Podcasts about low income countries

The average person sits for more than 6-8 hours. While we can't avoid sitting (and sometimes it's necessary), most of us do too much and continuous sitting can increase your risk for disases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and dementia, and early death. In this episode we discuss the problems with sitting, how it affects your metabolism, can your exercise counteract sitting and provide you with tips on how to reduce your sitting.   References cited in this podcast: Association of Sitting Time with Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in High-Income, Middle-Income and Low-Income Countries: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2793521 Device-measured physical activity, sedentary time, and risk of all-cause mortality: An individual participant analysis of four prospective cohort studies: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/22/1457 Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses: https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/35/5/976/38374/Breaking-Up-Prolonged-Sitting-Reduces-Postprandial  

In this episode, Nancy Jacklin sits down with Siddharth Tiwari, former Executive Secretary of the G20 Eminent Persons Group and Head of Operations in the African Department for the IMF. They discuss the IMF's evolving relationship to low income countries and what the IMF is doing in terms of capacity-building and policy support for LICs.

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast, Dr. Ian Shyaka from Rwanda, discusses the challenges of establishing a reconstructive microsurgery service in a low-income country. The contribution of the plastic surgery foundation SHARE (Surgeons in Humanitarian Alliance for Reconstruction, Research and Education) is highlighted. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: Building Sustainable Reconstructive Microsurgery in Countries with Limited Resources: The Rwandan Experience by Ian Shyaka, Yves Nezerwa,Francoise Mukagaju, Rushil R. Dang, Charles Furaha and Faustin Ntirenganya. Read the article for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://bit.ly/SHARERwanda Dr. Ian Skyaka is a plastic surgeon at the Rwanda Military Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

How did Giving Tuesday begin? Who founded the movement, and why is it so important to nonprofits today? In this episode, we uncover the story of Giving Tuesday, a global philanthropic movement born in 2012 as a counterpoint to the rampant consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I share some research into how this occasion has become a springboard for non-profits to amplify their missions, draw support, and inspire a culture of giving back. We also shine a light on three exemplary global health organizations - Extra Mile Pediatrics, GOHE, and Sign Fracture Care International, that deserve your attention.Episodes mentioned:Extra Mile Pediatrics30. Going the Extra Mile to Serve Children Worldwide w/ Dr. Jeff Mapp31. Extra Mile Pediatrics: Stories From the FieldGOHE35. Eradicating Epilepsy Stigma, Part 2: What Does Coffee Have to Do With Brain Health? w/Teguo Daniel Djoyum36. Redefining Epilepsy: Language, Challenges, and Community Initiatives (Q&A Series)Sign Fracture Care14. Revolutionizing Orthopedic Care in Low-Income Countries, Part 1 w/ Dr. Lewis Zirkle15. Revolutionizing Orthopedic Care in Low-Income Countries, Part 2 w/ Jeanne Dillner16. Revolutionizing Orthopedic Care in Low-Income Countries, Part 3 w/ Terry Smith__________________Thank you to our partners at CHIMUK: A sustainable and ethical handmade fashion brand transforming women's lives through knitting. Purchase one of a kind, high quality baby alpaca, and cotton handmade scarves, hats, and more! Each product comes with a special QR code linking you to a photo/bio of the artisan who handmade your product! Click here to see the impact you can make by shopping with Chimuk. >>Use the code GHP10 for 10% off at checkout!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Cost comparison of promoting Animal Rights content on social media in high income vs. low income countries., published by PreciousPig on November 20, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Quick summary: The same ad performed 7x - 9x better in lower income countries, the meat consumption in these lower income countries is about 1/8th as high, which indicates promoting in lower income countries might have very comparable results in terms of how much it reduces meat consumption. This is a short report on a test I ran to see if promoting Animal Rights content in low income countries is more effective/has a potentially higher impact than to promote it in high income countries. To test this, I promoted this video: https://fb.watch/oqPsFPF0Ut/ in two groups of countries. (Thank you to Kinder World for allowing me to use their video for this test!) Country group A: Angola, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda Country group B: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States In both tests, I used a budget of 35, the target group was all English speaking people 18 and older, and the ad goal was to maximize video views. Here are the results: A short explanation of terms: Impressions - Number of time the ad was shown to a Facebook user. Thru Plays - Number of time the video was played for at least 15 seconds. Video plays (50%)/(95%) - Number of time the video was played at 50%/95% of its length (around 50 seconds / 1:34 minutes). Post reactions: Total amount of reactions (like, love, sad etc.) to the video. So overall, the ad performed around 7x - 9x as well in the lower income countries compared to the higher income countries. If we compare this to the average meat consumption of the two country groups (based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption ) as a stand in for total animal product consumption: Country group A: The lower income countries have a meat consumption between 5,4 kg (Ethiopia) and 23,5 kg (Angola) per person per year. The average between the 5 countries is 13,00 kg per person per year Country group B: The higher income countries have a meat consumption between 79,9 kg (United Kingdom) and 124,11 kg (United States) per person per year. The average between the 5 countries is 101,83 kg per person per year. Meaning the meat consumption in the higher income countries I ran this ad in is on average 7,83x higher than in the lower income countries. Conclusion: If we assume people in both country groups are equally likely to reduce their meat consumption by an equal percentage after seeing this ad, both ads will have had a very comparable effect overall. Further testing would certainly be required to make any conclusions from this. Notes: This was one very small test in a limited number of countries with a small budget, so of course these results are only meant to give a rough idea if focusing on lower income countries might be worthwhile. There is an almost unlimited number of variables that could be changed for an ad campaign like this and which would certainly influence the results. (Video chosen, countries the ad is run in, ad goal, target audiences etc.). For future testing, it might be a good idea to choose countries based on meat consumption divided by promotion cost (Find countries with very high consumption and low promotion cost). Other limitations of this test include: It did not in any way measure if people actually reduce their meat consumption after seeing the video. (I think it is likely harder for people in lower income countries to remove animal products from their diets.) It only compared the results to meat consumption, not consumption of animal products overall. A video specifically tailored to lower income countries (showing the animal industry in those countries) might be more relevant to people there. The...

Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger is the President and CEO for the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders. She is involved and Chair to many committees and organizations. She is also an author, lecturer and trainer. She is the perfect person to talk with about making healthcare a level playing field for all.  As you know we have interviewed so many people on this podcast talking about the challenges in different countries to medications. In Egypt the Ministry of health doesn't recognize the disease, CF families there don't have the basics like liquid vitamins for their infants. In Thailand, it's the same, in India, infants are dying before they're even diagnosed, in Pakistan, families can't get drugs. And on and on.Dr. Wong-Rieger recently presented at the World Health Organization, Essential Medicines Open Forum in regard to low- and middle-income countries access, or lack of it, to drugs.Rare Disease International has done some research about this issue that Durhane will share with us.Dr. Wong-Riegers organization has proposed to WHO for a collaboration on Essential Medicines for rare disease which ties to her collaboration on global rare disease networks.There is an initiative the P-Q-M-D or Project for Quality Medicinal Donations that has been trying to launch on “donations to sustainability” that they are recruiting companies and donor foundations to try to support. This development of the initiative is now in Stage 2 of the feasibility work.There are models out there for global work like the World Federation of Hemophilia and International Gaucher Foundation. There is no international CF organization so far, and we will discuss that here.She is Chair of Rare Disease International, Chair of Asia Pacific Rare Disease International, Treasurer of United Nations Nongovernmental Organization for Rare Diseases. Chair of Patient Advocates Constituency Committee of the International Rare Disease Research Consortium, Patient Advisor to the APEC Rare Disease Network, member of the Editorial Board of The Patient- Patient Centred Outcomes Research, member of the Global Commission to End the Diagnostic Odyssey for Rare Diseases and member of Health Technology Assessment International Patient /Citizen Involvement Interest Group.Dr. Wong-Rieger has served on numerous health policy advisory committees and panels and is a member of Ontario's Rare Disease Implementation Working Group and member of Genome Canada Steering Committee for the Rare Disease Precision Health Initiative. She is a certified Health Coach. Durhane has a PhD in psychology from McGill University and was professor at the University of Windsor, Canada.  She is a trainer and frequent lecturer and author of three books and many articles.Producer: Beth Vanstone  If you'd like to be featured contact her at: beth@thebonnellfoundation.orgPlease consider making a donation: https://thebonnellfoundation.org/donate/The Bonnell Foundation website: https://thebonnellfoundation.orgBonnell Foundation email: thebonnellfoundation@gmail.comThanks to our sponsors:Vertex:  https://www.vrtx.comGenentech: https://www.gene.comViatris: https://www.viatris.com/en

Life Solved is back for its 12th series – and its 100th episode!As a special anniversary episode, we invited Chief Presenter at the BBC News Channel, Maryam Moshiri, to host a round-table discussion, exploring why our plastic waste in the Global North often ends up in low-income countries – and the efforts that retailers and governments are making to reduce plastics on the shelves to create a more sustainable future.The panellists met at the Royal Institute of British Architects in central London and included Esrat Karim, Director and Founder of the Amal Foundation; Kené Umeasiegbu, Responsible Sourcing Director at Tesco; Dr Cressida Bowyer, Deputy Lead for the University of Portsmouth's Revolution Plastics initiative; and Dr Marcus Gover, Director of the No Plastic Waste Initiative, the Minderoo Foundation.We'd love you to be part of the discussion, too. Email your questions on this episode or ideas for future episodes to lifesolved@port.ac.uk.You can also find out more about this work and other research at the University of Portsmouth website: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/ Life Solved is released every Thursday and available on all major podcast platforms.USEFUL LINKSThe plastic waste ‘loophole':https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/12/loophole-will-let-uk-continue-to-ship-plastic-waste-to-poorer-countriesThe world's poorest at higher risk from floods:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/24/plastic-waste-puts-millions-of-worlds-poorest-at-higher-risk-from-floodsThe Amal Foundation: www.amal.org.ukPackaging & Plastics at Tesco: https://www.tescoplc.com/sustainability/planet/packaging-and-plasticThe No Plastic Waste Initiative (Minderoo Foundation): https://www.minderoo.org/Revolution Plastics: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/themes/sustainability-and-the-environment/revolution-plastics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Approximately 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury.This is where SIGN comes in. As the engineering manager, Terry speaks to us about how SIGNs design process to create trauma implants and instruments is different than the norm. How they work with surgeons from all around the world to create better products, and implement education so that each SIGN surgeon is optimally trained.So how do they begin to create devices that serve these patients? Listen to find out!Check out the shownotes!If you haven't heard part 1 and 2, click here to listen: Part 1 with Dr. Lewis Zirkle (Founder and President of SIGN)Part 2 with Jeanne Dillner (CEO of SIGN)Other episodes related to orthopedic/trauma care:9. Elevating the Human Condition Through Pediatric Surgery__________________Click here to join the exclusive GHP online community!Support the PodcastClick here to send in a one time or monthly donationJoin the Podcast Mailing list: https://www.globalhealthpursuit.com/mailing-list Make sure to follow Hetal on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook!Email her at hetal@globalhealthpursuit.com.Thank you so much. We deeply appreciate you.

Ever heard of a nonprofit medical device orthopedic company? Enter Sign Fracture Care - a nonprofit medical device company that designs and manufactures implants/instrumentation while also providing education to local surgeons in developing countries. In this episode, we speak with Jeanne Dillner, CEO of Sign Fracture Care, who shares the most valuable lessons she learned from her experience in the medical device industry. Jeanne emphasizes the importance of patient care and the generosity of donors who trust SIGN to use their donations appropriately to help patients in need. She also talks about the growth of SIGN over the years, from relying on outside guidance to hiring experienced staff to improve manufacturing and double their production. SIGN now has 41 employees and helps at least 30,000 people a year. Sign's mission to provide relevant medical equipment to hospitals in low and middle-income countries has helped over 400,000 injured poor patients access quality orthopedic surgery. The organization's success is a testament to the power of fresh ideas and diverse backgrounds in designing products for the needs of patients in need.Check out the shownotes!If you haven't heard part 1, click here to listen: Part 1 with Dr. Lewis ZirkleOther episodes related to orthopedic/trauma care:9. Elevating the Human Condition Through Pediatric Surgery __________________Click here to join the exclusive GHP online community!Support the PodcastClick here to send in a one time or monthly donationJoin the Podcast Mailing list: https://www.globalhealthpursuit.com/mailing-list Make sure to follow Hetal on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook!Email her at hetal@globalhealthpursuit.com.Thank you so much. We deeply appreciate you.

