Re definining the purpose of this blog: Concept paper

Purpose:

To gather and share knowledge on Emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases in South Asian

countries especially Nepal.

• To welcome members from all sphere to engage in scientific dialogue
• To encourage innovative ideas and discussion on them
• To keep up with literature
• To improve critical thinking
• To demonstrate continuing educationt
• To promote evidence –based practice
• To promote social contact

 

Blog Members:

 

Blog membership will run on a voluntary basis.
 

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

The most important criterion for this blog membership is a deep interest in research discussion, so as to nurture the purpose of this blog.

• Sets the ground rules for this blog
• Makes sure blog posts are timely
• Coordinates to bring relevant science agenda for posting
• Promotes this blog through social media

Process:

 

The post for this blog will be published from now onwards once in a week.

 

Promotion:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Linkedin

Future Plans:
 

Connect + Connect + Connect = continuity = visibility

 

John D Clemens and his thoughts on Female Health Community Voluteers

During my almost 5 years of surveillance medical officer (SMO) experience, I travelled to > 60 districts out of 75 distrcts in Nepal, I have observed and found that female community volunteers are the foundation for delivering public health services at the level of family. Without them, I am of the opinion, Nepal would not have achieved success like Bangladesh has, in the field of mother and child's health.

Link for below:

http://skollworldforum.org/2013/09/04/investing-in-women-can-accelerate-progress-towards-achieving-mdgs/

A good article to read:

John D. Clemens

Executive Director, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

 

Article Highlight:

While there are no “magic bullets” that can help developing nations reach MDGs 4 and 5 by 2015, lessons can be learned from Bangladesh’s equity focus, in particular the effective use of young, well-trained, local women to deliver an integrated package of family planning and primary healthcare to their communities.

Malnutrition in Nepal

Abstract from a paper:

This paper sheds light on infectious diseases and the status of malnutrition in Nepal, a Himalayan country located in South Asia. In spite of efforts by both Government and non-government sectors, infectious diseases are rampant in the countries constituting a major cause of morbidity and mortality, which in turn, impose a socio-economic and public health burden for the country. Intestinal parasitic infection has been implicated in the causation of malnutrition. Malnutrition associated with child mortality is more common among children aged less than five years. Nepalese women suffer from chronic malnutrition. People in rural areas are more affected by malnutrition than those in urban areas. This has been attributed to poverty, lack of education, and rampant infectious diseases.

Source: http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn008_2/mjn8n2_art6.pdf

Vaccination Myths Vs. reality

A report from CNN - Anderson Cooper 360 degree on recent measles outbreak in a Church, Texas. He talks with CNN Health Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. I think, this is a lesson all of us have to learn from.



http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/28/vaccination-myths-vs-reality/

Nature, Color and Eye

What is herd Immunity?

Link:

 http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=what-is-herd-immunity2013-08-27&goback=%2Egde_1179467_member_269163969#%21
 

Haiti's Cholera Outbreak: Nepal at focus???

A group of scientists say that Haiti Cholera outbreak originated from Nepal. Ok, this may be true but how about too much stigmitazion in a socio - political context?

Read more:

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/cholera_haiti.html

HEV Vaccine _ Call for SAGE Working Group

http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/nominations_working_group_hep_E_aug2013/en/index.html

Decade of Vaccines - Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011 - 2020

The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) ― endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly in May 2012 ― is a framework to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities.

GVAP aims to strengthen routine immunization to meet vaccination coverage targets; accelerate control of vaccine-preventable diseases with polio eradication as the first milestone; introduce new and improved vaccines and spur research and development for the next generation of vaccines and technologies.

Link:

http://www.who.int/immunization/global_vaccine_action_plan/en/

 

European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC)

To explain ECDC's role and activities, the Centre has produced a new corporate video illustrating its areas of work and how ECDC supports protecting public health across Europe.

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ECDCchannel

http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/surveillance/TESSy/Pages/TESSy.aspx

HEALTH SYSTEM FUNCTIONS

 

 

Source: Modified from WHO World Health Report, 2000

WHO : Systemic Thinking for Health Systems Stengthening

 

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241563895_eng.pdf

Cold Chain Mission_ BBC _ Ewan McGregor_UNICEF Ambassador

Ewan McGregor as he joins a team who deliver vital vaccines to the world's most remote children and meets the health workers who help ensure the most vulnerable children are immunised against deadly diseases..

BBC - Ewan McGregor Cold Chain Mission

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC28LlslxHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNuX6uhAxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNuX6uhAxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0kf9AkGnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEKM7FijPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AN0g5Dv6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjrokM0nsQQ

Corona VIrus

  

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/06/2013622114633948922.html

Universal Dengue Vaccine_ How Far from Reality?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Universal-dengue-vaccine-closer-to-reality/articleshow/21818830.cms?goback=%2Egde_1986086_member_265790984#%21

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/State-to-study-genetic-changes-in-dengue-virus/articleshow/21434857.cms

Dhaka's Cholera War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Bxp1S2rbo

Nepal Research: Good link

http://www.nepalresearch.com/health/epidemics.html

Welcome to a new interesting blog

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2013/07/welcome-to-a-new-asian-blog.html

My blog: Page View Satistics as of Agust 11, 013

 



Tiny - wearable patch makes you invisible to mosquito

http://io9.com/this-tiny-wearable-patch-makes-you-invisible-to-mosqui-894656159?goback=%2Egde_2060379_member_260751079