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Maternal Health Problems in Burma Widespread
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The maternal health care issues facing women in eastern Burma (also known as Myanmar) are widespread and underreported, according to surveys by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers report that more than 88 percent of women had a home delivery during their last pregnancy and displaced women were more than 5 time as likely to receive no antenatal care. More >> December 22, 2008
Hopkins-led Article Finalist for "Paper of the Year"
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: An article by Abdullah Baqui, MBBS, DrPH, associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health, and colleagues from the U.S. and Bangladesh was selected as one of six finalists for "Paper of the Year" by The Lancet. The article "Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial" was published in the June 6 edition of The Lancet. More >> November 10, 2008
Manual offers guidelines for care of children in humanitarian emergencies
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Children displaced by war or natural disaster require special care and attention. Faculty from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, working with colleagues from the World Health Organization (WHO), have developed a new field manual to assist aid workers caring for children caught in humanitarian emergencies.More >> November 6, 2008
Hopkins Nursing to collaborate with King's College in London
From the School of Nursing: The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) and the Florence Nightingale SchoolKing's College King's Collge London and Hopkins Nursing launch formal collaboration of Nursing and Midwifery at King's College London (KCL SON) - with their clinical partners, the nursing departments at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals - have agreed to develop and launch a formal collaboration. More >> November 3, 2008
USAID awards HIV prevention research contract
From the Center for Communication Programs: The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health has been awarded a five-year contract for up to $48 million for HIV Prevention Program Research from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Global Health’s Office of HIV/AIDS, under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). More >> October 14, 2008
Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/Tuberculoisis Epidemic (CREATE) gets $32 million boost from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
From CREATE: An international effort led by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins to control the global spread of HIV-related tuberculosis and treat the dual epidemics in hardest-hit countries has received $32 million in additional funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More >> October 14, 2008
Efavirenz-based initial therapies associated with better outcomes in HIV-infected adults
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that HIV-infected patients taking the antiretroviral drug efavirenz were more likely to adhere to treatment and less likely to experience virologic failure and death compared to patients taking nevirapine. More >> September 30, 2008
Jhpiego receives $40 million to save the lives of women in Tanzania
From Jhpiego The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tanzania has awarded Jhpiego up to $40 million over five years to implement the Mothers and Infants, Safe, Healthy, Alive (MAISHA) program. MAISHA is a consortium to improve availability and quality of health care services in Tanzania for pregnant women and their newborns with a focus on more rural and lower level facilities. More >> September 24, 2008
A call to action: The need to address the ethical challenges in short-term global health training programs
From the Berman Institute of Bioethics: In a Commentary published in the September 24th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA, of Johns Hopkins University and John Crump, MB ChB, of Duke University, call upon leaders of increasingly popular academic global health programs to address the important ethical considerations inherent in sending individuals from a wealthy country for training and service experiences to countries with very limited resources. More >> September 24, 2008
Innovative radio diaries of people living with HIV may contribute to reducing stigma in Ethiopia
From the Center for Communication Programs: Betengna, a radio program that showcases the diaries of ordinary people living with HIV, may contribute to reducing HIV-related stigma, according to the results of a research study disseminated today in Addis Ababa. More >> September 22, 2008
News media overlook food system and climate change connection
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows the nation’s top newspapers have largely overlooked the food system as one of the more important contributors to global climate change. More >> September 22, 2008
Jhpiego improves access to services at Kenyan Hospital
From Jhpiego This week 3,000 people joined the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Michael E. Ranneberger, Kenya Minister of Medical Services The Honorable Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Jhpiego, and its partners to officially open a new Maternal Child Health/FP and Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) at Embu Provincial General Hospital (EPGH) in Kenya. More >> September 17, 2008
Mother's flu shot protects newborns
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Newborns can be protected from seasonal flu when their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> August 25, 2008
Jhpiego receives $16.5 million for HIV/AIDS innovations in Tanzania
From Jhpiego Jhpiego has been awarded $16.5 million from the United States Agency for International Development, over five years, to provide support for a program in Tanzania to increase access and use of HIV counseling and testing services. More >> August 22, 2008
Malaria researchers identify new mosquito virus
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Malaria Research Institute have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiae—the mosquito primarily responsible for transmitting malaria. More >> August 21, 2008
Hopkins Peace Corps enrollments rank at top
From the School of Nursing: A continuing high enrollment of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) positions the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing at the top of the enrollment rankings for colleges and universities that are Peace Corps Fellows/USA partners. In 2008-2009, 39 fellows will be enrolled at Hopkins, the only nursing school in the country with a baccalaureate Peace Corps Fellows Program. More >>
August 20, 2008
Johns Hopkins and Mexican Society of Neurosurgery holds joint conference in Puerto Vallarta
From the School of Medicine: Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Mexican Society of Neurosurgery co-hosted a day-long conference on brain tumor management in Mexico this month, an unusual joint venture the planners hope will be a model for continuing medical education programs covering a wide range of medical specialties in that country. More >> August 19, 2008
Study recommends modifying pneumonia treatment guidelines in developing countries
