Podcasts about international child health

Recorded on 15 October 2020 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Andrew Tomkins "Corruption, an undeniable reality in the health sector, is arguably the most serious ethical crisis in medicine today... Corruption traps millions of people in poverty, perpetuates the existing inequalities in income and health, drains the available resources undermines people's access to healthcare, increases the costs of patient care and, by setting up a vicious cycle, contributes to ill health and suffering." - Subrata Chattopadhyay This webinar discusses the challenges facing healthcare professionals and what can be done practically to combat injustices in medicine. After postgraduate training, Andrew worked in a new medical school in Nigeria, establishing new management regimens and collaborative research on the interaction of infection and nutrition in children. After research training in nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Andrew worked in the MRC units in Malumfashi, Nigeria and the Gambia. Subsequently his research team established a range of applied research and training projects in resource poor countries, based at the Centre for International Child Health (now the Institute for Global Health) UCL London. Andrew has assisted UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank & national governments in the development of their child health and nutrition programmes. Andrew worked with Tearfund UK and overseas partners to develop church-based programmes for prevention, treatment & care of disease. He is now “retired” but does not know how to do it and is presently supporting programmes in northern Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan & Zambia. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Professor Melissa Gladstone a Professor of Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and International Child Health at the University of Liverpool. In this episode Melissa describes her work in child development and the concept of adverse childhood experiences. 

For World PICU Day on May 12, 2023, The World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) organized a panel discussion with regional speakers discussing Sepsis guidelines for early recognition, resuscitation, and management: Global perspectives. The panelists provided a brief summary of: • Their participation in the development of the implementation of guidelines for use in facilities for either recognition, resuscitation or management of sepsis. • ONE success in either the development or implementation of sepsis guidelines in their institution. • ONE challenge/ failure in either the development or implementation of sepsis guidelines in their institutions. Introduction: Brenda Morrow, PhD, BSc Physiotherapist/Professor Department of Paediatrics University of Cape Town (UCT) Cape Town, South Africa Moderator: Mark Ansermino MBBCh, MMed, MSC, FFA (SA), FRCPC Investigator, BC Children's Hospital Director, Centre for International Child Health, BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, BC, Canada Panelists: John Adabie Appiah MBChB, MWACP, MGCPS, Cert. Crit. Care, MPhil Crit. Care (UCT) Senior Specialist and Founding Head of PICU Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana Werther Bruno de Carvalho MD, PhD, FCCM Professor of Pediatric Intensive Care/Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil Ener Çağri Dinleyici MD, PhD Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Eskisehir, Turkey Cintia Johnston RRT, MsC, PhD Physiotherapist Clinical Research Assistent Professor of Neonatology and Intensive Care Pediatrics Department Medical University of São Paulo - FMUSP São Paulo, Brazil Teresa Bleakly Kortz MD, MS, PhDc Pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Critical Care Medicine Affiliate Faculty of the Institute for Global Health Sciences Co-director of the Pediatric Global Health Pathway,UCSF San Francisco, California, USA Suchitra Ranjit MD, FCCM Head of the Department of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Apollo Children's Hospital Chennai, India Gerri Sefton PhC, MSc, BSc, RGN/RSCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner/PICU Alder Hey Children's Hospital Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Dr Ray and Dr Linden joins Dr Laura in the studio with Dr Shane attending an international archery competition.Two studio guests from the Bionics Institute:Associate Prof James Fallon, Research Director), whose research strength is chronic stimulation and electrophysiology in pre-clinical models. his work examines the changes in the central auditory pathway as a result of long-term deafness and cochlear implant use, and has extended his research to include visual prostheses.Dr Maureen Shader, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, her current project aims to address the poor outcomes of new cochlear implant users, by developing diagnostic tests and piloting novel sound processing strategies that are matched with the individual diagnoses.Third guest is Dr Kathryn Snow from the Justice Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. Visiting to discuss COVID19, and cover the following:· Basic facts about the virus· The likelihood of a "pandemic" - what does that actually mean?· What should people do if they're worried· What can we expect in the coming months? · What should we learn from this?

