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Posted By:  jillcb
Posted On:  Mar 1, 2009

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Andrea, you raise a very important point - the need to recognize cultural and ethnic diversity when it comes to nutrition resources and supports. The Toronto Public Health Unit has acknowledged this need and offers a service called the Peer Nutrition Program. This service matches Nutrition...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm
Posted On:  Oct 10, 2008

  World Mental Health Day

Posted on the Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe) list by Jill Anderson: Making Mental Health a Global Priority This year’s theme is ‘ Advocacy for global mental health: scaling up services through citizen advocacy and action '. It's an opportunity to think about how our...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Oct 8, 2008

  Ch-Ch-Changes!

Thank you dear readers for being patient with me as I have been settling back in to life in the States. To reward you, I have a couple bits of news to share. I will spend the next year as an AmeriCorps*VISTA member in Houston. The organization that I am working with is called the...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm
Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008

  Transdisciplinary Research: Supplement in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Sometimes being turned on by conceptual frameworks , transdisciplinary studies , paradigms and other esoteric sounding - blue skies stuff, you wonder if you are being just a tad grandiose. Your lip gets bitten especially when you are not being paid to think and write in this way and your...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm
Posted On:  Sep 7, 2008

  Some links....

Architecture for Humanity Youth Media Lab and Library_1677 AMD Open Architecture Challenge SIDAREC Slums Information Development and Resource Centers Center for Transnational Women's Issues...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Sep 23, 2008

  Listening is essential; so is speaking

I call my grandmother every week and talk about how things are going. Yesterday, we were talking about el crisis de julio . I told her about the meeting that I went to with a group of patients to meet with the authorities from the department of health. The meeting was supposed to be an...... [view]

Posted By:  BethP
Posted On:  Sep 12, 2008

  2008 Social Capitalist Awards

Cross-posted at the Online Fundraising Blog Last week we posted a discussion surrounding the debate over how to " do good well " when it comes to international development. We made some suggestions about how to advocate for a cause and maintain your integrity by identifying and...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  Universal Health Care Series: The Inevitability Argument

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]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  UHC Series: The Inevitability Argument

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]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008

  What health activists can learn from environmentalists

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]

Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008

  Interesting Links of the Week - August 24, 2008

Social Marketing Link of the Week What happens when you pair college students with professional video producers for National HIV Testing Day? The PSI BCC Blog highlights these creative personal PSAs (PPSAs) that reached as far as Tanzania informing people of the importance of knowing...... [view]

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  Oxford Health Alliance

Submitted By:   kirstenjordan
Phone:  +44 (0) 20 7637 4330
E-mail:  secretariat@oxha.org
  Vision:   OxHA was formed in 2003 as a partnership between Oxford University and Novo Nordisk A/S. Many stakeholders are involved in both the causes and solutions. The original participants in the Oxford Health Alliance,......
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