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A study published online by Bloomberg School researchers on August 19 in The Lancet builds on the evidence that local health facilities are able to correctly treat and manage severe childhood pneumonia. Moreover, the study suggests that more children will be correctly treated if only the most urgent cases are referred to hospitals. More >> August 18, 2008
Johns Hopkins scientists discover what drives the development of a fatal form of malaria
From the School of Medicine: In a study described in the August 14 issue of Cell Host and Microbe, Johns Hopkins researchers reveal that when red blood cells are infected with the malaria parasite, they activate platelets to secrete the PF4 protein, which triggers the immune system to inflame blood vessels and obstruct capillaries in the brain; both are hallmarks of cerebral malaria. More >> August 6, 2008
HIV expert says one step down, two more to go in quest to cure AIDS
From the School of Medicine: In an address to be delivered Aug. 6 at the XVII International Conference on AIDS, taking place in Mexico City, infectious disease specialist Robert Siliciano, M.D., Ph.D., says current drug-combination therapies can stop HIV in its tracks, with some combos suppressing its ability to make copies to less than one in a billion. More >>
July 24, 2008
De Beers African Health Scholars named
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has named Albert Komba, MD and Joel Steingo, MD 2008-2009 De Beers African Health Scholars. The program aims to strengthen Africa’s public health infrastructure by training African leaders to improve the health system. More >> July 23, 2008
Bloomberg and Gates pledge $500 million for tobacco control
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced today that they are pledging a combined $500 million toward global antismoking efforts. The Bloomberg Initiative funds five partner organizations dedicated to curbing the worldwide tobacco epidemic, one of which is the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The School’s Institute for Global Tobacco Control is one of the centers that coordinates the antismoking efforts of the Initiative, collaborating with six other entities at the School: the Center for Communication Programs and the departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Health, Behavior and Society and International Health. More >> July 22, 2008
Fulbright Awards given to JHSPH students and alumna
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Five Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students and one alumna will travel this summer to bustling cities and remote communities across the globe to study and conduct research as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. The prestigious scholarship program promotes cross-cultural interaction through education and allows award recipients to study or conduct research in over 100 nations. This year’s scholars will be stationed in Cameroon, Nepal, Mexico, South Africa, Mongolia and Argentina. More >> July 21, 2008
Jhpiego malaria specialist receives African public health award
From Jhpieg Dr. William Brieger, senior malaria specialist for Jhpiego, will receive the 2008 Award of Merit for Contribution to the Development of Public Health in Africa from Nigeria’s oldest university. The honor is being given by the Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. More >> July 7, 2008
Patricia Abbott to participate in international e-health conference
From the School of Nursing: Patricia (Patti) Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, an internationally recognized expert in informatics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON), is an invited presenter and participant in this month's Rockefeller Foundation conference, Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions, at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy. More >> July 7, 2008
Hand washing saves newborn lives
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Washing hands with soap and water in preparation for delivery significantly reduced the risk of death for infants within the first month of life, according to a study in Nepal conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> July 7, 2008
Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study is published in the July 2008 edition of the journal Pediatrics. More >> July 2, 2008
International Reporting Project Fellows selected at JHU SAIS for 2008 program
From the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS): Eight U.S. journalists have been awarded International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellowships for the 2008 program, including the first recipients of fellowships supported by the Stanley Foundation and the PBS program “FRONTLINE/World.” The eight-week fellowships, which are designed to encourage coverage of international issues by the U.S. news media, will begin in late August 2008. More >> June 6, 2008
Home-based care significantly reduces neonatal mortality in developing countries
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A new study from Bangladesh published today in The Lancet shows that a home-care strategy reduced neonatal mortality by 34 percent. More >> June 4, 2008
Extended infant antiretroviral prophylaxis reduces HIV risk during breastfeeding
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The results of a randomized trial led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Malawi College of Medicine found that extending the routine antiretroviral regimen for infants born to HIV-positive mothers can significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission. More >> June 2, 2008
Center for TB Research Director Richard Chaisson meets with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
From the School of Medicine: Richard Chaisson, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for TB Research, met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on June 2 to discuss a Johns Hopkins collaboration with the Tibetan Delek Hospital in Dharamsala, India, aimed at improving control of TB in the Tibetan community in exile. More >> May 28, 2008
Pain-free, accurate and low-cost tool predicts antiretroviral treatment failure in HIV patients
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Monitoring an HIV patient’s antiviral drug prescription refills may be an efficient, blood-free way to reliably predict whether a patient's treatment will succeed or fail, according to a study published in the May 2008 issue of PLoS Medicine, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Cape Town. More >> May 25, 2008
Eight nursing students blog from their public health nursing trip to Haiti
From the School of Nursing: Eight School of Nursing students traveled to Haiti in May for a public health nursing experience, and they kep a log of their experiences. More >> May 14, 2008
Estimated 3.2 million Burmese potentially affected by cyclone
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: As many as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, according to geographic risk models developed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Lehman College, CUNY. More >> May 6, 2008
Recent columns by Dr. Zaeem-ul-Haq of CCP's PAIMAN Project in Pakistan
From the Center for Communication Programs: Dr. Zaeem-ul-Haq writes in The News International about inadequate media coverage of health issues in Pakistan, the impact of climate change in Pakistan, and the important of behavior change communication to public health. More >> May 6, 2008
Katherine O'Brien receives Young Investigator Award