What happens when the breadwinner of a family living under the poverty line in a low or middle income country gets into an accident breaking bones and eliminating his or her ability to walk, eliminating their ability to go to work and make money for their family? This is what made Dr. Lewis Zirkle, the President and Founder of SIGN Fracture Care, so passionate about creating a nonprofit medical device company that designs and manufactures implants/instrumentation while also providing education to local surgeons in developing countries. SIGN focuses on the lack of orthopedic care in low and middle-income countries, particularly in the context of traumatic accidents and fractures. Dr. Zirkle shares his experiences as a surgeon in Vietnam, the challenges of designing and manufacturing implants for use in low-resource settings, and the impact that untreated fractures can have on poor families and communities around the world.Check out the shownotes!Episodes related to orthopedic/trauma care:9. Elevating the Human Condition Through Pediatric Surgery__________________Click here to join the exclusive GHP online community!Support the PodcastClick here to send in a one time or monthly donationJoin the Podcast Mailing list: https://www.globalhealthpursuit.com/mailing-list Make sure to follow Hetal on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook!Email her at hetal@globalhealthpursuit.com.Thank you so much. We deeply appreciate you.

In January, The American Thoracic Society (ATS) held a webinar about the challenges facing CF families in low-income countries.  Drs. Samya Nasr and Grace Paul were key participants in the webinar. Two doctors who have been featured on this podcast. This is where I first saw I Dr. Hector Gutierrez.Dr. Gutierrez is the Raymond K. Lyrene Chair, Professor, and Director of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Gutierrez is native to Chile, where he did medical school and pediatric residency. He did his subspecialty training at Peds Pulmonology UAB and has been at the CF Center since 2003. Dr. Gutierrez has developed a robust training program for CF teams from resource-limited regions outside the US. He is currently the Co-chair of the CF Foundation's Global Advisory Committee.  We're honored to have him join us today.  He has so much knowledge of CF life around world, and we're grateful that he shared his knowledge with us.Thanks to Beth Vanstone for producing this podcast.The Bonnell Foundation website: https://thebonnellfoundation.orgBonnell Foundation email: thebonnellfoundation@gmail.comThanks to our sponsors:Vertex:  https://www.vrtx.comGenentech: https://www.gene.comViatris: https://www.viatris.com/en

EPISODE SUMMARY: As professionals in the child abuse field, we all know that child sexual abuse has no boundaries. In the United States, CACs and MDTs are doing amazing and innovative work to provide a collaborative response to promote healing for children and families. But have you ever thought about the issue of child sexual abuse globally and how it affects middle and low-income countries? In this episode, Abbie Newman, RN, JD with Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center joins Tony to talk about the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). She shares a project that ISPCAN is leading to develop a trauma-informed collaborative response to child abuse and how this work has influenced Mission Kids and the children and families they serve. Topics in this episode International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) (3:52) Global Issue of Child Abuse (5:15) Overview of Collaborative Response Project led by ISPCAN (9:04) Challenges Developing a Response in Middle to Low-Income Countries (12:10) Project Goals (16:11) Objectives (18:05) Implementation (25:17) Timeline (26:47) ISPCAN Influence and Impact on Mission Kids (27:30) Get Involved (28:41) GUEST Abbie Newman, RN, JD, the CEO of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center (MKCAC), began her career as a registered pediatric nurse before practicing law for 19 years. She became the founding executive director of MKCAC in 2008 and built the collaborative multidisciplinary team into a nationally accredited CAC. Since then, MKCAC has provided over 6,000 forensic interviews, and made over 1000 mental and 1000 medical referrals. Further, MKCAC has provided targeted prevention education to more than 47,000 children, adolescents, teachers, and multidisciplinary partners and become a leader in developing responses to CSEC and working with stakeholders statewide in the best interests of these victims. In 2018, Abbie became CEO of MKCAC, driving innovative thought leadership statewide, nationally, and internationally to help victims of child abuse, including victims of commercial sexual exploitation. She is past-President and a current member of the Pennsylvania Chapter of CACs' Board of Directors. Initially appointed by Governor Corbett in 2014 to Pennsylvania's Victim Services Advisory Committee, charged with awarding state funds to established and developing CACs, Abbie was reappointed by Governor Wolf in 2018. She became an elected member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN)'s Distinguished Advisory Committee in 2021 and, in this capacity, is leading a project to develop an international framework for collaborative responses to child sexual abuse (CSA) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to be adaptable to other forms of child abuse and neglect. Abbie has also spearheaded research in partnership with global experts in the field of child abuse, drawing from the work of Mission Kids' multidisciplinary team. Results of these projects have been published as peer-reviewed articles in Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, reaching thousands of professionals around the globe. Abbie remains passionate about working with state and national level legislators to strengthen child protection laws, increase funding to agencies serving victims of child abuse and neglect, and develop and sustain CACs as a model for child abuse investigation and prevention. She presents nationally and internationally on CSA and collaborative responses to child maltreatment and has forged international partnerships to respond to child abuse, globally. Abbie's signature tagline, for years, has been English philosopher Edmund Burke's, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing.” Her ultimate vision is to see collaborative efforts help all children triumph over trauma, regardless of locale or circumstance, so they can live up to their full potential. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect: https://www.ispcan.org ISPCAN Case Statement and Collaborative Framework Project Concept Note: https://assets.libsyn.com/show/159677/ISPCAN-Collaborative-Framework-Project-Concept-Note.pdf Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center: https://missionkidscac.org Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/vacs/index.html Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center: https://www.nrcac.org Regional Children's Advocacy Centers: https://www.regionalcacs.org   Have an idea for a future Team Talk guest or topic? We want to hear from you! Email your suggestions to Tony DeVincenzo at tony@nrcac.org. Disclaimer: This project was sponsored by NRCAC from Grant Award Number 15PJDP-22-GK-03061-JJVO awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, OJJDP or NRCAC.

