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Groundswell Awards for Social Impact
This just in: Groundswell Awards has added a new category for “Social Impact”, where social technologies improve...
This just in: Groundswell Awards has added a new category for “Social Impact”, where social technologies improve...
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The ‘doing’ of better management and leadership in global health
This is a follow up post by Sylvia on global health leadership:In my previous writing I mentioned the importance of having a language around leadership and management that is actionable. The trait approach to leadership, which focuses on inborn...
This is a follow up post by Sylvia on global health leadership:In my previous writing I mentioned the importance of having a language around leadership and management that is actionable. The trait approach to leadership, which focuses on inborn...
2 days ago
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| Topics: Access to..., Global Health, Leadership &... | Add google reader to your profileTHD posted a blog entry
The ‘doing’ of better management and leadership in global health
This is a follow up post by Sylvia on global health leadership:In my previous writing I mentioned the importance of having a...
This is a follow up post by Sylvia on global health leadership:In my previous writing I mentioned the importance of having a...
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Transdisciplinary Research: Supplement in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Sometimes being turned on by conceptual frameworks, transdisciplinary studies, paradigms and other esoteric sounding - blue...
Sometimes being turned on by conceptual frameworks, transdisciplinary studies, paradigms and other esoteric sounding - blue...
4 days ago
Hodges' Model: Welcome to the Quad
| Topics: public mental..., health..., global health, transdisci...
Hodges' Model: Welcome to the Quad
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5 days ago
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The Good: Olympic Global Health Ad and The Bad:Olympic Ethnic/Economic Cleansing?
Olympic SuccessGiven the primacy of the Olympics, this is well worth covering. First with regard to ExxonMobil’s commercial on Malaria during prime time, when over 1 Billion people were watching, this might have been the largest audience ever for a...
Olympic SuccessGiven the primacy of the Olympics, this is well worth covering. First with regard to ExxonMobil’s commercial on Malaria during prime time, when over 1 Billion people were watching, this might have been the largest audience ever for a...
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The Good: Olympic Global Health Ad and The Bad:Olympic Ethnic/Economic Cleansing?
Olympic SuccessGiven the primacy of the Olympics, this is well worth covering. First with regard to ExxonMobil’s...
Olympic SuccessGiven the primacy of the Olympics, this is well worth covering. First with regard to ExxonMobil’s...
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Malaria Ad to Air During Olympic Opening Ceremony
This just in, more details to follow…“ExxonMobil’s latest effort to heighten awareness of malaria will come...
This just in, more details to follow…“ExxonMobil’s latest effort to heighten awareness of malaria will come...
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Rapid HIV CD4 Counter (8 minutes)
With slight modifications I lifted the below from the CIMIT Blog (note Video on their blog), certainly a needed innovation for...
With slight modifications I lifted the below from the CIMIT Blog (note Video on their blog), certainly a needed innovation for...
13 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Design, Global Health, HIV/AIDS
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Design, Global Health, HIV/AIDSTHD posted a blog entry
Gates Infoporn
Interesting global health funding graphic from the Seattle Times:The source is from an article that raises good overall...
Interesting global health funding graphic from the Seattle Times:The source is from an article that raises good overall...
h2cm posted a blog entry
Note to Corante - "What's in a (blog) name?"
As regulars here will be aware I've been wondering what Hodges' model might learn from other conceptual frameworks produced...
As regulars here will be aware I've been wondering what Hodges' model might learn from other conceptual frameworks produced...
34 days ago
Hodges' Model: Welcome to the Quad
| Topics: global health, informatics, comms, web review
Hodges' Model: Welcome to the Quad
| Topics: global health, informatics, comms, web reviewTHD posted a blog entry
Mosquirix – Promising New Vaccine for Global Health?
More than 12 years (let that time horizon sink in) after the first indications of success, there will be a large scale trial...
More than 12 years (let that time horizon sink in) after the first indications of success, there will be a large scale trial...
35 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Global Health, Infectious..., Innovation, Malaria
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Global Health, Infectious..., Innovation, MalariaTHD posted a blog entry
A Massive Wave of Chronic Disease in China and India
When most people think of global health they think of infectious diseases and all of the associated images this conjures up...
When most people think of global health they think of infectious diseases and all of the associated images this conjures up...
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India’s Supply Chain: Impact on Global Health?
‘The Biggest Challenge Is There Is No Organized Supply Chain’ This headline in Wharton’s newsletter intrigued...
‘The Biggest Challenge Is There Is No Organized Supply Chain’ This headline in Wharton’s newsletter intrigued...
40 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Food for..., Global Health, Public Private...
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Food for..., Global Health, Public Private...THD posted a blog entry
Stat of the Day: Mumbai Train Deaths
Remarkable - “8 million people take the train in Mumbai everyday…The trains are easily the most crowded in the...
Remarkable - “8 million people take the train in Mumbai everyday…The trains are easily the most crowded in the...
THD posted a blog entry
Trends: Global Health and Design for Social Impact
Jaspal is now back in Mongolia finishing up some research and I am posting this for him. He is a design expert and I am just...
Jaspal is now back in Mongolia finishing up some research and I am posting this for him. He is a design expert and I am just...
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“Design Thinking” in Harvard Business Review (Tim Brown)
Cross-post from Design Research for Health: Mongolia: Saw this over at Jocelyn Wyatt’s blog:IDEO’s CEO, Tim...
