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> NOVEMBER CONTENTS:
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> * Editorial: Alex Preker, Principal Economist
> * Tips for Task Managers
> * Results on the Ground: Tom Merrick, Population Adviser
> * Partner Announcements: BASICS
> * Surfin' the Web
> * What's New in the HDDFLASH Archives?
> * Professional Opportunities
> * Archive Retrieval and Subscription Information
> * December Preview: Telemedicine Anyone?
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> EDITORIAL
>
> Renewing International Commitment to Health
>
> In January 1998, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization
> (WHO) will elect a candidate to lead WHO into the 21st century. The selected
> person will be presented to the World Health Assembly in May for approval by
> member states. This election of the next Director-General for the WHO
> provides a unique opportunity for the global health community to renew its
> commitment to international health.
>
> The editorial of the September 13 volume of the Lancet focused on this
> important event. In this editorial, Richard Horton (editor) challenged
> readers to partake in the debate leading up to the election. In the spirit of
> stimulating an open discussion among candidates, the Lancet also presented ten
> questions that have arisen during analysis of the role of international health
> institutions during the past few months. These questions make more explicit
> some of the issues and concerns within the global health community relating to
> the upcoming election of the next Director General for WHO and encourage the
> candidates to make explicit their views and positions.
>
> For your interest, this volume of HNP Flash includes a copy of this
> editorial in the archives. We encourage you to follow closely the events
> leading up to the election during the next few weeks and to partake directly
> in the debate by writing and sharing your views with the editor of the Lancet
> journal (email: [log in to unmask]).
>
> Alexander S. Preker
> Principal Economist
> Health, Nutrition, and Population
> Human Development Network
> The World Bank
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> TIPS FOR TASK MANAGERS
>
> We all want to focus on the frontline, but getting access to relevant
> data is often difficult and time-consuming. Operations Information System
> (OIS) is trying to make that easier for us. Over the past year, OIS has moved
> a number of its applications to the Bank's internal Web and created new sites
> to take advantage of Web technology. They are celebrating this transition by
> offering free demos on their new web-based products in November. Check out
> the classes offered at:
>
> http://opr/html/opr/ois/training/llc/lendingmap/sld001.htm
>
> So the next time you need an updated Form 590 on a project, you won't have to
> call the resident mission for their copy. You will also find a very organic
> map of Bank Systems Support to the Project Cycle that should be on every task
> manager's wish-list -- complete with documentation needs for every step of the
> cycle.
>
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> RESULTS ON THE GROUND
>
> In August 1997, Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) visited a
> project they have been supporting in Ghana through the World Bank Population
> NGOs Special Grant Program. The project is implemented by an indigenous NGO
> known as Youth for Population Information and Communication (YPIC), founded in
> 1987 by university students who believed that innovative approaches and
> programs that encouraged youth participation were necessary if youth were
> really to benefit from development projects. YPIC's programmatic strength
> lies in its ability to identify and articulate youth needs, plan for them by
> mobilizing and training youth, and providing them counselling by referrals.
> By making the appropriate linkages with other services and thereby allowing
> for wide collaboration, youth are provided with more options which they can
> call their own. YPIC focuses on young people of both sexes between the ages
> of 10-24, especially those who are out of school, the most vulnerable and
> disadvantaged in rural and urban areas throughout Ghana.
>
> Funded by the World Bank Special Grants program, DSW based the project
> in the town of Obuasi, in the historically famous Ashanti region of Ghana,
> approximately 300 kms North-West of Accra. Obuasi is reputed to be one of the
> world's most profitable gold-mining centers. In spite of the very obvious
> wealth of the expatriate community, the local community lives in abject
> poverty. Housing is rudimentary, there is little or no evidence of
> sanitation, the roads are mere dust-tracks and there is very little in terms
> of health provision. In and of itself, the mine creates a socio-economic
> environment which seriously compromises the health and well-being of the local
> population and in particular young people. Many young people are attracted to
> the area in search of employment and soon discover that their hopes were in
> vain. For many, commercial sex work is the only option available. As a
> result, HIV prevalence is very high. Furthermore, the chemicals used to
> extract the gold are highly toxic, resulting in serious environmental
> degradation in addition to numerous health problems. The poor ventilation in
> the mines, coupled with the insalubrious living conditions mean that TB (also
> as an indicator of HIV-prevalence) and many other infectious diseases are also
> rife.