A conversation with Devindra on the possibilities of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models for education in India and other Middle and Low-Income Countries. While these large language models today mainly work in the cloud and require high-speed internet connectivity, the promise is that smaller models that are more specialized have already been ported to MacBook Pro M1 and other laptops. And with advances like 4-bit quantization, there is the possibility they can even run on modern smartphones.The experience in China and in India is that parents will save inordinately to give their children a better life than theirs. Both Devindra and I are the beneficiaries of that thinking and we are forever grateful to our parents for their sacrifice. So, this means that there is a possibility that there could be a commercial incentive which is much better than constantly asking for charitable dollars.The new LLMs promise interactivity and individualized instruction that was impossible before. Early demonstrations of learning a foreign language are promising as is the student being able to ask the "why" of how Python is structured, not just the "get it done" without understanding that online education often creates.Finally, having an eye toward inclusivity for everyone of any gender, race or social status is something that needs to be baked in. We look forward to helping! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richt/message

We look at why the IMF's predicted economic growth of just 3 percent, the lowest forecast since 1990, could hurt developing nations most. We also take a closer look at Airbus's deal in China, as French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Finally, we find out why Sean "Diddy" Combs has been paying Sting $5,000 a day, and has been doing so for years. 

It looks a debt crisis is looming in the developing world. The International Monetary Fund estimates 60% of low-income countries are in, or at high risk of, debt distress, double the 2015 level. During the pandemic, government debt ballooned by almost $2 trillion in more than 100 developing countries. 25 developing economies are currently spending over 20% of their government revenues on debt servicing. Apart from economic turmoil, the possibility of a wave of sovereign defaults is giving rise to concerns of political instability in these economies. Can there be a realistic solution to the crisis? Host Ding Heng is joined by Professor Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at the University of International Business and Economics; Dr. Lauren Johnston, Associate Professor at the China Studies Center, University of Sydney; Keith Pilbeam, Professor of International Economics and Finance at City, University of London.

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The African Development Bank, AfDB, has raised $8.9 billion from its contributing nations and development partners. The funds according to the bank will be channelled to its development fund to help spur economic development through grants and soft loans to low income countries on the continent. The UK government has announced what it describes as one of the biggest overhauls of financial regulation for more than three decades. It says the package of more than 30 reforms will "cut red tape" and "turbocharge growth". As the world cup reaches the Quarter-finals stage, fans face up to 1000 percent jump in the cost of tickets.

MacKenzie Scott's donation to VisionSpring is the largest single private donation helping to tackle the challenge of uncorrected blurry vision in the developing world. We look at VisionSpring's work and learn about the low levels of access to corrective eye glasses in the developing world and low-income segments. Ella Gudwin remarks: the market for eye glasses is broken. It's a 700-year-old technology; it has failed to disperse to the low income segment.   Uncorrected blurry vision isn't simply a health issue; it's also an economic issue. Much of VisionSpring's advocacy has been focused on raising awareness and quantifying the economic cost to national governments derived from workers who are unable to perform to full capacity due to their inability to see clearly.  This is a problem that impacts farmers, commercial truck drivers, artisans and many others. We learn the key stats underpinning the arguments for supporting this thematic area and hear of the alliance of diverse stakeholder organisations that have come together to advocate with one voice to ensure the United Nations and national governments across the globe address and tackle this problem. Thank you for downloading this episode of The Do One Better Podcast. Visit our website at Lidji.org for information on nearly 200 interviews with remarkable leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. Please leave us a rating and a review to help others find this show.  

This episode considers the utility of place branding and soft power strategies for countries least developed in these areas. The conversation begins by separating the value of a focused tourism promotion campaign from more general promotion strategies. Simon notes that even a successful tourism campaign can be a liability later, citing the difficulty that Jamaica has had being seen as anything other than a holiday place. Simon and Nick concur that the first step to develop an image must be grounded in research/listening to audiences to discover exactly what the image is. They note the success of some smaller countries in developing specializations that are relevant to international audiences, with the digital work seen in Estonia and Rwanda as good examples. Simon sums up the situation by saying that 'grand strategy is more important than brand strategy' and that the best way to a good image is through a good reality in a relevant field.

In this episode of Moody's Talks - Emerging Markets Decoded, Thaddeus Best of the Global Emerging Markets team and Anushka Shah of the Sovereign team join host Ariane Ortiz-Bollin to discuss the resilience of most emerging markets to tightening financial conditions, as well as the implications for reform prospects in lower-income countries.Related content on Moodys.com (some content only available to registered users or subscribers): Most EMs will avert debt crisis but frontier markets are exposed to turning credit cycleSome lower-income economies have strengthened their credit quality through a range of policies

Hvor godt beskytter vaksiner mot omikron-varianten av SARS-CoV-2? En ny studie viser at SARS-CoV-2 også kan gjenfinnes i avføringen hos pasienter som har hatt milde sykdomsforløp lenge etter at de ble friske. Hva vet vi om utbruddet av apekopper som har dukket opp i flere land den siste tiden? Krigen i Ukraina har ført til forskningsinstitusjoner i landet systematisk har blitt angrepet, og dette vil få konsekvenser for forskningen fremover. Krigen har også ført til at flere av de fremste russiske forskerne har flyktet fra Russland, hvordan skal vi forholde oss til dem? I tillegg får vi høre mer om overgangsalderen, risikoen ved for mye sitting og om overmedikalisering og det stille målet om å bekjempe døden i moderne medisin. Sjefredaktør Are Brean deler siste nytt fra andre medisinske tidsskrifter i den siste Redaktørens hjørne før sommeren.Tilbakemeldinger kan sendes til stetoskopet@tidsskriftet.no.        Stetoskopet produseres av Caroline Ulvin Johansson, Are Brean og Julie Didriksen ved Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. Ansvarlig redaktør er Are Brean.        Jingle og lydteknikk: Håkon Braaten / Moderne media  Coverillustrasjon: Stephen LeeArtikler nevnt:Association of Prior BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccination With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents During Omicron PredominanceEffects of Previous Infection and Vaccination on Symptomatic Omicron Infections Seven days in medicine: 8-14 June 2022SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears VirusGastrointestinal symptoms and fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA suggest prolonged gastrointestinal infection Monkeypox: Avoiding the Mistakes of Past Infectious Disease Epidemics Why the monkeypox outbreak is mostly affecting men who have sex with men Investigating monkeypox Fleeing Russian researchers seek Western support A future for Ukrainian science Death and the bogus contract between doctors and patients Normalising menopause Looking at HRT in perspective Attitudes towards menopause: time for change Association of Sitting Time With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in High-Income, Middle-Income, and Low-Income Countries

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the giant pharmaceutical Pfizer announced the “Accord for a Healthier World”, which is basically to offer vaccines and patent-protected medicines on a not-for-profit basis to low-income countries. The New York-based company also stated that other pharma firms want to take similar steps. In theory, 45 poor countries will benefit from this announcement, meaning that over 1.2 billion people in places such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Ghana will have access to these drugs produced by the firm.

