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Teleconference on "Investing to Save Newborn Lives"
On July 27, the CORE Group is co-hosting a teleconference briefing with Professor Gary Darmstadt of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, author of the recently published costing report, Investing to Save Newborn Lives, and other specialists to address new information regarding the costs and benefits of 16 proven, life-saving interventions for newborns. The briefing will be held from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. To participate in the call, RSVP to Sally Kurtz at Sally.Kurtz@gmmb.com.
Investing to Save Newborn Lives report
Perspectives Online Magazine Features "Best Buys for Global Health"
Perspectives, the online magazine of the OneWorld.Net network, addresses "Best Buys for Global Health" in its July 2006 issue. The issue includes an article by CORE staff on insecticide-treated mosquito nets as a "best buy" in preventing malaria, and on barriers to consistent net use.
Perspectives
CORE Holds Online Learning Session on New WHO Child Growth Standards
On July 27, Alison Tumilowicz and Megan Deitchler of the FANTA Project will present a CORE online learning session on the new WHO Child Growth Standards, released in April 2006. The presentation will provide information on what the new growth standards are, why they were developed, and how they may affect population-level data for program monitoring, evaluation, and decisionmaking. Note: Registration for this session is already at capacity, but CORE is accepting names for a wait list. E-mail Eldred Hill/CORE Group at eldred@coregroup.org to add your name to the list. A recording of the session will be posted on the CORE web site the week of July 31. Check the link below.
CORE Online Learning Calendar
TaNAAM Holds Malaria Fresh Air Workshop
August 1 - 5, the Tanzania NGO Alliance Against Malaria will host the Zanzibar Malaria Fresh Air Workshop. This workshop is an opportunity for stakeholders and the Ministry of Health to share on best practices for malaria treatment and control. Registration has been extended through July 27. To register or for more information, please contact Beatrice Minja at bminja@africare.or.tz
COPE Online Learning Session Posted
On July 13, Erin Mielke and Anna Kaniauskene of EngenderHealth presented a CORE Group online learning session on the strengths and comparisons of COPE, community COPE, and other quality improvement tools. COPE (Client-Oriented, Provider-Efficient) methodology helps health care facility staff improve the quality of services provided to clients, and make services more efficient and responsive to client needs and rights. The powerpoint presentation has been posted at the following link:
COPE Presentation
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Global review of health care surveys using lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS), 1984-2004 (Social Science & Medicine):
Authors Joe Valadez and Susan Robertson conducted a global review on the use of lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) to assess health care services, health behaviors, and disease burden. They conclude, "LQAS is a practical field method which increasingly is being applied in assessment of preventive and curative health services, and may offer new research opportunities to social scientists ... [LQAS] data provide insight into understanding relationships between various investments in social, human, and physical capital, and into the effectiveness of different public health strategies in achieving particular behavioral outcomes." An abstract is available at the following link. The full text is available for a fee.
LQAS Global Review Abstract (In Press)
Setting the stage for equity-sensitive monitoring of the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals (Bulletin of the World Health Organization, July 2006):
The authors conclude that the MDGs and other development initiatives must become more comprehensive and explicit in their analysis and tracking of inequities. Wealth, ethnicity, maternal education status, sex, region and urban/rural residence are all sources of health inequities. In many cases, the ethnic, educational, and regional variations were more pronounced than were the disparities attributable to differences in wealth. The design of policies to narrow health gaps must take into account all these country-specific inequities.
MDGs article
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