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TWiGH Episodes — This Week in Global Health

WEBFeb 20, 2016. On this episode of This Week in Global Health, panelists discuss air pollution as a global health problem, maternal mental health screening, science and technology in disaster risk reduction, and yellow fever immunization updates. Jessica Taaffe, Vijoleta Gordeljevic, Marie Onakomaiya, and Sarah Borg are featured as panelists and

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This Week in Global Health

WEBTWiGH discusses Household Air pollution. TWIGH has partnered with the Disease Control Priorities Network to feature a series of episodes on topics from their Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition (DCP3), publications. In our third episode, we chat discuss household air pollution in the context of global health and how switching to clean fuel usage is the …

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Episode Resources — This Week in Global Health

WEBEpisode 20: Tuberculosis. We encountered some technical difficulties this episode and had so much more to share! BioMedCentral (BMC)has updated and re-released its article collection on Medicine for Global Health to help focus on the public health initiatives, the development of health care policies and evidence-based guidelines, in addition to …

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TWiGH & Team! — This Week in Global Health

WEBThis Week in Global Health (TWiGH ) is a weekly global health show where Dr. Martin and a team of qualified global health experts and SYPs (Students and Young Professionals) give a brief overview of current events and topics in the global health news space. Our panel represents the many disciplines within Global Health, and within each episode

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All episodes — This Week in Global Health

WEBGlobal Health News Roundup - February 2016. On this episode of This Week in Global Health, panelists discuss air pollution as a global health problem, maternal mental health screening, science and technology in disaster risk …

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The Journey of Health Promotion: From an Education Focus to a …

WEB~Written by Karen Hicks, MA, MPH (Contact: [email protected] ) As a concept, health promotion is not new as aspects of its approach can be traced back to ancient Greece. Since then it has continued to develop into an effective approach to address global health challenges. Developments with

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Health Promotion: An Effective Approach to Achieve the …

WEB~Written by Karen Hicks, Senior Health Promotion Strategist & Lecturer, New Zealand (Contact: [email protected]) In September 2015 the United Nations adopted seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) (Figure 1) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; which aims to end poverty, fight inequality, injustice, and …

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Closing the Know-Do-Gap in Global Health through …

WEBClosing this coverage gap between rich and poor in 49 low-income countries could have saved the lives of more than 700,000 women between 2011 and 2015. Knowledge exists to address and treat preventable illnesses and health problems, yet preventable diseases continue to affect large segments of the global population.

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Videos — This Week in Global Health

WEBVideos from the Disease Control Priorities. Global health with Greg Martin

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Community Gardens for Improved Community Health

WEBCommunity Gardens in Developed Regions . Community gardens are either individual plots or collectively cultivated gardens, and there is often some form of public ownership (Jermé & Wakefield, 2013).

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The Complexity of Health and Wellbeing

WEBThe Complexity of Health and Wellbeing. Achieving health and wellbeing goes beyond the absence of disease as it is determined by a range of factors such as the environment, culture, gender, biology, and politics and is in fact complex and multi-dimensional. For practitioners wishing to improve health outcomes we need to explore what being

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Technology is Changing the Way Infectious Diseases are Tracked

WEBCompared to traditional global infectious diseases data collection methods, crowdsourcing data allows researchers to gather data in near real-time, as individuals are diagnosed or even before diagnosis in some instances. Furthermore, getting individuals involved in infectious disease reporting helps people become more aware of and involved in their …

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Empowerment is Key to Improving Health Infrastructure in …

WEB~Written by Kathleen Lee, MPH Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Contact: [email protected]) Providing greater health access and more efficient health care delivery, especially for vulnerable populations, are priorities for anyone involved in public health.

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Health in All Policies: A Review of the 2015 American Public Health

WEBGlobal Health Conferences. Health in All Policies: A Review of the 2015 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting Marie Onakomaiya · November 13, 2015

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Investing in Healthcare to Put a Dent in Poverty

WEBHealth and poverty are intricately related. Evidence suggests that there is a positive correlation between health and poverty. People with limited resources in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are reported to have limited access to healthcare compared to their wealthier counterparts (Wagstaff, 2002).

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Global Health Insights from the 2015 Gates Annual Letter

WEB-Written by Adenike Onagoruwa, PhD (Contact: [email protected] ) For the seventh consecutive year, Bill and Melinda Gates have released an annual letter, discussing the Gates Foundation’s activities and sharing progress on the fight against poverty and disease. An organization headed by

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Teaching Videos — This Week in Global Health

WEBTEACHING VIDEOS: Global Health with Dr. Greg Martin Global Health Ethics

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Defeating Tuberculosis: A Possibility

WEB~Written by Sarah Khalid Khan (Contact: [email protected]) Disease has always played a part in reforming community and geographical distribution of people through the ages.

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The Economic Burden of Infectious Diseases

WEB~Written by Theresa Majeski (Contact:[email protected]) Most of us are aware that infectious diseases exact a large toll on humans around the world. Some diseases kill, others maim, and most cause a loss in productivity while the infected person is too ill to go about their daily life.

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Examining How Women are Influenced by Inaccessibility to Clean …

WEB~ Written by Joann Varickanickal (Contact: [email protected]) Since 1990, 2-3 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources, however, much is yet to be done, as billions still do not have access to safe drinking water (Dora, et al., 2015).This has led to several negative health consequences among many communities, …

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Aid Dependency: The Damage of Donation

WEBAid dependency refers to the proportion of government spending that is given by foreign donors. Since 2000 this has in fact decreased by one third in the world’s poorest countries, exemplified by Ghana and Mozambique where aid dependency decreased from 47% to 27% and 74% to 58% respectively (3). Aid is not intrinsically linked to dependency

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The Politics of Health Promotion — This Week in Global Health

WEBThe Politics of Health Promotion. Marie Onakomaiya · November 10, 2014. ~Written by Karen Hicks, Senior Health Promotion Strategist (Contact: [email protected]) As an individual with over twenty years’ experience in the health sector in clinical, managerial and health promotion roles, I am passionate about the role of health promotion as an

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