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Inside the Command Center
Source: ssireview.org
That’s what we often say when we step into a transformative scale effort—an attempt to completely solve a social problem—that is making remarkable progress. While reflective planning and thoughtful strategy are important, the rare movements that really thrive also demonstrate a set of daily work habits that are strikingly distinct from those that stall.
SM2015 presented the ‘A Promise Renewed for the Americas’ movement in an international health workshop in Washington DC
The Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative was one of the organizations invited to present in the Universal Health Coverage and the Pursuit of Equity in the Americas workshop, an event organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Washington DC.
ADDING IT UP - The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2014
Source: Guttmacher Institute
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) introduced the report 'Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2014' and related materials. This report has the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Health in Central America - Misleading means
Source: The Economist
IN FRONT of the skyscrapers on the esplanade in Panama City, joggers puff along a path in the morning heat, as men and women do push-ups and bench-presses. In this part of Panama the enemies are fat and diabetes. But a short flight away indigenous communities living amid fearsome overcrowding on the tropical islands of Guna Yala (formerly San Blas) are so poor and malnourished that their young children can die for lack of a boat fare to get to the nearest health clinic...
RHSC - Launch of the Innovation Fund
Source: rhsupplies.org
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition announces the next round of Innovation Fund whose deadline for submitting proposals is 12 January 2015. This fund is the main initiative of the Coalition to inspire and fund new tools, research and other activities that help people access and can use affordable inputs and of good quality, including a wide range of contraceptive methods, to assure a better sexual and reproductive health.
SM2015: el BID y la salud en honduras
Source: La Tribuna – Honduras
Los hondureños tenemos muchas cosas y valores de qué estar orgullosos, en varios campos, no sólo a nivel nacional, sino internacional —a excepción del fútbol—. Muchos compatriotas han puesto muy en alto el nombre de nuestro pequeño país en competencias de matemáticas, tecnología, medicina, arte, música, teatro y otras investigaciones en el orden científico.
SM2015 partners visit Nicaragua to see the progress of the Initiative in the country
In early October, Representatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Carlos Slim Foundation (FCS), the Government of Spain and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) visited the Matiguás region in Nicaragua, to learn about the progress of the first operation of the Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative in the country, carried out jointly with the Ministry of Health.
Guía de atención diferenciada para adolescentes embarazadas (AECID-NI)
Source: AECID Nicaragua
Guía elaborada por el equipo de AECID en Nicaragua durante el proyecto ‘Mejora del Ejercicio de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos’ realizado conjuntamente con el MINSA del país en los SILAIS de Jinotega y RAAN (ahora RACN y las Minas) entre 2008 y 2012. “Esta guía surgió después de una investigación acerca de la calidad de atención en la Casa Materna de Cihuatlampa en Jinotega, a iniciativa del personal técnico del proyecto en Jinotega la Dra Chilo Duarte y la Dra Lía Amador de la Casa Materna Cihuatlampa en Jinotega”, explica La Dra. Carme Clavel, Responsable de Proyectos de Género de AECID en Nicaragua
Universal Health Coverage in Latin America
Source: The Lancet
The Lancet’s new Series on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Latin America charts the complex political, economic, and social forces that shape health policy making. An accompanying Health Policy paper examines the association between the financing structure of health systems and UHC. In the past few decades, important policies and strategic initiatives in health and development have been embraced by Latin America, with the active participation and support of the Pan American Health Organization, WHO, and other partners. Latin America is a laboratory to study the mechanics of implementing UHC.
Postnatal care by provider type and neonatal death in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis
Source: BMC Public Health
Globally postnatal care (PNC) of the newborn is being promoted as a strategy to reduce neonatal deaths, yet few studies have looked at associations between early PNC and neonatal outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study we look at the associations of PNC provided on day 1 and by day 7 of life by type of provider – skilled (doctor, midwife or nurse or unskilled (traditional birth attendant or community health worker) on neonatal death on days 2 to 7 and days 2 to 28.