Drugs giant Pfizer will offer its products to low-income countries on a non-profit basis. The move is part of what the firm calls an Accord for a Healthier World, and we ask Tian Johnson, co-chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance in Johannesburg, whether it marks a significant positive step for healthcare in Africa. Also in the programme, the UK government has given a green light to the sale of Chelsea football club to US billionaire Todd Boehly's Clearlake Capital group. The club's former owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was forced to sell in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. University of Liverpool football finance expert Kieran Maguire tells us where the $5bn proceeds of the sale will be going. The BBC's Nikhil Inamdar reports on an extreme heatwave in India, which has forced some farmers to harvest their crops at night. Plus, there is growing concern about the sort of curated body image promoted by modern-day advertising. The BBC's Rabiya Limbada explores efforts to help girls build confidence in how they look and show them why what appears to be beautiful, isn't necessarily as straightforward as it may seem. Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson, and produced by Nisha Patel and Elizabeth Hotson. (Picture: Vials of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Professor Gonzalo Bearman, Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiologist/Medical Director of VCU Healthcare and the Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Internal Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (full CV here)  Following on from the increase in virtual working due to the pandemic, we discuss the potential for providing healthcare facilities in low and middle income countries with virtual support and consulting. The papers that we discuss are listed here. 1. Jones, T., Marimuthu, K., Bearman, G. Virtual Infection Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 117, 2022, Pages 93-96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.065. 2. Anderson, D., Miller, B., Chen, L., Adcock, L., Cook, E., Cromer, A., . . . Sexton, D. (2011). The Network Approach for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Long-Term Effect of Participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 32(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1086/658940 3.Pryor, R., Vokes, R., Anderson, D., & Bearman, G. (2021). Virtual infection prevention—The next frontier. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 42(11), 1374-1375. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1404  

In this episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Professor Gonzalo Bearman, Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiologist/Medical Director of VCU Healthcare and the Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Internal Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (full CV here)  Following on from the increase in virtual working due to the pandemic, we discuss the potential for providing healthcare facilities in low and middle income countries with virtual support and consulting. The papers that we discuss are listed here. 1. Jones, T., Marimuthu, K., Bearman, G. Virtual Infection Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 117, 2022, Pages 93-96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.065. 2. Anderson, D., Miller, B., Chen, L., Adcock, L., Cook, E., Cromer, A., . . . Sexton, D. (2011). The Network Approach for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Long-Term Effect of Participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 32(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1086/658940 3.Pryor, R., Vokes, R., Anderson, D., & Bearman, G. (2021). Virtual infection prevention—The next frontier. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 42(11), 1374-1375. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1404  

The Business Council of Australia has endorsed the two week delay in reopening the international border to skilled workers and students in light of the Omicron variant. Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott has called for a concerted international effort akin to a peacekeeping operation to distribute COVID-19 doses to developing countries where vaccination rates are shockingly low.

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Organizations representing 90 countries say that their plans to prevent damage have already been outpaced by climate-induced disasters, which are intensifying and happening more regularly.

This episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast discusses plastic surgery in low-income countries and assess the impact on reducing global disease burden. Guests are Paul Truche MD, MPH; Yegeremu Eado, MD; and Scott D. Corlew MD, MPH. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “The Plastic Surgery Workforce and Its Role in Low-income Countries” by Paul Truche, Ellie Moeller, Taylor Wurdeman, Kathrin Zimmerman, Norma Cruz, Kiran Nakarmi, Shankar M. Rai, Yegeremu Eado, Laura Pompermaier, John G. Meara, and D. Scott Corlew. Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://bit.ly/PSinLowIncomeCountries Dr. Corlew is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eado is a plastic surgeon at ALERT Hospital and Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Truche is a Research Fellow in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. Your guest co-host, Dr. Murilo Secanho is a plastic surgery Resident at São Paulo State University in Brazil and a 2021 PRS Global Open Resident Ambassador. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

This episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast discusses plastic surgery in low-income countries and assess the impact on reducing global disease burden. Guests are Paul Truche MD, MPH; Yegeremu Eado, MD; and Scott D. Corlew MD, MPH. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “The Plastic Surgery Workforce and Its Role in Low-income Countries” by Paul Truche, Ellie Moeller, Taylor Wurdeman, Kathrin Zimmerman, Norma Cruz, Kiran Nakarmi, Shankar M. Rai, Yegeremu Eado, Laura Pompermaier, John G. Meara, and D. Scott Corlew. Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://bit.ly/PSinLowIncomeCountries Dr. Corlew is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eado is a plastic surgeon at ALERT Hospital and Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Truche is a Research Fellow in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. Your guest co-host, Dr. Murilo Secanho is a plastic surgery Resident at São Paulo State University in Brazil and a 2021 PRS Global Open Resident Ambassador. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

In the final episode of Season 3 of the ICC Pulse Podcast, Judy Zakreski, Code Council Vice President of Global Services talks with Professor Kim Lovegrove and Professor Alfred Omenya on the newly-released Good Practice Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Building Regulations in Low Income Countries. The Guidelines were developed by the IBQC as a follow up to the more general IBQC Principles for Good Practice Building Regulation, published in September 2020. Professor Lovegrove is an adjunct professor at the University of Canberra, a senior international consultant to the World Bank, and a senior construction lawyer with Lovegrove and Cotton Lawyers, based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Professor Omenya is an IBQC Board Member, a practicing architect and expert in sustainable human settlements, and principal researcher and CEO at Eco-Build Africa, a leading consultancy on sustainable urban development for developing countries. Links to topics referenced in this episode: IBQC Publication: Good Practice Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Building Regulations in Low Income Countries September 2020 IBQC Publication: IBQC Principles for Good Practice Building Regulation International Building Quality Centre: http://www.ibqc.org.au/ Alfred's favorite building – Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania, USA: https://fallingwater.org/ University of Canberra: https://www.canberra.edu.au/ Eco-Build Africa: http://www.ecobuild-africa.com/home/ This episode is sponsored by the American Concrete Institute: https://www.concrete.org/ Episode Length: 00:58:23

What should Canada do with the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses in storage? Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have received one dose, but now several provincial governments have paused offering it as a first dose, due to safety concerns and supply issues. We discuss calls to donate those shots to countries that need them with Lily Caprani, a vaccine advocacy expert with UNICEF global headquarters; Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist at Western University who serves on Ontario's COVID-19 Bioethics Table and Vaccine Distribution Task Force; and Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

