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Articles on international politics and global economic issues.

Article: New Global Health Directions for All Health Professionals

February 28, 2009 by timkilleen

New Global Health Directions for All Health Professionals
Dave Baguley, Tim Killeen, Gareth Lewis, Brian D Nicholson & Fred Martineau
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Lord Crisp releases 'Global Health Partnerships: The UK contribution to health in developing countries'

February 13, 2007 by gblewis81

Lord Nigel Crisp's report into how the UK can contribute to health in developing countries was published today online at the DOH website. The wide-ranging and comprehensive document is the result of consultations since May 2006.

Lord Crisp was invited to carry out the review by the Prime Minister as part of the commitments set out in the commission for Africa and the G8 Gleneagles summit in 2005. It finds a vast array of organisations, enthusiasm and work already being done in the arena of international development, but a need for greater coordination and strategic partnerships between these groups.

Alma Mata are invitees at the Royal Society of Medicine’s 36th Breakfast Briefing

February 16, 2010 by jennyhall

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Haiti: poor before, devastated now

February 6, 2010 by sarahloubailey

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Prior to 12th January 2010 only 50% of Haitians had access to clean drinking water and less than this to sanitation and hygiene services. In 2008 an estimated three quarters of the population had no access to any kind of health care. Open sewage in the slums was common place and the country was endemic with malnourishment. The one doctor for every 3000 citizens was already overwhelmed – and then the earthquake struck into the heart of the country, its capital, Port-au-Prince.

Happy New Year - January Newsletter full of ideas, info and opportunities!

January 24, 2010 by admin

Happy New 2010 - the latest newsletter is available for download here!

We hope to see you at an Alma Mata event this year!

Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - October 2009

September 26, 2009 by admin

 

Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

September 18, 2009 by admin

BMJ 2009;339:b3672

The report on climate change and health commissioned by University College London and the Lancet concludes: "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century."1 In this report, the authors emphasise not only the immediacy and gravity of this threat but also the directness: while the poorest in the world will be the first affected, none will be spared. The escalating carbon footprint of the developed world has led to the present situation, but the rapid impact on developing countries such as the encroaching deserts in Africa is the immediate price.

Sarah Morgan - Careers Interview 2009

August 1, 2009 by timkilleen

Issuing end of training certificates to traditional birth attendants in rural Afghanistan 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lancet study details Gates’ Global Health Influence

May 12, 2009 by gblewis81

A study published this month in the Lancet has assessed the grants given out by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It found that, in total, $8.949 Billion was given out in the ten year period from 1998-2007, with over a third (36.5%) going towards research and development of vaccines, microbicides and drugs and nearly a quarter (24.1%) going towards health- -care delivery.

Broader vision informs Obama’s plans for US Global Health policy.

May 12, 2009 by gblewis81




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