>
> To further compound the situation, young people in Obuasi lack
> appropriate information on reproductive health, particularly out-of-school
> youth who are frequently illiterate, and have little perception of risk with
> regard to HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. While the Ashanti region has
> the highest number of AIDS cases in Ghana, the provision of services aimed at
> youth were practically nonexistent before the start of this World Bank funded
> project.
>
> The initiative supported by DSW is aimed at providing out-of-school
> youth with reproductive health information and services (non-prescriptive
> contraceptives only) through information, education, communication (IEC) and
> counselling using the peer approach. The goals of the project are to reduce
> HIV/AIDS and other STD infection rates, teenage pregnancy, and unsafe
> abortions among this out-of-school youth population.
>
> YPIC have successfully selected and trained 10 peer educators in
> Obuasi. This peer to peer approach is proving to be very successful not only
> in removing communication barriers associated with discussions on sexuality,
> but also in making condoms more accessible and available to young people. Up
> until this initiative, the only source of contraceptives was family planning
> clinics or local chemists, neither of which were youth friendly. The project
> also helped finance a youth center, which acts as a focal point for peer
> educators and YPIC activities, including contraceptive services and
> educational materials. Furthermore the World bank support enabled the group to
> employ a professional coordinator for the mentioned activities as well as for
> developing the organizational capacity of YPIC. This is an excellent case of
> results on the ground achieved by international donors collaborating with
> local NGOs.
>
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>
> PARTNER NEWS
>
> The BASICS Project would like to announce "Improving Child Health Through
> Nutrition: The Nutrition Minimum Package" by Tina Sanghvi and John Murray.
> available free from BASICS Information Center, Suite 300, 1600 Wilson Blvd.,
> Arlington VA 22209, or through e-mail; [log in to unmask]
>
> ABSTRACT: Progress has been slow in making nutrition a routine component of
> primary health care programs. The Minimum Package interventions aim to
> achieve these health and nutrition behaviors: exclusive breastfeeding for
> about 6 months; appropriate complementary feeding starting at about 6 months
> in addition to breastfeeding until 24 months; adequate vitamin A intake for
> women, infants, and young children; appropriate nutritional management during
> and after illness; iron/folate tablets taken by all pregnant women; and
> regular use of iodized salt by all families. There is widespread agreement
> regarding the urgency of moving ahead with the Minimum Package. Programs need
> to adapt nutritional interventions to local circumstances and incorporate them
> into primary health care activities at the household, community, and health
> facility levels.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>
> SURFIN' THE WEB
>
> * Critical Issues in Reproductive Health
> http://www.popcouncil.org/ebert/ebert.html
> The Ebert Program page provides a brief overview of the PopCouncil's
> reproductive health program -- including the specific themes of quality of
> care, abortion, STDs/AIDS , and postpartum care -- a list of staff working on
> reproductive health, and a list of available Ebert publications, along with an
> order form. Thanks to V.Kallianes for this tip.
>
> * Connections! WHO web site that nicely links up with the health floor of
> the Children's house and the Banks HNP web site. Thanks go out to Mariam
> Claeson for this contribution.
> http://cdrwww.who.ch
>
> * International Health Economics Association (iHEA), formed to increase
> communication among health economists, foster a higher standard of debate in
> the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist
> young researchers at the start of their careers. Ccheck them out.
> http://cbix.unh.edu/ihea/ihea.htm
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
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> WHAT'S NEW IN THE HDDFLASH ARCHIVES?
