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1. Confirmation of Attendance -INDEPTH AGM 2016
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This is a kind reminder for Centre Leaders who have not yet confirmed participation to the INDEPTH 2016 AGM. Please click this link that will get you to the survey page.
The AGM will be held at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda, from 16-18 November 2016. The average rates per room, per night are USD 115, we have made block bookings for all our participants. Centre Leaders have to reimburse INDEPTH the cost of their accommodation. Read more
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2. New paper on INDEPTH malaria drug study published
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A new publication on modeling of electrocardiograms for malaria drug Eurartesim safety evaluation has been published by a leading journal, PLOS ONE. This comes in the background of a recent call from the WHO for experts to review cardiotoxicity of antimalarials.
The publication entitled Multi-country evaluation of safety of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine post-licensure in African public hospitals with electrocardiograms by Dr. Abdunoor Kabanywanyi from Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania and Dr. Rita Baiden from INDEPTH Secretariat in Ghana, among others, originates from a Gates Foundation funded project since 2009. Read more
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3. ABACUS Project releases first newsletter
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ABACUS Group Photo, Bangkok, Thailand Jan 2016.
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ABACUS is a project that assesses and compares community-based antibiotic access, consumption and the factors that underpin them in six countries in Africa and Asia, through the standardised sampling frame provided by the INDEPTH Network. Please see the first issue of their newsletter that highlights two workshops which have been successfully organized in Thailand and Ghana this year; study implementation status including Ethics clearance, Redcap database development and field work activities. Link
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4. New data and publications on fertility,marital status and family planning worldwide
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New data and publications on fertility,marital status and family planning worldwide
Population Division/DESA,United Nations are pleased to announce the release of three new data outputs on family planning.
a. World Contraceptive Use 2016 data set
Includes up-to-date empirical (survey-based) contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning indicators for women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) who are married or in a union, drawn from 1,119 surveys (up from 1,059 in 2015).
In this edition, there is greater detail on method-specific prevalence than in previous versions, and 'modern methods' now includes the 'lactational amenorrhea method' (LAM), following agreement at a WHO technical meeting in 2015.
Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2016). World Contraceptive Use 2016 (POP/DB/CP/Rev2016)
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/dataset/contraception/wcu2016.shtml
b. Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2016
Comprehensive set of annual, model-based estimates and projections for a range of family planning indicators for the period 1970 to 2030, including median values, 80 per cent and 95 per cent uncertainty intervals.
The estimates were updated using input data from World Contraceptive Use 2016 (above) and the number of married or in-union women from the Number of women who are married or in a union 2016 (below). This edition includes estimates for SDG indicator 3.7.1 ("Demand satisfied (modern methods)") and clearer visualisation of data points. The PMA2020 surveys are treated as a separate group in the model. As in previous editions, the estimates are obtained by use of a Bayesian hierarchical model implemented with country-specific data.
Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2016). Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2016. New York: United Nations.
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/family-planning/cp_model.shtml
c. Number of women who are married or in a union 2016
Estimates and projections of the number of married or in-union women of reproductive-age (15 to 49 years) for the period 1970 to 2030 for countries or areas, and for regions and development groups. This edition uses input data from World Population Prospects 2015 Revision for the population numbers (females by five-year age group for 15 to 49 years) and data on the proportion of women who are married or in a consensual union from World Marriage Data 2015.
Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2016). Estimates and Projections of the Number of Women Aged 15-49 Who Are Married or in a Union: 2016 Revision. New York: United Nations.
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/theme/marriage-unions/marriage_estimates.shtml
The current version of these data sets were produced by a team led by Ann Biddlecom, with contributions by (in alphabetical order) Kirill Andreev, Aisha Dasgupta, Vladimíra Kantorová, Stephen Kisambira, Kyaw Kyaw Lay, Petra Nahmias, Philipp Ueffing, and Mark Wheldon, building on earlier versions.
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1. Study shows benefits of combined malaria and worms treatment
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Combined intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and deworming reduced prevalence of anaemia and improved sustained attention and recall in schoolchildren. This is according to a new publication entitled Impact of combined intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and helminths on anaemia, sustained attention, and recall in Northern Ghanaian schoolchildren in the journal Global Health Action.
The study conducted by an INDEPTH member centre Navrongo Health Research Centre and other institutions aimed at assessing the impact of co-administered artemether-lumefantrine plus albendazole, and artemether-lumefantrine plus albendazole plus praziquantel compared to albendazole plus praziquantel on anaemia, sustained attention, and recall in schoolchildren. Read more
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2. A new way to combat childhood undernutrition?
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Mothers at icddr,b's Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit learn preparing therapeutic foods from local ingredients.
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In recent years it has become clear that children suffering from malnutrition at an early age do not always fully recover even when they are given a better diet.
This indicates that childhood undernutrition is not related to nutritious diet alone. Research carried out at icddr,b and elsewhere suggests that incomplete recovery may be linked to abnormalities in the microbial communities that live in the gut – known as the gut microbiota. Read more
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3. Africa needs a fresh approach to ‘lifestyle’ diseases research
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Non-communicable diseases are often described as lifestyle diseases because they are associated with the excesses of an ageing or privileged population. Not any more. One would be hard pressed today to find someone who has not been touched in some way by these diseases.
Rapid changes in lifestyles in Africa along with increasing urbanisation are fuelling their rise. Dealing with these challenges requires a thoughtful and deliberate realignment from an epidemiological research approach. Research will need to be contextually relevant to address the complex relationships at the core of prevention, management and response, opines Tilahun Haregu and Peninah Masibo of INDEPTH member centre APHRC via Conversation Africa. Read more
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4. Global Health in Action: a call for pictures
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Global Health Action now welcomes images of Global Health IN Action. All submissions and published items are free of charge. See details here.
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Policy Engagement and Communications
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