Nairobi Photos

A friend forwarded me this link and I thought I would share with all of you. They are beautiful pictures.

http://www.nairalan d.com/nigeria/ topic-51356. 0.html

If you happen to be in kenya, feel free to email me (lmasese@yahoo.com) and we can meet.

Positioning to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment - A strategy to gaining relative health equity

The continued increasing allocation of financial resources to HIV and AIDS globally not only demands maximizing response to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment but also redirecting the unprecedented resources towards Strengthening Health Systems....

The response to public health .... Mozambique, Ethiopia.... more to come .... and many to follow, the leadership model based on values by the people and for the people!

New York Times
June 18, 2007
Editorial

Two Cheers on Global AIDS
Now that the Group of 8 industrialized nations has pledged to commit $60 billion to combat AIDS and other diseases around the world in coming years — a substantial sum by any reckoning — Congress and other national legislatures ought to look hard for additional funds to close a looming gap between the funds committed and the needs of desperate patients.
The advanced nations — both the G-8 countries and other donor nations — have greatly increased their funding for AIDS programs in recent years in belated recognition that the epidemic threatens to destroy not just its victims, but also the social and economic fabric of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We are pleased that President Bush has proposed spending some $30 billion to combat AIDS abroad over a five-year period, from 2009 to 2013, but in truth that represents only a modest increase from the spending trajectory we were already on. At its recent summit meeting, the Group of 8 pledged to commit $60 billion to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria “over the coming years,” including the American contribution.
Yet even these pledges will not be enough to keep up with the devastating epidemics. Tens of billions of dollars more will be needed to provide treatment, care and preventive services for AIDS alone over the next five years.
Although the Group of 8 pledges are welcome, they actually represent a retreat from previous goals. In 2005, at its meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, the group pledged to provide “as close as possible to universal access to treatment” for all people suffering from AIDS by 2010. That should mean at least 10 million people in treatment by then, judging from estimates by United Nations AIDS experts. Yet at the recent meeting, the G-8 said it was aiming to treat only some five million patients in Africa by an unspecified date. That sounds like consigning millions of untreated people to death and disability.
To its credit, the United States has been by far the largest AIDS donor in recent years, providing almost half of the funding commitments made by donor governments. But when measured against the size of the national economy, the American donations rank only fifth. There is room to do more.
As Congress wrestles with the fiscal 2008 appropriations bills this year, it ought to provide the full $1.3 billion being sought by Congressional health advocates as the American contribution to a global fund to combat the three diseases — not just $300 million as proposed by the administration or the $850 million approved by the House Appropriations Committee. Congress should also set the nation — and by its example, the world — on course toward universal access to AIDS treatment by 2010.

Link modification

If the earlier link does not work, please try this for sure! Apologies for inconvenience.

I yet have to learn my tubing and afraid you guys have to register facebook to access this link, however it is a simple process. Enjoy

http://washington.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2403598419&saved

We were born to make a difference! Graduation Ceremony

Dear friends, colleagues and faculty members,

Here is the link to Professor Steve Gloyd address on the eve of graduation ceremony at South Campus. Among many other things, Steve admired the passion and the public health activism we all carry very close to our hearts for health and social equity!

http://www.facebook.com/video/editvideo.php?v=2403598419

Congratulations to all graduates in advancing their careers towards making a difference in the Global Health!!

Thanks to all of our loving faculty members. Peace

PLP Celebration Pics & Video

I remember PLP's first year clearly. My housemate, Nandini Johri, was one of PLP's 2001 fellows. Through her I became acquainted with Aaron Katz and the PLP program. It is quite impressive remembering the achievements of the program and its fellows.

Here is a link to pics Zied and I shot at the event and a video/slideshow as well. Hope you enjoy the live performance of the graduates. It was quite touching and a must-see.





I also learned a lot at the ceremony about the IHP/HAI story/team. Wow, what a fun team. There is a thread that connects most of them: MUSIC. Yes, they all play an instrument of some sort, dance or sing. I hope to make a short video about the IHP/HAI story and post it on our blog. Hope Steve Gloyd, yes, Liz and the rest of the team would hold a live performance for us sometime in the coming year.

Here is a pic of the IHP program coordinators from 1992-2007. Liz Mogford was the first coordinator and Sarah Frey is the current coordinator (she sings too and performed at Folklife with her band).

Julie, Liz, Sarah, Julie

Tariq will be posting footage he shot soon. Stay tuned.

More IHP/PLP/HAI Annual Celebration Pix

Here is a link to a few more pix from IHP graduation party.


Thanks to Ahoua and Steve for the festivities and hosting a wonderful gathering.

Congratulations to all the graduates.

Public health nurses - greater role in working with others to make child and family poverty history

Article title: Development of the role of public health nurses in addressing child and family poverty: a framework for action
Authors: Benita E. Cohen & Linda Reutter
OnlineEarly Articles
Journal Name: Journal of Advanced Nursing
Click here to go to the abstract of this article in Blackwell Synergy:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04154.x

The Global Health - Social and Health Equity Around the Globe

To all IHP, PLP graduates:

Let’s keep the IHP/PLP promise for keeping the public health activism alive where ever we intend to make a difference; Transnational or Transatlantic, Africa, Asia, Australia or America; whether it is environment driven or WE have to drive the environment!

Good luck to everyone around the globe for making the difference in the Global Health!

Zeid and Amineh, I am trying to put the graduation movie on the blog, however unable to do so, please tell me the secret.

Wendy is in the PI !

IHP is everywhere from the NYT to the PI. Here you can read wendy's article !

Our own Steve Gloyd in today's paper!

Health
New AIDS Cases in Africa Outpace Gains
By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Published: June 6, 2007
For each sub-Saharan African who was placed on anti-AIDS drugs last year, experts say, five more were newly infected.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/health/06aids.html?ex=1338868800&en=da5a069eedec75f1&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

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Dear IHPers.

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