Human Development: Diseases Without Borders

Speakers	Kelechi Ohiri
Previous Speakers	Jayshree Balachander, Xavier Leus
Overview	Avian flu, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), tuberculosis, malaria, infant mortality, and the under-provision of vaccines and immunizations are just some of the public health issues that have appeared in the news in recent months. Together they have reinforced global awareness that communicable diseases do not respect national borders, and that how these issues are dealt with in developing countries has consequences for the global economy and global public health. This view is also grounded in years of research, which has produced some important breakthroughs but has also reported many dismaying findings: 40 million people worldwide are now infected with HIV, and those infected experience a decline in life expectancy of 6 to 7 years on average; communicable diseases represent 7 of the top 10 causes of child mortality in developing countries, even though 90 percent of deaths in children are avoidable. Improvements in global public health not only promise relief from human suffering on a vast scale, but also have important economic benefits, as reductions in mortality, reduced incidence of disease, improved nutrition leading to improved intellectual capacity, and other gains feed through to a larger, more productive, and more capable labor force. The global importance of addressing public health issues, especially those involving children and women, and those involving preventable and communicable diseases, is gaining ever broader recognition, and many initiatives are under way. These include the four health-related MDGs and a number of global partnerships and funding arrangements such as the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization and the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. This seminar will discuss the urgent problem of diseases without borders and the options for addressing them.
Video	View the videos from and Fall 2005, Spring 06 and Fall 06
Background Material	Download Overall presentation (PPT file) and presentations on the Role of Countries in Global Health (PPT file), The Global Community (PPT file), and Factors Driving the Spread of Diseases (PPT file), Communicable Diseases and Human Security (K. Ohiri presentation Fall 2007)
Reading List	Communicable disease control: a ‘Global Public Good’ perspective, Richard Smith, David Woodward, Arnab Acharya, Robert Beaglehole and Nick Drager. HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING; 19(5): 271–278
	Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health. Ruth Levine et al. Center for Global Development. 167 pages. Nov 2004.
	Global summary of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in 2005: Complete set of 11 slides in PowerPoint format. UNAIDS.
	Globalization and infectious diseases: a review of linkages. Saker et al. WHO. 67 pages. 2004.
	World Malaria Report 2005. UNICEF/WHO.
	Rising to the Challenges: The millennium development goals for health. Adam Wagstaff and Mariam Claeson. 2004.
	The World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program of Action. 90 pages. 2005.
	Rolling Back Malaria: The World Bank Global Strategy and Booster Program. 210 pages. 2005
Related Links	World Bank Malaria World Bank HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet World Bank Tuberculosis Fact Sheet Global Fund The UN Millennium Project Global Health Reporting World Bank Health, Nutrition & Population (World Bank) Health, Nutrition & Population MDG Global Health Atlas (WHO) World Bank Communicable Diseases issue brief

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