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		<title>Rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrhea—deadly for children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eckhard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diarrhea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leading death in children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rotavirus—the most common and lethal form of diarrhea—is one of the most deadly diseases facing children
By Dr. John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program at PATH
Whether you have heard of rotavirus before or not, it may surprise you to know that you’ve probably had it. Nearly everyone in the world will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=378&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Much still needs to be done for women’s health</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/much-still-needs-to-be-done-for-women%e2%80%99s-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APHA IH Section]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blog contributor: Jessica M. Keralis
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report entitled Women and Health: Today’s Evidence, Tomorrow’s Agenda.  The report reviews evidence on health issues that affect women in all stages of life, from childhood, through adolescence and adulthood, and into advanced age.  The report found that across the globe, women [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=375&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water and Public Health</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/water-and-public-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The theme of APHA’s annual meeting is Water and Public Health. During the opening general session Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) underlined the effects of climate change on human health, the new challenges faced by global health and the importance of access to safe water. Dr. Periago reinforced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=345&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>APHA Annual Meeting Begins!</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/apha-annual-meeting-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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The 2009 Annual APHA meeting has officially begun! The International Health Section has assembled a list of sessions and meetings related to international health for your use. Our blogs from the conference will provide a glimpse into the vast knowledge shared by our colleagues. The conference will continue through November 7, we hope you enjoy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=351&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Pneumonia Day</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/world-pneumonia-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stories from the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leading death in children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 2 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pneumonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Pneumonia Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 2, 2009 is the first annual World Pneumonia Day, recognizing the world’s leading child killer as a global public health issue. A network of nearly 100 IGO, NGO, research and academic institutions, foundations, and community-based organizations have joined forces to raise awareness and urge governments and policymakers to combat this preventable illness. Each year, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=323&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Killing Health Reform:  Not This Time</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/killing-health-reform-not-this-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbanoob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ By Samir N. Banoob, M.D, Ph.D.*
“ The administration inherited a basket of bad apples from its predecessor: the budget deficit, the recession, a week economy and unemployment to mention a few. Among the problems, the health care crisis is the worst by far”
This quote is not recent since I published it on February 7, 1993 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=320&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘Sure Start’ in India Mobilises Communities for Maternal and Neonatal Health</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/%e2%80%98sure-start%e2%80%99-in-india-mobilises-communities-for-maternal-and-neonatal-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eckhard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food/Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories from the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neonatal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Village health workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tania Lal
A report by UNICEF India in January 2009 found that about a million neonatal deaths occur in the country each year. Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) has the largest population of any state in India and continuing problems with neonatal mortality. In an effort to tackle this problem PATH India with funding from the Bill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=306&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stories from the Field: Necessary Angels</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/stories-from-the-field-necessary-angels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[APHA IH Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community-based PHC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the public health community, Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) is a common point of discussion. But rarely has the story been told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author or captured in pictures for the National Geographic Magazine. The December 2008 edition shared with the world the story of The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=276&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General: a Smart Communications Choice</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/dr-sanjay-gupta-for-surgeon-general-a-smart-communications-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ktulenko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public health leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgeon General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised when I first heard about Dr. Sanjay Gupta&#8217;s possible appointment to US Surgeon General by president elect Barack Obama.  What type of message did it send to young people in the field of public health that the pathway to leadership was through the lens of a TV camera rather than toiling in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=263&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO about Community-led Total Sanitation in Indonesia &#8211; PCI</title>
		<link>http://aphaih.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/video-about-community-led-total-sanitation-in-indonesia-pci/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eckhard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stories from the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water, Sanitation, Hygiene]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community-led Total Sanitation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Concern International (PCI) is the first NGO in Indonesia to fully implement Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and offer no subsidies to communities. Watch the video here (and listen to some cool music):
View or download VIDEO here (MPEG4)
Download high-quality video (MPEG2, 700MB)
This video is about 18 minutes in length and shows how CLTS gets started [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aphaih.wordpress.com&blog=2475001&post=245&subd=aphaih&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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