We Were Here - movie on AIDS epidemic in SF, showing this week in the Castro Theatre

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-02-20/entertainment/28613171_1_aids-patients-new-documentary-project-inform

I just saw this movie and thought more people might be interested after all the discussion around the Oprah show. (also pertinent if you’re reading Verghese’s book). Great movie; bring tissues

POSTED BY: Andrea

April 9th Global Health Conference at UC Davis

Global Health: Breaking Borders and Boundaries

From the event’s Facebook page:

This one-day conference is the major gathering for hundreds of individuals from the Northern California region interested or actively engaged in improving global health. This IHIG event is co-sponsored by UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, Stanford University, Touro University, Samuel Merritt University, and the University of San Francisco.

Registration is now live ($25/student). Student posters are due 9-Mar.

Copying and pasting info from the student poster flyer below:

STUDENT POSTER SESSION ~ CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

The 13th Annual IHIG Conference “Global Health: Breaking Borders and Boundaries” will take place Saturday, April 9, at UC Davis.  The conference will include plenary presentations by keynote speakers Roberto Tapia-Conyer, MD, MPH, PhD and Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD; 

plenary panel discussions on Migration Health and One Health; breakout sessions; NGO exhibits; and student poster presentations. This is an opportunity for you to share and showcase information about your current research or fieldwork in the area of global health in an informal environment.  

We invite both undergraduate and graduate posters at the session on all aspects of global health. Your poster can show work in progress.   

Submit Presenter Information and Abstract  

• Please submit all required presenter information:  1) Poster Title;  2) Primary Author name, university, division, degree program, and email address;  3) Collaborating Author/s name, university, and email address. 
• Abstracts to be submitted as a Word document of approximately 300 words. 
• Firm submission deadline March 9, 2011 to [nwood at ucdavis dot edu].  We cannot guarantee review of late submissions. Presenters will be notified by March 17.   

Prepare Poster  

• Presenters will be provided with one 3x6 foot table top to place poster, handouts, and any artifacts that describe the project or study.  
• We recommend tri-fold presentation foam board, 4’ wide by 3’ high. If you are not using a tri-fold stand up poster board you may want to bring a folding tabletop easel or other type of portable table top display to hold your material.  
• Use large font — your poster will be viewed from a distance of several feet. 
• Visual presentation to include text, charts, graphs, photos. 
• Presenters must be available to speak with participants during scheduled networking lunch 11:30am-1:15pm. 

Please remember that submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration at the conference. 

POSTED BY: Jaspal

America’s Next Great Restaurant

I know that most of you probably don’t share my obsession with food.  However, I really thought this new show, America’s Next Great Restaurant, is an interesting example of partnerships, which Aman was talking about on Wednesday.  Doesn’t have as much to do with health… but basically this is a competition where food fanatics will pitch their ideas to a panel of investors about their vision of the next great restaurant.  The grandfather example in this competition is Chipotle, and founder of Chipotle (Steve Ells) is one of the investors/judges.  Another investor is Bobby Flay, a culinary celebrity on Food Network. Here’s the link with a video:

http://www.nbc.com/americas-next-great-restaurant/

This goes to show how innovation builds off previous ideas, as we have read in several articles for the class.

Can’t wait to see who wins!

POSTED BY: Pujeeta

Share your Innovations!

https://www.innovationaccess.org/default.aspx

POSTED BY: Pujeeta

Text messaging intervention= healthcare in the rural developing world

A text message-based intervention to bridge the healthcare communication gap in the rural developing world, read more here: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/7052u77p130087l8/

Posted BY: Devina

Fungus Knocks Out Malaria In Mosquitoes

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/24/134031191/fungus-knocks-out-malaria-in-mosquitoes

The findings from the NPR article can be found in the latest issue of the journal Science at www.sciencemag.org or by searching DOI:10.1126/science.1199115.

Posted BY: Devina

Innovations at the Kellogg Foundation

I thought this was a good site to explore because they provide grants for projects, and have logic model guides and evaluation handbooks in their knowledge center that may be useful.  I liked the short video on this page, hope everyone else does too.

http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/innovations.aspx

POSTED BY: Norah

Improving government health services through contract management: a case from Cambodia

http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/1/74.short?rss=1&ssource=mfc

POSTED BY: Tal

What Makes Community Health Care Work?

New York Times online commentary that explores success factors behind community health worker programs.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/what-makes-community-health-care-work/

POSTED BY: Neha