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Online Learning/Elluminate
CORE is pleased to offer the following online technical sessions through Elluminate.
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Session Archive
These sessions were recorded and may be played back using the links below. Users will need to have their computers Elluminate Ready in order to play recordings.
Part I: Pandemic Influenza: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, History, & Current Threat
02.06.08
In this presentation by Eric Starbuck, public health advisor for the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness project, provided international public health professionals with a comprehensive overview of the current threat of pandemic influenza. The presentation included:
- Relationships between avian, pandemic, and seasonal flu
- Meaning of "H" and "N" and the relationship to virulence and immunity
- Natural reservoirs of influenza A and mechanisms of evolution into pandemic strains
- Modes of person-to-person transmission, serial interval, reproductive number, incubation period, etc.
- Pandemics of the 20th century, focusing on 1918 (waves, attack rate, mortality, risk groups, & non-pharmaceutical interventions [NPIs])
- Current spread and distribution of H5N1 HPAI, the relationship between HPAI and LPAI, and control of HPAI
- Human cases of H5N1, distribution, clusters, mortality, treatment, transmission
- Current pandemic threat, WHO containment strategy and Phases of Pandemic Alert, potential social and economic impact, key unpredictables
- Pandemic vaccines and current approaches to community mitigation and use of NPIs
- A little bit of bird flu humor to partly make up for the grim content above
Part II: CORE Group's New Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
02.07.08
Kathryn Bolles, Whitney Pyles, and Eric Starbuck of the USAID funded pandemic influenza preparedness project, introduced the project goals and planning-to-date. Presenters discussed broader partnership efforts, CORE Group's role, and opportunities for CORE members.
Rapid Health Facility Assessment Training
01.31.08
Jim Ricca, Capacity Building Advisor of CSTS gave a presentation on the Rapid Health Facility Assessment (R-HFA), version 2.1. The R-HFA was originally designed for use by NGOs within the CSHGP to assess quality of MNCH service delivery and to strengthen relations with District Health Medical Teams. Key areas of information the tool is designed to collect include: availability of a minimal level of infrastructure, supplies, and medications; adherence to national (based on IMCI) protocols for assessment, classification, and management of children under five; and caretaker knowledge of how to administer drugs received for common childhood illnesses (i.e., diarrhea, malaria, and/or pneumonia).
CCF Senegal Community Action for Nutrition and Health Program
12.14.07
CCF has been working in Senegal since 1985 and currently assists approximately 1.8 million children and family members. To improve access to basic health services, CCF implemented a community-based health program in three rural districts in the Mbour Department. They set up 140 health huts and worked with the local population to select volunteer community health workers. In total, 1,300 health workers birth attendants were trained so that mothers and children can access a wide array of health services right in their community. These range from treatment of malaria, TB, respiratory illnesses and wounds to preventive services such as growth monitoring and disease prevention. In addition to Health Huts, CCF-Senegal developed a health education strategy targeting grandmothers who make health decisions within families.
mothers2mothers - HIV Positive "Mentor Mothers"
09.24.07
- Robin Smalley, mothers2mothers, Co-Founder/International Director
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mothers2mothers is an innovative and powerful HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment support project based in Cape Town that harnesses the power of new mothers who are HIV positive to return to prenatal units trained as "mentor mothers." Using empowerment, education and counseling as tools to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, mothers2mothers combats stigma within families and communities, supports a mother's adherence to medical treatment, and educates new mothers on the importance of exclusive feeding methods...ultimately reducing the likelihood of AIDS orphans. Located in clinics that offer medical treatment to HIV+ women, m2m fills in the gaps so tragically left by the public health system, providing a secure, warm environment where these women can feel safe to share their fears and concerns; fears for the health of their children; fears of disclosure to their partners, friends and family; and the feelings of helplessness engendered by being alone, pregnant and infected with the AIDS virus. Only six years old, mothers2mothers is currently touching over 30,000 women a month at 117 sites in South Africa and Lesotho, and is expanding into Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Swaziland and Malawi.
