February 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Preventing a Second Silent Tsunami in Haiti

In 2008, even before the quake, Haiti underwent what the UN called a "silent tsunami." The tsunami killed at least six people, including a U.N. soldier, and injured dozens more. But unlike the earthquake, that particular crisis was no natural...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 9:54 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

These Clothes Can Actually Help Haiti

Following the apparently modern axiom that there is no crisis so deep that it can't also be made fashionable, an abundance of earthquake-themed T-shirts are now being sold. There's the "To Haiti, With Love" shirt, which retails for Read...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 7:19 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

100% Preventable Disease, "Podo," Takes a Toll

There are many diseases ravaging the world’s populations, but "Podo" shouldn’t be one of them. Despite its cute-sounding nickname, Podoconiosis is a harrowing condition -- one of the most preventable and least studied of all endemic diseases...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 2:28 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Can the "ShangRing" Make Circumcision More Attractive?

First the folding umbrella, then gunpowder, porcelain and movable type. And now from the annals of Chinese invention comes the latest entrant -- the male circumcision device. Dubbed the " ShangRing ," it's a set of plastic rings that grabs...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 9:42 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Corruption: The Treatable Disease

As a word, corruption so easily triggers a sense of catchall moral fatalism. And certainly in a country like Haiti, where over $4 billion in aid money has been spent since 1990 to dubious effect, blaming government corruption for failure is an explanation...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 7:35 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Yes, This Laser Can Kill Mosquitoes, and Malaria, Too

Two public health questions on tap for the day: 1). Can your disassembled printer or digital camera parts kill mosquitoes? And if so, 2). Why would you care? Nathan Myhrvold, who used to be Microsoft's chief technology officer, has answers to both...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 11:55 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A New Perspective for Public Health

Global health is public health -- at the start of a new decade, that's the message a cadre of deans and faculty from six top public health schools wants you to hear. As they argue in the new issue of the Lancet , it's not enough to jettison global...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 7:26 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A Checklist Manifesto for the Developing World

Atul Gawande’s recent book The Checklist Manifesto is a gift to those who believe that there's room for more neuroticism in the medical world. He puts forward a 19-point checklist of pre-operative behaviors that surgeons should have to go through...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 6:13 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

The Best Way to End Poverty: Empower Women

Helene Gayle is part of Change.org's Changemaker network, comprised of leading voices for social change. In an interview with Change.org, Ms. Gayle explains what makes her passionate, and what causes she most supports. Change.org: What cause or causes...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2010 9:21 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

In Haiti, One Month On

Tarps and toilets, shelter and sanitation. I don't know how intentional Reuters AlertNet is being in its alliteration here, but as a quick summation of the immediate challenges Haiti faces, the phrases seem pretty apt. Now that it's been month...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 1:22 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Saving Women’s Hearts

What were the best-spent ad dollars in this year's Super Bowl? Hands-down in my book: Mark Sanchez’s PSA on women’s heart disease. After all, his presentation could literally save lives. In a 20-second appearance, the New York Jets quarterback presented...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 11:22 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

What if Haiti's Earthquake Hit the U.S.?

A thought exercise. Now that a month has passed since the Jan. 12 earthquake shook Haiti, as agencies continue to assess the disaster's toll, it's worth considering: What would it look like if Haiti's 7.0 quake had hit the United States instead...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 8:33 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

In China, Still Waiting for Care

To hear David Pierson describe it, the scene outside of one Beijing hospital resembles nothing so much as an all-night stake-out for entrance to some coveted show. Weary supplicants bring their sleeping bags and reading material and wait, huddled in line...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 11:40 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Who Will Fund Haiti's Fields?

Apparently, trees and rice fields have very little sway over the donor's imagination. After all, they're not great camera fodder -- you'd never see, for example, CNN's Anderson Cooper hoisting a tree trunk in a desperate passage to safety...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 9:03 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

South Africa Needs Real Leadership on HIV/AIDS

South African President Jacob Zuma's latest admission -- that he fathered a child out of wedlock with a friend's daughter -- calls into question, once again, his capacity to head his country's fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To be sure...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 7:39 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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