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CORE News:
New on the CORE site this month:
Featured Resource:
CORE Scale Paper
CORE Announces Partnership in PBS "Rx for Child Survival" Campaign
On July 12, CORE announced its partnership in the nationwide PBS "Rx for Child Survival" campaign to raise awareness about child survival issues and garner support for key, low-cost health interventions proven to save the lives of children from birth to age 5. CORE members will join with their local public television stations this Fall to plan and present global health and child survival activities within their communities.
CORE Press Release
Rx for Child Survival site
CORE Accepts Donations Online
CORE recently added a "Donate Now" feature to its web site. For the first time, those interested in supporting the work of CORE and its members can use a credit card to make a tax-deductible donation directly on the website. Please click on the link below to see how CORE is appealing to the broader public to help save children's lives.
Donate Now web page
CORE Fall Meeting Registration Open
The 2005 CORE Fall Meeting - "Health Systems Strengthening from the Community Up" - will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, September 12 and 13 at the Hotel Washington in Washington, DC. The meeting will offer concurrent skills building sessions, working group planning, keynote panels, and networking time. Registration fees are: $50 for CORE members, $75 for non-members. Registration fees can be paid via credit card directly on the CORE web site. To register for the meeting, click on the link below.
Meeting registration page
"Countdown to 2015" Conference Calls for Posters
The upcoming "Countdown to 2015" child survival conference is requesting poster submissions, due August 1, 2005. Submissions reporting on innovative approaches for promoting child survival at the country level are especially welcome. The conference will be held December 13-14, 2005 in London, England. Interested parties can also apply to attend the event via the conference web site.
"Countdown to 2015" Conference Site
Two Elluminate Sessions Offered in August
CORE's online series continues in August with two more technical sessions:
*Family Planning*
Tuesday, August 2nd at 2:00 p.m. EDT,
Presentation: "Community-Based Partnerships to Improve Family Planning in Uganda" by Diana DuBois (Minnesota International Health Volunteers)
*Health Insurance and Financing*
Wednesday, August 17th at 11:00 a.m. EDT
Presentations: "Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme in Upper Guinea" by Eric Swedberg (Save the Children) and "Experiences and Lessons with Community-Based Health Care Financing in the Philippines" by Alfonso Rosales (Catholic Relief Services)
Participants can log in to these sessions from anywhere in the world. For more information on the Elluminate system and/or to sign up for one or both of these sessions, please visit CORE's meeting registration page:
Meeting registration page
CORE Web Page Redesign: Home Page, About CORE Page
CORE's home page was recently redesigned to appeal to a broader audience and to incorporate CORE's partnership in the "Rx for Child Survival" campaign. The "About CORE" page has been reorganized to better assist visitors seeking detailed information about CORE's mission and technical programs.
Elluminate Calendar Posted
Visit the newly posted Elluminate calendar on the CORE web site to view a list of past and upcoming online presentations. Recordings of past events will soon be available on this page.
Elluminate calendar
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Featured Resource
Scale and Scaling Up: A CORE Group Background Paper on Scaling Up Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
This paper briefly summarizes definitions, approaches, and challenges to achieving "scale" in community-focused health programs as discussed at the 2005 CORE Spring Meeting (April 2005) and the USAID Child Survival and Health Grants Program Mini-University (June 2005). The paper is meant to harmonize a vocabulary for use by NGOs and their partners as they further discuss, debate, and analyze how to reach more people with high quality maternal, child and neonatal health interventions.
CORE Scale Paper
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The CORE Group, a membership association of 38 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.
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