At the end of his second term as the 42nd President of the United States, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation. Since then the Foundation has grown into a global nongovernmental organization with more than 800 staff and volunteers around the world, with offices in New York City, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Boston, [...]
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Devex is a resource for jobs, business opportunities, professional networking, and news for professionals working in international development, global health, and foreign assistance.
Vision, Do Good, Do it well
Each year, international development agencies such as the World Bank and foundations such as the Gates Foundation spend over 200 billion euros on projects [...]
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During the time of economic crisis finding a right job for an entry level international health professional is not easy. It is a process and you need to plan the process in advance.You need to practice preparation and develop your skills for getting a job. Hunting a job, conducting a successful interview, starting a job [...]
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The nomination deadline for the Gates Award is October 31, 2008.
In December, 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the establishment of the International Gates Award for Global Health. The Gates Award has been established to recognize an organization yearly that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.
The [...]
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Reducing Birth Defects: …
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Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of children and families in developing countries by preventing some birth defects and reducing the consequences of others. A number of developing countries [...]
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Improving Birth Outcomes: …
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Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews the available statistics of low birth weight, [...]
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The below training resource is designed by Family Health International, to build skills for conducting quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities. The course is anchored by three core modules: Introduction to M&E; Collecting, Analyzing and Using Monitoring Data; and Developing an M&E.
Work Plan. The course features seven additional modules designed for specific contexts, such as [...]
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Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment, is a Book wrote by WHO. You can see the book below. I found it very useful for understanding the current challenges in global health.
Key messages
Table of contents
Key messages
Chronic diseases: major cause of death
Poorest countries are the worst affected
The risk factors are widespread
Misunderstanding #10
Misunderstanding #9
Misunderstanding #8. Story of Roberto [...]
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“Extreme poverty can be ended, not in the time of our grandchildren, but our time.” Thus forecasts Jeffrey D. Sachs, whose twenty-eight years of experience observing the world from many vantage points has helped him shed light on the most vital issues facing our planet: the causes of poverty, the role of rich-country policies, and [...]
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If you are interested in the idea of development and you are familiar with the concept of sustainable development most likely you know Professor Sen. He is winner of Noble prize of Economy in 1998 “for his contributions to welfare economics” for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of [...]
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Dr. Saeid Shahraz a post doctorate fellow at Harvard Initiative for Global Health created a blog to share with other interested people his concerns about healthcare system in Iran as an example of a developing country. Dr. Shahraz tries to comment on the major challenges of the healthcare system in Iran.
Healthcare disparity, quality and [...]
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Placing global health in the spot light of public attention is a critical first step toward improving the lives of billions of people around the world. Some preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, and injuries like Road Traffic Injuries are responsible for death of millions of people each year. In searching some valuable articles [...]
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