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Financing the response to malaria
Doctor Michel ODIKA (Congo-Brazzaville)
For the most part, the management of financial resources reflects countries’
capacity to promote adequate institutional landscapes and implement
governance reforms (1).
Advocacy for a New Deal.
Today, the money spent from all sources on
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1 Financing the response to malaria Doctor Michel ODIKA (Congo-Brazzaville) For the most part, the management of financial resources reflects countries’ capacity to promote adequate institutional landscapes and implement governance reforms (1). Advocacy for a New Deal. Today, the money spent from all sources on providing malaria-affected countries with preventive and curative services is still far short of meeting the estimated requirements (2,3,4,5). Looking beyond 2011, an effective response to malaria critically depends on sustained growth in annual funding until the disease is reversed. Advocacy for better governance. Increasingly, emphasis must be placed on institutionalizing the direct participation of complementary stakeholders in intersectoral collaboration around a shared agenda (1). Worldwide, for example, ongoing efforts to improve the management of financial resources provide grounds for cautious optimism about support for multisectoral responses to malaria. However,
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Malaria Observatory: emphasis on
eradication
Doctor Michel ODIKA (Congo-Brazzaville)
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action.
Yet
action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory
(Virginia WOOLF, novelist).
Malaria Observatory Project: unprecedented shift from the reactive
to the active and strategic.
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1 Malaria Observatory: emphasis on eradication Doctor Michel ODIKA (Congo-Brazzaville) Thought and theory must precede all salutary action. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory (Virginia WOOLF, novelist). Malaria Observatory Project: unprecedented shift from the reactive to the active and strategic. Due to high mortality ratios, malaria is putting the social cohesion under stress in many sub-Saharan African countries (1). In this challenging context, the primary purpose of our project (2) aims to transform malaria-related policies from episodic and crisis-management approaches to thoughtful and long-term responses that emphasize the use of evidence-based strategies and recognize the crucial need for strong political commitment.
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Paludisme: cette publication peut offenser
Droit de réponse à ceux qui offensent le sens de la nuance
Docteur Michel ODIKA
Image introductive: appel à commentaire(s)
Arrêt sur image… D’emblée, un constat: la violence visuelle qui se dégage de
notre image introductive est, sans plus, une… « offense à la condition
humaine...
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1 Paludisme: cette publication peut offenser Droit de réponse à ceux qui offensent le sens de la nuance Docteur Michel ODIKA Image introductive: appel à commentaire(s) Arrêt sur image… D’emblée, un constat: la violence visuelle qui se dégage de notre image introductive est, sans plus, une… « offense à la condition humaine ». D’où un autre constat, autant édifiant que terrifiant, ainsi résumé: le paludisme n’est rien d’autre que la dramaturgie médicale d’une tragédie environnementale – cf. Paludisme: dramaturgie médicale d’une tragédie environnementale (Michel ODIKA, Tribune de Genève, 2010).
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AIDS Among Prisoners: Vital
Prevention Versus Fatal Presumption
Michel ODIKA
The degree of civilization in society can be judged by entering its prisons
(DOSTOEVSKY)
Prisons can be viewed as “breeding sites” for unsafe injecting practices, rapes
and unprotected sex.
As a result, prisoners live in a high-risk environment for
HIV...
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AIDS Among Prisoners: Vital Prevention Versus Fatal Presumption Michel ODIKA The degree of civilization in society can be judged by entering its prisons (DOSTOEVSKY) Prisons can be viewed as “breeding sites” for unsafe injecting practices, rapes and unprotected sex. As a result, prisoners live in a high-risk environment for HIV transmission. It should also be noted that two distinct populations – new inmates who may be uninfected and inmates who are already HIV-infected – permanently flow in and outside of prisons. With regard to some facts, two lessons can be drawn from the programmes implemented around the world. Firstly, evidence-based HIVprevention measures can be efficient and effective in prisons. Secondly, there is growing evidence that prisons authorities alone cannot fix the problem. Subsequently, coordinated and integrated efforts with other key partners and stakeholders are helpful in breaking the chain of the epidemic transmission. Across the world, prisoners often e
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Santé publique et sécurité environnementale
Michel ODIKA
L’intérêt des relations entre la santé publique et la sécurité environnementale
réside dans leurs enjeux et défis, mais aussi dans les perspectives susceptibles de
s’en dégager.
Ainsi, au-delà des considérations purement théoriques et/ou
dangereusement...
