Healthy Communities, Healthy Families, Healthy Kids
May 1, 2013
** A NOTE FROM DR. JONATHAN QUICK
It’s Time to Transform Community Health Systems
http://blog.msh.org/2013/05/01/its-time-to-transform-community-health-systems/
With less than 1000 days until the Millennium Development Goals expire, the process for setting post-2015 goals continues to ramp up.
My colleagues, Gloria Sangiwa and Jonathan Jay, reflect on the current state of community health systems in low- and middle-income countries, and consider how the post-2015 agenda could reshape them---perhaps dramatically.
Read more >>
http://blog.msh.org/2013/05/01/its-time-to-transform-community-health-systems/
** HIGHLIGHTS
Communities Mobilize to Provide Care to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lesotho
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/communities-mobilize-to-provide-care-to-orphans-and-vulnerable-children-in-lesotho.cfm
The Lesotho Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS receives a small grant to provide psychosocial support and skills training to orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers. Since 2011, their work has reached more than 8,500 beneficiaries.
Beyond Fears and Misconceptions: Village Health Teams Help Couples Access Modern Family Planning
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/beyond-fears-and-misconceptions-village-health-teams-help-couples-access-modern-family-planning.cfm
In many Ugandan communities, village health teams are the first point of contact for health services, including basic information on modern contraception.
Pharmacovigilance Reporting Goes Digital in Kenya
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/pharmacovigilance-reporting-goes-digital-in-kenya.cfm
Kenya becomes the first country in Africa---and the world---to use a digital reporting tool for pharmacovigilance based on mobile technology.
Hundreds of Community Health Workers Trained to Provide TB Services to Residents in Rural Afghanistan
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/hundreds-of-community-health-workers-trained-to-provide-tb-services-to-residents-in-rural-afghanistan.cfm
Dewana Qul is one of thousands of TB patients living in rural Afghanistan who now receive TB treatment from community health workers in the privacy of a home.
"Mind the GAPPD": Improve Medicines Management for Pneumonia and Diarrhea
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/22/mind-the-gappd-improve-medicines-management-for-pneumonia-and-diarrhea/
Jane Briggs and Beth Yeager blog on the "GAPPD": the first-ever simultaneous effort to protect children from pneumonia and diarrhea that launched in April. "If proper attention is not given to pharmaceutical management practices and systems, the commodities necessary to protect, prevent and treat diarrhea and pneumonia will not be available, and children will continue to die."
Catching Mosquitoes, not Fish: Returning Bed Nets to their Proper Use in DRC
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/catching-mosquitoes-not-fish.cfm
In the village of Kavimvira, Frank Baraka has packed the bounty of the morning fishing trip and folded his nets --- sewn from unused bed nets.
** FEATURE
WOMEN LEAD: Strong Women Save Lives
http://conferences.msh.org/womendeliver2013/2013/05/01/women-lead-strong-women-save-lives/
On the eve of Women Deliver's 3rd global conference, Belkis Giorgis blogs on empowering women leaders at all levels of the health system:
"By creating, legitimizing and empowering women leaders, we will empower beneficiaries of the health system, save lives, and improve health outcomes for all."
** PROFILE
Voice of America Interviews Dr. Stephen Macharia: On Tuberculosis in South Sudan (Audio)
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/30/voice-of-america-interviews-dr-stephen-macharia-on-tuberculosis-in-south-sudan-audio/
In this Voice of America broadcast, Dr. Stephen Macharia, discusses the TB epidemic in South Sudan, TB CARE I project achievements, and the way forward for improving funding for TB services and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) control in fragile states, like South Sudan.
** MORE MSH NEWS
World Malaria Day 2013: Sigue la Lucha—Continue the Fight
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/24/world-malaria-day-2013-sigue-la-lucha-continue-the-fight/
The Economic Case for Investing in TB in Indonesia
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/23/the-economic-case-for-investing-in-tb-in-indonesia/
Supporting State-of-the-Art Skills Development for Rwandan Physicians
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/18/supporting-state-of-the-art-skills-development-for-rwandan-physicians/
Rallying around Country-Led Efforts for Option B+
http://blog.msh.org/2013/04/12/rallying-around-country-led-efforts-for-option-b/
AIDSTAR-Two Project Releases Report on People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Middle East/North Africa Region
http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/aidstar-two-project-releases-report-on-people-living-with-hivaids-in-the-middle-east-north-africa-region.cfm
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