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Issue Volume 7 Issue #14, April 11, 2018
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Global Health Rounds - April 23, 2018
Pakistan launches countrywide polio eradication drive
Africa's unsung scientists finally get their own journal to spread research
Registration Gaps in Low and-Middle Income Countries Leave Billions Behind
Rainy season in South Sudan threatens to further isolate populations
Lancet Commission to develop first-ever roadmap for malaria eradication
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Global Health Rounds - April 23, 2018
There will be a presentation on:  "Research work on Internally Displace People in Nigeria."  More details to follow next week.
 
 
 
We're always looking for new speakers and ideas for topics for Global Health Rounds for the new coming up academic year in the Fall 2018.  If you have speakers or topics, please contact Cheryl Knowles at GHFoMD@ualberta.ca.
Pakistan launches countrywide polio eradication drive
Pakistan launched a nationwide polio vaccination drive this week to reach 38.7 million children and eradicate the paralyzing and potentially deadly virus in one of the last countries where it is endemic.
 
Nearly 260,000 volunteers and workers fanned out across Pakistan starting on Monday in an effort to vaccinate every child below the age of five in a week-long campaign, Pakistan’s national coordinator on polio, Mohammad Safdar, said.
 
“We’re really very close to eradicating the disease,” Safdar told Reuters, appealing to the people to cooperate with the door-to-door effort that continues all week.
 
Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, that suffers from endemic polio, a childhood virus that can cause paralysis or death.
 
To read more detail about this article go to https://www.reuters.com
Africa's unsung scientists finally get their own journal to spread research
A new journal to showcase Africa’s often-overlooked scientific research has been launched to give the continent’s scientists better global recognition.
 
Scientific African will be the first “mega-journal” in Africa. It was unveiled in Kigali last week at Africa’s biggest science conference, the Next Einstein Forum(NEF) conference, and the first issue is scheduled to be published at the end of the summer.
 
Its editor, Dr Benjamin Gyampoh, said the journal would address the problem of African scientists going unrecognised for pioneering work because they lacked access to quality publications.
 
“There are many reputable journals but there is a low number of Africans publishing in them partly because the costs are so high,” Gyampoh said. “We are reducing these costs while providing a platform for world-class research, across different disciplines and on par with any published around the world.”
 
To read more about this article go to https://www.theguardian.com
Registration Gaps in Low and-Middle Income Countries Leave Billions Behind
 Roughly 130 million babies are born every year. Nearly one-quarter of them will begin life without any official record of their existence.
 
The registration of a birth establishes one’s legal existence, providing access to rights benefits, entitlements and protections. The registration of deaths, marriages, and divorces is also of fundamental importance — particularly for women and children, who may need to establish proof of relationship to inherit property or pensions.
 
In many low- and middle-income countries, the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems that provide this function are facing major challenges. CRVS systems have the legal responsibility to register and record important life events like births, deaths (including cause of death), marriages and divorces. As World Health Day is celebrated around the world this April 7, those among the world’s poorest who lack the ability to prove their identity may be hindered in participating in social and economic benefits and protections afforded to others.
 
To read more about this article go to   https://www.theguardian.com
Rainy season in South Sudan threatens to further isolate populations
As the rainy season descends on South Sudan, an unprecedented number of people face severe food insecurity. Access to people in need is already difficult in the country, where a civil war has raged for more than four years. With the rains, access to these populations will now be further hampered as flooded roads become impassable, leaving populations isolated in pockets throughout the country and unable to receive emergency aid.
 
This year, some 5.3 million people — or 48 percent of the population — are estimated to be facing severe food insecurity in the post-harvest season in South Sudan, meaning that they are somehow dependent on humanitarian food aid. This is a 40 percent increase from last year. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has warned that at its peak, this figure could reach 7.1 million people in need of assistance in the coming months.
 
The spread of the conflict has resulted in a higher number of people in need than previous years, said Simon Cammelbeeck, World Food Programme acting South Sudan country director. In the past, there were parts of the country that to a certain extent escaped the conflict. But over the past two years, the conflict has spread to essentially the whole country, leading to an escalating number of people in need. A famine situation is likely without an urgent increase in aid, according to a recent press release from the Norwegian Refugee Council.
 
To read more about this article go to https://www.devex.com
Lancet Commission to develop first-ever roadmap for malaria eradication
The Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication launched Tuesday, bringing together 24 experts from around the world to develop the first-ever roadmap for malaria eradication.
 
The new commission is a joint endeavor between The Lancet, a highly regarded medical journal, and the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, with financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 
The 24 commissioners will develop a roadmap, to be published in The Lancet in 2019, with a detailed analysis of why and how to pursue malaria eradication, as well as maps and models outlining factors that could accelerate or block progress.
 
“This will be the first cohesive document on malaria eradication and how to get there,” said Ingrid Chen, assistant professor at UCSF and lead for the commission’s secretariat, which is hosted by the university. “We ask what is possible, and what needs to happen, and then work backwards from there when it comes to the scientific, financial and operational requirements.”
 
To read more about this article go to https://www.devex.com
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