On Monday 7th August, Sabu Padmadas, Professor of Global Health in Southampton, welcomed Dr Abdullah Al Miniri, Director of Research and Planning at Oman Medical Specialty Board, with whom he has been involved in research. Dr Miniri talked about the historical trends of road traffic accidents (RTAs) in Oman and included an overview of recent literature on their epidemiology. 

Around 45% of the population of Oman are not from Oman. 84% of the expats are male, most of whom are of young working age. The country has enjoyed significant improvements in its health in recent years and life expectancy is now 78. However, the rise in the number of cars has been associated with RTAs becoming the most important cause for the country, particularly in the young. The main problem is travelling at high speed. 

With leadership coming from the Sultan, the country is taking a safe system approach to reduce RTAs and associated deaths. There continues to be an increasing need for good data and Dr Miniri will be continuing to lead the research needed and find ways to address the issue of driver behaviour related to speed. 
 

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When  : Wednesday 16th August, 2017, from 17.30 
Where : University of Winchester

What   : Ithiel Korkor Zortovie is a Lecturer at the Kintampo College of Health,Ghana, and teaches on the two courses that the (Wessex) Kintampo Project set up. 

She is coming to the end of a Masters course in mental health at the University of Glasgow and is visiting Winchester prior to returning to Ghana.

The evening of 16th August will be an opportunity to meet Ithiel informally in a small group setting and hear about her work before she returns to Ghana.
 
There will also be an opportunity to meet and hear about the work of Emmanuel Ofori, who is studying at the University of Winchester for a doctorate in education and is a senior staff member at the Kintampo College.  

All are welcome and anyone interested in attending should contact Colin Coles (colin.coles@winchester.ac.uk) for more details about where the meeting is being held. 
 

• 75,000 amputations
• 98,000 deaths

• 7 in 10 adults
• 1/3 of schoolchildren

When  : 11th September, 2017 : 18.15
Where : The event is a webinar based in Oxford 
Web    : This event can be joined on line. 

What  : This event is part of Oxford's postgraduate programme on Evidence Based Health Care, It can be attended in person or on line. 

More information 
 

Short Term Volunteering : Does it do more harm than good? 

WHO has recently produced its World Hepatitis Report, 2017, which provides a wide range of details about hepatitis. In summary, viral hepatitis is a major public health challenge that requires an urgent response.

The disease caused 1.34 million deaths in 2015, a number comparable to annual deaths caused by tuberculosis and higher than those caused by HIV.

While mortality from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria is now declining, mortality caused by viral hepatitis is on the rise. The report provides guidance on how to reverse this alarming trend, describing a number of high-impact interventions and opportunities for their scaled-up implementation.

Whilst treatments have greatly improved, access to affordable care is disturbingly low,  

 

SDGs and Finance

Financing transformative health systems towards achievement of the health Sustainable Development Goals: a model for projected resource needs in 67 low-income and middle-income countries (The Lancet Global Health)

All roads lead to universal health coverage (The Lancet global Health : Comment) 

Financing health systems to achieve the health Sustainable Development Goals(The Lancet Global Health : Comment) 

Medicines 

The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm (Editorial, WHO Bulletin) 

Threats posed by stockpiles of expired pharmaceuticals in low- and middle-income countries: a Ugandan perspective (WHO Bulletin) 

Antimicrobial resistance: from global agenda to national strategic plan, Thailand(WHO Bulletin) 

Ghana and low birthweight outcomes 

A cohort study of low birth weight and health outcomes in the first year of life, Ghana(WHO Bulletin) 

TB

The impact of the roll-out of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for tuberculosis on empirical treatment in Cape Town, South Africa (WHO Bulletin) 

Decentralized care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (WHO Bulletin) 

 

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