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Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the

CGI Newsletter

Dr. Chris Stout, Editor

Volume II, Number 11 November 2015

_____News, Tools, Reports and Shout-Outs______

Cooperation among developing countries key to achieving new goals, says UN chief Cooperation among developing countries across a spectrum ranging from trade to technology transfers “will play a key role in the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the achievement of the SDGs,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a high-level event on South-South Cooperation on September 26

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnerships

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Financial Management Essentials: Handbook for NGOs In this free e-book offered by WANGO member, Mango, an NGO focused on strengthening the financial management and accountability of NGOs around the world, learn the essentials of financial management. Chapters include designing a finance system, planning and budgeting, and understanding accounts. To download the e-book: http://www.mango.org.uk/guide/coursehandbook

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In an historic effort to eradicate one of the most deadly diseases in India, U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and Sir Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, joined corporate leaders on September 10, 2015, to launch a dialogue for a tuberculosis-free India. The "Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB Free India” event highlighted the plight of tuberculosis (TB) in India and emphasized the need for public-private partnerships and commitment from all levels of society to turn the tide against TB in India. According to the World Health Organization, 240,000 Indians die of TB each year, and nearly 100,000 suffer from multidrug-resistant TB. Bachchan, who himself successfully fought TB, reminded everyone, "As a TB survivor, I can also tell you that this is a disease that can be fought against and won over." Ambassador Verma called for a "multi-sectoral approach in which partners, public and private, should collaborate” to end TB. Over the last 18 years, continued investment from the U.S. Government in India has resulted in close to $100 million to prevent and control TB, and it has helped to treat over 15 million people. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported numerous initiatives to help combat TB in India during this time, including critical long-term technical assistance at national, state,

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and district levels to support the Revised National TB Control Program. USAID also supports development and scale-up of innovative solutions for TB diagnosis and treatment, including a key demonstration study of GeneXpert® MTB/RIF, the first ever anti-TB drug resistance survey, and the Grand Challenges in TB Control initiative in partnership with IKP Knowledge Park and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Grand Challenges initiative seeks to identify, fund, and nurture technology-driven solutions that will assist in achieving a world free of TB.

Learn more

Find out more about USAID's work to address TB in India Read Ambassador Richard Verma's blog on the U.S.-India partnership for a TB-free India

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan

Patients in Georgia suffering from deadly strains of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will soon have access to potentially life-saving medication thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Janssen. MDR-TB is a form of TB that is resistant to at least two of the four most commonly used anti-TB medicines.

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Georgia is classified as a high MDR-TB burden country with 48 percent of known TB cases identified as multidrug-resistant. Nearly 200 patients in Georgia will begin receiving the tuberculosis drug, SIRTURO® (bedaquiline), as part of their treatment program for MDR-TB. Bedaquiline is the first new drug to treat TB in more than 40 years and can bring new hope to patients fighting MDR-TB with little to no other treatment options.

In Georgia, USAID-funded programs focus on improving early detection of TB, strengthening TB and MDR-TB control through technical assistance and capacity building, and supporting research and innovation.

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Read more about the bedaquiline event in Georgia and view photos

Read USAID's bedaquiline information webpage

Learn more about TB in Georgia

Explore the U.S. Government Global TB Strategy

Discover USAID's work on antimicrobial resistance

Find out more about Georgia

____Award, Grant, Funding, Ed. & Job Opportunities____

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PaperSeed Foundation Educational Grants The PaperSeed Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to strengthening opportunities for children and young people in underserved communities around the world, welcomes community-based NGOs in select countries to apply for its educational grants. For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.paperseed.org/apply-for-grant/

New Diplomacy, Defense & Development Graduate Program at American University If you currently work in the fields of diplomacy, security, or international development or are interested in getting into these fields, the Graduate Gateway Program in Diplomacy, Defense, and Development at American University will expose you to important aspects of U.S. policy and skills you can take from the classroom to work. Program includes:

Graduate Seminar in Diplomacy, Defense, and Development (3 credits)

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Research Course (online, 3 credits) or Internship (3 days per week, 3 credits) for those who have flexibility in their schedules

American University’s Graduate Gateway Program is a unique post-graduate semester of specialized coursework that allows you to take advantage of unmatched opportunities to study and connect in Washington, DC. Learn from leaders—in classroom settings, on site visits that can only be found in our nation’s capital, and through seminars and special events. You may also choose one of our other study areas in the spring: U.S. Politics & Policy, Biotechnology, Global Business & Trade, or International Affairs.Your path to establishing a career foundation or submitting a top-notch graduate school application starts with a Graduate Gateway semester at AU. Know your next step. Learn more and apply online at american.edu/spexs/grad.

