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Global Health Nursing Research Targets Stability in Democratic Republic of Congo
From the School of Nursing: A recently funded program, "Health, Stigma Reduction, and Economic Empowerment for Women and Girl Survivors of Sexual Violence in South Kivu, DRC," aims to advance the health, economic, and social well-being of women and girls in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo. More >> July 8, 2010
Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute named International Center of Excellence
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) is one of 10 centers selected by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as an International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR). More >> July 6, 2010
JHSPH Students Named Fulbright Scholars
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students will travel abroad to study and conduct research as 2010 recipients of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. More >> July 2, 2010
Researchers Urge Wider Use of Diarrheal Disease Control Measures
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health urge wider use of oral rehydration solution (ORS), zinc supplementation and rotavirus vaccine to reduce the deaths from diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrheal disease kills approximately 1.5 million children under age 5 each year. More >> June 30, 2010
Kilimani Sesame Has Positive Impact on Children in Tanzania
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Sesame Workshop, which produces Kilimani Sesame, the Tanzanian version of Sesame Street, recently commissioned researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in full collaboration with a Dar es Salaam-based research team, to examine the effects of a six-week intervention delivering Kilimani Sesame content to 223 children in the rural district of Kisarawe and the city of Dar es Salaam. The article is expected to be published in July in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. More >> June 23, 2010
Implementing Existing Interventions Could Save Lives in Sub-Saharan Africa
From Bloomberg School of Public Health: Modest increases in selected maternal, neonatal and child health interventions could save lives in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They reviewed several interventions such as breastfeeding counseling and emergency obstetric care in Africa and found that nearly 4 million lives could be saved by scaling up proven health interventions in a variety of health systems. More >> June 11, 2010
Directly Observed HIV Treatment by Patient-Nominated Treatment Supporter Improves Survival
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: When applied to HIV care, the community-based model of directly observed therapy (DOT) has no effect on virologic outcomes, but significantly improves patient survival. This is according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with colleagues at University of Cape Town, South Africa, who conducted the first randomized controlled trial of patient-nominated treatment-supporters providing partial DOT in resource-limited settings. More >> June 7, 2010
Ghanaian Midwife Receives International Award
From Jhpiego: Jhpiego, a global health non-profit affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, presented the international Midwife Champion of the Year Award to Mary Issaka, a Senior Staff Midwife from Bolgatanga, Ghana. More >> June 2, 2010
JHSPH Researchers Contribute to "World No Tobacco Day" Reports
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Tobacco use is on the rise among women, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The report, Gender, Women, and the Tobacco Epidemic, which includes contributions from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers, found the trend is even more pronounced in developing countries where tobacco companies are targeting women through well-funded, alluring marketing campaigns. More >> May 12, 2010
Researchers Discover Additional Benefit of Vitamin A
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Vitamin A is critical to maternal health and child survival, yet in most developing countries Vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness and increased child mortality. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has long been a leader in vitamin A research, and scientists at the School recently discovered a link between offspring lung function and maternal vitamin A supplementation. The results are published in the May 13, 2010, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. More >> May 11, 2010
Infectious Diseases Caused Two-Thirds of the Nearly 9 Million Child Deaths Globally in 2008
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Preventable infectious diseases cause two-thirds of child deaths, according to a new study published today by The Lancet. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF’s Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) assessed data from 193 countries to produce estimates by country, region and the world. More >> May 10, 2010
Bloomberg School of Public Health Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Jason Rasgon, PhD, an assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, and his research to develop an evolution-proof pesticide for eliminating mosquitoes that transmit malaria to humans. More >> May 7, 2010
Hardship and Human Rights Violations Continue among Burma Cyclone Survivors
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and reconstruction efforts, and in violations of basic rights more than one year after the storm, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Emergency Assistance Team—Burma. More >> May 4, 2010
New Grant Will Educate Nurses in TB/HIV Infection in South Africa
From the School of Nursing: Nurses in South Africa will soon take a more active role to address the country's epidemic of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis and HIV, thanks to a $274,000 grant from the Medical Research Council of South Africa awarded to Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing infectious diseases researcher Jason Farley, PhD, MPH, CRNP. More >> May 3, 2010
Antibiotic Use and Environmental Exposure Are Key Factors Affecting Antibiotic Resistant E. Coli Carriage in Children in Peru
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a global health problem and is a major impediment in managing childhood infectious diseases. Direct and indirect exposure of young children to antibiotics through medical and agricultural usage can increase their risk for carriage of resistant E. coli, according to a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. More >> April 12, 2010
International Research Team Discovers Novel Genes Influencing Kidney Disease Risk
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A team of researchers from the United States and Europe has identified more than a dozen genes that may play a role in the etiology of common forms of kidney disease. The findings are published in the April 11 edition of Nature Genetics. More >> March 24, 2010
Johns Hopkins Team Finds New Way to Attack TB
From the School of Medicine: Suspecting that a particular protein in tuberculosis was likely to be vital to the bacteria’s survival, Johns Hopkins scientists screened 175,000 small chemical compounds and identified a potent class of compounds that selectively slows down this protein’s activity and, in a test tube, blocks TB growth, demonstrating that the protein is indeed a vulnerable target. More >> March 16, 2010
Keeping Up with the Neighbors Speeds Vaccine Use
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted an analysis of worldwide use of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine (Hib) to determine what factors influenced a nation’s adoption of the vaccine. The study found that a nation’s eligibility for support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and whether a country’s neighbors used the vaccine were major influencing factors in addition to price of the vaccine. More >> March 15, 2010
