Using internet technology and search engines for learning about health problems trends is cost effective and cheap tool in the hand of today’s epidemiologists.
Each week, millions of users around the world search for online health information. As you might expect, there are more flu-related searches during flu season, more allergy-related searches during allergy season, and [...]
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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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Based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Report in October 2008, job losses continued in manufacturing, construction, and several service-proving industries. Health care and mining continued to add jobs. Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percents. Employment has fallen by 1-2 million in [...]
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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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The Economist has created a global virtual electoral college with each country represented according to the size of its population. The votes will not really count for the US election of course, but the results could be revealing all the same.
Will the world divide into a clear pattern of “red” countries and “blue” [...]
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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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An Iranian band (in Iran ), Arian Band, has been produced a great song with Chris De Burg.
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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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Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: …
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Environmental management systems (EMSs) are tools that corporations and some government agencies use to manage environmental issues. These systems may vary from facility (or agency) to facility but the basic premise is to implement the broader concept of sound and proactive [...]
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Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: …
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Sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, infertility, and other reproductive problems are major concerns around the world, especially in developing countries. This book describes the magnitude of these problems and what is known about the effectiveness of interventions in four areas: infection-free sex, intended [...]
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Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Coun …
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Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. International health organizations, [...]
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Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries: …
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are increasing in epidemic proportions in developing countries. CVD already accounts for almost 10 percent of the developing world’s burden of disease and is likely to become the developing world’s leading cause of death. There is reason for [...]
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25 April is a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world.
World Malaria Day is an opportunity for malaria-free countries to learn about the devastating consequences of the disease and for new donors to join a global partnership against malaria. It is an occasion for research [...]
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The New Your Times published a report from AP yesterday talking about the Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled a new feature Tuesday for its popular mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world.
The maps will aid humanitarian operations as well as help inform the public about the millions [...]
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Iranian Journal of Public Health has been continuously published since 1971, as the only Journal in all health domains with wide distribution (including WHO in Geneva and Cairo) in two languages (English and Persian). From 2001 issue, the Journal is published only in English language. During the last 35 years more than 1000 scientific research [...]
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Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, starts in the first day of spring. The Persian Parade is an annual event in New York City each year in the last week of March. This year it was on March 30th. Iranians start the parade in Madison Ave from 41st street to 27th street. Please find below [...]
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Happily married people have lower blood pressure than unhappy married people or singles, a Brigham Young University study says.
On the other hand, even having a supportive social network did not translate into a blood pressure benefit for singles or unhappy married people, according to the study.
“There seem to be some unique health benefits from marriage. [...]
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A traditional Haft Sin table celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is seen set Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in the State Dining Room of the White House. Nowruz is, in Persian and some other cultures, including Kurdish culture, a family-oriented holiday celebrating the New Year and the coming of spring. The Haft Sin table has [...]
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The sixth in a series, the March 2008 poll was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation. A nationally representative random sample of 1,770 adults who say they are registered to vote was interviewed by telephone February 7-16, 2008. This poll finds that health care plays a role [...]
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A finding by a team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health may account for why the flu virus is more infectious in cold winter temperatures than during the warmer months.
At winter temperatures, the virus’s outer covering, or envelope, hardens to a rubbery gel that could shield the virus as it passes from person [...]
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The new site at UN Data allows anyone to access the United Nations Data Access System. This online, easy-to-use database was created by the UN in order to provide current, relevant, and reliable statistics to the whole world, for free. Using UN Data, you can access statistical information on populations, demographics, trade, commodities, agriculture, [...]
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Roughly a billion people live on less than $1 a day. And 3 billion – fully half the people on Earth – survive on $2 a day or less. Among that first billion, the poorest of the poor, 70 percent are women. For them, each day is a struggle. They simply do not earn enough [...]
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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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The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) represents the 40 Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited schools of public health (SPH) in North America.
The ASPH Public Health Policy Fellow will be placed in either a congressional or committee office, to be determined, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Selected fellows are required to [...]
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KaiserEDU.org invites undergraduate and graduate-level students in all disciplines to submit an original essay for the website’s annual competition. Students are asked to submit entries by March 17, 2008 in response to the following topic:
Topic:
The date is November 24th, 2008. You have just started a job as an analyst working on the President-elect’s health care [...]
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Prof. Bicknell believes the public health for the next 50 years is “The art and science of deciding who lives a longer, less miserable and happier life”. It means public health mission is to increase lives of people (quantity) with less misery (quality). Avicenna an Iranian physician and philosopher (980-1037 C.E.), believed that the quality of [...]
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The first time that I was impressed with an organization who shares information easily and openly with interested people, was when I visited WWF-Pakistan in Oct 2000. After I came to the US, I found a lot of open doors who let you in easily and they share their findings generously.
Today I learned about OPENCOURSEWARE [...]
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Nomination deadline: Feb. 1, 2008.
The Excellence in Media Award for Global Health is given each year to a journalist (print, electronic, and/or visual) who has in the prior year most effectively captured the essence of a major issue in global health and conveyed it to a broad audience.The Global Health Council recognizes the vital role [...]
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Call for Nominations
The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights was established in 1999 to honor Dr. Jonathan Mann and highlight the vital link between health and human rights. The award is bestowed annually to a leading practitioner in health and human rights and comes with a substantial financial reward.
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Call for Nominees
The Best Practices in Global Health Award is given annually to celebrate and highlight the efforts of a public health practitioner or organization dedicated to improving the health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations, and to recognize the programs that effectively demonstrate the link between health, poverty and development. The person or organization selected [...]
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A landmark study conducted by BUSPH International Health Professor Donald Thea and colleagues from Pakistan and WHO, showing that children with severe pneumonia can be treated as effectively at home as they can be in hospitals, could change the way the illness is managed in developing countries, saving lives and taking pressure off health systems. [...]
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