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Santé publique et sécurité environnementale Michel ODIKA L’intérêt des relations entre la santé publique et la sécurité environnementale réside dans leurs enjeux et défis, mais aussi dans les perspectives susceptibles de s’en dégager. Ainsi, au-delà des considérations purement théoriques et/ou dangereusement idéologiques, toute politique sanitaire à vocation sécuritaire doit prendre appui sur des faits observables et vérifiables sur le terrain. Premier fait à prendre en compte, les enjeux et défis sanitaires d’un pays s’inscrivent dans une perspective sécuritaire globale – perspective sécuritaire dont on peut dire que l’approche n’est pas seulement policière ou militaire, mais relève également de la sécurité alimentaire, scolaire (accès à l’éducation et à l’information), hospitalière (qualité et sécurité des soins), entre autres… Deuxième fait méritant qu’on s’y attarde, la dimension prédominante des enjeux et défis sanitaires est fondamentalement de nature environnementale, l’approc
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Santé et environnement: fusion ministérielle
inéluctable
Michel ODIKA
Le chemin se fait en marchant (Jean-Paul SARTRE, philosophe et metteur en
scène)
Santé publique et sécurité environnementale: enjeux,
défis et perspectives
A l’orée du XXIe siècle, les relations entre la santé et la sécurité sont
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Santé et environnement: fusion ministérielle inéluctable Michel ODIKA Le chemin se fait en marchant (Jean-Paul SARTRE, philosophe et metteur en scène) Santé publique et sécurité environnementale: enjeux, défis et perspectives A l’orée du XXIe siècle, les relations entre la santé et la sécurité sont révélatrices d’enjeux inscrits dans une continuité historique, ainsi que d’interactions inscrites dans une perspective globale, dont la principale dimension est d’abord environnementale avant d’être médicale, puis sanitaire avant d’être hospitalière. Maintenant plus que jamais, il est question de faire des enjeux et défis sanitaires des piliers essentiels de la politique sécuritaire. De même, il y a actuellement urgence à amorcer l’intégration de la promotion et protection sanitaires dans une gestion sécuritaire globale, dont la coordination peut être efficacement assurée par un « Super Ministère » issu de la fusion des ministères de la santé et de l’environnement. Santé et environnement:
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Vulnerable to HIV But Neglected
Focus on trafficked women serving as sex workers
Michel ODIKA
Crucial necessity for a wide-reaching approach
Every year large numbers of women are trafficked, either across international
borders or within their own countries.
All regions of the world are affected,
although there are some...
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Vulnerable to HIV But Neglected Focus on trafficked women serving as sex workers Michel ODIKA Crucial necessity for a wide-reaching approach Every year large numbers of women are trafficked, either across international borders or within their own countries. All regions of the world are affected, although there are some well-established routes. Despite the magnitude of the phenomenon, highly variable from place to place, the world is still slow in recognizing its gravity and, as a result, human trafficking often remains off the political agenda. On the whole, trafficked women forced to go into exploitive work situations are largely under-represented and voiceless in the decision-making processes aimed at affecting their lives, starting with those related to HIV transmission. No matter how human trafficking takes shape in any given country, it always shines a spotlight on human rights and societal issues of global significance. Lack of evaluation Little is known about the number of
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AIDS in Conflict-affected Zones
Michel ODIKA
By 2005, the global number of refugees and displaced persons stood at nearly 20
million, approximately 4 million in sub-Saharan Africa, where many, if not most
of the host countries are heavily burdened by the impact of AIDS.
However,
despite the consensual recognition of the potential for...
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AIDS in Conflict-affected Zones Michel ODIKA By 2005, the global number of refugees and displaced persons stood at nearly 20 million, approximately 4 million in sub-Saharan Africa, where many, if not most of the host countries are heavily burdened by the impact of AIDS. However, despite the consensual recognition of the potential for armed conflicts to increase vulnerability to HIV transmission, the majority of host countries are often unable or unwilling to provide refugees and/or displaced persons with the HIV-related services they require. Why? A wide range of misconceptions still surround the issue of AIDS and conflictdisplaced populations. For instance, host-country citizens commonly assume that these people “bring AIDS with them”. In fact, the reality is more complex, just because many refugees and/or displaced persons tend to leave countries with lower HIV prevalence (i. e. approximately 1% in Somalia) to more stable countries with higher HIV prevalence (i. e. approximatel
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Health : State About Which Medicine
Has Nothing to Say
Michel ODIKA
Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say (W.
H.
AUDEN)
Equity, whether in health, wealth or power is rarely, if ever, fully achieved.
Some communities and societies are more egalitarian than others certainly, but
on the whole the world is...
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Health : State About Which Medicine Has Nothing to Say Michel ODIKA Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say (W. H. AUDEN) Equity, whether in health, wealth or power is rarely, if ever, fully achieved. Some communities and societies are more egalitarian than others certainly, but on the whole the world is “unequal”. Yet the desire for better protection of health, for less health inequity and for more participation in decision-making process that affect health increasingly becomes more intense than it was a few decades ago. Now more than ever, people do not think about health only in terms of sickness or injury, but also in terms of what they perceive as endangering their health and that of their community. Therefore, much more is expected, so that an increasing number of people expect health and something else… The extent of health inequities is now largely documented, not only between countries but equally within countries. They predominantly stem from social
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Malaria Military History
A Quite Old Story…
Michel ODIKA
SUMMARY
Looking back briefly at history strongly suggests that malaria military history is a
quite old story.
For the most part, the major advances regarding the disease
approach – whatsoever on the ground of theoretical knowledge or of medical
practice – are heavily...
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Malaria Military History A Quite Old Story… Michel ODIKA SUMMARY Looking back briefly at history strongly suggests that malaria military history is a quite old story. For the most part, the major advances regarding the disease approach – whatsoever on the ground of theoretical knowledge or of medical practice – are heavily indebted either to military conquests, or else to wars, and chiefly to wars involving colonial – or former colonial – territories. Malaria ranks at first sight as something “obvious” and somewhat “ordinary”. But a scrutiny analysis brings out this: that real challenges in terms of public health have often been blurred. What does it mean or imply? When compounded over the history, as far back as we can go in the past, it appears that malaria management has often been globally intended for safety and security purposes, medical aspects and prospects included. From the 17th century, however, most of the groundbreaking advances and innovative approaches, yet undoubte
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