Spring '16 final application deadline is December 11, 2015 Questions? Email gradgate@american.edu or call (202) 895-4859

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_____Newsletter in a Newsletter _____ The following is from our good friends at APA Office of International Affairs: APA International Conference Registration Grant

APA's Travel Grants for U.S. Psychologists to Attend International Conferences — up to $400 for conference registration fees at international meetings held outside the United States and Canada.

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Deadline: Nov. 1, 2015 Sponsor: APA Office of International Affairs Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship

Approximately, 20 postdoctoral fellowships are available (PDF, 960KB) for individuals awarded a PhD or ScD degree no earlier than Nov. 30, 2008 and no later than Nov. 13, 2015 in an eligible research-based field from a U.S. educational institution. Applications will be evaluated by panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The online fellowship application is available at this website. Deadline: Nov. 13, 2015 Sponsor: Ford Foundation

APA-USNC International Travel/Mentoring Program for U.S. Scholars

This program is funded by the National Science Foundation and sponsored by the American Psychological Association and the U.S. National Committee for Psychology (USNC) of the National Academy of Sciences. This travel-mentoring program will support early career/graduate student psychologists and midcareer/senior psychologists to attend the International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016) in Yokohama, Japan, July 2016. Graduate students/early career psychologists will be paired with midcareer/senior psychologists who have experience in international research and collaboration, and who will serve as mentors at ICP2016. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2015 Sponsor: APA Office of International Affairs

Henry P. David Research and Travel Grants

One $1,500 research grant will support of ongoing research in behavioral aspects of population studies or human reproductive behavior. One $1,500 travel grant will support for a non-U.S. reproductive health/population science professional to travel to and participate in the psychosocial workshop, held in conjunction with the Population Association of America annual meeting. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2015 Sponsor: APF

Frances M. Culbertson Travel Grant

$2,000 to support an early career woman from a majority world country who is in the early stages of her career to attend a conference in psychology (preference for the International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, ICP2016). Recipients of the grant also receive a two-year affiliate membership in the American Psychological Association. Deadline: Feb. 15, 2016 Sponsor: APF

Small Grants for Program Development of National Psychology Associations

This award provides funds to support the growth and development of national psychology associations. National psychology organizations outside the U.S. are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to psychology organizations that are In developing or low-income countries and broadly representative of psychologists in their country or region.

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Deadline: March 1, 2016 Sponsor: APA Office of International Affairs

Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award

An award by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) of $1000 is given to "the best paper or article of the year on intercultural or international relations." Originality of the contribution, whether theoretical or empirical, will be given special weight. The competition is open to non-members, as well as members of SPSSI, and graduate students are especially urged to submit papers. Deadline: March 1, 2016 Sponsor: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues International Scientific Meeting Support Award

The APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology is accepting applications from organizations of psychology for scientific meetings funding that foster the exchange of knowledge among psychologists across the world. Deadline: March 15, 2016 Sponsor: APA Office of International Affairs Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award

This award for exceptional contributions to trans-Atlantic psychology recognizes a significant record of trans-Atlantic research collaboration. There is no cash prize associated with the award, but recipients receive a mounted gold medallion, which is presented at the biennial meeting of the congress of the European Federation of Psychology Associations. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2016 Sponsor: APF Follow international news on twitter: @APA_Intl For more announcements visit http://www.apa.org/international/resources/announcements.aspx Sign-up for FREE APA newsletters: http://www.apa.org/support/opt-in.aspx

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_____Upcoming Conferences and Events_____

