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CNN, The Independent, VOA News Examine Technology, Health Systems In Developing Countries
CNN examines the increasing numbers of health workers using cell phone technology to monitor diseases in the developing world. The article features EpiSurveyor - "a free, open- application designed for personal digital assistants" that can be downloaded onto cell phones, so that officials can "gather data directly from the site of the outbreak and send it electronically back to headquarters for faster analysis," CNN writes.

Global Health Programmes Improve Specific Health Outcomes But Can Constrain Health Systems Of Poor Countries
The emergence of global health initiatives (GHIs), eg, The Global Fund and PEPFAR, has resulted in a striking expansion of key health interventions in recent years, from which millions have benefited. There is also evidence, however, that such initiatives can constrain the health systems of poor countries and that many opportunities to improve efficiency, equity, value for money and outcomes in global public health are still being missed. The health systems strengthening agenda needs more investment, and to be infused with the same sense of ambition and speed that has characterised GHIs. This is one of five key recommendations in a new multi-partner report published in a Health Policy paper in this week"s edition of The Lancet.
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Enrollment In Delcath's Pivotal Phase III Metastatic Melanoma Clinical Trial Achieves Seventy-Five Percent Accrual
Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH), a medical technology company testing its proprietary percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP(TM)) system for the treatment of cancers of the liver, announced today that it has achieved the seventy-five percent enrollment point of its pivotal Phase III clinical trial treating metastatic cutaneous and ocular melanoma to the liver. The participating cancer centers in this trial continue to evaluate and enroll patients and the Company remains on target to complete enrollment this year.
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San Jose Mercury News Slams The Governor's Health Care Cuts

The San Jose Mercury News blasted the governor"s plan to gut health care funding for children and the poor. In an editorial published Sunday, the Merc said: ". . . the cuts the governor has proposed so far inflict far more damage than necessary, in part because they needlessly throw away federal dollars. He has better options. Schwarzenegger is suggesting California eliminate its Healthy Families program and enact a $750 million cut in Medi-Cal eligibility, both so pound-foolish that we can"t even call them penny-wise." The California Medical Association opposes the health care cuts and believes Medi-Cal savings could be found in other areas, such as modernizing and streamlining its overly burdensome Treatment Authorization Request (TAR) process. By requiring this paperwork, the state is inhibiting access to care and adding unnecessary costs and delays to the system. CMA will join Assemblymen Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and Jim Beall, D-San Jose, on Wednesday in asking the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) to order an audit of the TAR process. Dr. Ted Mazer, an ear, nose and throat physician from San Diego, will address the committee on CMA"s behalf and talk about how TARs and other program problems led him to quit taking Medi-Cal patients. JLAC"s hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Holler if you"d like any background or have any questions! California Medical Association


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