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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
Mar 01, 2009; ... "Not only poor people should experience this." - Bill Gates, firmer CEO of Microsoft, at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference on February 4, 2009. During a presentation about public health efforts to control malaria, Gates opened a jar and let loose seven (malaria-fiee) ...
Millions Saved
Mar 01, 2009; ... Proven Successes in Global Health In 2004, successful examples of public health interventions were compiled in Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health by Ruth Levine and the What Works Working Group, with Molly Kinder. An updated version, excerpted here, was published in 2007 ...
Global Health Agenda
Mar 01, 2009; ... A coalition of global health organizations advocate increasing US development assistance to .7% of US GDP and investing globally in public health systems. The coalition includes Partners In Health, Physicians for Human Rights, and RESULTS. To read the full text of their report, visit ...
US Could Save Millions More Lives
Mar 01, 2009; ... By Living up to its Global Health Pledges This is an excerpt from the transcript of a conference call hosted by Joanne Carter, the executive director of RESULTS, www.results.org, a grassroots advocacy organization working to address global health and poverty, about the needs of the ...
Zimbabwe's Health Crisis Explodes
Mar 01, 2009; ... Is Democracy a Dream Deferred? What happens to a dream deferred? Poet Langston Hughes asked that question speaking in 1951 of Harlem and African Americans, who were struggling against the entrenched racism of the United States. Today, the question can be asked of the people of ...
Brief Timeline of Zimbabwe's Colonial History
Mar 01, 2009; ... Whereas most of Peacework's articles tell the stories of of nonviolent action, this sidebar is meant to sketch a history of pre-independence colonialism in the land now called Zimbabwe in order to provide additional historical context. (Sources: primarily Wikipedia entries on the Mutapa empire, ...
"We're All Feminists"
Mar 01, 2009; ... Solidarity with HIV Positive Women in West Africa There we were in the middle of war-scarred Freetown, Sierra Leone discussing women's rights and HIV in West Africa. The meeting brought together women living with HIV and AIDS and other activists from seven countries (Liberia, Nigeria, ...
Iran: Free Doctors Arash & Kamiar Alaeis
Mar 01, 2009; ... Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. Doctor Arash Alaei and Doctor Kamiar Alaei worked to create education campaigns on HIV transmission, including those targeting youth and prisoners ....
Learning from the World - And Ourselves: Universal Health Care is Possible in the US
Mar 01, 2009; ... J. R. Reid and Jon Palfreman co-wrote Sick Around the World, a Frontline special about how the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland provide near-universal health care while spending less than the US. The program is online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld ....
Feminist Declaration
Mar 01, 2009; ... From the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala Women from across the Americas gathered at the Social Forum In Guatemala, October 7-12, 2008, and released the following declaration. Just Associates: Feminist Movement Building published this version, 2040 S Street NW 3rd Floor, Washington, DC ...
Safe Abortion in Latin America & the Caribbean: A Demand for Social Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy
Mar 01, 2009; ... Deborah Meachem edited this public declaration, signed by women's organizations throughout Latin America, to mark A Day for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, September 28, 2008, organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, ...
Preventing Domestic Violence
Mar 01, 2009; ... Policy Recommendations for the Next US Administration This excerpt is from a policy memo by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, which works to end violence against women and children around the world, 383 Rhode Island St. #304, San Francisco, CA 94103; 415/252-8900; ...
Single-Payer Not-For-Profit Health Care For All
Mar 01, 2009; ... A Step Toward Eliminating Poverty The statistical warnings of a health care system in meltdown are flooding in from all corners of the country. More than 48 million Americans are without health care, and that number is exploding upwards as our shrinking economy sheds the jobs that our ...
Top Ten Reasons to Support the US National Health Insurance Act - Expanded & Improved Medicare for All
Mar 01, 2009; ... House Resolution 676, authored by Representative Conyers, would expand Medicare to cover everyone. This summary was published by the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care, including the California Nurses Association, Healthcare-now.org, Progressive Democrats of America, and Physicians ...
A Disability Rights Agenda
Mar 01, 2009; ... An Open Letter to President Obama I write on behalf of a coalition of national, consumer-led disability organizations to share some of our collective policy priorities for your new Administration. Many disability organizations have been and will be sharing more specific recommendations ...
An Anarchist Vision of Universal Health Care
Mar 01, 2009; ... Mutual Aid through Self-Managed Health Cooperatives This work is an edited version of one section of the extensive Anarchist FAQ (frequently asked questions), by The Anarchist FAQ Editorial Collective: Iain McKay, Gary EIkIn, Dave Neat, and Ed Bornas, with assistance from a virtual team ...
BITS & PEACES
Mar 01, 2009; ... EVENTS Courage of Conscience Awards, 3/1 3, 7:30 pm; Peace Abbey, 2 North Main St, Sherborn MA; Join us to honor Bassam Aramin from Palestine & Guy Elhanan from Israel, both of the group Combatants for Peace, & John & Carrie Schuchardt from the Ipswich House of Peace. Peace ...