Hopkins Nurses to Haiti - Second Deployment Departs
From the School of Nursing: A second team of Johns Hopkins Nursing graduate students, faculty, alumni, and non-Hopkins nurses left for Haiti on a two-week deployment. This team follows closely on the steps of colleagues who departed on March 5 to assist in the Haitian relief efforts. More >>
March 11, 2010
Johns Hopkins Doctor and Disaster Expert Says Resource Problems in Haiti Required Difficult Ethical Decision-Making
From the School of Medicine: In an essay published in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources. More >> March 4, 2010
More Hopkins Nurses Travel to Haiti
From the School of Nursing: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) assistant professor Elizabeth "Beth" Sloand, PhD, CRNP, has coordinated two more teams of Hopkins nurses to travel to grief-stricken Haiti where relief efforts continue in the wake of a devastating earthquake. The first group, composed of Hopkins nursing faculty, graduate students, and alumni, is scheduled to leave Friday for two weeks; the second deployment could leave as early as March 12. More >>
March 3, 2010
How Community-Based Organizations and Nongovernmental Organizations Can Transform Global Public Health
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health is a new book edited by Paul Gaist, PhD, MPH, adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which explores the pursuits and potential of community-based organizations (CBOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to transform global public health. More >>
March 3, 2010
Tobacco Control Training Course Now Available in All 6 UN Languages
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health now offers training in all six official United Nations languages. The translated learning course, “Global Tobacco Control: Learning from the Experts” is available in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Chinese, as well as English. More >> February 18, 2010
Campaign Uses Football to Control Malaria in Africa
From the Center for Communication Programs: A conference on the campaign aimed at ensuring a universal access to mosquitonets and malaria drugs in Africa was held Thursday in Paris, France, witnessed by Cameroonian football icon Roger Milla. "By acting now, we can achieve unprecedented coverage of mosquito nets in Africa by 2010 and save millions of lives between now and the 2014 World Cup," said Djiba Kane Diallo, project coordinator for the NGO VOICES in Mali. More >> February 10, 2010
Launch of Parent-Child Communication Campaign in Ivory Coast
From the Center for Communication Programs: The Parent-Child Communication Campaign was launched on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 with the first airing of spots on National Television. Each month, until May 8, 2010, 18 billboards will be deployed in Abidjan, Yamoussoukro and Abengourou coupled with the corresponding TV spot. More >> February 8, 2010
International health expert Carl Taylor dies
From the Bloomberg School of Publc Health: Carl E. Taylor, MD, DrPH, founder of the academic discipline of international health and a man of spiritual conviction who dedicated his life to the well-being of the world's marginalized people, passed away February 4 from prostate cancer. He was 93. More >> February 5, 2010
Updates from Haiti
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Tom Kirsch, MD, MPH, is leading the first of two Johns Hopkins Disaster Teams in Haiti and is sending updates about his work. More >> February 4, 2010
David Holtgrave appointed to Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: David Holtgrave, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the announcement on February 1. More >> February 1, 2010
Hopkins Nursing Center offers e-support to nurses, midwives in Haiti
From the School of Nursing: In the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center has been actively assisting Haitian nurses and midwives from afar, gathering nursing education materials and making them available electronically. More >> February 1, 2010
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, From Household Policy to National Policy
From the Center for Communication Programs: Tonight the Director General for of Disease Control and Environmental Health (P2PL) launched the National Network for Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, and oversaw the transfer of the Aman Tirta program to the MOH and the private sector. The network is the culmination of 5 years of work between the USAID funded Aman Tirta program, the Ministry of Health, and a network of private and public organizations. More >> January 28, 2010
HIV/AIDS Communication Programmes are Getting the Message Across, National Survey Finds
From the Center for Communication Programs: HIV/AIDS communication programmes in South Africa are successfully influencing people to have safer sexual relationships – and the more programmes to which people are exposed, the more they take heed. More >> January 27, 2010
Rotovirus vaccine - A powerful tool to combat deaths from diarrhea
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The results from two new studies from Mexico and Africa conclude that rotavirus vaccination can significantly reduce deaths from diarrheal disease among young children in developing countries. The studies are published in the January 28 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. More >> January 22, 2010
Haiti: From chronic despair to catastrophe
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Four masters’ students from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health— Jane Andrews, Remle Stubbs-Dame, Laalitha Surapaneni and Andrew Tyan—were in Haiti January 12 when the disastrous earthquake struck the nation. More >> January 21, 2010
Dispatch from Port-au-Prince
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Jean Ford, MD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, writes about his experiences in Haiti. More >> January 20, 2010
Dr. Robert Black to receive 2010 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Robert Black, MD, MPH, the Edgar Berman Professor and Chair of the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health, is the recipient of the 2010 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health. More >> January 15, 2010
First steps taken toward the development of a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) today announced a new collaboration to initiate development toward a vaccine that may eventually help eliminate and eradicate malaria. This collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) and the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) marks MVI's first investment in transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs). More >> January 15, 2010
Beth Sloand to coordinate Haiti efforts for Hopkins Nursing
From the School of Nursing: Dean Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, has named assistant professor Elizabeth (Beth) Sloand, PhD, CRNP, to serve as the organizer and spokeswoman for all Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) relief efforts aimed at Haiti. More >> January 12, 2010
Significant urban-rural disparities in injury mortality seen in China
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The death rate from injuries in rural areas of China is higher than in urban areas, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. More >> January 6, 2010
High antiretroviral therapy adherence associated with lower health care costs
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: High antiretroviral therapy adherence, which has been shown to be a major predictor of HIV disease progression and survival, is now associated with lower health care costs, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> | 
