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Register Now for the CORE Group Fall Meeting
The CORE Group Fall Meeting will be held Monday, October 1 - Tuesday, October 2 in Washington, DC at the Hotel Washington.
Meeting Registration
Some highlights of the Fall meeting include: a presentation by Jerry and Monique Sternin on Positive Deviance: Beyond Nutrition and a session devoted to community approaches to health. There will also be time devoted for CORE Working Groups to meet. Please contact Hotel Washington to make your hotel reservation before September 4th to guarantee a discounted room rate.
Support the Global Child Survival Act
The U.S. Coalition for Child Survival continues to meet with staff on Capitol Hill about the Global Child Survival Act (H.R. 2266 and S. 1418), which seeks to strengthen the U.S. government's role in saving the lives of children and mothers in poor countries. The House measure - H.R. 2266 - currently has 47 cosponsors. The Senate bill - 1418 - has 16 co-sponsors.
Express your support by contacting your Senators and Representatives and asking them to co-sponsor the Global Child Survival Act (H.R. 2266 and S. 1418). A summary of the current legislation and a list of current sponsors can be found online:
More on the Global Child Survival Act
National Coordinator for Malaria and Childhood Illness Joins Uganda Global Fund Board
Enid Wamani, the National Coordinator for Malaria and Childhood Illness NGO secretariat, was recently nominated by an international committee as a delegation member representing developing country NGOs to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria (GFATM) Board.
The NGO delegation supports board members to bring the voice and participation of developing countries to the Global Fund's decision-making forum. The delegation is comprised of three people from Africa, two from Eastern Europe, two from Latin America, and two from Asia.
CORE Partner KeNAAM Launches New Website
The Kenya NGO Alliance Against Malaria (KeNAAM), a CORE Group partner, has launched a website to help spread the word about the work they are doing to reduce and eliminate the burden of Malaria in Kenya. Learn more about KeNAAM's achievements, objectives, and challenges:
KeNAAM Website
CORE members Are Encouraged to Apply to GAVI Alliance Support
Ten pilot countries -Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Mozambique, and Pakistan- are scheduled to receive sizeable financial support from GAVI to engage civil society organizations (CSOs) in immunization and related health services. While entirely additional, this funding is integrated into the existing GAVI window for Health System Strengthening to allow for a more harmonized and country-driven approach. The next deadline for submission of applications to the GAVI Alliance Secretariat is October 5th 2007.
The GAVI Secretariat will be making the following confirmed country visits to conduct a workshop to explain the new GAVI window of support for CSOs involved in immunization and child health.
Pakistan: September 2-7
DR Congo: September 17-21
Ethiopia: September 24-29
Indonesia: October 15-21
Mozambique: November 25-27 (GAVI Board meeting); Nov. 28-30 (CSO meetings)
In addition to the ten pilot countries, all GAVI-eligible countries are also eligible to receive an additional $10,000 to $100,000 to strengthen coordination and representation of CSOs. Funding for this type of GAVI Alliance CSO support is available from 2007 to October 2009, with October 2009 completion date for all activities. There is no firm deadline for applications, which are welcome on an on-going basis.
To access detailed guidelines for either funding opportunity:
Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Elluminate - September 24th
Family planning is regaining priority status on health agendas throughout the developing world, driven largely by the unmet needs of millions of women and families. One significant aide in the effort to support and promote safe family planning comes in the form of a new handbook called, Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers. The new handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods.
The September 24th online Elluminate session will provide an overview of the 3-year process for developing the consensus-based, expert guidance. After attending this session, participants will be able to describe:
Some of the key consensus questions and controversies covered during the guidance development process
How over 40 organizations were invited to participate on many levels to maximize support and joint ownership of the book
The key updates from its predecessor, the Essentials of Contraceptive Technology
How organizations can obtain copies of the book and the companion wall chart, "Do you know your family planning choices?"
Registration Notification and Presenter Information
Recording of Pandemic Flu Elluminate Available
If you were unable to listen to the August 24th Elluminate session on Preparing Communities for Avian and Pandemic Flu, presented by Whitney Pyles, MPH, Avian Influenza Coordinator for CARE, you can listen to the archive of the session. The session is available on CORE Group's website:
Preparing Communities for Avian and Pandemic Flu - Session Recording
Featured Resources:
Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers:
Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers - published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs INFO Project, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)- brings together the best available scientific evidence on family planning methods and related topics into one easy-to-use publication.
The book is a result of collaboration among 30 leading health organizations around the world and updates a previous book, The Essentials of Contraceptive Technology, used extensively by family planning providers in the developing world.
As the fourth in WHOs cornerstones of family planning guidance series, Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers offers technical information to help health care providers appropriately and effectively deliver family planning methods. Together, the four cornerstones support the safe and effective provision and use of family planning methods and can be used to develop national guidelines. For further information or to order a copy:
Family Planning Handbook
Comparative cost-effectiveness of ITNs or IRS in sub-Saharan Africa:
For the first time, large-scale insecticide-treated net programs and indoor residual spraying programs in sub-Saharan Africa were comparatively assessed for cost and cost-effectiveness. The report, published by the Swiss Tropical Institute, is available online:
ITN Report
Share your materials with NGOs around the world: CORE's Child Health and Development Database houses more than 400 NGO tools, documents and materials in child health and development. Materials submission instructions are available in English, French and Spanish. Please visit www.coregroup.org/database/.
The CORE Group, a membership association of 46 international
nongovernmental organizations, promotes and improves the health and well
being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative
NGO action and learning. Visit us at www.coregroup.org. To subscribe to
the CORE Group's monthly e-newsletter, send an e-mail to: e-update@coregroup.org. For inquiries, contact the CORE Group at: contact@coregroup.org.
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