Saudi Arabia’s finance minister says the world’s richest countries are close to unlocking additional IMF funds for low-income nations, Amazon has launched an online delivery service offering big discounts for prescription medicine in the US, and Unilever is aiming to increase its annual sales of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives to €1bn in five to seven years. Plus, the FT’s US markets reporter, Colby Smith, explains why the Financial Stability Board is pinning hedge funds with some of the blame for the US Treasury market chaos in March. G20 nearing IMF funding boost for developing nations, Saudi minister says ft.com/content/f211194f-5c19-4ab1-b47f-a4d6caa88f36?Amazon launches online pharmacy in challenge to traditional retailershttps://www.ft.com/content/f45c4956-108f-4b69-b115-c73cfc55f0e3Unilever aims for €1bn sales from plant-based products by 2027ft.com/content/0a1e5e3d-a34d-44bb-a350-75f3e8700673?Hedge funds under scrutiny over role in March bond market ructionshttps://www.ft.com/content/5bab4156-54fd-41ab-b067-794c3050c8cd See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

People diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes depend on insulin to stay alive. This podcast investigates what that means on a global level for low and middle-income communities. Listen in for how researchers like David Beran work to increase access to these tools necessary for life. He explains The mechanism of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis, including the classic symptoms and typical diagnosis scenario, The basic necessities for insulin injections for diabetes and how those needs might be difficult to meet in various communities, and The helpful work groups like Health Action International are doing to address type 1 diabetes and insulin injection needs across the globe.  David Beran is a researcher and lecturer at the Geneva University Hospitals and has join forces with Health Action International to better serve global citizens with type 1 diabetes mellitus who lack adequate health care access and means to pay for supplies. His three areas of focus include researching and improving access to insulin on a world-wide level, assessing health systems and their delivery of diabetes care, and how this care works on a daily, individual level. He explains that most of the management of this disease is outside the clinic, with around-the-clock care and attention. A type 1's daily routine requires them to find the right balance between what they eat and how physically active they are, and how much insulin to deliver with both in mind: it's a challenging balance that requires constant management. He's focused specifically on low and middle-income countries, where many people don't have access to insulin. He's working with his colleagues on getting these people the basics of survival, namely insulin, a means of injection, and a blood glucose monitor. He explains how varied this can be from country to country. For example, Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the Americas after Haiti, provides insulin to its people for free. However, access to care and the monitoring equipment still pose challenges. On the other extreme, in sub-Saharan Africa everything is paid for out of pocket. People have to buy their insulin and supplies and pay doctor costs. He explains how various initiatives and NGOs are trying to address these problems and what challenges lay ahead. Listen in to hear about substantial and exciting work to help those that suffer from this disease.  For more information, email him with questions at david.beran@unige.ch and see Health Action International. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factor Study 2019 was published in the Lancet this week. It shows that New Zealanders are now living longer than ever but spending more years in poor health, and that around 80% of the country's premature deaths were preventable. AUT Professor Valery Feigin joins the show to discuss the findings.

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factor Study 2019 was published in the Lancet this week. It shows that New Zealanders are now living longer than ever but spending more years in poor health, and that around 80% of the country's premature deaths were preventable. AUT Professor Valery Feigin joins the show to discuss the findings.

Nigeria’s candidate for the leadership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on multilateral institutions and developed countries to increase their support for low income countries, especially Africa, by providing more concessionary funding.She said this on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank Annual meetings, at the CNBC Debate.She also stressed the need for global collaborative efforts towards acquiring and distributing COVID-19 vaccines when they are ready.She advised the developed countries to rethink their approach to global development because as long as people in developing countries and poor nations are unsafe, nobody in the developed countries will be safe.--- This episode is sponsored by · Afrolit Podcast: Hosted by Ekua PM, Afrolit shares the stories of multi-faceted Africans one episode at a time. https://open.spotify.com/show/2nJxiiYRyfMQlDEXXpzlZS?si=mmgODX3NQ-yfQvR0JRH-WASupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week. This week, the top managed care news included a Supreme Court vacancy that could shape the fate of the Affordable Care Act; the pandemic’s effects on access to care; a look at the opportunities presented by the virtual format of Patient-Centered Oncology Care® 2020. Read more about the stories in this podcast: How a Supreme Court Vacancy Can Shape the Fate of the ACA, Reproductive Rights: https://www.ajmc.com/view/how-a-supreme-court-vacancy-can-shape-the-fate-of-the-aca-reproductive-rights Access to Parkinson Disease Medication Affected in Low-Income Countries: https://www.ajmc.com/view/access-to-parkinson-disease-medication-affected-in-low-income-countries ACR Survey Reveals Patients Struggle to Maintain Access to Care During COVID-19 Pandemic: https://www.ajmc.com/view/acr-survey-reveals-patients-struggle-to-maintain-access-to-care-during-covid-19-pandemic Patient-Centered Oncology Care: https://www.ajmc.com/conference/pcoc FDA Accepts Anti-BCMA Ide-cel for MM for Priority Review: https://www.ajmc.com/view/fda-accepts-anti-bcma-ide-cel-for-mm-for-priority-review Incorporating Value Into Physician Payment and Patient Cost Sharing: https://www.ajmc.com/view/incorporating-value-into-physician-payment-and-patient-cost-sharing

Featured Interview: COVID-19's impact on low-income countries Guest: Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

Machiko Nissanke (SOAS) Drawing in part on her chapter in the forthcoming Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics, Machiko presents a critical reflection on how to secure sovereign debt sustainability for economic development of LICs. Her seminar talk is set in the context of the rising debt distress in several SSA countries over the recent years as well as the evolution of the academic and policy debates on the ‘aid-debt-growth’ nexus. After critically evaluating the constructs of the IFIs’ Debt Sustainability Framework in use of LICs, she discusses alternative approaches to sovereign debt sustainability. These entail: a) a system of prudent resource and debt management, including sound selection of debt-financed projects with large developmental dividends and spill-overs in light of a country’s absorptive capacity, and close performance monitoring at micro and macro levels; b) choice and packaging of appropriate financial instruments; and c) a clearly agreed procedure, backed up with global facilities laid out at the onset in debt contracts, on how to deal with downside risks and debt distress conditions in order to facilitate an orderly debt restructuring and workout process. Against these conditions, she evaluates the prospects of the emerging debt problems in Africa, in particular in relation to the growing portion of sovereign debt owed to private creditors and non-traditional concessional loan providers, and the way forward with their sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms. Machiko Nissanke is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the SOAS Department of Economics. This talk was organised by the Centre for Global Finance (CGF) and was part of the CGF Seminar Series. The Centre for Global Finance (CGF) is established under the AXA Chair in Global Finance. The centre undertakes rigorous research that explores mega-trends in global finance and how they impact on development in the international financial system and the world economy. The research via the centre aims to significantly extend the existing body of knowledge on finance, stability and growth. This can help identify the drivers of growth in emerging economies, and the issues that lead to financial crashes. Find out more about the CGF: https://www.centreforglobalfinance.org/ Speakers: Machiko Nissanke (SOAS), Victor Murinde (AXA Professor in Global Finance, SOAS University of London) Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts

