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WHO Taps CORE Polio Secretariat Expertise
In September 2006, Dr. Filimona Bisrat, Director of the Polio Secretariat in Ethiopia, was recruited by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide technical support and assistance to the National Program in Pakistan, specifically focusing on and participating in the national and sub-national immunization day activities and strengthening and improving acute flaccid paralysis surveillance and routine EPI activities. As part of his three-month assignment, Dr. Bisrat worked in four districts in Punjab province to plan and implement mopping-up immunization activities, using house-to-house vaccine delivery, to eliminate the final chains of transmission of wild poliovirus. He helped improve the quality of supplementary immunization activities at national and sub-national level, including the identification and immunization of children never before immunized ('zero dose') and ensuring the highest possible coverage of all target children during all supplementary immunization campaigns. He was also part of an effort to accelerate activities for measles control, including supplementary immunization activities, surveillance, and data analysis. His final report, including recommendations, is available on the CORE website.
STOP Team Country Report
U.S. First Lady Thanks CORE
On February 15, 2007, First Lady Laura Bush participated in the "Compassion in Action Roundtable to Discuss Controlling Malaria in Africa" sponsored by the White House Faith Based and Community Initiative. In her remarks, Mrs. Bush singled out the CORE Group and CORE member organizations Catholic Relief Services and Christian Children's Fund for their interfaith efforts to control malaria. She commended community and faith based organizations for their efforts in reaching out to communities in need. The full text of her remarks is available on the White House website.
Compassion in Action Roundtable Remarks
Registration for CORE's Spring Meeting Opens
Registration for the CORE Group's 2007 Spring Meeting to be held in Easton, Maryland, from April 23 to 27 is now open. This year's theme of "Innovations for Health" promises to lead to lively and informative sessions. CORE members and partners will gather to discuss methodologies and strategies for fostering and disseminating innovation in global child health programs; exchange technical information; and explore partnerships across organizations. For registration, hotel, and transportation information, please visit the CORE website.
CORE Group Spring Meeting 2007
CORE Hosts Family Planning Statutory and Policy Requirements Training
The CORE Group in conjunction with USAID's Flex Fund will host a training session on family planning statutory and policy requirements on March 13, 2007, from 9am - 12 pm. This session will provide an overview of the requirements related to voluntarism, abortion, and HIV/AIDS that apply to activities receiving USAID support, as well as a discussion on possible monitoring strategies. Legislation and policies covered will include the Tiahrt Amendment; the Mexico City Policy; the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act; and others. The training will be conducted by persons from USAID/Office of Population and Reproductive Health, USAID/Office of the General Counsel, and Management Systems International. The training will take place at the Triumph Technologies office in downtown Washington DC. For more information or to register, please visit the CORE website.
Family Planning Statutory and Policy Requirements Training
Materials from CORE Tuberculosis Lessons Learned Exchange Available
On February 5 and 6, 2007, the TB Working Group held a Lessons Learned Exchange to explore challenges and experiences of community-based TB programs and capture current issues and trends. Nearly 50 participants shared TB control project/activity designs, reviewed existing evidence and new guidance pertaining to community-based TB efforts, and developed recommendations to strengthen available resources/international efforts and to improve the quality of programming within NGOs. Presentations and tools are now available on the CORE website for download.
TB Lessons Learned Materials
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Malaria Advocacy Training Workshop Report:
On January 22 and 23, 2007, representatives from various Kenyan NGOs working against malaria met to learn more about advocacy. The proceedings from this workshop are a valuable resource for those wanting to improve their advocacy skills in general, and for those working on malaria advocacy specifically. They are now available on the CORE website.
Malaria Advocacy Training Workshop Report
Online Tuberculosis Resources:
CORE member organization CARE and USAID have produced an online training course for DOTS treatment observers. The five modules cover the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis, the role of the treatment observer and supervisor, and developing counseling skills, and each takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
CARE's DOTS Tuberculosis Training Course
CORE member organization PATH and USAID have launched the EurasiaHealth TB Knowledge Network, an online central clearinghouse of English- and Russian-language TB guidelines and other resources that provide networking and learning opportunities for health professionals in the region. ETKN's website offers information on regional TB projects, funding opportunities, and conferences, and houses hundreds of documents and resources that have been translated into Russian. The site also features discussion forums that link scientists, community activists, government officials, and other experts working on TB-related projects in the region.
EurasiaHealth TB Knowledge Network
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/.
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