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Malaria Secretariat Coordinator and CORE Group Partner Testifies Before U.S. Congress
Enid Wamani, National Secretariat Coordinator for Malaria and Childhood Illness NGO Secretariat (MACIS) in Uganda, testified before the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health to mark Africa Malaria Day. Wamani's testimony on 25 April 2007 brought an African perspective to the hearing, which also featured Timothy Ziemer, President's Malaria Initiative Coordinator; Stefano Lazzari, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council; Adel Chaouch, Marathon Oil; and Susan Lassen, Episcopal Relief and Development. During her testimony, she stressed the important contributions of civil society organizations in reaching distant communities, and the equal importance of networks to coordinate the activities of those organizations. Prior to her afternoon testimony in Congress, Wamani attended a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House to commemorate the first ever Malaria Awareness Day in the United States.
Testimony of Enid Wamani
CORE Group Spring Meeting Resources Now Available Online
The CORE Group Annual Spring Membership Meeting received rave reviews from the over 170 participants who traveled to Easton, Maryland, to attend. Newcomers and regulars alike benefited from a wealth of practical information for community-based health programs and thought-provoking discussions around the meeting theme, "Innovation in Health." For those who missed out, all the presentations and many other resources are now available on the CORE Group website. And save the date for the CORE Group Fall Membership Meeting, October 1-2, 2007!
CORE Group Spring Meeting 2007 Report
Child Act Introduced on Capitol Hill
The U.S. Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 (H.R. 2266), known as the Global Child Survival Act, was introduced by Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN), Christopher Shays (R-CT), and others on Thursday, May 10th. The Act requires the U.S. government to develop an integrated strategy for supporting the improvement of child and maternal health, creates an inter-agency Child and Maternal Health Task Force to coordinate activities, sets out guidelines for child survival programs, and requires the President to submit an annual report to Congress detailing U.S. efforts to promote child and maternal health and survival globally. It authorizes $600 million in 2008 - increasing steadily through 2012 - to help reduce child deaths by two-thirds and maternal deaths by three quarters by 2015. The Act calls for the establishment of a child survival fund to support sustained reductions in child and maternal mortality rates worldwide, and to promote the health and well-being of poor children and mothers around the globe. Furthermore, the Act continues investments in proven, cost-effective international child and maternal health programs, including the Global Vaccines Initiative and UNICEF, and authorizes the expansion of the Child Survival and Health Grants Program. A Senate version (S. 1418) was introduced on 17 May by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Gordon Smith (R-OR).
To show your support for this bill, call your Member of the House of Representatives or Senator today and ask them to co-sponsor the Global Child Survival Act. A copy of HR 2266 and some supportive materials to download can be found at the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival.
U.S. Coalition for Child Survival
CORE Group Participates in the Global Health Council International Conference
CORE Group and its members will have a strong presence at the upcoming Global Health Council International Conference, to be held May 29 - June 1, 2007. Emmanuel d'Harcourt of the International Rescue Committee will present information about CORE Group's successful partnership to increase community-based treatment of malaria in Rwanda on the Wednesday. 2006 Dory Storms Award winner, Carl Taylor, will be part of a panel on partnerships for the spread and scale up of health system improvements on the Thursday. Gerald Walterfang of the Kenya NGO Alliance Against Malaria will conduct a roundtable on the founding of his organization (following a CORE Group training workshop) on the Thursday. CORE Group member organization White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) will host a special panel on the Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of WRA. Many other representatives from CORE Group member organizations will also present throughout the week.
In addition, CORE Group will share an information booth with the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival in the exhibit hall. If you attend the conference, please stop by!
Global Health Council International Conference
Job Opportunity Information on CORE Group Listserve Now Consolidated
By popular request, CORE Group is now compiling a weekly job listings digest for the CS Community listserve. The digest email contains links to information on the several public health-related job listings that CORE Group receives each week. If you are a member of the CS listserve, you will automatically receive the job listing digest. If you are not a member of the listserve and would like to receive the digest, please contact jobs@coregroup.org. To have your job listing included in the digest, please post your job on the CORE website below.
CORE Group Public Health Job Listings
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State of the World's Mothers 2007:
Save the Children released their annual State of the World's Mothers report to coincide with Mother's Day. This year's report shows which countries are succeeding, and which are failing, to save the lives of their mothers and young children. It examines the investments in health care and nutrition that make a difference for children, families, and society as a whole. It also points to proven, low-cost solutions that could save the majority of these lives.
State of the World's Mothers 2007
Engaging With The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: A Primer for Faith-Based Organizations:
Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB & Malaria; Christian Connections for International Health; and World Vision have launched a new handbook, which is designed to serve as a preliminary guide and step for the faith community to learn about the Global Fund's history, structures and politics, and to increase awareness among faith groups about the organization's grant process. It is also intended to help expand partnerships with faith groups based both in America and developing countries. The handbook is available electronically, but the file is very large and takes some time to download.
Engaging With The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: A Primer for Faith-Based Organizations
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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