UNIVERSITY COALITIONS for GLOBAL HEALTH

Appendix B: Additional Resources

 

Access to Essential Medicines

Register, learn more, download the toolkit, and log your action:
www.essentialmedicine.org/action

Fact sheets about patent pools:
http://www.fightglobalaids.org/resources/patentpools.php

Health Care Workers

District Meeting Talking Points:
http://phrblog.org/calendar/download_attachment.php?aid=20

Fact Sheet onHealth Care for Health Workers:http://phrblog.org/calendar/download_attachment.php?aid=19

Statement on Rights of Nurses and Health Workers:http://phrblog.org/calendar/download_attachment.php?aid=55

Endorsement Guide for Statement:
http://phrblog.org/calendar/download_attachment.php?aid=22

Endorsement Signature Sheet:
http://phrblog.org/calendar/download_attachment.php?aid=54

Fact Sheets on Health Worker Crisis and Strengthening Health Systems:
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/students/hiv-aids/resources.html
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/students/hiv-aids/strengthening-african-health-systems.html

PHR PowerPoints on Health Systems:
Learn more about Jane Byarugaba and Dr. Fred Katumba who work in rural Lyantonde District in southwest Uganda, where 3 doctors and 8 clinical officers serve a population of 70,000:
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/hiv-aids/partnerships-in-africa/uganda/clinical-officer-jane-byarugaba/
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/hiv-aids/partnerships-in-africa/uganda/meet-dr-katumba/

Learn more about the factors driving the health worker shortage in Uganda and Kenya and the challenges they face.
Uganda: http://www.slideshare.net/bgreenberg/africas-health-care-worker-crisis-views-from-the-ground/
Kenya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmk35Nx4tFY

HIV and AIDS

Read more about the integration of services in Kenya:
http://www.slideshare.net/bgreenberg/case-studies-from-kenya

Learn about the Global Fund crisis:
www.healthgap.org/gfatm.htm
20 Things about the GFATM

Read additional information about young people and HIV from Advocates for Youth at:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsglobalhiv.htm

Sexual and Reproductive Health

For petition forms, visit:
www.amplifyyourvoice.org/onebillion

To learn more about the need for $1 billion in international family planning assistance, read Advocates for Youth’s publication on the topic at:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/policybrief/pbonebillion.htm

Also, read up on adolescent maternal mortality at:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsmaternal.htm

Human Rights

“Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever,” published by Open Society Institute’s Law and Health Initiative, outlines the need to address HIV and AIDS in a human rights framework.  Access it here:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/law/articles_publications/publications/human_20071017/english_now-more-than-ever.pdf