Ian Campbell  and Alison Campbell have been working with communities from all over the world on issues related to health especially HIV for past two decades. Ian and alison Campbell are re-visiting these communities and so far have visited 9 countries in Asia and Africa and here are the patterns emerging on community response to Global Health. I am sharing Ian's blog originally posted at…

"The touch of hands have incredible potential. Just as they have let us discover fire, craft tools, and even use smartphones, they have been used in treatment for as long as history can recall."

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"More than half of the elderly with dementia are over age 80 in high-income countries. Alzheimer’s — a purportedly incurable disease starting with mild memory loss and ending with severe brain damage and death – is the most common form of dementia. Indeed, progress for treating such conditions has not had much haste. Perhaps something is hiding within the alternatives — some formula or…

"As chronic diseases are becoming a rapidly growing problem in the world, methods to manage and present medical information both to care providers and patients require several avenues of thought."

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"In times when all of Europe (and some of its neighbouring countries) are preparing for the musical get-together of the year, The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), Russia is generally a…

"A recent study, conducted at the Boston Medical Center shows that it is possible to determine how likely you are to develop dementia or stroke by measuring your walking speed and the strength of your grip."

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"As American baby-boomers start retiring, new career opportunities are appearing for the stars they grew up with. Actors such as Sally Field and Alex Trebek (Jeopardy host, aged 71) have started advertising products including hearing aids and joint pain medication."

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"A topic not actively discussed includes the potential therapeutic effect of architecture as well as horticulture to produce an innovative effect in preventing or slowing the development of chronic disease. Could architecture regarding the application of human factors and re-engineering serve as a significant treatment for the…

"So, this is a not an entirely new phenomenon, but it is new to me."

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"Life adaptation – particularly to a brave new world of ever-new gadgets and gizmos – is particularly relevant for the aging population, requiring fundamental mechanisms apparently implicit in the human mind in order to prevent and treat the potential dangers to mental and physical well-being as caused by psychological stress and the fight-or-flight response.…

"As a response to the growing number of elderly people living alone in their own homes, the AGNES project was initiated by six EU member countries; Sweden, Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy and Austria. The AGNES project follows an approach to keep the elderly mentally and socially stimulated and in contact with others by combining information and communication…

"Noncommunicable diseases – also referred to as chronic diseases – remain the number one global cause of deaths worldwide and cardiovascular disease (CVD) or heart disease remains at the top of the pedestal. Chronic diseases significantly concern the elderly, as 75% of 36 million global deaths attributable to chronic disease occurred beyond age 60 in…

"I recently came across this fascinating story about a 95 year old fashionista whose recent passing was mourned in the whole fashion world of New York. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to hear about her, or less meet her in person out and about, when living in New York myself a couple of years ago, but even though she’s no longer…

"Drs. Reuben and Tinetti suggest we should work with patients to understand their goals, and document this.  We should then measure whether or not the patient’s goals were achieved with such techniques as 'goal-attainment scaling,' or other measures of how well a patient’s goals were met.  This should be part of how we look at quality in health care in…

According to the latest WHO data published in April 2011 Diabetes Mellitus Deaths in Cambodia reached 3,122 or 3.01% of total deaths in 2010.In the same year Deaths related to HIV/AIDS  in Cambodia reached 3,029 or 2.92% of total deaths. Diabetes Mellitus & HIV/AIDS rank No. 6 and 10 respectively of the top ten causes of Deaths within the country. Both diabetes and HIV/AIDS patients are suffering multiple, serious barriers to effective care. However, according the article published…

In the 
Project Syndicate this week, Joseph Stiglitz, a nobel laureate in economics and former World Bank chief economist, argued that it is now
 a big opportunity to adopt a new approach to drug research financing. As we all know, the prices of new drugs…

Time: 12:00-13:30, May 12^th, 2012

Place: Hanoi Medical University

Participants: 60 people, they are from:

          -Research centers, departments, faculties of Hanoi Medical University

          -Other medical universities of Hue, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh city etc.

          -Departments of Ministry of Health, National…

i am just finding out the website related public health conference all the world

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The Non-Communicable Disease Prevention (NCPD) program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is announcing a call for concept notes for research projects on alcohol control interventions in low- and middle-income countries.

NCDP%20Call%20on%20Alcohol%202012.pdf

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Changkes mouy bach kach min bak.  –Khmer saying

(A bundle of sticks cannot be broken.)

Where three rivers meet

One of the most striking discussions during the Regional Forum on Health Care Financing in Phnom Penh on May 2-4, 2012 was the proliferation in the Mekong sub-region of financing schemes aimed to improve access to quality health…