http://globalhealthideas.org/2006/10/jay-z-mtv-and-un-join-forces-for-new-clean-water-campaign/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://globalhealthideas.org/2006/10/jay-z-mtv-and-un-join-forces-for-new-clean-water-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Blog Roundup: Solutions in Global Health « Technology, Health & Development Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:27:58 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/2006/10/21/jay-z-mtv-and-un-join-forces-for-new-clean-water-campaign/#comment-16 [...] AIDG also has highligted the involvement of yet another celebrity in the global health arena. As we posted previously Jay Z had an MTV special called Water for Life. Check out AIDG and the video links they have. When I first saw this news I was really excited as I thought it would be an opportunity to spread the word about this issue, however after trying to watch the 30 minute special on TVs in three different households at three different times I was unable to access the show. MTV was showing this special on one of their other channels and not the main channel AND the TV times were extremely poor (one of the three *total* showings I could find was at 7am). So much for spreading the word. I suppose I was naive in thinking millions would be watching MTV when this came on.  2) Simple Test Could Make World’s Water Supplies Safer: Dr. Buttery at VCU has post on a new test for detecting arsenic, you can read that blog for more details. The folks at Brown’s Global Health Blog have also posted a story about water - Clean Water is Right (Economist Story). 3) Stories of Hope From Africa & the African Brand: Time Magazine and their blog has another piece on success on the ground. I have not had a chance to fully read their main piece but I encourage you to check it out. It is nice to see them highlighting hope instead of the usual barrage of despair. Related to this, from Pienso, is a piece on Africa’s brand that is well worth passing along to your friends. A tiny snippet: “The need for Africa to communicate, differentiate and symbolize itself to all the global audience of consumers and investors cannot be overstated… Ultimately, the hope of Africa and its global family lies in investing in a new identity of a functioning Africa than a selective approach where islands of hope are created in the midst of an ocean of hopelessness and misery.” 4) Harnessing University Research to Improve Global Health: UAEM The Center for Global Development health policy blog discusses the coverage this topic is recieving in some high level journals such as Nature and BMJ. [...] [...] AIDG also has highligted the involvement of yet another celebrity in the global health arena. As we posted previously Jay Z had an MTV special called Water for Life. Check out AIDG and the video links they have. When I first saw this news I was really excited as I thought it would be an opportunity to spread the word about this issue, however after trying to watch the 30 minute special on TVs in three different households at three different times I was unable to access the show. MTV was showing this special on one of their other channels and not the main channel AND the TV times were extremely poor (one of the three *total* showings I could find was at 7am). So much for spreading the word. I suppose I was naive in thinking millions would be watching MTV when this came on.  2) Simple Test Could Make World’s Water Supplies Safer: Dr. Buttery at VCU has post on a new test for detecting arsenic, you can read that blog for more details. The folks at Brown’s Global Health Blog have also posted a story about water – Clean Water is Right (Economist Story). 3) Stories of Hope From Africa & the African Brand: Time Magazine and their blog has another piece on success on the ground. I have not had a chance to fully read their main piece but I encourage you to check it out. It is nice to see them highlighting hope instead of the usual barrage of despair. Related to this, from Pienso, is a piece on Africa’s brand that is well worth passing along to your friends. A tiny snippet: “The need for Africa to communicate, differentiate and symbolize itself to all the global audience of consumers and investors cannot be overstated… Ultimately, the hope of Africa and its global family lies in investing in a new identity of a functioning Africa than a selective approach where islands of hope are created in the midst of an ocean of hopelessness and misery.” 4) Harnessing University Research to Improve Global Health: UAEM The Center for Global Development health policy blog discusses the coverage this topic is recieving in some high level journals such as Nature and BMJ. [...]

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