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NEW: Newsletter: “Updates from the Field…Strengthening Public Health Systems and Workforce Capacity Globally” (Summer 2011, Issue 3)

by globalhealth on Jun 17, 2011 in News

The summer issue is now available from the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development. This issue includes information about an investigation of a measles outbreak in China, an investigation of a herpes B...

NEW: 2011 Public Health Informatics Conference, Aug 21-24, 2011 in Atlanta, GA

by globalhealth on Jun 17, 2011 in News

The Global Public Health Informatics Program, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) and Public Health Informatics...

NEW: New Nodding Disease Videos on Global Health Videos Page

by globalhealth on Jun 15, 2011 in News

Two new external videos spotlighting CDC's nodding disease efforts have been added to the CDC Global Health Videos page: 1) CNN: Nodding Disease in East Africa, 2) Global Health Frontline News: Nodding Disease baffles...

NEW: Program Summary: Global Initiative to Eliminate Folic Acid-preventable Neural Tube Defects

by globalhealth on Jun 15, 2011 in News

Expansion of global folic acid fortification efforts can have a significant impact on infant mortality and childhood morbidity worldwide. CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) has developed the Global...

NEW: CDC Neglected Tropical Diseases website launched

by globalhealth on Jun 14, 2011 in News

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than one billion people globally. Affecting the world's poorest people, NTDs impair physical and cognitive development,...

UPDATE: Frequently Asked Questions About the Haiti Cholera Outbreak

by globalhealth on Jun 8, 2011 in News

Two new questions answered: Is there a resurgence of cholera in Haiti? What prevention steps should people in Haiti take...

Overseas Aid and National Health Priorities

by globalhealth on May 31, 2011 in News

The programme focuses on how cutbacks are affecting two very different frontline services intended to help those most in need. Pat Kenny discusses what they mean for the most vulnerable in our society and those who care for them. Are some of these cuts a false...

Breaking the silence on aid workers salaries

by globalhealth on May 18, 2011 in News

A new international Task Force has been set up to promote 'a fair day's work for a fair day's pay' for workers and to develop organisational capacity in lower income countries. The research which found discrepancies between the salaries earned by local and those earned by expatriate aid workers was instrumental in...