June 23, 2017 Deadline for UPO's Joseph A. Beavers Scholarship for Rising Seniors

The application deadline for UPO's Joseph A. Beavers Scholarship has been extended!  Rising seniors can submit applications until  June 23, 2017 at 11:59pm. The UPO Joseph A. Beavers Scholarship is for ambitious Washington, D.C. high school students who aspire to change the quality of their lives and their community. Annually the Scholarship awards $10,000 each to five low-income students, attending any DC high school! This scholarship was established in recognition of our former board member and DC activist, Joseph A. Beavers. It honors his commitment to education and academic success. Share this opportunity and help a deserving student move toward higher education with a $10,000 college scholarship!  Apply Here Beavers Society Spotlight The Beavers Society is an exclusive group for current and past recipients of the Joseph A. Beavers scholarship. In addition to receiving a scholarship, every Beavers scholar is granted membership in the UPO Beavers Society. Students become a part of the UPO family, which means we continue to offer support and encouragement throughout college graduation and beyond.

September 28-29, 2017 9th Annual Women in Public Service. Portsmouth, Virginia

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 9:00 — 11:15 a.m. Fostering competition in the pharmaceutical distribution chain

What if cooperative ownership of pharmaceutical companies and distribution chain OWNED up to 60% would  that make a difference globally in drug distribution and pricing? Could community ownership make a difference in ensuring equal pricing and distribution for all?

June 11, 2017

Fostering competition in the  pharmaceutical distribution  chain Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 9:00 to 11:15 a.m. EDT On Wednesday, June 14, Brookings and USC will host  a forum to explore the many segments of the drug  distribution chain and examine proposals to reduce  price markups through increased competition. Register to attend | Register to watch When: Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 9:00 — 11:15 a.m. Where: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC What:  Although a great deal of attention concerning prescription drug prices centers on the prices charged by pharmaceutical manufacturers themselves, markups in the distribution chain—pharmacy benefit managers, wholesalers, and pharmacies—are often substantial. Despite the large role that these actors play, little is known about the discounts they negotiate or markups they charge and how those relate to what patientsultimately pay. On Wednesday, June 14, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy will host a forum to explore the many segments of the drug distribution chain and examine proposals to reduce price markups through increased competition. The event will feature a presentation of two new papers: one estimating profitability in the distribution chains of both branded and generic drugs and another proposing a transparency scheme to foster competition in the distribution of generic pharmaceuticals. Stakeholder panels will follow the presentations of these two papers, to discuss approaches to increase competition in brand and generic drug distribution. After the session, panelists will take audience questions.

NIH. Healthy volunteers needed for a study on brain activity when you are performing certain tasks.

“Healthy volunteers needed for a study on brain activity when you are performing certain tasks.”

The purpose of this study is to learn more about brain activity when you are performing certain tasks. Participants will have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look at brain areas that are active when these are exposed to different conditions. The study requires one or two outpatient visits to the NIH Clinical Center. Compensation may be provided.

You may be eligible to participate if you:

• Are 21 to 60 years old
• Drink alcohol daily or almost daily (15 + drinks/week for females and 20 + drinks/week for males)
• Are not seeking treatment for drinking alcohol
• Are right-handed

You may not be eligible if you:

• Have a current problem of drug abuse
• Have metals in your body such as pacemakers, medication pumps, aneurysm clips or other metals that would make an MRI unsafe
• Have colorblindness

Location: The NIH Clinical Center, America’s research hospital, is located on the Metro red line (Medical Center stop) in Bethesda, Maryland.

For more information, call:
Office of Patient Recruitment
1-866-444-1132
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Online: https://go.usa.gov/xXYXf
Study #14-AA-0094

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90% of health care workers at 2 facilities in Ghana were not adequately trained to handle suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases when researchers interviewed them in late 2015

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Unprepared

More than 90% of health care workers at 2 facilities in Ghana were not adequately trained to handle suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases when researchers interviewed them in late 2015, says a new BioMed Central study.

Researchers administered a questionnaire—adapted from WHO and CDC Ebola preparedness checklists—to 101 health care workers. Only 26% of participants believed their facilities were properly equipped to handle EVD, and only 9% were able to identify the disinfectant to use after patient contact. Fewer than half of the workers were willing to attend to a patient who might have EVD.

BioMed Central