseminate high impact Family Planning/Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (FP/MNCH) best practices for scaling-up in the Asia and Near East (ANE) region. From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate Reproductive Health 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 26-29 September 2007 For details Click http://www.arhp.org/rh2007/ 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 Sarah Figge, UNDP, New Delhi Women Deliver: A Global Conference ExCel Centre, London; 18-20 October 2007 For details Click http://www.womendeliver.org/ Focus is on creating political will to save the lives and improve the health of women, mothers, and newborn babies around the world as a human rights issue 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 From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person Global Forum for Health Research – Forum 11 Beijing, China; 29 October – 2 November 2007 For details visit www.globalforumhealth.org Brings together policy-makers, development partners and researchers, to debate critical gaps and mobilise campaigns addressing health needs of poor and marginalised From Subrato Kumar Mondal, Centre for Media Studies (CMS), Delhi Symposia on Communication for Social Development University of Hyderabad ; 1-3 November 2007 For details visit http://cmssymbols.cmsindia.org/ A platform to discuss approaches to development communication and contemporary issues like access, copyright, implementation, evaluation, scale-up, accountability etc From Anju Dadhwal Singh, WHO India, New Delhi Health and Human Rights Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes and Tata Institute of Social Sciences; 12-24 November 2007 For details visit http://www.cehat.org/humanrights/hhrindex.html Provides an overview of the nature and role of national and international norms, processes and institutions with respect to health and human rights issues From Pramod Kumar Sharma, Centre for Environment Education,  Ahmedabad 4th International Conference on Environmental Education Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India; 26-28 November 2007 For details visit http://www.tbilisiplus30.org/ Thematic working session on education of environmental health concerns will discuss experiences, efforts, projects, programmes and case studies From Nabeel M. K., Academy of Medical Sciences (ACME), Kannur 2nd National Bioethics Conference Bangalore; 6- 8 December 2007 For Conference Brochure http://ijme.in/2nbcbrochure.pdf (Size: 183 KB) The conference aims to facilitate comprehensive debates on health care technologies in the context of clinical practice, research, and public health and policy Recently Held Events From Siddharth Agarwal, Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), New Delhi “Health of the Urban Poor in India : Challenges and Program Experiences”, organised by UHRC in collaboration with ‘Shyam Institute of Public Cooperation and Community Development’ and the Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh. 17 – 19 January 2007-09-01 Contact: http://www.uhrc.in A 90 minute symposium, part of the seminar on Contemporary Issues in Population and Health organized in Bhopal Urban Health Programme Review Workshop, organised by the department of public health and family welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with UHRC regional partner in Bhopal, Muskaan. Contact: http://www.uhrc.in  23-24th February 2007 Workshop was organised for discussing the proposals developed by the eight select cities for the first phase of urban RCH project in the state. Health of Urban Poor in India: Identifying ways of Responding to Issues and Challenges” organised by UHRC, in Delhi 29 March 2007 Contact: http://www.uhrc.in Panel discussion and poster sessions; the participants included officials from Government of India, Delhi Govt., academia, civil society organizations, corporate foundations, media etc. The key note address was given by the Joint Secretary Mr. Amarjeet Sinha, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI. Other thematic addresses were given by Dr. O. Massee Bateman, USAID India, Dr. H P S Sachdeva, Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Training Sessions on (a) A session on the role of NGOs in NRHM during a training session for NGO professionals from various parts of India (b) A session on urban health planning Professional Development Course for Medical Officers (Punjab); and (C) a session on urban health planning for state health official;  organised by UHRC and National Institute of Health and Family Welfare 17 September – 19 October 2006 Contact: http://www.uhrc.in Training sessions organised for  functionaries and health care professionals. From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person Launch of the Indian Clinical Trial Registry (CTRI) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi;  20 July 2007 http://whoindia.org/EN/Section2/Section435_1439.htm An online registration mechanism of clinical trials involving human participants, this helps in making these trials publicly available and searchable by anyone free of charge Call for Proposals/ Papers From Paramita Sudharto, WHO India, New Delhi New Inquiry: Maternal Health UK’s Department for International Development (DFID); Press Notice 34, Session 2006-07 Submission Deadline: 14 September 2007 http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/res-14-300607-02.doc (Size: 35 KB) Invites organisations and individuals from developing countries to submit written evidence on how donors particularly DFID can support progress towards MDG 5 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 National Child Rights Research Fellowships: What is in the best interest of a child? CRY - Child Rights and You For details visit: http://www.cry.