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The coronavirus pandemic could have major implications for international development.  As of now, most of the countries that have been hit hardest by COVID-19 are higher income countries; places like Italy, South Korea, and the United States. Low income countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, have not yet recorded significant clusters of the coronavirus --  but the economic consequences of the virus are being felt around the world. How can low income countries -- including those that have been the focus of major economic and social development efforts, often backed by international institutions like the World Bank --  protect themselves from both COVID-19 and its global economic fallout? Amanda Glassman is on the line with me to answer that question and to discuss the potential effects of the coronavirus on global development. She is the executive vice president and senior fellow with the Center for Global Development, and someone I have long turned to help me understand how international development works. https://www.undispatch.com/ We are sort of in uncharted times here. My kids are home from school, for who knows how long. I assume most of you listening to this are practicing social distancing to the fullest extent possible. I think in times like this, community becomes important. Over the many years of doing this podcast, I really have felt that a profound sense of community has been built around the show. If there's anything I can do to help you through this time--make the social distancing a little less distant; or even just help you fill your time if you are under some sort of quarantine, please let me know. I'll just give you my personal email address (markleongoldberg  at gmail com). Feel free to reach out with whatever is on your mind. Remember: You are not alone.  One thing I did do is put together a list of podcast episodes categorized by topics that are often encountered in university courses on international relations. I put this together mostly for professors of international relations and related fields to help them as they move to online instruction. Email me if you'd like it. 

As the average annual global temperature is expected to rise by 4 degrees Celsius or more by 2100, economic output in countries with hot climates continues to fall. And given that most low-income countries are located in hot regions, low-income countries are bearing the brunt of the negative economic costs of climate change even though they contribute very little to the greenhouse gas emissions that cause it. In this podcast, IMF economists Sebastian Acevedo and Natalija Novta say the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters is having a negative impact on growth. Acevedo and Novta are coauthors of Weather Shocks and Output in Low-Income Countries:Adaptation and the Role of Policies

Machiko Nissanke (SOAS) Drawing in part on her chapter in the forthcoming Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics, Machiko presents a critical reflection on how to secure sovereign debt sustainability for economic development of LICs. Her seminar talk is set in the context of the rising debt distress in several SSA countries over the recent years as well as the evolution of the academic and policy debates on the ‘aid-debt-growth’ nexus. After critically evaluating the constructs of the IFIs’ Debt Sustainability Framework in use of LICs, she discusses alternative approaches to sovereign debt sustainability. These entail: a) a system of prudent resource and debt management, including sound selection of debt-financed projects with large developmental dividends and spill-overs in light of a country’s absorptive capacity, and close performance monitoring at micro and macro levels; b) choice and packaging of appropriate financial instruments; and c) a clearly agreed procedure, backed up with global facilities laid out at the onset in debt contracts, on how to deal with downside risks and debt distress conditions in order to facilitate an orderly debt restructuring and workout process. Against these conditions, she evaluates the prospects of the emerging debt problems in Africa, in particular in relation to the growing portion of sovereign debt owed to private creditors and non-traditional concessional loan providers, and the way forward with their sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms. Machiko Nissanke is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the SOAS Department of Economics. This talk was organised by the Centre for Global Finance (CGF) and was part of the CGF Seminar Series. The Centre for Global Finance (CGF) is established under the AXA Chair in Global Finance. The centre undertakes rigorous research that explores mega-trends in global finance and how they impact on development in the international financial system and the world economy. The research via the centre aims to significantly extend the existing body of knowledge on finance, stability and growth. This can help identify the drivers of growth in emerging economies, and the issues that lead to financial crashes. Find out more about the CGF: https://www.centreforglobalfinance.org/ Speakers: Machiko Nissanke (SOAS), Victor Murinde (AXA Professor in Global Finance, SOAS University of London) Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts

This week we speak about Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries. a key focus for the Centre for Global Finance at SOAS, run by Professor Victor Murinde. Professor Victor Murinde is a financial economist, with more than 25 years' expertise, mainly in academia, policy and consultancy roles for governments and leading international organisation. He was the founding Director of African Development Institute at the African Development Bank (2011-2014). Professor Murinde is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of a large research project on “Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth”, and a Co-Investigator on “Research on China's Financial System towards Sustainable Growth: The Role of Innovation, Diversity and Financial Regulation” jointly with colleagues at SOAS University of London and Nankai University Tianjen, and Zhejiang University, Hangzou, in China.In 2017, he was appointed to the AXA Chair in Global Finance in the School of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London, and he is responsible for providing CGF's vision, strategy, and oversight.Discover more about this interview on our website here.Twitter: @global_futuresInstagram: @global_futuresSubstack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak about Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries. a key focus for the Centre for Global Finance at SOAS, run by Professor Victor Murinde. Professor Victor Murinde is a financial economist, with more than 25 years’ expertise, mainly in academia, policy and consultancy roles for governments and leading international organisation. He was the founding Director of African Development Institute at the African Development Bank (2011-2014). Professor Murinde is currently the Principal Investigator (PI) of a large research project on “Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth”, and a Co-Investigator on “Research on China’s Financial System towards Sustainable Growth: The Role of Innovation, Diversity and Financial Regulation” jointly with colleagues at SOAS University of London and Nankai University Tianjen, and Zhejiang University, Hangzou, in China. In 2017, he was appointed to the AXA Chair in Global Finance in the School of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London, and he is responsible for providing CGF’s vision, strategy, and oversight. Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-6-centre-global-finance