With an annual offering of 30+ poster presentations and 12 hours of symposia/papers (many offering CE), WPA is the place to showcase your international work. In addition to posters, consider organizing international symposia or selecting the one-speaker paper option (one-speaker papers are assembled into a panel of papers with related topics). To be reviewed for the international program, use the WPA Call-for-Paper submission process (http://westernpsych.org/wpa-convention-call-for-papers/) and select International Psychology from the topics. WPA requires that at least one of the authors of each submission should be registered for the conference. Conference registration fees are lower for WPA members and registration for the convention and membership can both be accomplished when you register for the convention. Student poster competition! Posters with students-as-first-authors (faculty and non-students are allowed as co-authors) are eligible for commendations for their internationally-focused posters. When submitting the proposal, PLEASE identify that it is a student-submission and that the topic is primarily international.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 3:00-4:30pm, School of Public Health, Auditorium 1603 W. Taylor Street Topics: - National School of Public Health of Cuba: An Overview of Academic Structure - Current Transformations of the Cuban National Health System: Outcomes and Challenges - Cuban Experiences on Neglected Diseases and the Approach in Ebola Control in Africa: R&D innovation for Health Systems strengthening Guests: Pedro Más Bermejo, MD, PhD Professor, Epidemiology National School of Public Health of Cuba Alcides Ochoa Alonso, MD, MPH President, Cuban Society of Public Health

_____Ebola, Infectious Disease, and More…_____

Aggregated News Reports from: Global Health NOW is an initiative of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, www.jhsph.edu. Views and opinions expressed in this email do not necessarily reflect those of the Bloomberg School. Created by Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Maryalice Yakutchik, Jackie Frank and Salma Warshanna-Sparklin. You can connect with them at: bsimpso1@jhu.edu

EBOLA Ebola Lessons Despite the muted headlines, West Africa’s Ebola outbreak—which has killed 11,000 in West Africa since December 2013—is still far from over. To share lessons learned to help prevent, prepare for and manage future crises, a panel of journalists and scientists—including Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia’s deputy Minister of Health for Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Control—convened Thursday at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for the Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Center Symposium. Nyenswah recalled the chaos during the peak of the outbreak and Ebola’s cruelty as “ a disease of affection,” infecting people who cared for their sick loved ones. Now, Nyenswah is focused on his

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country’s 1,500 Ebola survivors, including a natural history study. Maryalice Yakutchik, Global Health NOW

The MinION Scientists Hoped For The MinION—a pocket-sized, USB-powered sequencing machine—has allowed scientists to track the spread of Ebola in real-time. By sequencing Ebola genomes from newly diagnosed patients, the researchers could help colleagues chart the source of new infections—and develop effective strategies for stopping it. At a cost of just $1,000, the revolutionary tech heralds a new era where sequencing moves away from well-equipped institutions and into places where it’s most needed, from hospitals to epidemic-afflicted hot zones. Rather than sending samples from outbreak sites to special labs, scientists will be able to take the labs to the outbreaks. The Atlantic Related: Should Apes Be Saved From Ebola? – The Atlantic Related: Rapid response to new Ebola infection in Bombali, Sierra Leone – WHO

More Evidence of Bungling Poor leadership, penny pinching, shoddy supplies and infighting all exacerbated West Africa’s fight against the Ebola virus, according to an Associated Press investigation that levels sharp criticism at WHO. Through weak leadership and supply problems (including questionable chlorine and running out of body bags), WHO was effectively paralyzed, the report charges. Furthermore, the WHO-appointed review panel did not delve into the logistical mishaps and infighting the AP says it uncovered. Joseph Fair, an American disease expert, “described ‘death by conference call’ as health officials argued about things like whether to order more ambulances and the proper color of body bags.” AP Related: Doctors Without Borders Has Mixed Feelings About Award For Ebola Work –NPR Goats and Soda Related: Let’s Work Together to Prevent Epidemics – Gulf Times Related: US officials to stop screening Liberian passengers for Ebola – GNN Liberia

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Mali’s Success Story Mali’s first Ebola patient, a girl who crossed over from Guinea, did not get care in time to survive. And recognizing that hours and minutes matter proved to be the key to Mali's success in ultimately shutting down the spread of the virus. Health officials acted immediately to shut down the spread of the virus, emphasizing speed of response—deploying frontline health workers and connecting patients to care within hours of the first symptoms. Now, Mali's Ministry of Health has announced a plan to deploy a similar strategy to solve its child mortality crisis. Mali’s children still risk dying from other treatable diseases like malaria, diarrheal disease and pneumonia. In the same way that they fought Ebola’s spread, community health workers will conduct door-to-door home visits and get children the care they need—within hours of their first symptom. Huffington Post Related: China Wins Africa Friends by Building Dam in Ebola Outbreak – Bloomberg Related: Sierra Leone starts new countdown to Ebola-free status – Reuters Related: A Johns Hopkins team designed an Ebola suit so good, it’s going on the market – The Washington Post Related: A Tribute to Those Who Sang Against Ebola – World Policy Institute Blog

In WHO's Defense After GHN summarized a Guardian article on the WHO's response to Ebola last Thursday, we want to share a critique of that article by Mod.JW shared by proMED. Mod.JW writes, "As a former CDC staff member seconded to WHO Geneva for 8 years, followed by 6 more with WHO, I am fed up with reports hammering WHO over its handling of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The headline of the latest report in the Guardian ('Ebola is all but over, but the postmortem is just getting started,' of 30 Sep 2015, available at the source URL above) is unexceptional, but the text leads with 'Thousands died in west Africa, but the biggest victim could be the ineffectual World Health Organisation, which acted far too slowly to contain the outbreak.' However, it is obvious from the rest of the report that WHO did a lot of things right, and moved as fast as it could given its financial and political constraints." The writer adds that the WHO is expected to take care of the world's health on a budget of $4 billion--the same as that of the 2500 bed New York-Presbyterian Hospital! ProMED

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Saving Others From FGM Agnes Pareyio was an educated Masai teen determined to not undergo female genital mutilation—until her family called her a coward. 27% of women in Kenya have undergone FGM, the WHO reports. Despite being banned here by law since 2011, the practice is ingrained into certain tribes such as the Masai. Having dedicated her life to saving others from the practice, Pareyio now heads the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative. The Tasuru Center currently houses 46 girls who have escaped from FGM or early marriage, which often follows the cut by a few months. ThinkProgress

POLIO Polio Eradication is Hard … but Worth It In the glow of the WHO announcement that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, the Center for Strategic & International Studies hosted a conference on the challenges of global polio eradication yesterday in Washington, DC. The world is closer than we’ve ever been to eradication, but progress is never inevitable, said keynote speaker Tom Frieden, CDC director. He emphasized that the focus now is getting Afghanistan and Pakistan over the finish line. Noting that an epidemiologist is someone who loses sleep over denominators, Frieden said that key in the fight is changing the paradigm from how many reached to how many missed. He told how Nigeria’s polio eradication infrastructure paved the way for Nigeria’s rigorous Ebola response, and shared the moment in the crisis that frightened him the most. The conference also addressed the effort to ensure that the world’s investment in polio leads to future dividends to public health, the ambitious vaccine switch needed to address vaccine-derived polio cases by removing all oral polio vaccines (OPVs) in the long term, and coping with security threats to the eradication push. Dayna Kerecman Myers, Global Health NOW

Then There Were 2 WHO made it official late Friday: Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. Though Nigerians were celebrating, they need to maintain vigilance to ensure there are no new cases in the next 2 years so the country can be declared polio-free, said Dr. Tunji Funsho, chairman of Rotary International's anti-polio campaign in Nigeria. Two decades ago, Nigeria recorded the highest polio rate in the world—1,000 polio cases per year.

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Pakistan and Afghanistan remain the world’s only polio-endemic countries, meaning the virus remains a “threat to children everywhere," according to WHO. US News & World Report

MALARIA Ambitious Goals Can malaria be wiped out, joining the ranks of smallpox—to date the only eradicated disease? Bill Gates and the UN contend that is a goal within reach, with the release of areport arguing against containment and in favor of elimination. Rallying the world to push to eradicate the disease by 2040, the report estimates it would take $90-$120 billion and would potentially save 11 million lives. This is a very optimistic goal, a New York Times editorial argues, and it would hinge on medical advances—like a single-dose cure and an effective vaccine—not yet in hand. Many malaria-affected countries also lack functional health systems, the editorial points out, which need to be strengthened to cope with all epidemics, not just malaria. Sophie Harman, a public health expert at Queen Mary University in London, put it bluntly in an AP article: "Grand and glitzy eradication campaigns overlook the real necessity of financing everyday health systems.” Related: Bill Gates and the golden age of global aid – The Washington Post (Opinion, Michael Gerson) Related: World won't achieve its development goals without India coming through: Bill Gates – The Economic Times

