FW: Eldis Development Reporter - Global Health Meets Genomics, The Internet: who's in and who's out, Breastfeeding in today’s changing world

 

 

Latest News Eldis is an online information service providing free access to the latest global research on international development issues. Browse our topic guides and country profiles at www.eldis.org HOME LATEST NEWS TOPICS COUNTRY PROFILES JOBS CONTACT Eldis Development Reporter 8 August 2014 http://www.eldis.org/ Welcome to our latest selection of highlights from Eldis chosen by our editors. To see the complete list of recent additions, visit our website. You can also receive updates as an RSS Newsfeed, via Twitter and Facebook or subscribe to one of our regular updates on key development themes. In this issue: Global health meets genomics: inequalities and politics The internet: who's in and who's out Breastfeeding in today's changing world: are you playing your role? Global health meets genomics: inequalities and politics Scientific advances in the understanding of genetics and genomics have the potential to generate major improvements for human health. However, the translation of this technology into new medical treatments raises issues around inequality, identity and insecurity. Here, Melissa Leach - Director at the Institute of Development Studies, Gemma Buckland-Merrett - Research Fellow at the University of Susssex Centre for Global Health Policy, and Leah Murphy - Eldis Global Health Editor, provide some reflections in the areas of genetics and genomics and global health. The internet: who's in and who's out 1st August 2014 marked 15 years since Eldis first registered its internet domain name eldis.org. So how has the internet changed over that 15 year period and who have been the winners and losers as a result? Have a look at our feature here. Breastfeeding in today's changing world: are you playing your role? To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week, Rufaro Charity Madzima, Independent IYCF consultant, writes for Eldis on the importance of everyone playing a role in supporting breastfeeding mothers. Read what she has to say on this issue now.     Eldis is funded by UK Aid and Irish Aid, Eldis is one of a family of Knowledge Services at IDS The views expressed in this newsletter and on the Eldis website are the opinion of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Eldis, IDS or its funders. See our What's New section for a complete list of new additions on the Eldis Web site at: http://www.eldis.org/go/what-s-new You can also receive this update as an RSS Newsfeed at http://www.eldis.org/go/subscribe If you have email only access to the Internet, we can send you a copy of a document as an email attachment. You are welcome to re-use material from this bulletin on your own website but please acknowledge Eldis as the source and include a link to the Eldis website. Eldis data is available under a creative commons license and made it accessible via an Open API for others to re-use. In addition we have developed a number of plug-ins and modules for website content management systems such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal to make it easier for website managers and bloggers to integrate Eldis content into their sites. See http://www.eldis.org/go/get-the-data for more information.     Contact details: Alan Stanley  Eldis Programme Institute of Development Studies Sussex Brighton BN1 9RE UK Email:eldis@ids.ac.uk Tel: +44 1273 606261 WWW: http://www.eldis.org/ If you would like to receive information about other Knowledge Services and publications from IDS, please email your name, contact details and subject interests to us at knowledgeservices@ids.ac.uk Eldis Resource Guides Agriculture and food Climate change Conflict and security Gender Governance HIV and AIDS Health Health systems ICTs for development Rising Powers   Copyright © 2013 The Institute of Development Studies, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RE. UK