Cross-post from Design Research for Health: Mongolia: Saw this over at Jocelyn Wyatt’s blog:IDEO’s CEO, Tim...
75 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Design, Global Health, Innovation
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Design, Global Health, InnovationTHD posted a blog entry
Global Health Council 6: Reflections on the Conference
One final post on the Global Health Council Conference. I wanted to wait a few days so that I’d have some room to...
One final post on the Global Health Council Conference. I wanted to wait a few days so that I’d have some room to...
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Global Health Council 5: We ♥ Margaret Chan
Friday ended with an impressive lineup of global health leaders discussing the disconnect between horizontal and vertical...
Friday ended with an impressive lineup of global health leaders discussing the disconnect between horizontal and vertical...
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Global Health Council 4: Coming Full Circle with Aravind
Aman already reported on the Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) being awarded the prestigious 2008 Gates Award for Global Health,...
Aman already reported on the Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) being awarded the prestigious 2008 Gates Award for Global Health,...
81 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Conferences, Global Health, ICT
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Conferences, Global Health, ICTTHD posted a blog entry
Global Health Council 3: From Grassroots to Policy
The special session Primary Health Care: A New Vision for the Fourth Decade just finished. Unfortunately, I missed the...
The special session Primary Health Care: A New Vision for the Fourth Decade just finished. Unfortunately, I missed the...
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$1Million Gates Award Goes to Aravind!
We have talked about the Aravind Eye Care System quite a bit before and have published several academic articles on Aravind....
We have talked about the Aravind Eye Care System quite a bit before and have published several academic articles on Aravind....
83 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Conferences, Food for..., Global Health
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Conferences, Food for..., Global HealthTHD posted a blog entry
Global Health Council 1: Social Marketing
On Tuesday of the conference, I attended the Social Marketing to Facilitate Behavior Change and Action workshop. I personally...
On Tuesday of the conference, I attended the Social Marketing to Facilitate Behavior Change and Action workshop. I personally...
84 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Conferences, Global Health, Innovation, Private...
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Conferences, Global Health, Innovation, Private...THD posted a blog entry
Advancing the Global Good through Partnerships - Usha Balakrishnan
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to steal a few hours of Usha Balakrishnan’s time. I first saw Usha at the Global...
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to steal a few hours of Usha Balakrishnan’s time. I first saw Usha at the Global...
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Ben and Jaspal’s Excellent Adventure at the Global Health Council
Jaspal and Ben will both be at the Global Health Council meeting in DC next week (Only some of you will get the bad movie...
Jaspal and Ben will both be at the Global Health Council meeting in DC next week (Only some of you will get the bad movie...
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Global Health Job Trends
Indeed.com is a job search engine that I have found to be pretty decent. I got an idea of looking at job trends from this post...
Indeed.com is a job search engine that I have found to be pretty decent. I got an idea of looking at job trends from this post...
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New Focus on South-South Collaboration at SciDev.net
“This week, SciDev.Net publishes a set of articles outlining the advantages and challenges - ofSouth-South research...
“This week, SciDev.Net publishes a set of articles outlining the advantages and challenges - ofSouth-South research...
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Friday Fun - America’s News Diet
The video says it all - from the TED conference which is made less exclusive by their posting of the tremendous lecturers they...
The video says it all - from the TED conference which is made less exclusive by their posting of the tremendous lecturers they...
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Good Dove Bad Dove
Both of these videos are worth watching, they get at the interesting dilemma faced by multinational corporations. The first...
Both of these videos are worth watching, they get at the interesting dilemma faced by multinational corporations. The first...
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Global Health Conference at Simon Fraser U
Wanted to let you know about a global health conference next week:Meeting the Challenge: the Millennium Development Goals and...
Wanted to let you know about a global health conference next week:Meeting the Challenge: the Millennium Development Goals and...
THD posted a blog entry
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health
The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, has a new exhibit -Against the Odds: Making a...
The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, has a new exhibit -Against the Odds: Making a...
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Mobile Phones for Global Health: Vodafone-UN Partnership
The UN Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation released a new report this week - Mobile Technology for Social Change: Trends in...
The UN Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation released a new report this week - Mobile Technology for Social Change: Trends in...
112 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Global Health, ICT, Mobile Phones
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Global Health, ICT, Mobile PhonesTHD posted a blog entry
Redesigning Technology for Global Health
This is an interesting story GE redesigning an EKG machine (the last one of which they made in 1999) for a place like India....
This is an interesting story GE redesigning an EKG machine (the last one of which they made in 1999) for a place like India....
122 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Global Health, Innovation, Medical...
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Global Health, Innovation, Medical...THD posted a blog entry
Friday Fun
It’s worth taking a departure from the usual business on Friday’s for the fun geekiness below. These videos shed...
It’s worth taking a departure from the usual business on Friday’s for the fun geekiness below. These videos shed...
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One Net One Pill One Life
These were the words of Forest Whitaker (academy award winner for his leading role in The Last King of Scotland) on...
These were the words of Forest Whitaker (academy award winner for his leading role in The Last King of Scotland) on...
133 days ago
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Cause..., Global Health, Malaria
Technology, Health & Development
| Topics: Access to..., Cause..., Global Health, Malaria