By Emily Rogers
Spring 2016 SSG Emphasis Area Meeting
Please join the sex, sexuality, gender and health emphasis area for our Spring 2016 meeting. We plan to meet on Thursday, April 14 from 1:00 - 2:00 in Crosstown 386. The focus of the meeting is to organize a panel on global LGBT health for the Fall 2016 semester. Send questions to Professor Messersmith at ljmesser@bu.edu or Nick Diamond at njd15@bu.edu. Hope to see you there!
Technical Advisor, Health Programs for Francophone and Other Countries with International Rescue Committee
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Background: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC is a prominent international organization working in relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities. Health programs represent the largest single sector within which IRC currently operates, constituting approximately 45% of the international budget and with activities in 25 countries. IRC health programs worldwide are implemented in partnership with Ministry of Health and/or non-governmental organizations. IRC is also engaged in direct provision of health care, safe drinking water and sanitation support to beneficiaries where needed. Currently, IRC supports or manages 75 hospitals, 1,256 health centers and 788 health posts through a network of over eight hundred public health and clinical staff employed by IRC country programs. The facility based care is complemented by community level primary health care work implemented by about 9,000 community health workers. Country-based health staffs are supported by a health technical unit that contributes to the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of IRC primary health care programs through technical assistance, staff development and institutional learning. The unit currently has over 40 clinicians and public health and environmental health professionals on the staff, including experts in child health, reproductive health, nutrition, disease control, information management and technology, research and quality assurance. The Technical Advisor, Health Programs is a key member of the health unit’s country support team. Job Overview/Summary: The Technical Advisor, Health Programs serves as the primary source of health technical support for designated IRC country programs and interfaces between the field staff in the designated countries and the health unit. The position works in collaboration with the Technical Advisor, Environmental Health in the designated countries as one country support team. Major Responsibilities:
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Fellow BUSPH student reports on FGM in Mali, publishes in the Guardian
BU MPH candidate Kateri Donahoe was selected as one of three student fellows to receive the Program for Global Health Storytelling's Pulitzer Center fellowship. Kateri spent part of her 2015 summer in Mali conducting research and interviews on female genital cutting.
Her work was published yesterday in the Guardian. Congratulations, Kateri!
Female genital cutting affects more than nine out of ten of women in Mali. Those working to end the practice must walk a fine line between preserving culture and protecting women.
Article: Evaluating availability and price of essential medicines in Boston area (Massachusetts, USA) using WHO/HAI methodology
Two of the article's authors, Abhishek Sharma and Lindsey Rorden, are BUSPH alumni. Author Richard Laing is a Professor in the Department of Global Health.
Abstract
Background:
Many patients even those with health insurance pay out-of-pocket for medicines. We investigated the availability and prices of essential medicines in the Boston area.
Methods:
Using the WHO/HAI methodology, availability and undiscounted price data for both originator brand (OB) and lowest price generic (LPG) equivalent versions of 25 essential medicines (14 prescription; 11 over-thecounter (OTC)) were obtained from 17 private pharmacies. The inclusion and prices of 26 essential medicines in seven pharmacy discount programs were also studied. The medicine prices were compared with international reference prices (IRPs).
Results:
In surveyed pharmacies, the OB medicines were less available as compared to the generics. The OB and LPG versions of OTC medicines were 21.33 and 11.53 times the IRP, respectively. The median prices of prescription medicines were higher, with OB and LPG versions at 158.14 and 38.03 times the IRP, respectively. In studied pharmacy discount programs, the price ratios of surveyed medicines varied from 4.4–13.9.
Conclusions:
While noting the WHO target that consumers should pay no more than four times the IRPs, medicine prices were considerably higher in the Boston area. The prices for medicines included in the pharmacy discount programs were closest to WHO’s target. Consumers should shop around, as medicine inclusion and prices vary across discount programs. In order for consumers to identify meaningful potential savings through comparison shopping, price transparency is needed.
Twitter Chat on Global Mental Health with Jen Beard
STARTS:12:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016
ENDS:1:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016
LOCATION:On Twitter @BUSPH (#globalmentalhealth)
URL:http://www.twitter.com/busph
CONTACT NAME:Meaghan Agnew
CONTACT EMAIL:meaghans@bu.edu
Join Professors Jen Beard and Carol Dolan for a Twitter chat on mental health around the globe, including low-resource countries. Submit your questions via Twitter using the hashtag #globalmentalhealth.
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Harvard SPH: Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness nanocourse: Register now!
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Postdoctoral Association presents our first Nanocourse of 2016: Introduction to decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis for public health and clinical decision making. The course is free and everyone is welcome to attend!
This course is designed to provide an overview to the methods and applications of health decision science and cost-effectiveness analysis. During the first session attendees will be given an introduction to structuring and evaluating a decision problem. In the second session, attendees will learn the basic principles of conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis, including a hands-on lab in decision-analytic software (TreeAge™). Both sessions incorporate interesting and relevant examples of public health issues informed by decision science.
First Session: Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: TMEC Walter Amphitheater (HMS)
Second Session: Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Armenise Amphitheater (HMS)
More information: hsph.me/decisionanalysis
Register here: http://goo.gl/forms/m8g3pGGMvi
Course Instructors:
Christian Suharlim, MD, MPH http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/christian-suharlim/
Stephen Sy SM, http://www.chds.hsph.harvard.edu/People/Stephen-Sy
Emily Burger, MPhil, PhD http://chds.hsph.harvard.edu/People/Research-Managers/Emily-A.-Burger
Curriculum Fellow:
Bradley Coleman, PhD
House- and pet- sitter wanted
A DGH professor who lives in Jamaica Plain is looking for someone to stay at her house while she travels and take care of her dogs and cat. It is a single-family house with a yard and garden, 10 minutes’ walk from Forest Hills Station on the Orange Line. There are two dogs (an older husky and a younger border collie/lab mix) and one moderately elderly cat. All are extremely friendly. Responsibilities include daily animal care (food, walks for the dogs twice a day, cleanup, providing a lap for the cat) and minimal house upkeep (bringing in the mail, etc.). Experience caring for dogs required. Please do not apply if you already have a full time job, as the house sitter should be home for at least part of each day (e.g. when not in class). $40/day. Dates currently needed are May 5-10. If interested, please contact Sydney Rosen, sbrosen@bu.edu.
World Vision Global Health Fellows Programme – Multiple Positions Available
World Vision Global Health Fellows Programme
Summer, 2016 Global Health Fellowship Opportunities
- World Vision Bangladesh: Participatory Learning and Action Groups for MNCH Training Program – Field Test Research Assistant
- World Vision East Africa Region: Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Lives Saved Tool (LiST) Analyses
- World Vision Ghana: Nutrition Links, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health Project – Documentation of Best Practices and Lessons Learned
- World Vision Guatemala: Child Health and Nutrition Target Impact Study - Programme Documentation
- World Vision Niger: Integrated MNCH, WASH and Food Security Livelihoods (FSL) Project Evaluation
- World Vision Sierra Leone: Monitoring & Evaluation Systems Strengthening for Mobile Health (mHealth)
- World Vision Zambia: Child Health and Nutrition Target Impact Study - Programme Documentation