Developing countries are often seen as ideal test hubs for innovation: there's no existing infrastructure to disrupt, the regulation permits a faster speed of adoption. However, like any market, African countries have their own specifics. How can you scale in Africa? Can you reduce the price of your consumer solution to the affordability of African consumers? Moka Lantum, based in Kenya, is an expert on the African healthcare market. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine training at Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; a Diploma in Nutrition and International Child Health, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; a Doctorate in Pharmacology, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. He is a graduate of the Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has rich entrepreneurship history of developing solutions for the African market. 

Moka Lantum is an expert on the African healthcare market. We discussed healthcare IT and digital health adoption in Africa. He was nominated as 2016 Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine for his work as founder of the non-profit, 2020 MicroClinic Initiative, that recycles t-shirts into baby clothes and donates them to low-income mothers to promote safe delivery and quality post-natal care in rural Kenya. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine training at Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; a Diploma in Nutrition and International Child Health, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; a Doctorate in Pharmacology, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. He is a graduate of the Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, among other things.

Dr. Moka Lantum is co-founder of MicroClinic Technologies, a Nairobi based company, commercializing ZiDi, Africa’s first enterprise health management solution for BoP clinics/hospitals provided as a hardware-software utility service through partnerships with both public and private institutions across Africa. As a social entrepreneur, he is committed to also create youth employment opportunities in Health IT and improve last mile access to safe affordable drugs. Dr. Lantum has over 20 years experience in health delivery and health care management with multiple executive roles in a Fortune 500 health-related manufacturing company. He was director of business process improvement for a $6 billion New York-based health insurance company, prior to founding MicroClinic Technologies. Dr. Lantum obtained his Doctor of Medicine training at Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; a Diploma in Nutrition and International Child Health, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; a doctorate in Pharmacology, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. He is a graduate of the Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was inducted as an Ashoka Fellow in 2014 and recently into the IPIHD/SEAD network at Duke University. He is recipient of numerous international awards, including the 2014 Sankalp Award.

Dr. Moka Lantum is co-founder of MicroClinic Technologies, a Nairobi based company, commercializing ZiDi, Africa's first enterprise health management solution for BoP clinics/hospitals provided as a hardware-software utility service through partnerships with both public and private institutions across Africa. As a social entrepreneur, he is committed to also create youth employment opportunities in Health IT and improve last mile access to safe affordable drugs. Dr. Lantum has over 20 years experience in health delivery and health care management with multiple executive roles in a Fortune 500 health-related manufacturing company. He was director of business process improvement for a $6 billion New York-based health insurance company, prior to founding MicroClinic Technologies. Dr. Lantum obtained his Doctor of Medicine training at Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; a Diploma in Nutrition and International Child Health, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; a doctorate in Pharmacology, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. He is a graduate of the Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was inducted as an Ashoka Fellow in 2014 and recently into the IPIHD/SEAD network at Duke University. He is recipient of numerous international awards, including the 2014 Sankalp Award.

Newborn survival and perinatal health in resource-constrained settings in Asia and the Pacific: applying global evidence to priorities beyond 2015 Melbourne, Australia 12 April 2013

Newborn survival and perinatal health in resource-constrained settings in Asia and the Pacific: applying global evidence to priorities beyond 2015 Melbourne, Australia 12 April 2013

Guest: Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP As physicians, we are often asked to give our time and money to charitable medical organizations. With so many groups working on health issues across the world, how can we best decide where to focus our energy and our donations? Is it more important to focus on how much we give, what we give, or how we give? Dr. Cliff O’Callahan, pediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on International Child Health, details a series of items we should consider when we make our contributions to charity with host Dr. Jennifer Shu.

Guest: Trevor Duke, MD Host: Shira Johnson, MD In 2000 the UN developed the Millennium Developmental Goals and the fourth goal is to reduce child mortality by 2015. Dr. Trevor Duke is head of the Centre for International Child Health in Australia and collaborates with the World Health Organization to meet this goal. He is interviewed by Dr. Shira Johnson to discuss the mammoth task of reducing pediatric mortality world wide and the initial steps taken by countries involved in this effort.