A WHO document on health care in Central Asia. I haven’t looked at it yet, but I was at one of the meetings that gathered info for it.
Author: Alanna Shaikh
A WHO document on health care in Central Asia. I haven’t looked at it yet, but I was at one of the meetings that gathered info for it.
A WHO document on health care in Central Asia. I haven’t looked at it yet, but I was at one of the meetings that gathered info for it.
A couple of interesting summaries from id21: young people and sexual health in Nicaragua and community participation and sexual health in South Africa. The first article has no real surprises in it – just a nice overview of some classic adolescent health issues. The second has an unexpected finding – people participating in voluntary saving and social clubs were more likely to have casual, unsafe sex, to consume alcohol and to be HIV positive.
Medecins Sans Frontieres continues to impress me, this time by participating in the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.
A couple of interesting summaries from id21: young people and sexual health in Nicaragua and community participation and sexual health in South Africa. The first article has no real surprises in it – just a nice overview of some classic adolescent health issues. The second has an unexpected finding – people participating in voluntary saving and social clubs were more likely to have casual, unsafe sex, to consume alcohol and to be HIV positive.
Medecins Sans Frontieres continues to impress me, this time by participating in the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.
A couple of interesting summaries from id21: young people and sexual health in Nicaragua and community participation and sexual health in South Africa. The first article has no real surprises in it – just a nice overview of some classic adolescent health issues. The second has an unexpected finding – people participating in voluntary saving and social clubs were more likely to have casual, unsafe sex, to consume alcohol and to be HIV positive.
Medecins Sans Frontieres continues to impress me, this time by participating in the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.
Patients don’t stick with long-term treatments. So says a new WHO report entitled “Adherence To Long-Term Therapies: Evidence For Action”. Unlike many WHO reports, this one seems pretty free of political influences, probably because it’s a fairly uncontroversial subject. Everyone would be better off if people took their meds consistently.
On July 2, President Bush named Randall Tobias, former chairman of a major pharmaceutical company, as the coordinator for international HIV/AIDS assistance at the Department of State. I strongly believe that all organizations can benefit from better business practices, including public health work. I do not necessarily believe that running a pharmaceutical company prepares you for spearheading an important global health initiative. And we’re not even going to get into the generic drug issue. Some articles about it: