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  Global Health

This page features links to current projects, events, and reports concerning global health.  Specific studies advise on how to reduce the burden of disease and disability in developing countries, illuminate emerging threats to international and global health, and emphasize infectious disease.  Included is work from the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats.
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Projects
Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Forum on Microbial Threats
Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation
Joint U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Childhood Obesity Prevention
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR] Implementation Evaluation
Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
The Assessment of Approaches to Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Infants (IPTi)
The U.S. Commitment to Global Health
US National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences

Reports
Foodborne Disease and Public Health: An Iranian-American Workshop Mar 25,2008
Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities. Workshop Summary May 23,2007
Preventing HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries: An Assessment of the Evidence Sep 15,2006
Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination. Workshop Summary Sep 15,2006
Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe Relationship. Workshop Summary Jun 23,2006
The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities. Workshop Summary Mar 03,2006
Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary Feb 24,2006
Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences Jan 31,2006
John R. La Montagne Memorial Symposium on Pandemic Influenza Research: Meeting Proceedings Sep 12,2005
Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry Protecting the Public's Health Sep 01,2005
Microbial Threats to Health: The Threat of Pandemic Influenza Jul 17,2005
Healers Abroad: Americans Responding to the Human Resource Crisis in HIV/AIDS Apr 19,2005
Review of the HIVNET 012 Perinatal HIV Prevention Study Apr 07,2005
The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? A Workshop Summary Nov 16,2004
Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance Jul 20,2004
Scaling Up Treatment for the Global AIDS Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities Jul 07,2004
Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak. Workshop Summary Jan 27,2004
New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research: A Blueprint for Action Jan 21,2004
Improving Birth Outcomes: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World Nov 04,2003
Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World Nov 04,2003
The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment- Workshop Summary Apr 10,2003
Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response Mar 18,2003
Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response Mar 18,2003
Considerations for Viral Disease Eradication: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies Jul 19,2002
The Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases: Understanding the Impact on Animal and Human Health - Workshop Summary Apr 16,2002
High-Energy, Nutrient-Dense Emergency Relief Food Product Feb 27,2002
Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities Jan 29,2002
Perspectives on the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System: A Program Review Sep 24,2001
Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders: Meeting the Challenges in the Developing World May 08,2001
Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective: Workshop Summary Apr 03,2001
Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the U.S. May 01,2000
Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention 2000
Public Health Systems and Emerging Infections: Assessing the Capabilities of the Public and Private Sectors 2000
Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus Mar 01,1999
Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response Dec 01,1998
Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries 1998
Prevention of Micronutrient Deficiencies: Tools for Policymakers and Public Health Workers 1998
Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options 1998
Orphans and Incentives: Developing Technologies to Address Emerging Infections 1997
Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States 1992


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