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GM Ignition Switch Recall: Too Little Too Late? [Ethical Dilemmas]
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 34-35
ISSN: 0278-0097
Incident at Morales (DVD and VHS) [Video Review]
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 6-7
ISSN: 0278-0097
The Only Ethics Rule You'll Ever Need [Engineering Ethics]
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 5-5
ISSN: 0278-0097
Incident at Morales (National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Lubbock Texas; 2003) [Video Review]
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 26, Heft 99, S. 6-7
ISSN: 0278-0097
Notes for a histroy of the IEEE society on Social Implications of Technology
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 5-14
ISSN: 0278-0097
Strategien zur Abfallenergieverwertung: ein Beitrag zur Entropiewirtschaft
In: Vieweg Handbuch Umweltwissenschaften
In: Forschungsberichte der interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppen der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
STRIVE PNG: using a partnership-based approach in implementation research to strengthen surveillance and health systems in Papua New Guinea
Successful implementation research requires effective and equitable relationships between policy-makers, researchers and implementers to effect evidence-based systems change. However, mainstream research grant models between Global North and Global South institutions often (unintentionally) reinforce power imbalances between partners, which result in missed opportunities for knowledge and learning exchange between policy-makers, researchers and implementers. This case study, centred on the STRIVE PNG project, describes how a partnership-based approach has been used to establish, maintain and review effective and equitable relationships between 13 partner organizations (independent research institutes, government health agencies and public health laboratories) to strengthen surveillance and health systems in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We provide an overview of key terms (with supporting conceptual frameworks), describe selected partnership processes and tools used within the project, and share observations regarding early outcomes achieved through this approach.
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Spatio-temporal epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea, 2009–2011
In: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/449
Abstract Background Cholera continues to be a devastating disease in many developing countries where inadequate safe water supply and poor sanitation facilitate spread. From July 2009 until late 2011 Papua New Guinea experienced the first outbreak of cholera recorded in the country, resulting in >15,500 cases and >500 deaths. Methods Using the national cholera database, we analysed the spatio-temporal distribution and clustering of the Papua New Guinea cholera outbreak. The Kulldorff space-time permutation scan statistic, contained in the software package SatScan v9.2 was used to describe the first 8 weeks of the outbreak in Morobe Province before cholera cases spread throughout other regions of the country. Data were aggregated at the provincial level to describe the spread of the disease to other affected provinces. Results Spatio-temporal and cluster analyses revealed that the outbreak was characterized by three distinct phases punctuated by explosive propagation of cases when the outbreak spread to a new region. The lack of road networks across most of Papua New Guinea is likely to have had a major influence on the slow spread of the disease during this outbreak. Conclusions Identification of high risk areas and the likely mode of spread can guide government health authorities to formulate public health strategies to mitigate the spread of the disease through education campaigns, vaccination, increased surveillance in targeted areas and interventions to improve water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Spatio-temporal epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea, 2009–2011
Background: Cholera continues to be a devastating disease in many developing countries where inadequate safe water supply and poor sanitation facilitate spread. From July 2009 until late 2011 Papua New Guinea experienced the first outbreak of cholera recorded in the country, resulting in >15,500 cases and >500 deaths. Methods: Using the national cholera database, we analysed the spatio-temporal distribution and clustering of the Papua New Guinea cholera outbreak. The Kulldorff space-time permutation scan statistic, contained in the software package SatScan v9.2 was used to describe the first 8 weeks of the outbreak in Morobe Province before cholera cases spread throughout other regions of the country. Data were aggregated at the provincial level to describe the spread of the disease to other affected provinces. Results: Spatio-temporal and cluster analyses revealed that the outbreak was characterized by three distinct phases punctuated by explosive propagation of cases when the outbreak spread to a new region. The lack of road networks across most of Papua New Guinea is likely to have had a major influence on the slow spread of the disease during this outbreak. Conclusions: Identification of high risk areas and the likely mode of spread can guide government health authorities to formulate public health strategies to mitigate the spread of the disease through education campaigns, vaccination, increased surveillance in targeted areas and interventions to improve water, sanitation and hygiene.
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