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/nationalchildrightsresearchfellowships08.html Submission Deadline: 10 September 2007 E-mail your proposal to: research@crymail.org Invites applications for research investigating the best interest principle within the broad framework of justice for children BMA/BMJ Information Fund Submission Deadline: 28 September 2007 http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/informationfund07 Invites applications from medical schools, libraries, health care institutions, NGOs for health educational materials, such as books, CD-ROMs and videos in developing countries From Anju Dadhwal Singh, WHO India, New Delhi Journal of Health Studies-December 2007 issue Focus is on Urban Health: Call For Papers Submission Deadline: 30 September 2007 Send papers to: editor@esocialsciences.com Invites research papers, case studies, research briefs, commentaries and experiential accounts on Urban Health 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 Training Opportunities From Athar Haque, eHealth-Care Foundation, New Delhi Certificate in Medical Informatics eHCF School of Medical Informatics, eHealth-Care Foundation For details Click www.ehealth-care.net/medicalinformatics.htm Designed for the practicing Physician, Surgeons and Paramedicals interested in knowing in and out of Information and Communication Technology  (ICT) in Medicine From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate 13th Oxford Workshop on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice St. Hugh's College, Oxford, United Kingdom; 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 Planning and Management for HIV / AIDS Programme for NGOs Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur; 17-22 September 2007 http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/res-15-310707-06.doc (Size: 44 KB) This management development programme provides information to improve  or scale up existing delivery activities by effective planning, coordinating and evaluation of functions The Basics of Health Economics E-Learning Course The World Bank Institute; 3 October - 7 November 2007 Application Deadline: 1 September 2007 For details Click http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandaids/elearning Exposes participants to potential contribution of health economics to decision making in the health sector The Health Outcomes And The Poor E-Learning World Bank Institute and the World Health Organization; 24 October - 6 December 2007 Application Deadline: 15 September 2007 For details Click http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandaids/elearning Assists Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) authors to improve analysis and policies in health sector and its reviewers to advise on how to improve quality of health inputs Strengthening The Essential Public Health Functions  E-Learning Course The World Bank Institute and the Pan American Health Organization; 14 November 2007- 19 March 2008 Application Deadline: 1 October 2007 For details Click http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandaids/elearning Aims to develop leadership in performance and assessment of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF), as a critical component in strengthening national capacity 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 Jeevan Kuruvilla, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore 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 Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person HIV Fellowship Programme: Clinical & Leadership Training Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai; 9 November 2007 – 8 November 2008 http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/health/comm_update/res-15-310707-05.pdf (Size: 326 KB) Provides hands-on clinical training and experiential learning, didactic and case-based learning, mentoring by experts and clinical or community health project opportunities 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 to develop conceptual clarity on children based approaches, identify and prioritize issues and implement evidence based strategies Resource Corner From Paramita Sudharto, WHO India, New Delhi WHO Recommendations for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage World Health Organization; 2007 http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2007/WHO_MPS_07.06_eng.pdf (Size: 254 KB) Reports the WHO Technical Consultation in Geneva on 18–20 October 2006 to discuss various issues related to prevention of PPH and developed recommendations Ensuring Skilled Care for Every Birth World Health Organization http://www.who.int/making_pregnancy_safer/en/index.html Provides link to various WHO documents on recommended interventions for improving maternal and newborn health and  Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage From Siddharth Agarwal, Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), New Delhi Urban Health Newsletters Vol. 02 Issue No. 01 and Issue No.2 were released. Volume - 43 http://uhrc.in/modules.php?op=modload&name=pnTresMailer&file=index&req=PreviewArchive&arch_mid=43 Volume – 44 http://uhrc.in/modules.php?op=modload&name=pnTresMailer&file=index&req=PreviewArchive&arch_mid=44 The Indian Paediatrics-Urban Child Health Series and the Urban Health Library CD-Rom, UHRC 29 March 2007 http://www.uhrc.in State of Urban Health Report for Madhya Pradesh,  released by the Principal Secretary Mr. M. M. Upadhyaya, government of Madhya Pradesh, UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-51.html State of Urban Health Report for Rajasthan was released UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-53.html State of Urban Health Report for Uttarpradesh UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-52.html Maternal and Newborn Care Practices among the Urban Poor