Publications

New Publications

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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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  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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  2007 Summit Report - Summarizes the conceptual foundation, key findings, and impact of this year’s Summit.
  
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  Plenary 1 Summary - Opening Session: Can emerging science and technology change the pandemic equation?
  
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  Plenary 2 Summary - How might new vaccine technology help us to meet the threat of a pandemic? How do we change our assumptions about prevention and preparedness to meet the emerging data?
  
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  Plenary 3 Summary - What can our experience with other diseases and past pandemics teach us about preventing and preparing for the next pandemic?
  
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  Plenary 4 Summary - What are the challenges that face industry and the private sector in terms of developing, manufacturing, registering, and delivering vaccines and other technologies that will help us prevent and prepare?
  
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  Plenary 5 Summary - How might emerging science change local, national, and global health policy? How should we collaborate to prevent and prepare for the next pandemic?
  
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  Plenary 6 Summary - Translating Policy into Action: How do we set out priorities to meet the challenges facing the global community? How do we finance new efforts to prevent and prepare?
  
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  2007 Summit Challenge - The 2007 Summit Challenge presents the conceptual foundation for this year's Pacific Health Summit, as well as a review of Summit-related activities that took place over the past year. The document features brief essays by Michael Birt, Tadataka Yamada, Joe Hogan, and Lee Hartwell. Case Studies of the China Infectious Disease Reporting System and the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network are also included.
  
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  2007 HIT Case Studies - The NBR Center for Health and Aging has updated and expanded its library of HIT case studies for 2007. Documents range from case studies of HIT adoption in different countries to overviews on key elements of HIT. Functional case studies are also included.