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November 01, 2012
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Global Health Impact: On the Road Toward UHC [2]

Chronic Diseases [3]
Fragile States [4]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
Universal Health Coverage [6]
Health for All. [2]Health for All.

The October edition of MSH's Global Health Impact newsletter (subscribe [7]), features stories of people, communities, and countries on the road toward universal health coverage [8] (UHC).

The vital role of the essential package for health impact

The Vital Role of the Essential Package for Health Impact [9]

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November 06, 2012
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Unexpected Results: Health System Improvements through Knowledge Management Interventions [11]

Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [13]
K4Health Knowledge Management/Health Systems Strengthening Conceptual Framework. {Image credit: MSH.} [11]Image credit: MSH.

Cross-posted from the K4Health blog [14]. 

No matter which health system building block you are trying to improve, you need specific data, information, and knowledge to inform your decision-making process—this is where good knowledge management comes in handy.

“The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Health Systems Strengthening: Implications from the Malawi Knowledge for Health Demonstration Project [15]” provides an interesting case study of the connection between improved knowledge management and health systems strengthening.

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November 07, 2012
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President Obama: Forward on Development and Global Health [17]

HIV & AIDS [13]
Universal Health Coverage [6]
US Global Health Policy [19]
MSH.} [17]Photo credit: MSH.

Last night, while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) visiting our programs, I attended a US election-eve gathering of mostly Congolese people in Kinshasa. The DRC is one of those “distant nations” President Obama was referring to in his early morning acceptance speech today, where people are, “risking their lives just for… the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.”

Fragile, conflict-ridden nations, such as the DRC, struggle with leadership and governance. Its people have been victims of horrific violence, stunning gender inequality, and some of the worst health conditions in the world. They deserve better.

The United States reelected President Barack Obama to lead not only our country, but also to lead on addressing global health and other global development challenges such as those faced by the DRC.

Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and improving health for the poorest and most vulnerable in the world, has long been a partner with the US government, foundations, and other donors, working in more than 140 countries to build stronger and more sustainable health care systems.

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November 13, 2012
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Join the Conversation: London Summit on Family Planning: Where Do We Go from Here? [21]

Health Systems Strengthening [5]
Women & Gender [22]

Today, at 12:30 pm, Management Sciences for Health, John Snow, Inc. (JSI), Pathfinder International, Ibis Reproductive Health, and the Women and Health Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health, are hosting a post-election luncheon event: The London Summit on Family Planning: Where Do We Go from Here? [23]

Follow the discussion on Twitter with [24] and [25].

The event includes:
12:00 pm Boxed Lunches and Networking
12:30 pm Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

  • Joel Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc.
  • Dr. Jonathan Quick, President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health

12:40 pm Keynote Presentation

  • David Canning, PhD, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health

12:50 pm Panel Discussion

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November 14, 2012
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Impassable Not Impossible: South Sudan Expands Primary Health Care System Despite Obstacles [27]

Fragile States [4]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [13]
E. Polich/MSH.} [27]Photo credit: E. Polich/MSH.

“We’re going to try to drive through that?”

After spending nearly two years working in South Sudan, I was on my way with two colleagues to one final meeting. The USAID [29]-funded second phase of the Sudan Health Transformation Project [30] (SHTP II), led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), ended activities on July 31, 2012, and three of us needed to travel 360 kilometers (220 miles) to a results dissemination meeting. A flight booking mishap meant we had no choice but to drive --- during rainy season.

With a key bridge washed out.

And it rained --- down poured --- for over an hour the morning we left.

After passing several toppled trucks, overtaking pickups irrevocably mired in mud, and crossing through a river, we came across the point where I uttered the above quote (“We’re going to try to drive through that?”).

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November 20, 2012
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Video: UNAIDS Launches World AIDS Day Report 2012 [32]

HIV & AIDS [13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=joX9cq692Wc [33]

Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, discusses the new UNAIDS World AIDS Day report: Results [34] at a press conference today in Geneva.

 

 

 

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November 21, 2012
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Partnering for Results in Post-Conflict Countries: Kuala 2012 [38]

Fragile States [4]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
MSH.} [38]Photo credit: MSH.

Cross-posted from the MSH at the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2012 blog [40]. Management Sciences for Health (MSH) presented at several symposia and workshops throughout the 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health (read more [41]).

Friday’s symposium on November 16 dealt with: Saving lives in areas of conflict or disaster: partnering for results (PDF [42]). Dr. Eliud Wandwalo of MSH Tanzania [43] coordinated the session along with Morgan Richardson.

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November 26, 2012
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Help MSH on #GivingTuesday for Global Health [45]

Health Systems Strengthening [5]
Mzee Hussein/MSH.} [45]Photo credit: Mzee Hussein/MSH.

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) [46] is honored to be a part of a call to action and national movement that will change the calendar and help make history.

We are celebrating [47] a new day dedicated to giving --- when nonprofits, families, businesses, community centers, students, retailers, celebrities, and more --- all come together to create [48] --- a new movement to celebrate giving and encourage more, better and smarter giving during the holiday season.

