AED Global Health Currents
Global Health, Population & Nutrition Programs   October 2008
Welcome
 
to AED Global Health Currents — a selection of new resources produced by AED’s Global Health, Population & Nutrition programs. Read about and link to: Events, Tools, Communication Products, and Journal Articles.
 
  Events
 
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Interview on use of mobile technologies for disease surveillance. MobileActive.Org interviewed Berhane Gebru, AED. Read excerpts or download the interview.

 
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International Workshop on the Integration of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition. Hosted by FANTA in April at AED. Proceedings and final report.

 
  New Tools
   
 

Emergencies in Urban Settings: A Technical Review of Food-Based Program Options (Food for Peace, Occasional Paper No. 6). Examines 11 common food-based programs and includes tools for decision making. Produced by FANTA-2.

 
   
   
 

A Toolkit for Developing Integrated Campaigns to Encourage the Distribution and Use of Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs). Produced by Africa ’s Health in 2010, in partnership with the Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP).

 
 

Repositioning Family Planning Toolkit. Produced by Africa ’s Health in 2010, in partnership with WHO and PRB.

 
  New Communication Products/Resources
 
 

New e-newsletter on research in communication for behavior and social change. Content for C-Channel is selected from peer-reviewed journals. (Developing world readers receive abstracts and full texts of articles. Others receive descriptions and links to abstracts.) Produced by the C-Change Project. Click to subscribe.

 
 

A Compendium of Resources: Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into Primary Schools and Teacher Training. Includes guidelines for integrating WASH into teacher life skills training and online resources. Produced by HIP.

 
 

Woreda Resource Book for Community-Led Total Behavior Change in Hygiene and Sanitation. Created for district-level activities in Ethiopia. Produced by HIP.

 
 

Summary Report of USAID Sanitation Consultation to articulate an agency-wide programming strategy for health-focused programs. Hosted by HIP in June at AED.

 
  New Peer-Reviewed Articles
   
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