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The APA Global Health Task Force was launched in October 2010 to provide a forum for communication and collaboration for diverse pediatric academic societies and groups to advance global child health. It responds to the APA Strategic Plan to 'Intensify the APA's efforts in setting the course for achieving child health equity from a national and global perspective'.

The Global Health Task Force includes members from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Canadian Pediatric Society, and the Programme for Global Pediatric Research.

April 2013 Newsletter Article

Please join us for the annual meeting of the APA Global Health Task Force. This will be a working meeting, designed to finalize competencies in global child health. Below is the draft agenda. All are welcome to attend.

Developing Faculty Competencies in Global Child Health
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Renaissance Washington Hotel, Room MR 3
9 am - noon

9:00 - 9:10	Introduction: Why do we need faculty competencies?
9:10 - 9:45	Keynote: Alvin Zipursky, MD, Chair and Scientific Director of the Programme for Global Paediatric Research and Officer of the Order of Canada
9:45-11:00	Small groups each formulate 12 faculty competencies Faculty competencies in global health research Co-leads: Bob Bortolussi and Ruth Etzel Faculty competencies in clinical care Co-leads: Yvonne Vaucher and Mirzada Kurbasic Faculty competencies in education Co-leads: Nicole St. Clair, Cindy Howard and Melanie Anspacher Faculty competencies in health systems / administration Co-leads: Chandy John and Jane Aceng
11:00-11:45	Each small group reports 12 selected faculty competencies back to the larger group
11:45-noon	Plan for finalizing faculty competencies - Ruth Etzel

Ruth A. Etzel
Global Health Task Force Chair
Academic Pediatric Association
retzel@earthlink.net

The Millennium Development Goals

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.
- Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015.
Achieve universal primary education
- Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Promote gender equality and empower women
- Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.
Reduce child mortality
- Reduce by two-thirds the under-5 mortality rate by 2015.
Improve maternal health
- Reduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality ratio by 2015
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- By 2015 halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
- By 2015 halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
Ensure environmental sustainability
- Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources.
- Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
- By 2015 achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
Create a global partnership for development with targets for aid, trade and debt relief
- Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable non discriminatory trading and financial system
- Address the special needs both of the least developed countries and of landlocked and small island developing countries.
- Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable
- In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth
- In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
- In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

Announcement

Global Health Research Award
The International Health Research Award, sponsored by the APA, is given annually to child health professionals from developing countries. The purpose of the award is to promote research in general pediatrics including primary care, clinical aspects of common child health problems, child health services and pediatric resident education. Preference is given to junior faculty and child health professionals who have not had the opportunity to present their work internationally or meet colleagues in the US. The applicant must be a leader in developing and conducting the unpublished research, be the first author of a formal abstract describing their research methodology and results, and be available to present their research in English at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting. Full financial support is provided for registration, travel to and lodging during the spring PAS meeting. Award applications and abstracts must be received by the November PAS abstract deadline. To obtain an award application or further information, please contact Jennifer Padilla at APA [jennifer@academicpeds.org]

This opportunity is too good to miss! If you know someone who is eligible, please encourage them to apply.

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For additional information about the Global Health Task Force, please contact:

Global Health Task Force Chair:
Ruth A Etzel, MD, PhD
Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
RETZEL@EARTHLINK.NET