Category: Information and Social Media

Career and Education Resource: Careers in Global Development

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

Global Washington, a membership association that supports the field of global development in Washington state, has launched its Careers in Global Development Center for degree seekers, job candidates, and employers.  Below is a screen grab of its front page.

  As you can see, job seekers can search for open positions, and prospective development students can sift through various degree programs related to development.  On the other side, employers can post vacancies and search for consultants.

While this is great, job search website are a dime a dozen. What makes this resource stand out, in my opinion, is the “Resources” page.  There, you can read career profiles, see a graph on salary ranges for different positions in the field, and find articles and literature about the field. 

It looks like this website is still in a fledgling state.  However, if Global Washington continues to expand it and add material, it could become a valuable resource for students and new professionals who are often lost in the maze of the field of development.

WHO Video: Financing Health Care

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

This is a very general video by the WHO that comments on the need for countries to develop health care systems that they, and their citizens, can afford.

“Governments worldwide are struggling to pay for health care. As populations get older, as more people suffer chronic diseases, and as new and more expensive treatments appear, health costs soar. Every year, health bills push 100 million people into poverty each year. WHO’s report ‘On the Path to Universal Coverage’ takes evidence from all over the world to show how all countries, rich and poor, can adjust their health financing mechanisms so more people get the health care they need.”

Save the Date: Fourth Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium (Philadelphia, PA)

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

From the brochure (PDF):
Effective interventions in pediatric global health have been critical in improving the lives of children throughout the world. Experts in childhood diseases, health systems and public health have worked closely together since the birth of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to change the landscape of pediatric global health. Their successes are innovative, impressive and evidence-based.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by world leaders in September 2000 and set to be achieved by 2015. They provide concrete, numerical benchmarks to attack extreme poverty in its many dimensions. MDG 4 (reduce under-5 child mortality) and MDG 5 (improve maternal health) are of particular importance to the health of the world’s most vulnerable population: children. A child born in a developing country is more than 13 times more likely to die within the first five years of life than a child from an industrialized country. The top five causes of death in children under 5 — malaria, neonatal causes, lower respiratory infections, measles and diarrhea — are all preventable, and yet 8 million children still die
every year before they reach their fifth birthday.

To date, the world has made significant progress in achieving the MDGs, but there is much work to be done. Child deaths are falling, but not quickly enough. Efforts to revitalize programs combatting pneumonia and diarrhea, and those seeking to improve nutrition could save millions of children, but must still be brought to scale in many countries.

This symposium will communicate and inform pediatric health professionals on the successful efforts of international organizations and global health experts to reduce the global burden of pediatric deaths. Necessary next steps to achieving the  MDGs will also be highlighted.

The call for posters can be found here.

Global Health TV Video: Interview with Dr. Bill Foege, Senior Fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

Dr. Foege, Senior Fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a leading global health expert, discusses how we can use the lessons learned in eradicating smallpox to fight today’s diseases.