2015 Jan 17 CGI Newsletter

1. Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of our growing newsletter! Volume 2, Number 1 Happy New Year! _____News, Tools, Reports and Shout-Outs______ Grassroots.org is offering a hosting package to our nonprofit readers (Silver and Gold Guidestar Participants only) through their partnership with BlueHost. Once a member, you can sign up for our web hosting package and manage your hosting account at your personal hosting control panel. You can also sign up for hosting if your site is currently hosted elsewhere and you'd like to upgrade to our free hosting service with more features. If you ever need any help, your hosting includes 24/7 technical support. They also have inexpensive plans for personal and business services as well. 1

2. As you know, for the last 3 months, I've been tinkering with this new Newsletter that you have been getting. I'm now experimenting with getting shorter bits of info out more rapidly using a CGI Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/ (And I will continue with this Newsletter as well.) We already have over 1200 members; I'd love to have you join if you aren't already on it. It is more community oriented as everyone can also post original info and comment on everything. 2

3. _____Grant and Funding Opportunities_____ Click here to learn more and to apply: http://myemail.constantcontact .com/2015-ECP-TRAVEL- AWARD--to-Div52-General-List- --First- Call.html?soid=1113533253968 &aid=tBj4nbuDmBc I had the unforgettable honor to present at Yale. It was a chance to stand on the shoulders of global health giants. I am therefore delighted to share their invitation to apply for the 2015 GHIC Innovation Prize, which is a new program of the Global Health & Innovation Conference that offers cash awards in the amounts of $10,000 and $5,000 to the two best social enterprise pitches in 2015. 3

4. Please also feel free to share this announcement widely. GHIC Innovation Prize at Unite For Sight's 12th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale The GHIC Innovation Prize offers two cash awards in the amounts of $10,000 and $5,000 to the two best social enterprise pitches that are presented at Unite For Sight’s 12thannual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on March 28-29, 2015. The GHIC Innovation Prize supports outstanding early-stage ideas, programs, and organizations which are locally-developed and locally- responsible. The GHIC Innovation Prize is a new program of the Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference, which is the world’s largest and leading global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. The Global Health & Innovation Conference annually convenes more than 2,200 participants from all 50 states and from more than 55 countries. What is a social enterprise pitch? The social enterprise pitch is an idea, program, project, or organization that is in the early stage of development or implementation. The pitch submission should be program-focused and can be targeted for any country or countries worldwide. Categories include, but are not limited to, global health, NGOs and community-based programs, social innovation and entrepreneurship, development, education, energy, environment, and technology. Who is eligible? Professionals and students, and non-profit or for-profit organizations, are eligible to apply for the GHIC Innovation Prize. How do I apply? Complete details and application instructions can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/innovation-prizeApplications are accepted on a rolling application deadline, and the first quality applications will be accepted for the semi-finalist round. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible; the available semi- finalist round spots are expected to fill quickly. Complete details about the 2015 Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference _____Upcoming Conferences and Events_____ Learn more at: http://www.eventscribe.com/2015/CUGH/aaSearchByDay.asp?h=Full%20Schedule&BCFO=P 4

5. Learn more at: http://ghi.wisc.edu/event/11th-annual-global-health-symposium/ 5

6. _____Ebola and Infectious Disease Related_____ Aggregated News Reports from: EBOLA The Hidden Barrier Africa’s real need for successfully fending off epidemics like Ebola? End corruption, argues Laura H. Kahn in a well-reasoned op-ed for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (there’s a pub we don’t often cite. Good find, Dayna!). As corruption increases, sanitation and health decrease, Kahn argues, citing an interesting report from Transperancy International. She notes that Liberia has received billions in aid support for more than a decade but it has made little difference in people’s lives. Not coincidentally it is near the bottom of the UN Human Development Index and Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer. Change, Kahn argues, requires “leadership, disincentives, transparency, and accountability.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Related: Is the world ready for an Ebola vaccine? – The Lancet Related: Prediction: All Predictions About Ebola Are Unpredictable – NPR Goats and Soda Special Challenges for Pregnant Women In Ebola-hit countries, health workers must make snap life-or-death judgments about how to care for pregnant women, according to research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Pregnant women with Ebola are at increased risk of spontaneous abortion, pregnancy-related hemorrhage, stillbirth and death. But health workers coping with poor infrastructure and limited access to labs have little time to wait for test results to decide whether a pregnant women should receive the necessary interventions, or may have Ebola—and thus should only receive minimal procedures. Ebola stigma and fear cause pregnant women to postpone seeking treatment until they are critical. Meanwhile, health workers dealing with childbirth face greater infection risks, because they are often exposed to large quantities of body fluids. Thomson Reuters Related: Ebola crisis update - 13th January 2015 – MSF 6

7. Related: Ebola Cases and Health System Demand in Liberia – PLOS Biology Related: Probe of Ebola burial practices pinpoints risks, triggers changes – CIDRAP Related: CDC director 'confident' world can get to zero Ebola cases – Reuters Related: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is showing signs of moderation: Q&A w/Peter Salama, UNICEF global emergency coordinator for Ebola – Australian Broadcasting Corporation MATERNAL HEALTH When Home Births Turn Deadly Home deliveries for complicated births can turn tragic, but limited facilities leave many mothers in northern Kenya with little choice but to turn to traditional birth attendants. These deliveries have been blamed for the high maternal mortality rate in the region. Overall, Kenya is rated one of the 10 most dangerous countries for pregnant women, according to the UN. Between 1,000 and 1,200 women die during delivery per 100,000 births in northeastern Kenya, where health facilities are very limited, according to Kenya’s Demographic and Health Survey. In response, Kenya’s government began offering free maternity services in all public facilities—but that contributed to overcrowding at maternity wards. To help offset this problem, the government has launched a mobile clinic initiative. Al Jazeera Related: Across China: Improved Medicare makes delivery safer across Tibet – Shanghai Daily TUBERCULOSIS Not Falling Fast Enough With India's annual TB incidence rate declining at about 2% a year, the country is not on a pace to meet its WHO TB elimination date of 2050. However, WHO India representative Nata Menabde said that the country's existing TB-fighting strategies—deployed effectively—could deliver a yearly 10% drop in incidence by 2025. Further reduction in TB incidence, Menabde says, would require new vaccines, improved diagnostics and shortened treatment regimens. The Hindu VACCINES The Disappearing Meningitis Belt 7

8. Barely 5 years after the Meningitis Vaccine Project rolled out a tailor-made vaccine in Africa's "meningitis belt" the disease has all but disappeared there. Before the Serum Institute of India made MenAfriVac (costing only 50 cents and requiring no refrigeration) for 215 million people, the A strain of meningitis plagued Africans from Senegal to Ethiopia for more than a century. One of the worst recorded outbreaks killed 25,000 in 1996-1997. The project, now closing after a job well done, may be a model for tackling infectious diseases in developing countries. Thomson Reuters Foundation __________________________________________________________ Thanks! I hope you have found this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues. This Newsletter and mailing are a manual process, so if you would no longer like to receive this Newsletter, just send me an email. Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated! And if you’d like to support the Center’s work with a tax deductible donation, that would be fantastic and do a great deal: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm Cheers, and thank you for your work, Chris http://DrChrisStout.com Founding Director, http://CenterForGlobalInitiatives.org LinkedIn Influencer: http://www.linkedin.com/influencer/3055695 American Psychological Association International Humanitarian Award Winner, http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec07/rockstar.html 8