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Katherine O’Brien, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s departments of International Health and Epidemiology, is the recipient of the inaugural Young Investigator Award from the Sabin Vaccine Institute. More >> April 28, 2008
German Fulbright Scholars visit Bloomberg School of Public Health
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Twenty-five student services administrators, development and alumni officers, and international student services administrators from the Fulbright Seminar for German Administrators in International Education visited the Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins Hospital on April 23. More >> April 24, 2008
CCP partners with The Indian Express Group to honor journalists for excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting in India
From the Center for Communication Programs: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Program (CCP) has joined forces with The Indian Express Group to honor local journalists that demonstrate excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting in Marathi and English. More >> April 23, 2008
Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty member appointed Director of Centre for Infectious Diseases at Stellenbosch University
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Jean Nachega, a faculty member in the International Health department at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, was recently named as Stellenbosch University's first Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases. More >> March 25, 2008
Fogarty Program receives NIH grant
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), directed by Chris Beyrer, MD, received a $3.71 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The renewed funding, awarded on March 15, 2008, will support the training and research conducted by the program over the next five years. More >> March 24, 2008
Taking the avian show on the road
From the Center for Communication Programs: CCP's program "Chickens and the Neighbors" will be showing in villages throughout Egypt as part of the national Avian Influenza communications campaign. More >> March 10, 2008
Program aims to bring "a good life" and prevent HIV among South African youth
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A Bllomberg faculty member developed an innovative program that operates in South Africa’s rural Umkhanyakude District and aims to help adolescents achieve a good life and avoid HIV through health education and computer-skills training. More >> March 7, 2008
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health establishes executive degree program for Asia-Pacific region
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has signed an agreement with the Education Development Corporation in Taiwan to create an Executive Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program for health professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. More >> March 5, 2008
Secondhand smoke a risk for children worldwide
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Parents worldwide are doing little to protect their children from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> March 3, 2008
JHMRI hosts 4th International Malaria Research Conference
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is hosting its Fourth International Research Conference at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md. March 17-18. The two-day conference will explore the latest developments from many fields of malaria research, including discussions of malaria parasite genetics and strategies for controlling mosquitoes without insecticides. More >> February 26, 2008
Jhpiego honors women around the world
From Jhpiego : Jhpiego President Leslie Mancuso makes a statement in support of addressing women's health issues. More >> February 25, 2008
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health signs collaborative agreement with Abu Dhabi Health Authority
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has signed a long-term agreement with the Health Authority—Abu Dhabi (HAAD) to develop research, educational and public health programs in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. More >> February 19, 2008
Trends examined in women's HIV/AIDS therapy
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: A form of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) that was waning in popularity is now coming back into favor among women and their providers, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> February 7, 2008
Johns Hopkins researcher leads to international effort to create "proteinpedia"
From the School of Medicine: A researcher at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Genetic Medicine has led the effort to compile to date the largest free resource of experimental information about human proteins. Reporting in the February issue of Nature Biotechnology, the research team describes how all researchers around the world can access this data and speed their own research. More >> February 7, 2008
WHO tobacco epidemic report points to the need for immediate, aggressive tobacco control
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008, its first comprehensive report highlighting the scope of the global tobacco epidemic and strategies for controlling it. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Institute for Global Tobacco Control contributed to development of the report as a partner in the Bloomberg Tobacco Control Initiative. More >> February 4, 2008
Breast-feeding now safer for infants of HIV-infected mothers
From the School of Medicine: An antiretroviral drug already in widespread use in the developing world to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborns during childbirth has also been found to substantially cut the risk of subsequent HIV transmission during breast-feeding. The study was led by three teams of investigators at The Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with investigators in Ethiopia, India and Uganda. More >> January 24, 2008
JHPIEGO medical director receives prestigious FOGSI Fellowship
From JHPIEGO: JHPIEGO’s vice-president and medical director, Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, will receive the Indian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of the Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India’s (FOGSI) Honorary Fellowship. The honorary fellowship is awarded to individuals who have made exceptional contribution to women’s health and FOGSI. More >> January 17, 2008
One third of child deaths and 11 percent of global disease burden due to maternal and child undernutrition
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Maternal and child undernutrition are the cause of more than 35 percent of all child deaths and 11 percent of the global disease burden, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. More >> January 4, 2008
Anthony Fauci: Taking Stock of the Fight Against AIDS
From the Bloomberg School of Public Health: The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and pioneer in AIDS research Anthony Facui spoke at Johns Hopkins as part of Health and Human Rights Week December 6, 2007. More >> January 2, 2008
JHPIEGO awarded over $21 million for Community Health Initiatives in Africa
From JHPIEGO: JHPIEGO, a nonprofit affiliate of Johns Hopkins, has received more than $21 million dollars to conduct HIV/AIDS, malaria in pregnancy, and infection prevention-related training programs in South Africa, Angola, Nigeria, and Uganda. More >> | 
