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Seattle “Smart” Global Health Policy Forum Online

Seattle “Smart” Global Health Policy Forum Online

Two-hour forum on reforming U.S. global health practices was held in Seattle Thursday will be available online.

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News round up

News round up

In the news: driving under the influence of prescription drugs; federal funds boost community health clinics; and Whatcom County “super rice” goes global

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When pig flu flew

When pig flu flew

Did industry influence prompt WHO to change its working definition of pandemic, asks Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson.

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Putting the Gateses’ mission shift in context

Putting the Gateses’ mission shift in context

Maybe someone should take a hard look at how many members of the G8 kept their previous global health commitments — and whether these new commitments represent true progress or sort of a shell game.

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“Our World at War” exhibit highlights Red Cross’s international work

“Our World at War” exhibit highlights Red Cross’s international work

Free exhibit will be on display at the Seattle Center June 26 through August 15.

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What we mean when we talk about women & children’s health

What we mean when we talk about women & children’s health

Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson asks: Have women and children’s health issues really been neglected in global health policy and agenda-setting? And if so, how?

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Global health neglects big killers

Global health neglects big killers

Should global health programs focus more resources on “non-communicable” diseases like heart disease and cancer, which now kill more people than infectious diseases?

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Child survival improving worldwide–except in America

Child survival improving worldwide–except in America

Worldwide, child mortality is down, but the U.S. does far worse than most of the rest of the developed world, writes Seattle global health reporter Tom Paulson

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Thailand AIDS Vaccine Trial: Back Story Troubles

Thailand AIDS Vaccine Trial: Back Story Troubles

Tom Paulson went to Thailand believing the recent AIDS vaccine trial had been a success; when he got there he learned about some serious, unresolved problems.

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U.S. adult mortality rates slip to 49th for women, 45th for men

U.S. adult mortality rates slip to 49th for women, 45th for men

Mortality of rates for adult Americans are now worse than they are in all of Western Europe and even such low-income countries as Chile, Tunisia and Albania.

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View: Time for a truly global Global Health Fund

View: Time for a truly global Global Health Fund

Tom Paulson blogs about former PEPFAR head Mark Dybul’s ideas about moving away from “disease-specific” projects to more comprehensive efforts.

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Health stories in the news – July 21

Continuous chemotherapy for some cancers?
New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack writes that some doctors and pharmaceutical companies are advocating treating patients with cancer continuously.
“That would be a departure from the common practice of stopping treatment when the cancer is under control and resuming it only if the cancer worsens,” Pollack writes.
Some doctors say such  ”maintenance [...]

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Experts to give update on swine flu at UW today

Experts to give update on swine flu at UW today

A panel of local and international experts will provide an update on the influenza A/H1N1 (“swine flu”) outbreak this afternoon at the UW Medical Center.

The panel will include:

Dr. David Fleming, director of public health for Seattle and King County;
Kathleen Neuzil, director of PATH’s Influenza Vaccine Project
Marie Kimball, UW professor of epidemiology and director of Asia Pacific [...]

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Malaria fighters in Seattle

Steve Scher, host of KUOW’s talk show Weekday, today interviewed three Seattle experts who are working to control and prevent malaria, a disease that kills 1 million people a year, mostly children.
A podcast of the show is available online.
Scher’s guests included: 

Dr. Rip Ballou, deputy director for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Development at the Bill and Melinda [...]

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Seattle Global Health News – PATH, Gates and IDRI

Seattle Global Health News – PATH, Gates and IDRI

Gates gives $255 million to $630 million polio eradication push

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $255 million challenge grant to Rotary International for its Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Rotary will match the Gates grant with $100 million raised by its own members over the next three years.
In addition, the United Kingdom will give [...]

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Global Initiatives in Washington State

[ December 3, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ]  

 

Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.

Global Washington Press Release:

Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]

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Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state

Learn about global initiatives here in Washington state

Learn about opportunities to get involved in global health and global development projects here in Washington state at a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Global Washington, a coalition of Washington state nonprofit organizations, corporations, small businesses and academic institutions interested in promoting global development initiatives.

Global Washington Press Release:
Celebrate with Global Washington
PLEASE JOIN GLOBAL WASHINGTON ON WEDNESDAY, [...]

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AIDS expert to speak at UW for World AIDS Day

[ December 1, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]  

 

Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.

The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80%  and is credited with [...]

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AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1

AIDS pioneer to speak at UW Monday, Dec. 1

Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery.
The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80%  and is credited with [...]

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Global Health in Washington State

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Leadership Conference last month focused on the region’s growing role in global health initiatives. 
Representatives of the  Washington Global Health Alliance, an organization of local nonprofit organizations, foundations, university programs and businesses involved in addressing global health problems, addressed the Chamber, describing the scale of these challenges and scope of [...]

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Seattle foundations behind new malaria vaccine trial

Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
The trial will enrol 16,000 children to test a promising vaccine that in earlier trials proved to be at least partially effective.
The trial has been organised by PATH, a Seattle-based foundation that specializes in global health, in cooperation with the [...]

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