[49] [48], founded by 92Y with support from the UN Foundation, will create a national day of giving around the annual shopping and spending season --- the giving season's "opening day".

Kathy Calvin, CEO of the UN Foundation, describes it like this:

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November 30, 2012
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World AIDS Day 2012: From Cleveland to Kigali: Why We Work for an AIDS-Free Generation [51]

Fragile States [4]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [13]
US Global Health Policy [19]
MSH.} [51]Photo credit: MSH.

I got a call from the resident doctor to come to exam room 6. As soon as I entered the room, I prepared myself. The little girl, 7- or maybe 8-years-old, didn't look well; she was “floppy,” combative, and not entirely aware of where she was or what we were doing to her. She was HIV-positive, and my colleague needed to get an IV line in her arm to test the latest in experimental treatments for kids with HIV– and needed the four of us interns to help hold her still.

It was 1993 during my residency in pediatrics in Cleveland, Ohio. We were at one of the best children’s hospitals in the world; it didn’t matter. The young girl died a few months later.

With the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) a few years later, the whole world changed. The world of HIV medicine blossomed; new drugs and drug combinations literally exploded with amazing effect. HIV-positive mothers could give birth to HIV-negative babies, and HIV-positive children and their moms could get treatment.

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[2] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/01/global-health-impact-on-the-road-toward-uhc
[3] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/chronic-diseases
[4] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/fragile-states
[5] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/health-systems-strengthening
[6] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/universal-health-coverage
[7] http://www.msh.org/newsletter
[8] http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs124/1102482301888/archive/1111414736879.html?source=blog
[9] http://blog.msh.org/2012/10/31/on-the-road-to-universal-health-coverage-the-vital-role-of-the-essential-package-for-health-impact/
[10] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/06/unexpected-results-health-system-improvements-through-knowledge-management#comments
[11] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/06/unexpected-results-health-system-improvements-through-knowledge-management
[12] http://www.msh.org/users/lmclean
[13] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/hiv-aids
[14] http://www.k4health.org/blog/post/unexpected-results-health-system-improvements-through-knowledge-management-interventions
[15] http://www.k4health.org/resources/intersection-knowledge-management-and-health-systems-strengthening-implications-malawi
[16] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/07/president-obama-forward-on-development-and-global-health#comments
[17] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/07/president-obama-forward-on-development-and-global-health
[18] http://www.msh.org/users/jonathan-d-quick-md-mph
[19] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/us-global-health-policy
[20] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/13/join-the-conversation-london-summit-on-family-planning-where-do-we-go-from-here#comments
[21] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/13/join-the-conversation-london-summit-on-family-planning-where-do-we-go-from-here
[22] http://www.msh.org/blog-categories/women-gender
[23] http://www.msh.org/news-bureau/boston-event-next-steps-following-the-london-summit-on-family-planning.cfm
[24] https://twitter.com//search?q=%23FPBoston
[25] https://twitter.com//search?q=%23FP2020
[26] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/14/impassable-not-impossible-south-sudan-expands-primary-health-care-system-despite#comments
[27] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/14/impassable-not-impossible-south-sudan-expands-primary-health-care-system-despite
[28] http://www.msh.org/users/erin-polich
[29] http://www.usaid.gov
[30] http://www.msh.org/global-presence/shtp-ii.cfm
[31] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/20/video-unaids-launches-world-aids-day-report-2012#comments
[32] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/20/video-unaids-launches-world-aids-day-report-2012
[33] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=joX9cq692Wc
[34] http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/campaigns/20121120_globalreport2012/
[35] https://twitter.com//search?q=%23Results
[36] http://twitter.com/UNAIDS
[37] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/21/partnering-for-results-in-post-conflict-countries-kuala-2012#comments
[38] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/21/partnering-for-results-in-post-conflict-countries-kuala-2012
[39] http://www.msh.org/users/swetha-desai
[40] http://conferences.msh.org/worldlung2012/2012/11/17/post-conflic/
[41] http://conferences.msh.org/worldlung2012/
[42] http://kualalumpur2012.worldlunghealth.org/images/PDF_-_Scientific_sessions/Symposium_21.pdf
[43] http://www.msh.org/global-presence/sub-saharan-africa/tanzania.cfm
[44] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/26/help-msh-on-givingtuesday-for-global-health#comments
[45] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/26/help-msh-on-givingtuesday-for-global-health
[46] https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=47105
[47] http://givingtuesday.org/partner-detail/management-sciences-for-health-msh/
[48] https://twitter.com//search?q=%23GivingTuesday
[49] http://givingtuesday.org/
[50] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/30/world-aids-day-2012-from-cleveland-to-kigali-why-we-work-for-an-aids-free-generation#comments
[51] http://www.msh.org/blog/2012/11/30/world-aids-day-2012-from-cleveland-to-kigali-why-we-work-for-an-aids-free-generation