>
> NOTE: Filenames are given for archive retrieval purposes. For archive
> instructions, see below. Items 5 and 6 were mentioned in the October
> issue of HDDFLASH, however, the correct filenames are noted here.
>
> 1. filename Title
> lanc001 Editorial - 9/13/97 vol. of The Lancet (25088 bytes)
>
> Description - Lancet Editorial - As mentioned in this issue's lead item
> (Alexander Preker's editorial), this editorial invites comments on critical
> issues facing WHO as the time draws near to elect a leader to take the
> organization into the 21st century.
>
> 2. filename Title
> who202 TDR Steering Comm./Task Force Deadlines (3259 bytes)
>
> Description - UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in
> Tropical Diseases (TDR) - A quarterly list of deadlines for submission of
> research proposals and reports.
>
> 3. filename Title
> usaid001 RFP from SPAN - Part One (6337 bytes)
> usaid002 RFP from SPAN - Part Two (13204 bytes)
> usaid003 RFP from SPAN - Part Three (5150 bytes)
>
> Description - Instructions and template for Request for Proposals (RFP) for
> the Sustaining Partnerships Into the Next Century (SPAN) project. - The full
> text of this RFP is broken into three parts. If you have any questions about
> the Sustaining Partnerships into the Next Century (SPAN) project and are in
> the United States, please contact Mr. Eugene Shekhtman at [log in to unmask]
> If you are in Russia and have any questions, or would like a Russian or
> English hard copy/fax of the RFP, please contact Stewart Chisholm at the
> Moscow IREX/IPP office: Phone: (7)(095) 203-64-38, Fax: (7)(095)203-43-11
> E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> The Russian and English versions of this RFP
> are also available on the IREX website (http://www.irex.org).
>
> 4. filename Title
> who203 RFP for Malaria Research in Africa (8451 bytes)
>
> Description - Multilateral Initiative on Malaria in Africa (MIM); Call for
> Proposals for Malaria Research Capability Strengthening in Africa - TDR
> invites applications for proposals to the newly established Task Force on
> Malaria Research Capability Strengthening (Malaria RCS) in Africa. The Task
> Force represents TDR's share of responsibility for organizing effective
> strategic activities required for the implementation of the MIM.
>
> 5. filename Title
> nut003 X Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture (41349 bytes)
>
> Description - The 10th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture focuses on
> the question, "How are we doing in international nutrition?" F.James Levinson
> discusses the results of an ACC/SCN questionnaire and the future of
> international nutrition.
>
> 6. filename Title
> find012 Early Child Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (10/97)
>
> Description - FINDINGS, the periodic newsletter of the Africa Region is now
> available in the archives. This issue discusses health sector reform in
> Cote d'Ivoire, focusing specifically on Early Child Development.
>
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> PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
>
> * Management Sciences for Health (MSH) will offer four courses in 1998
> for senior-level managers at its Boston Training Center. MSH is also proud to
> offer four courses in collaboration with distinguished training institutions
> in Mexico, Morrocco, and South Africa. To obtain more invormation, contact
> MSH at [log in to unmask] or call (617) 527-9202.
>
> * International Health Economics Association (iHEA) publishes a
> newsletter with a very large selection of job postings. To subscribe, send an
> email to <[log in to unmask]>
>
> * A Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) in Africa was initiated in
> Dakar, Senegal, in January 1997, and a renewed commitment of African
> governments to fight malaria was made in Harare at the summit of the
> Organization of African Unity in June 1997. TDR invites applications for
> proposals to the newly established Task Force on Malaria Research Capability
> Strengthening (Malaria RCS) in Africa. The Task Force represents TDR's share
> of responsibility for organizing effective strategic activities required for
> the implementation of the MIM. (filename who203 in the HDDFLASH archives; see
> below for archive retrieval information.)
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> DECEMBER PREVIEW
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> HDDFLASH ISSUE No. 19, November 1, 1997
> Electronic Newsletter and Archiving Service on Human Development Issues
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