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Updated: 2009-04-13 22:33

JINAN -- One more child has died of hand-foot-mouth disease in Shandong, bringing to 19 the death toll in the eastern China province, according to health officials Monday. The death occurred Sunday in Liaocheng City, the Shandong Provincial Health Department announced Monday, giving no details about the child.

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Nicola Jones, Harry Jones, Liesbet Steer and Ajoy Datta
Working Paper:300 March 2009 - ISBN: 978 0 85003 899 6
Overseas Development Institute

Available online PDF [87p.] at:
http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/odi-publications/working-papers/300-impact-evaluation-production-use.pdf

The Economist Intelligence Unit, March 2009

“….Healthcare professionals believe that patients will play a key role in making healthcare systems sustainable, according to a major new research report, Fixing Healthcare, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Philips.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123951889694811439.html

By JAMES HOOKWAY and WILAWAN WATCHARASAKWET

BANGKOK -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the capital and surrounding areas Sunday as his government tried to restore order after antigovernment protesters stormed the venue of a major regional summit the day before.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok.

(CNN) -- Rivers are the arteries of our infrastructure. Flowing from highlands to the sea, they breathe life into ecosystems and communities.

A levee breach in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River System could have dire effects, a new report says.

But many rivers in the United States are in trouble.

Rivers in Alaska, California and the South are among the 10 most endangered, according to a report released Tuesday by American Rivers, a leading river conservation group.

By Saeed Ahmed
CNN

(CNN) -- When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven.

Inventor Jon Bohmer with the oven he has made out of a cardboard box.

The ingeniously simple design uses two cardboard boxes, one inside the other, and an acrylic cover that lets in the sun's rays and traps them.

Oslo, Norway, 1-2 April 2009

The global economic downturn occurs as the world is also confronted with the consequences of major demographic changes and global environmental and energy problems. The crisis therefore represents a major threat for both health and health and social protection systems.

Link to recordings: http://www.smartcom.no/who/who_eng_001.html

Links to materials, conference programme and the webcast can be found at
url: http://www.euro.who.int/healthsystems/econcrisis/20090316_1

Objectives:

Website: http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/collections/npgpublications/twas/index.html

“….The public and policy-makers are increasingly looking to the scientific community to address critical global problems.

Finding solutions will require the collective insights and experience of scientists, policy-makers, industry and non-governmental groups. A World of Science in the Developing World reflects the expertise of members and associates of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, and coincides with its twenty-fifth anniversary…”

PHREE-Way is a global action-learning consortium of organizations working together to expand education and strengthen capacity for disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action towards sustainable development and human security. The founding and initial members include international non-governmental organizations, research and training support organizations, and universities. All members adhere to human security, sustainable development, and humanitarian imperatives, as well as globally-recognized ethics and standards.

Location: University of Geneva – Switzerland
Dates: June 8 to 12, 2009

Lecturers:
Prof. Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Dr Owen O’Donnell (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Website: http://www.hec.unil.ch/iems/Enseignement/contact/ssph_brochure_web.pdf [page 8.]

WHO and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) wish to seek your input on how Intersectoral Action (ISA) has been implemented to improve health equity in your country and on how the WHO-PHAC ISA collaboration might support increased knowledge and action on ISA in the future. We have included a few open-ended questions for your review and response.

Please send any responses to the questions (below) to ISA@who.int by 1 May 2009

The Department for International Development (DFID), 2009

Available online as PDF file [32p.] at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/securingourcommonfuture/conference-paper-eliminating-poverty.pdf

This background paper for the DFID annual conference "Securing our Common Future: A Conference on the Future of International Development" (9-10 March 2009, London)

Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
Juha Teperi, Medical doctor and health services researcher at the University of Helsinki
Lauri Vuorenkoski, senior researcher at Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jennifer F. Baron, Senior Researcher, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
The Sitra Reports - Helsinki 2009

Available online as PDF file [117p.] at:
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/Finnish_Health_Care_System_SITRA2009.pdf