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CSIS Video: President Joyce Banda on Women’s Health & Empowerment in Malawi

by ihsection, posted in APHA IH Section

When Joyce Banda unexpectedly ascended to the presidency of Malawi last April, after the death of President Mutharika, many in her country and around the world wondered what her impact would be as Malawi’s first woman president. Among the many challenges, her government faces high rates of maternal mortality, high total fertility rates, and high HIV prevalence among women and girls, combined with low levels of women’s economic empowerment and widespread violence against women.

CSIS wanted to learn more about how women leaders in Africa are bringing new attention to women’s health and empowerment in their own countries, and to bring those voices into the discussion about U.S. policy priorities for women’s global health. To do this, we sent a small team to Malawi and Zambia in December 2012.

In this video, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda talks to CSIS about the importance of women’s health and empowerment in Malawi.

To learn more visit: http://www.SmartGlobalHealth.org/JoyceBanda

WHO Video: Happy New Year

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

Around the world, WHO, our Member States and partners, work tirelessly to improve people’s health. All our work is aimed at protecting people’s health and making sure that everyone has the health services they need. Although much remains to be done, we made good progress in 2012.

In 2013 we will push forward on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and help countries tackle the growing threat to health and development from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Most importantly, we will work to make universal health coverage (UHC) a reality so that everyone can lead longer, healthier lives.

For more information:

http://www.who.int/features/2012/year_review/en/index.html

WHO Video: Dr Bruce Aylward interview regarding attacks on health workers in Pakistan

by ihsection, posted in Information and Social Media

During the week of 18 December 2012, at least six people working on a polio vaccination campaign have been reported shot dead in several locations in Pakistan – Gadap, Landi, Baldia and Orangi towns of Karachi city, Sindh Province and Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Those killed were among thousands who work selflessly across Pakistan to eradicate polio.

The Government of Pakistan and the affected provinces temporarily suspended the vaccination campaign due to concerns over safety of health workers.

Such attacks deprive Pakistan’s most vulnerable populations — especially children — of basic life-saving health interventions. of the children of Pakistan.

Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that can cause permanent paralysis in a matter of hours. Safe and effective vaccines protect children from the disease. Currently the disease remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

WHO Video: Towards making every city a healthy city

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Urban health challenges across the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region are acute and increasingly complex. Unplanned urban growth puts millions of people living in urban slums and disadvantaged areas in a particularly vulnerable situation, often with poor health coverage and limited access to social services. The essential value of health equity and social justice is reaffirmed in the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2012. In response to the challenge, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) has established a Regional Healthy City Network web site to support city planners in their efforts to strengthen intersectoral collaboration, assess health and social inequity and encourage increased access for city dwellers to quality health, environmental, social and cultural services. City planners and authorities are urged to join the Network and register their cities through the website.

The Network hopes that as many as 200 cities will be registered by the end of 2013.

For more information:

http://applications.emro.who.int/hcn/

Global Health as a Bridge to Security (CSIS video)

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The connection between global health and national security is an area that can make a strong impact in our relationship with other countries. The United States’ global presence, especially through the military and diplomatic relations can serve as an avenue to improve health in countries lacking in resources.

In this video created by the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), building relationships with other countries by utilizing our resources and expertise to improve healthcare increases that country’s productivity, health, and well-being Ultimately, this provides us with the opportunity to develop a partnership and maintain good relations around the world.