Publications

Workshop Reports

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  Universal Health Coverage and Immunization: Mutual Reinforcement for a Healthier World This report outlines key themes and outcomes on the synergies between the universal health coverage movement and the global push for wider immunization coverage around the globe. The discussion took place at a workshop held at the 2011 Pacific Health Summit on vaccines.
  
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  Integrating Immunization: Ensuring a Holistic Approach Through Stronger Health Systems (UHC Workshop Backgrounder) This “Integrating Immunization” brief was prepared in advance of the 2011 Summit workshop, “Integrating Immunization: Ensuring a Holistic Approach to Strengthening Health Systems.” This brief posits that in order to achieve and sustain high immunization coverage, universal health coverage (UHC) and immunization programs must engage with health system strengthening (HSS efforts) in crucial areas of service delivery, human resources, leadership and governance, health financing, and information.
  
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  The Potential of Technology to Transform Maternal and Newborn Health: Reflections from a Gathering of Unlike Minds This Q&A discussion features key leaders from different sectors examining the potential of innovative, appropriate tools to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH), as well as the business models that can effectively deliver these innovations to markets in Asia and around the globe. The conversation originally took place at a workshop of the 2010 Pacific Health Summit on Maternal and Newborn Health.
  
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  Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) through a Health Literacy Lens A collection thoughtful voices from leaders across sectors exploring the key successes and challenges, and potential of partnerships in promoting the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). The discussion originally took place at a workshop of the 2010 Summit on Maternal and Newborn Health.
  
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  Universal Health Coverage: A Sine Qua Non for Improved and Sustained Maternal and Newborn Health? A collection of unique voices exploring the challenges and promise of universal health coverage in the context of maternal and newborn health.
  
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  Maternal and Newborn Health: A Vietnam Roundtable Discussion A summary report from February 2 Roundtable discussion held in Hanoi, Vietnam by NBR Center for Health and Aging and the Institute of Social and Medical Studies, with support from GlaxoSmithKline. The Roundtable convened 27 of Vietnam’s leaders from civil society, public health, medicine, policy, industry, and academia to examine critical topics and priorities in maternal and newborn health in Vietnam.
  
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  Obesity, Associated Diseases, and Personal Health: Addressing the Global Nutrition Challenge A report from the April 7 Summit Advance Workshop held in London. The event convened 60 leaders from science, policy, public health, industry, and medicine to discuss the rapidly emerging threat of obesity and its associated diseases in both developed and developing societies.
  
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  Undernutrition: Creating New Reponses A report from the February 15 Summit Advance Workshop held in Tokyo. The event welcomed 50 leaders from Japan and the international nutrition community to discuss the critical issue of global undernutrition.
  
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  Undernutrition: Creating New Reponses (Japanese translation) A report, translated into Japanese, from the February 15 Summit Advance Workshop held in Tokyo. The event welcomed 50 leaders from Japan and the international nutrition community to discuss the critical issue of global undernutrition.
  
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  Responding to the Modern Lifestyle: A Personal Approach to Health Using Chinese Medical Sciences A report from the October 15, 2007 Personal Health Workshop held in Beijing. This workshop was co-presented by the NBR Center for Health and Aging, the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine with support from Coca-Cola’s Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness and Intel.
  
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  Pandemic Influenza Vaccines: Building a Platform for Global Collaboration A report from the January 2007 Pandemic Influenza Vaccines Workshop, which took place in Beijing and was co-presented by the Chinese CDC and The NBR Center for Health and Aging. A Summit 2006 Plenary Session on Vaccines provided the foundation for these discussions.
  
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  Focus India Health IT Workshop report A report from the February 2007 "Focus India Health IT Workshop" held in Mumbai, India.
  
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  From Bullet-Proof Examples to Policy and Practice A report from the November 2006 HIT Lab workshop in Singapore.
  
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  Making the Case for Health IT A report from the April 2006 HIT Lab workshop in Tokyo.