Norris Cotton Cancer Center Grand Rounds February 5, 2019 Scott A. Triedman, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Physician Program Advisor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Center for Global Cancer Medicine Senior Radiotherapy Advisor, Partners In Health

Dr. Alexandra Martiniuk is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. Alex is an epidemiologist, and her work involves applying mathematics to answer questions in health and medicine. In particular, Alex is interested in better understanding and improving child health, global health, and the health of indigenous people. Beyond spending her time doing science, Alex loves hanging out with her husband and two young children. She often travels internationally for her work, to visit family, and to attend a variety of events. In addition, Alex enjoys the outdoors, sports, and long-distance running. Prior to pursuing a career in research, Alex worked for the Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Center. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and life sciences as well as her master's degree in community health from Queen’s University in Canada. Alex was awarded her Ph.D. in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario. Over the course of her career, Alex has received numerous awards and honors, including Fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the University of Sydney, and Merck. She is also the recipient of the Saturn Commitment to Excellence Award, a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship, and the Australian Chamber of Commerce Young Outstanding Person of the Year Award. In addition, Alex was named a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Rising Star in Health Services Research. In our interview, Alex shares some of her experiences in both life and science.

Many of us use fitness watches to get fitter, but could the technology behind these devices help the millions of people across the world who don’t have enough food to eat? In this episode of the Methods Podcast, Dr Giacomo Zanello from the University of Reading discusses research presented at the ESRC Research Methods Festival, looking at how the technology is being used to tackle poor nutrition among farmers and their families in low-income countries.

In this week's episode (no. 20) - the second of our "Death & Taxes" two-parter, we look at the link between tax and philanthropy. Topics covered include:   Importance and Controversy: Why does tax relief on donations matter to understanding the role of philanthropy, and why has it proved controversial over the years? We touch on the current US situation in light of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and look at previous political attempts to meddle with tax breaks on donations, such as Gladstone's one-man crusade in the late C19th and George Osborne's ill-fated 2012 Budget.   Justifying Philanthropic Tax Breaks: We explore three possible theoretical justifications, based on the work of Stanford academic Rob Reich, and conclude that only one works. We then see whether any of these has been used in practice, and compare the deliberate introduction of the US Charitable Deduction with the accidental introduction of donation incentives in the UK.   Do Philanthropic Tax Breaks Work? We look at whether tax incentives on donations are actually effective. We see that there is evidence they are correlated with greater generosity, but room for debate about how they are structured and at what level they are offered. We consider the difference between credit and deduction systems. We also look at recent findings from the University of Birmingham that Gift Aid might not be that effective as an incentive, and ask what this might mean for policymaking.       Related Giving Thought (and other) content   -The Justification for Charitable Tax Breaks   -Donation States: An international comparison of the tax treatment of donations   -Gross Domestic Philanthropy: An International Analysis of GDP, Tax & Giving   -Tax Incentives for Giving are Effective, Even in Low Income Countries   -The NAO on Gift Aid and Tax Relief on Donations   -Principles of Philanthropy Policymaking lecture (SLIDES) and (NOTES)   -Unversity of Birmingham paper on price elasticity (working paper and blog)  

Global Child Health editor Nick Brown interviews Chris Paton and Hilary Edgcombe on their article Enhancing emergency care in low-income countries using mobile technology-based training tools. You can read the article here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/12/1149.full

Most people with a visible difference live in low-income countries but to date most of our research and support comes from high-income countries. In Professor Diana Harcourt's powerful AM7 keynote address on 'Visible Difference in Low-Income Countries', we are given the opportunity to think about what we, in higher income countries can learn from the millions of people facing the challenge of living with an altered appearance in circumstances and societies where resources are scarce. To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research: www.uwe.ac.uk/car Music is by the Bristol-based percussionist, David Insua-Cao. http://www.davidinsuacao.com Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

Tanyella Evans grew up in the highlands of Scotland, which she describes as “the middle of nowhere.” At age 16 she received a scholarship to study at a United World College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. There she learned alongside two hundred students from eighty eight countries. At age 17, the United World College sponsored her on a one-year trip to Uganda as a volunteer teacher. There she saw the difference that an education can make to an eager mind. Globally, five of the six billion mobile phone subscribers live in the developing world. At the same time, 250 million children cannot read and write. Library for All is building a digital library to take advantage of mobile devices in order to overcome global illiteracy. They are currently working in Haiti, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Cambodia. Tanyella’s story is a story of serendipity, but also putting yourself in a serendipity-rich environment. It’s about community, but it’s also about building the community. It’s about moving developing countries along the path of development, but using technology to speed change while making the changes sustainable over time. Resources: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Library for All: http://www.libraryforall.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libraryforall.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/libraryforall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libraryforall Also Mentioned in this Episode: UWC International: http://www.uwc.org YES, Youth Empowerment Services: http://youthempowerment.us Campaign for Female Education: https://camfed.org Artists for Peace and Justice: http://www.apjnow.org Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story Hattian tablet manufacturer, surtab: http://surtab.com Techno Serve in Rwanda: http://www.technoserve.org/our-work/where-we-work/country/rwanda UNESCO Literacy Data: http://www.uis.unesco.org/literacy/Pages/default.aspx Knight Foundation: http://knightfoundation.org Bloomberg Philanthropies: http://www.bloomberg.org Luzerne Foundation: http://luzfdn.org English Family Foundation: http://www.englishfoundation.org.au The Asia Foundation: http://asiafoundation.org Hacking Kickstarter article by Tim Ferriss: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2012/12/18/hacking-kickstarter-how-to-raise-100000-in-10-days-includes-successful-templates-e-mails-etc/ Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com

"Health is a human right," Prof Cazap of SLACOM, Argentina tells ecancertv at ESMO 2014. "The right of health and cancer care should not be related to the country in which one is living." He discusses the importance of a global perspective on cancer research, particularly in developing countries, the necessity of cancer prevention, and the intersection of global economics and health. Prof Cazap also summarises other relevant abstracts at ESMO relating to economics and cancer care.

Mammo Muchie, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Special Panel Session: Innovation in Low Income Countries. Part of the 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Giacomo Zanello, Oxford University. Special Panel Session: Innovation in Low Income Countries. Part of the 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

George Owusu Essegbey, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana. Special Panel Session: Innovation in Low Income Countries. Part of the 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Interview with Koon Teo, MB, PhD, author of Prevalence of a Healthy Lifestyle Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study

Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD, author of Primary Health Care in Low-Income Countries: Building on Recent Achievements