Family Planning
09.24.07
Preparing Communities for Avian and Pandemic Flu
08.24.07
Neglected Tropical Diseases
08.15.07
Lessons Learned in Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
07.24.07
- Cecilia Kwak, PSI; Daniele Lantagne, CDC; Susan Mitchell, Abt
Associates
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Meeting Needs for Reproductive Health Services in Post-Conflict Environments: CARE's Family Planning Project in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo
06.28.07
Pandemic Influenza: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, History, & Current Threat
06.28.07
Situational Analysis on the "Botica" Community Pharmacy Program in Bolivia
05.24.07
Recent Studies in Infectious Disease in Maternal and Child Health
05.04.07
- Dr. David Hamer and Dr. Donald Thea, both from the Center for
International Health and Development at Boston University
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Community Case Management for Newborns
04.09.07
- Gary Darmstadt (Johns Hopkins), Abdullah Baqui (Johns Hopkins)
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Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets for Malaria Prevention
02.26.07
- Robin Slater (Sumitomo Chemical), Thomas Sorenson (Vestergaard Frandsen), John Thomas (BASF)
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C-IMCI Implementation Framework: Element One
01.25.07
Community-Based Home Care Approaches Saves Lives
01.11.07
- Jim Ricca (CSTS), Laban Tsuma (Plan), Eric Swedberg (Save the Children), and Michelle Kouletio (CWI)
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Indoor Residual Spraying State of the Art Technical Update
01.09.07
CSHGP Lives Saved Analysis: Estimating Child Survival Impact from Project Outcome (KPC) Data
12.13.06
Technical Update on HIV/AIDS and Infant and Young Child Feeding: New Data from Studies
11.29.06
Program Responses to Avian Influenza
11.16.06
Community-Based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: An Introduction
11.14.06
- Alfonso Rosales, Christian Children's Fund
[Note: The CRS C-IMCI Handbook is copyrighted by Catholic Relief Services, all rights reserved. The views and opinions of Dr. Alfonso Rosales expressed on CORE’s webcast Community-Based Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: An Introduction broadcast 11/14/06 and with respect to the CRS' C-IMCI Handbook are his personal views and do not necessarily state or reflect those of Catholic Relief Services.]
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Reproductive Health in Emergency Settings
10.25.06
- Melissa Sharer and Meriwether Beatty of John Snow, Inc.
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The New KPC Module 2: Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding
09.28.2006
- Kristen M. Cashin and Megan Deitchler of the FANTA Project, AED
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Africa Forum: The Dual Epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity
09.07.2006
Boticas comunales: CCM in Bolivia
08.31.2006
Implications of the New 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards
07.27.2006
- Alison Tumilowicz, Ph.D. and Megan Deitchler, MPH - Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA)
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Strengths and comparisons of COPE, Community COPE and other QI tools
07.13.2006
- Anna Kaniauskene & Erin Mielke, EngenderHealth
PowerPoint Presentation Note: The recording for this session was inadvertantly deleted from the Elluminate website while they were changing servers.
MNC Challenges in Post Conflict Settings
03.29.2006
- Mary Ann Mercer, Health Alliance International
LQAS Series
02.21.2006 - 04.05.2006
- Juan Carlos Alegre, Project Hope/Chair, CORE M&E Working Group, and Bill Weiss, Johns Hopkins University
The Grandmother Project
01.11.2006
- Judi Aubel, The Grandmother Project
Play Recording - Please note: this recording begins approximately 5 minutes into the session.
Improvement Collaboratives
11.02.2005
- Dr. David Nicholas, Director, Quality Assurance Project, URC-CHS
HIV
09.08.2005
- HIV and Infant Feeding, Ted Greiner, PATH
Family Planning
08.02.2005
- Community-Based Partnerships to Improve Family Planning in Uganda, Diana DuBois, Minnesota International Health Volunteers
Tuberculosis
07.20.2005
- Incentives Improve TB Treatment Adherence. Jim Ricca, CSTS (formerly American Red Cross)
Sustainability
07.08.2005
- Applying the Sustainability Framework in Urban Health Systems. Michelle Kouletio, Concern Worldwide
- Introducing Sustainability in Post-Conflict Areas. Emmanuel d'Harcourt International Rescue Committee
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