TUBERCULOSIS Drug-Resistant TB Rages After a guttural bark and a raspy rattle in the throat comes the prayer: “Please, Jesus, let this be a case of ordinary tuberculosis.” These are the sounds of the TB and HIV co-epidemic raging on across great swaths of Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. In 2013 the twin scourges killed about 2.6 million people. Worrisome is the potential for bigger consequences, since 1 in 3 of us hosts a latent form of tuberculosis, and 37 million are HIV-positive. “Like Ebola, untreatable TB is only a plane ride away, too. So I’m quite surprised by the apparent lack of a sense of urgency about this everywhere but here,” says a physician in South Africa, 1 of 21 countries where multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threatens to upend the public health systems. The Nation

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Related: Waiting for the White House Plan on Tuberculosis – Huffington Post

PHARMACEUTICALS India’s Generic Meds At Risk US pressure on India to change its intellectual property policies could result in millions of people around the world losing their lifeline to affordable medicines, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF relies on affordable generic medicines produced in India to do its medical work in more than 60 countries, and therefore urged Indian Prime Minister Modi to stand strong and protect India’s role as the “pharmacy of the developing world.” “The multinational pharmaceutical industry is pushing hard to stamp out the competition from India,” said Leena Menghaney, South Asia Manager of MSF’s Access Campaign. MSF

VIOLENCE More Than Mental Health Mental illness is often a scapegoat that lets policymakers and the public ignore bigger, more complicated contributors to gun violence, argues Jonathan Metzl, a professor of psychiatry and sociology at Vanderbilt University. In a Vox Q&A, he explains that there are a lot of other factors besides mental health that are more predictive of violence: access to firearms, substance use or abuse, and past history of violence or arrests, for example. Such factors can be picked up during a comprehensive background check, which is often an effective tool in stemming gun crimes, Metzl says. Vox Related: Guns, Campuses and Madness—The New York Times (Frank Bruni, op-ed) Related: A New Way to Tackle Gun Deaths – The New York Times

Thanks for the tip, Meghan McGinty! Related: Why we should think of gun violence as a disease, and study it accordingly –The Washington Post

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE Uganda Grapples with Antibiotic Abuse Uganda’s laws against distributing antibiotics without a prescription haven’t prevented many from buying the drugs with little or no oversight.

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Some blame a shortage of pharmacists—Uganda has only 600 pharmacists for a population of 37 million—for the antibiotic abuse. 80% of the bacteria that cause diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis are resistant to antibiotics. The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda is urging citizens to get accurate diagnoses before starting medication, and reminding people to finish their prescribed doses. But Denis Byarugaba, chair of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences' Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership, said the clinicians and pharmacists must be the first line of defense. VOA

__ Guest Commentary _____ Global Transport Statistics By Jessica Hayward It is widely accepted that global warming is more than a myth, where across the world, governments are beginning to understand that it is imperative to take action before the situation is too late to remedy. The impacts of global warming and climate change are severe. It is first important to understand what is causing the problem. There is some controversy on the subject. Some people think that global warming is a myth, and it is a natural part of the planets “life cycle”, which has evidence. However the masses of scientific data strongly suggests human impact dramatically increases the process at an unnatural rate. A major factor contributing to global warming is the burning of fossil fuels, which release carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Global transports contribution to total carbon emissions is vast. This infographic gives a powerful perspective in real time, such as how many litres of fossil fuels are being used by cars, trucks, and planes. We often forget about the cargo transported by ships and planes. Hong Kong may be a relatively small region of China but its strong trade links mean that vast amounts of air freight travel through its airport every day. Unfortunately, it is a hard situation to remedy due to the necessity of transport in people’s lives. It’s essential not only for truck drivers and airlines, but almost all industries. Continuous efforts to change our sources of energy from unsustainable sources including fossil fuels, to eco-friendly sources such as wind, solar and biofuels is a step in right direction.

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