Health
Top 10 Global Health Milestones in 2012
PSI Impact magazine, for which I am a contributor, asked its readers to nominate 10 great global health moments of the past year, then asked experts write profiles of each milestone. This list will lift your spirits.
From the mHealth Summit: When Making Diagnoses Becomes A Game
How the gaming community is helping to diagnose malaria.
From the mHealth Summit: Do Cell Phones Really Make a Difference in Health Programs?
Because of the newness of the field, the data is not fully clear on whether mobile phones demonstrably improve health outcomes–though the signs are promising.
From the mHealth Summit: The Medium or the Message?
Mobile technology has the power to solve many global health problems, but it only magnifies one the world’s most significant health challenges: Communication.
From the mHealth Summit: Why Health Depends on Equality
A veteran of the movement explains that the most innovative development in women’s healthcare isn’t breaking technology – it’s good, old-fashioned girl power.
Why Pakistan’s Internal Investments and Community Ownership are Crucial To Combating Polio and Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
A huge opportunity for immunisation advocacy has arisen as Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to introduce pneumococcal vaccine.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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