in Indore, India UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-62.html Report of Consultative Urban Health Planning Workshop for Municipal Councils and Urban RCH II UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-60.html A report on the urban health session facilitated at Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration titled “101st Induction Course for IAS Officers Workshop on Urban Health UHRC http://www.uhrc.in/name-CmodsDownload-index-req-getit-lid-59.html From Syed Ziaur Rahman, AMU, Aligarh Pharmacoenvironmentology - A Component of Pharmacovigilance By S. Z. Rahman, R. A. Khan, V. Gupta and M. Uddin; Environmental Health; 2007 http://www.ehjournal.net/content/6/1/20 Defines the term 'Pharmacoenvironmentology' dealing with the environmental impact of drugs given to humans and animals at therapeutic doses From Rituu B. Nanda, UNAIDS, New Delhi World Breastfeeding Week World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ Website provides country wise information on World Breastfeeding Week celebration and highlight the challenges in initiating breastfeeding during the first hour of baby’s life From Nadaa Taiyab, Medicine Shoppe, Mumbai Medicine Shoppe India www.youtube.com/nadaaita and http://www.acumenfundblog.org Some random video footage and blog for Medicine Shoppe India, a new initiative to set up a (for-profit) pharmacy with clinic format aimed at low income groups in urban areas From Sarah Figge, UNDP, New Delhi MENTOR: Monitoring and Evaluation Network of Training On-line Resources http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/training/MENTOR A web-based compilation of free training materials and tools on health-related monitoring and evaluation (M&E) topics Improving the Health of Mothers and Babies: Breaking through Health System Constraints id21 insights health 11; August 2007 http://www.id21.org/insights/insights-h11/insightshealth11.pdf (Size: 492 KB) Discuss key constraints to progress i.e. weak infrastructure, lack of effective maternal health care services, health care costs associated with childbirth and political will From Meghendra Banerjee, Resource Person World Abortion Policies 2007: Wall Chart Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United Nations; 2007 http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_Abortion_Policies_Chart/2007_WallChart.pdf (Size: 312 KB)   Provides legal status of induced abortion in various states with complementary data on abortion rates, contraceptive prevalence, total fertility and maternal mortality Effective Project Planning and Evaluation in Biomedical Research UNICEF/ UNDP/WHO/ World Bank; 2007 http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/training_manual.pdf (Size: 3.56 MB) Details skill-building course for scientists in tropical-disease endemic countries in the area of project planning and evaluation in biomedical research From Deeksha Sharma, Research Associate Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives: How Programs and Providers Can Help Women Improve Breastfeeding Practices INFO Project, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; March 2006 http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/l14/published/l14.pdf (Size: 793 KB) Explores what governments, programs, and health care providers can do to support and enable women to breastfeed in the most beneficial way How You Can Help Save Mothers’ Lives By Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert; Newsweek; August 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20160824/site/newsweek/ Article highlights that maternal mortality is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age and enlists seven things one can do to make a difference Health Care Financing and Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Developing Countries By Margaret E Kruk et al.; Health Policy and Planning; 2007 http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/303 A cross-national analysis finding association between government vs private financing and utilization of antenatal care, skilled birth attendants and Caesarean section 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. We now have1852 members! 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-16-310807-62.pdf (Size: 47 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 August 2007 to 31 August 2007) RCH Services for the Urban Un-served -Experiences; Referrals. Issued 3 August 2007 (Size: 257 KB) Documented experiences of providing RCH services to urban un-served in collaboration with urban local bodies, funding sources and reference organisations implementing these FOR COMMENTS: Citizens' Charter from DWCD Govt. of Orissa. Issued 16 August 2007 (Size: 146 KB) Compile comments on Charter on additional information needs to be incorporated, making it more citizen friendly and adopting strategies to make it more effective and useful Ensuring Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Institutional Settings - Experiences. Issued 31 August 2007 (Size: 250 KB) Documented prevailing practices and support available, ways to build the institutional capacity and experience of supporting and ensuring early initiation in institutional settings Socio-Cultural Practices Ensuring Early Breastfeeding- Experiences. Issued 31 August 2007 (Size: 110 KB) Share experiences of socio-cultural practices influencing early initiation of breastfeeding and successful behaviour change interventions to ensure optimal practices Open Queries Early Initiation of Breastfeeding through C-IMCI-Advice. Reply by 3 September 2007 Looking for members’ advice on how to ensure early initiation of breastfeeding through C-IMCI and in situations where delivery is not conducted by SBA 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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