http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 05:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:08:10 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31629 Dr. Prabhjot Singh, an international health systems expert at the Earth Institute who helped design community health worker systems for the Millennium Villages Project across 10 African countries, has won a $40,000 Young Leader Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:30:02 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26282 Approximately one in eight children dies before the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa – a rate that has been declining, but is still nearly 20 times higher than in developed nations. A new Lancet study out this week suggests that the multiple interventions applied in the Millennium Villages Project are having a significant impact, [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/15/increasing-access-to-health-care-using-a-community-based-approach/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/15/increasing-access-to-health-care-using-a-community-based-approach/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:20:13 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19979 Community Health Workers (CHWs), health assistants or lay health workers who provide a fundamental level of health care for residents in the community in which they live, have been shown to make a tremendous contribution to public health and community development. In Kisumu, Kenya, residents of Manyatta, an informal settlement with nearly 90,000 people that currently lacks any sort of government-run health facility, will soon benefit from an ongoing, wide-ranging CHW training, led by the Municipal Council of Kisumu’s Health Department, in collaboration with Cordaid Urban Matters, a Dutch development agency, and MCI, ably led by MCI's Public Health Specialist Beldina Opiyo-Omolo. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/15/increasing-access-to-health-care-using-a-community-based-approach/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/09/a-call-for-one-million-community-health-workers/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/09/a-call-for-one-million-community-health-workers/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:17:23 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15385 By Anne Liu and Sarah Sullivan Extending the reach of public health systems through a well-trained and supported community health workforce is the best step we can take in meeting the MDGs. This can be done by strengthening health systems and increasing equity in health care access by extending care to the world’s most vulnerable populations.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/09/a-call-for-one-million-community-health-workers/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:31:45 +0000 Angelie Singh http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12740 In a world of increasing rates of obesity, it is sometimes hard to remember that another type of malnutrition—undernutrition—remains a major contributor to mortality. Although all ages may be affected by malnutrition, children are most vulnerable to death and long-term disabilities caused by this disease. As such, treating and preventing undernutrition in children contribute to [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/11/a-community-based-approach-to-combating-malnutrition-what-it-looks-like-and-how-to-evaluate-it/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:48:09 +0000 Prabhjot Singh http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12289 In the past few weeks, there has been an steady rise in news about Community Health Workers (CHWs), domestically and abroad. The reason for enthusiasm is obvious: without replacing doctors and nurses, regular people can take an active role in the health of their community.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-community-health-workers/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:39:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6844 Today, two of the world’s leading companies announce grants and technical support totaling more than $1,000,000 aimed at ending global poverty by 2015. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:29:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6796 New York, September 21 – The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Earth Institute, Columbia University today announced a new partnership in support of the Ghana Telemedicine Project, a pilot to use the latest in information and communications technology to improve point-of-service health care services in the Millennium Village of Bonsaaso, Ghana. With this [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:03:14 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=3749 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/06/my-day-with-a-community-health-worker/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:05:41 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=631 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/earth-institute-partners-support-work-of-matt-berg-a-2010-time-100-most-influential-person/feed/ 0