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Haiti's problems can't be addressed without greater co-operation and trust | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 1 week ago: The situation has now become quite critical. The prices of basic goods and food have gone up again, … more →

Tags: Haiti, English, Health, Port-au-prince, Caribbean, Business and Economy, Organizations, René Depestre

Investigating the root causes of the global health crisis: Paul Farmer on the TED Book "The Upstream Doctors"8 comments

tedblogguest wrote 1 week ago: Physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, who co-founded Partners in Health, comments on the new TED … more →

Tags: health, Health 2, Healthcare, Innovation, Medicine, Rishi Manchanda

Dr. Paul Farmer: Communities Should Lead Problem-Solving in Haiti

The Western Hemisphere Working Group wrote 1 week ago: Democracy NOW! recently hosted Dr. Paul Farmer to discuss his work in Rwanda, Haiti and his latest b … more →

Tags: Haitian news, Haiti, Haitian Development, International Aid

Second Chances

Shirie Leng, MD wrote 1 week ago: Another extraordinary book.  Victoria Sweet – “God’s Hotel”.  It’s abo … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Health Insurance, history of medicine, Victoria Sweet, laguna honda, Cost-efficiency

Maoism, structural violence and the silent dreams2 comments

Adil wrote 2 weeks ago: Tribal couple, India. Photo Credit- rajkumar1220(flickr) The debate around Maoist insurgency in Indi … more →

Tags: Politics, Society, India, War, Arundhati Roy, Chhattisgarh violence, CRPF Violence, fifth schedule, Forest Rights Act

CIYO 2013

Anna Norris wrote 2 weeks ago: So, I didn’t exactly post all the time from India as I had planned. We only had internet some … more →

Tags: India, Bangalore, Bangalore School of Music, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Food, Star Trek, Partners in Health, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder

Beyond Words2 comments

Shirie Leng, MD wrote 2 weeks ago: I just finished reading the most fantastic book.  Entitled “Mountains Beyond Mountains” … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Health Insurance, Haiti, MDRTB, health care for the poor

Take advantage of the perks, but sometimes it's just better to read the book1 comment

tanya grove wrote 3 weeks ago: Living in the Bay Area to me means having the world at my feet. If I lived in, say Barstow, Californ … more →

Tags: Books, S.F. Bay Area, Authors, health, Eve Ensler, david sedaris, Haiti, Adam Hochschild, San Francisco Bay Area

Feature - The 2013 RAF Chinook Display Team

tommercerphotography wrote 3 weeks ago: The Boeing Chinook entered service with the RAF in 1980 and has since grown to become the largest Ch … more →

Tags: Aviation, Photography (2), tom mercer, tom mercer photography, airshow, displays, aircraft, raf, features

Video: Dr. Paul Farmer: Communities Should Lead Problem-Solving in Haiti | The Haitian Times

Rapadoo Observateur wrote 1 month ago: Today, acclaimed news program Democracy NOW! hosted Dr. Paul Farmer, to discuss his work in Rwanda, … more →

Tags: Haiti, English, Health, Caribbean, Organizations

Hola y Bienvenidos

GlobeMed at Vanderbilt wrote 1 month ago: This GROW trip started with a lot less anxiety than last year’s. As I sat in the Miami airport … more →

Tags: Grow, globemed, Lima, Perú

Great Travel Reads

Hannah wrote 1 month ago: When faced with the plane rides, train rides, and bus rides that inevitably come with travel, one th … more →

Tags: travel reads, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen, Gregory David Roberts, Hermann Hesse, Motorcycle Maintenance, Buddhism

The Offshore Assembly Industry in Haiti or Working for $4.76 a Day1 comment

ivetteromero wrote 1 month ago: Beverly Bell and Alexis Erkert report on the grim conditions endured by garment workers in Haiti and … more →

Tags: News, Haiti, Haitian women, Sweatshops, Economy, garment industry, Aids and Accusation, Geography of blame, Assembly Line

This is me ranting big time2 comments

saaahrie wrote 1 month ago: World Health Organization who art in Geneva, hallowed be thy name. Thy best practice come. Thy will … more →

Tags: Public Health, development cooperation, ethics, health, global issues, Western guilt, Ethnography, Africa, Who?

GlobeMed with Dr. Paul Farmer

Brian Lackey wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Global Health, Partners in Health, globemed

Countering Failures of Imagination1 comment

GlobeMed at The University of Texas wrote 1 month ago: Post by Michelle Truong and Brian Lackey In several events at the University of Texas at Austin last … more →

Tags: Global Health, globemed, University of Texas, Austin, Human Rights, UT Austin, UT, Public Health, Education

Countering Failures of Imagination

Brian Lackey wrote 1 month ago: This is a post I wrote with Michelle Truong for the GlobeMed at UT website. You can check out the or … more →

Tags: Global Health, Partners in Health, globemed

Haiti Revisited21 comments

fotograffer wrote 1 month ago: There is a spirit and spirituality in Haiti like nowhere else. Haitians are resolute and tenacious a … more →

Tags: Travel, Photography, Haiti, Caribbean, COLOR, Religion, People, Stuff of Life, Street Photography

Kelly Laschkewitsch, RD, LD

PortlandRD.com wrote 2 months ago: What does a day in the life of Kelly look like? I am currently managing an amazing interdisciplinary … more →

Tags: Legacy, Outpatient Dietitians, Public Health, bariatric, behavior change theory, chronic disease, diabetes, dietitian, Health Care


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