<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="3" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Global Health Estimates<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">PLoS Medicine - Published 30 November 2010<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Available online at: <span><a href="http://bit.ly/goci45" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/goci45</span></font></a></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">“……Estimates
of global health indicators—which give insight into death and disease
rates, document advances in development, and help policymakers monitor
progress—are absolutely essential for improving global health. <br>
Estimates, however, are always imperfect and are sometimes fiercely debated.
Recently, new players from academia have entered the game of global health
estimation, once the chief domain of United Nations agencies such as WHO. </span></font></p>
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This has created some controversy but also an opportunity to reflect. In
November 2010, PLoS Medicine published a cluster of six articles from a series
of experts that provide insights and opinion on what estimates mean for global
health and how to move forward with better data, measurement, coordination, and
leadership. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The cluster includes the
perspectives of WHO, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME),
and stakeholders from low- and middle-income countries, as well as the PLoS
Medicine Editors…..”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001002" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Can
We Count on Global Health Estimates?</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:19.2pt;background:white"><span><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Published 30 Nov 2010 |
info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001002 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001006" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">The Imperfect World of Global Health Estimates</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Peter Byass<span>: Published 30 Nov 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001006
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000373" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">WHO
and Global Health Monitoring: The Way Forward</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">J. Ties Boerma, Colin Mathers, Carla Abou-Zahr<span>:
Published 30 Nov 2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000373 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001004" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Production
and Analysis of Health Indicators: The Role of Academia</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Christopher J. L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez <br>
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info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001004 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001005" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Global
Health Estimates: Stronger Collaboration Needed with Low- and Middle-Income
Countries</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Osman Sankoh <span>Published 30 Nov 2010 |
info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001005 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001003" title="Read Open Access Article" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">A
Call for Responsible Estimation of Global Health</span></font></a></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Wendy J. Graham, Sam Adjei <span>Published 30 Nov
2010 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001003 <br>
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