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Where is the Evidence-base for Health Policy and Health System Management?

Mon, 2010-09-27 11:48 — mdmcdonald

There is a need for a One Health Knowledge Management System that addresses the need for evidence in health policy and health system management in the U.S. as well as overseas. The article below rightly claims that evidence-based medicine is growing and is positively impacting clinical practice. That said, there needs to be a One Health Knowledge Management System that can inform policy makers, planners, and health systems managers about the cascading health issues and impacts within their domains and jurisdictions. See below.

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Can closing schools stop the flu?

Tue, 2009-07-21 06:52 — admin

Email|Link|Comments (0)Posted by Elizabeth Cooney July 20, 2009 08:53 PM As they prepare for a fall flu season that could bring two nasty strains, Boston health officials are studying whether school closings helped to stop the spread of swine flu during the spring. Dr. Anita Barry, director of the infectious disease bureau at the Boston Public Health Commission, said the agency is still analyzing case reports from private and public schools that closed after abseentism rates soared. They expect to have answers in a month that will tell them if closing schools broke the chain of transmission of swine flu, known by its scientific name H1N1. The Boston review continues even as an article appearing today in a special issue of the British medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that closing schools early in a pandemic can reduce the number of cases at its peak, but cases might rise later when they reopened, leading to the same totals had schools not been shuttered. This flattening in the number of cases was observed in epidemics dating from 1918 through 2008.

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President Obama on Health Care Reform

Sat, 2009-05-16 09:03 — admin

Dear Friend,

I recently began work as the Director of the HHS Office of Health Reform, and I wanted to share President Obama's weekly address with all of you.

This weekend the President's address focuses on the urgent need for comprehensive health reform. The President noted:
"...We know that our families, our economy, and our nation itself will not succeed in the 21st century if we continue to be held down by the weight of rapidly rising health care costs and a broken health care system."

You can watch the President's address now by visiting www.whitehouse.gov.

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Agriculture and Food Security

Fri, 2009-05-08 10:00 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this Working Group is explore new directions in Agriculture and Food Security.

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United States
31° 43' 41.4012" N, 148° 32' 6.5616" W
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Scientific Visualization

Tue, 2009-04-28 07:48 — admin

The mission of this working group is to display and discuss the most important efforts to engage scientific visualization on issues of health and resilience.

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Social Networking and Emerging Movements

Thu, 2009-04-16 04:14 — admin

The mission of the Social Networking and Emerging Movements Working Group is to monitor and discuss incidents of organizing social networks and mass movements.

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Africa Resilience Initiative

Sat, 2009-03-21 11:57 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this working group is to articulate and shape issues of resilience and sustainability on the continent of Africa as they may be implemented as reforms of current policies, as well as contemplate and make recommendations for more extensive critiques and proposals for national, provincial, and local systems transformation, as may be necessary or desirable beyond the scope of traditional reforms being undertaken by the current African national governments and local government proposals in Africa.

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United States
31° 43' 41.4012" N, 148° 32' 6.5616" W
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Human Security Index - Global

Thu, 2009-03-12 07:18 — admin

The mission of this Working Group is develop a Human Security Index that further enhances the Human Development Index to provide indicators that accurately measure societal (and eventually community) conditions that determine length of life, quality of life, and functional life capacity.

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War, Peace, Terrorism, and Conflict Resolution

Wed, 2009-02-04 09:41 — admin

The War, Peace, Terrorism, and Conflict Resolution Working Group looks at the underlying conditions that may catalyze war and terrorism, and analyzes proposals and actions focused on resolving conflict and establishing conditions that nurture and sustain lasting peace.

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GHI 20024
United States
38° 51' 28.9584" N, 77° 0' 41.5548" W
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Cooperation
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Trust Networks Working Group

Thu, 2009-01-22 18:45 — admin

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1000 Water St., SW, #12
20024 Washington,, DC
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38° 52' 50.2824" N, 77° 1' 35.7888" W
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