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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: May 26, 2009
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Reflections of Fidel
(Taken from CubaDebate)
FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti.
According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]
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Posted By: jbanerjee
Posted On: May 18, 2009
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I think I’ve figured it out. There’s something in public health called the “prevention paradox”: measures of disease prevention that offer great benefits to populations at large (such as fluoridation of water sources, wearing seatbelts, lifestyle changes, smallpox vaccinations, etc)...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: May 13, 2009
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Galmo Williams has called for a referendum to be taken or a general poll held before the United Kingdom government proceeds to suspend the territory’s constitution and impose direct rule from London later this month.
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Nov 13, 2008
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By MUHAMMED ÇETİN:
All around the world people rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected US president. Some perceive his election as a victory against "aggressive and unilateral neocon interests across the world."
However, there are exaggerated expectations about the course of action...... [view]
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Posted By: degeorgeb
Posted On: Sep 19, 2008
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Dear John, Barak, Sarah, and Joe, Yes, it is true. I know how to reduce all of our chance of dying...well at least temporarily. Maintaining a healthy weight (which for most of us means losing a pound or two) and not smoking. And guess what, this also solves some of our health care needs, as it...... [view]
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Posted By: degeorgeb
Posted On: Sep 21, 2008
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Dear Fellow Americans, Sick and Well, My question, when I think about the issue of health care in the United States, is a simple one. Should the richest country on earth allow it's 47 million poorest citizens to be without health insurance? The statistics on this come from Income, Poverty,...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 28, 2008
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Reflections of Fidel:
AROUND 35,000 Cuban health specialists are providing free or paid services in the world. Furthermore, some young doctors from countries such as Haiti and others among the poorest of the Third World are working in their homelands thanks to the assistance provided by...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 13, 2008
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AIDS Officials Challenged:
By Macushla N. Pinder -
Nassau, Bahamas:
Despite continued pleas, the challenges faced by officials of the National AIDS Programme have remained the same over the years.
According to Director of the National AIDS Programme Nurse Rosamae Bain, some of those...... [view]
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Posted By: vanessamason
Posted On: Sep 3, 2008
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This post is Part V in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care.
It would be nice if we could wave a bureaucratic magic wand to make problems go away. It would be even nicer if the antidote to the health care crisis was strengthening the freedom of choice that the...... [view]
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Posted By: vanessamason
Posted On: Sep 3, 2008
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It would be nice if we could wave a bureaucratic magic wand to make problems go away. It would be even nicer if the antidote to the health care crisis was strengthening the freedom of choice that the market affords and if this actually led to greater equality. Unfortunately, freedom and...... [view]
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Posted By: vanessamason
Posted On: Aug 28, 2008
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Public health and environmentalism are alike in that both activists for both issues address complex global problems characterized by interdependence and the need to catalyze collective action. That might be where the similarities end. Here are some of the observations that I have as the...... [view]
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Submitted By: GlobalBrigades
Website: http://dev.globalbrigades.org
Phone: 213-434-0410
E-mail: steve@globalbrigades.org |
Vision: Global Brigades is a secular, charitable organization, that empowers students to develop solutions to improve the quality of life in third world countries while respecting local cultures. We are one of the world´s......
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Submitted By: jjalouzet
Website: http://www.medicinesforhumanity.org
Phone: 781-982-0274
E-mail: admin@medicinesforhumanity.org |
Vision: Medicines for Humanity is dedicated to saving childrens’ lives in impoverished communities worldwide.
We help local healthcare partners to implement effective health initiatives for children and to become......
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Submitted By: benenson
Website: http://www.orbis.org
Phone: 646-674-5500
E-mail: info@orbis.org |
Vision: ORBIS International is a nonprofit global development organization whose vision is
a world in which no one is needlessly blind, where quality eye care, education and treatment are available to every human being. Our......
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Website: http://www.chalice.ca
Phone: 800-776-6855
E-mail: mariancloutier@chalice.ca |
Vision: Chalice proclaims Christ's loving care for the poor and suffering by inspiring our Catholic community to support local initiatives in developing countries, primarily through the sponsorship of children and elderly in need....
StateProv: Nova Scotia
City: Springhill
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