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June 30, 2015
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: Strategies for Preserving Essential Medical Resources [2]

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Todd Shapera} [2]Antibiotics on the shelves of a pharmacy in Rwanda.Photo credit: Todd Shapera

In May 2015, the World Health Assembly discussed and endorsed a global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. The action plan sets five strategic objectives [6] to promote better understanding of the threat of antimicrobial resistance, and to ensure the proper use and conservation of existing antimicrobials.

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June 09, 2015
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What Constitutes a Resilient Health System? [8]

Chronic Diseases [12]
Fragile States [13]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [14]
Universal Health Coverage [15]
US Global Health Policy [16]
Women & Gender [17]
MSH staff/Haiti} [8]Photo credit: MSH staff/Haiti

Multisector perspectives on achieving resilience in global health

Recent events, such as the Haiti and Nepal earthquakes and West Africa Ebola outbreak, have demonstrated, now more than ever, that a resilient health system is vital to ensuring stability and well-being in society. With this in mind, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and the USAID-funded, MSH-led, Leadership, Management, and Governance project in Haiti (LMG/Haiti), partnered with Johnson & Johnson to host a high-level panel event during the 68th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The event, entitled Building and Maintaining Resilience to Address Global Health Challenges [18], examined how the global health community can move beyond typical public-private partnerships to achieve a model of true country stakeholder engagement. This model would include and leverage the strengths of all actors to build systems capable of addressing long-term global health issues like non-communicable diseases while maintaining resilience to outbreaks like Ebola.

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June 08, 2015
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Saving Lives of Women and Newborns through Gestational Diabetes Screening: A Call to Action [20]

Chronic Diseases [12]
Fragile States [13]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [14]
Universal Health Coverage [15]
US Global Health Policy [16]
Women & Gender [17]
{Management Sciences for Health and Novo Nordisk} [20]Save Lives of Women & Newborns through Gestational Diabetes Screening: A Call to Action (Postcard: front)Management Sciences for Health and Novo Nordisk

Detecting and treating diabetes in pregnancy offers a simple, low-cost opportunity to improve maternal and child health and reduce maternal deaths. Yet, it has received scant attention as a public health priority, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

To put gestational diabetes on the global development agenda and call for action, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Novo Nordisk [21] sponsored a technical advocacy event on the sidelines of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva that closely examined gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and featured case studies and lessons learned from Ethiopia and Colombia.

[Catharine Howard Taylor, MSH Vice President, Center for Health Services, gives an overview of gestational diabetes and the need for routine screening to open the conversation.] {Photo credit: Barbara Ayotte/MSH}Catharine Howard Taylor, MSH Vice President, Center for Health Services, gives an overview of gestational diabetes and the need for routine screening to open the conversation.Photo credit: Barbara Ayotte/MSH

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May 22, 2015
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Young Leaders Call for Training, Data, and Active Role to Improve Adolescent Health [23]

Fragile States [13]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [14]
Universal Health Coverage [15]
US Global Health Policy [16]
Women & Gender [17]
Brigid Boettler/MSH} [23]Ibil Surya, William Yeung, and Meggie Mwoka at Youth Lead side event, May 19, 2015.Photo Credit: Brigid Boettler/MSH

This post originally appeared on LMGforHealth.org [24]. USAID's Leadership, Management & Governance (LMG) Project is led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) with a consortium of partners.

“Age is not an issue when it comes to experience and knowledge,” said Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver [25] at Youth Lead: Setting Priorities for Adolescent Health [26]. The World Health Assembly (WHA) side event wrapped up almost two weeks of young leaders sharing their experience and knowledge in Geneva at global consultations of health agendas and the creation of the new Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health. [27]

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May 05, 2015
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Join MSH at the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly [29]

Chronic Diseases [12]
Fragile States [13]
Health Systems Strengthening [5]
HIV & AIDS [14]
Universal Health Coverage [15]
US Global Health Policy [16]
Women & Gender [17]
Genaye Eshetu/MSH} [29]Photo credit: Genaye Eshetu/MSH

Going to Geneva for the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly [31] (WHA)? Please join Management Sciences for Health (MSH) for three WHA side events: two on Monday, May 18th (a breakfast call to action on gestational diabetes screening, and an evening panel discussion on building global health resilience); and one on Tuesday, May 19th (a lunch panel discussion on setting adolescent health priorities). Please RSVP to each event separately. We hope to see you in Geneva!

(Not going to Geneva? Follow this blog for updates. On Twitter, follow [32], [33], and [34], and hashtags [35] [36].)

Saving the Lives of Women & Newborns through Gestational Diabetes Screening: A Call to Action

Monday, May 18, 2015
8:00 am – 9:30am (08h00 - 09h30)
Vieux Bois restaurant, at the entrance to the Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 12

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[5] https://www.msh.org/blog-categories/health-systems-strengthening
[6] http://www.who.int/drugresistance/global_action_plan/en/
[7] https://www.msh.org/blog/2015/06/09/what-constitutes-a-resilient-health-system#comments
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[18] http://www.msh.org/news-events/events/building-and-maintaining-resilience-to-address-global-health-challenges
[19] https://www.msh.org/blog/2015/06/08/saving-lives-of-women-and-newborns-through-gestational-diabetes-screening-a-call-to#comments
[20] https://www.msh.org/blog/2015/06/08/saving-lives-of-women-and-newborns-through-gestational-diabetes-screening-a-call-to
[21] http://www.novonordisk.com/
[22] https://www.msh.org/blog/2015/05/22/young-leaders-call-for-training-data-and-active-role-to-improve-adolescent-health#comments
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[24] http://www.lmgforhealth.org/blog/2015-05-20/young-leaders-call-training-data-and-more-just-spot-table-improve-adolescent-health
[25] http://www.womendeliver.org/
[26] http://www.msh.org/news-events/events/youth-lead-setting-priorities-for-adolescent-health
[27] http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/global-strategy-2
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