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GLOBAL HEALTH: AN EVERYDAY HOLCOAUST OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS
A 23-part series |
Military coup triggers health crisis in northern Mali
The Lancet, 12 May 2012
Not all that glitters: mercury poisoning in Colombia
The Lancet, 14 April 2012
Health in Colombia: the chronic disease burden
Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 3, 2012
Health in Colombia: a system in crisis
Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 3, 2012
Health in Colombia: treating the displaced
Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 3, 2012
Tobacco control measures under industry assault
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 24, 2011
Iraq's health system yet to heal from ravages of war
The Lancet, September 3, 2011.
The missing elements of the noncommunicable diseases action plan
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 18, 2011
UN summit urges more accountability within food and beverage industry
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 18, 2011
Canada instrumental in watering down elements of noncommunicable diseases plan
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 18, 2011
Global reductions in newborn and maternal deaths remain low
Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 9, 2011
Roadblocks to health reform in China
Canadian Medical Association Journal, September 6, 2011
 The AIDS Funding Dilemma -- In the “AIDS exceptionalism” debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
Miller-McCune, June 21, 2010
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International experts laud Canadian child and maternal health plan
Canadian Medical Association Journal, April 29, 2010
Canada's G8 health plan receives praise and criticism
The Lancet, May 8, 2010
Uganda registers successes with child-health volunteers
Thanks to a small cadre of village volunteers, trained in basic health-care concepts, western Uganda is beginning to see some promising improvements in child health.
The Lancet November 21, 2009
 Vitamin, Eh?
Drought, climate change and poor crops are spreading hunger in East Africa. This 22 minute CBC radio documentary from Uganda examines efforts to introduce biofortified crops to tackle child and maternal malnutrition.
CBC Radio One The Current November 18, 2009
It's the pneumonia, stupid
In the fight to cut infant mortality, is the world focused on the wrong diseases?
Toronto Star, February 19, 2006
Soap and water cure declared
"More toilets and handwashing would prevent huge numbers of diarrhea-related deaths in India," says Ashok Talyan, a public health physician working for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Uttar Pradesh, a rural province east of New Delhi. According to the WHO, diarrhea kills 1.8 million people worldwide annually -- 90% of them children under five in developing countries.
The National Post, September 23, 2005
A polio-free world?
Advances against polio made in 2004 were lauded by WHO as “the most important progress ever made towards a polio-free world”. But the success of the global eradication initiative still depends on India’s efforts to tackle remaining polio strongholds. A report from Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Lancet, Feature article from Uttar Pradesh, India, July 30, 2005
Health in the Arctic Circle
High levels of toxic contaminants have been recorded in several Arctic regions. But the full health effects of exposure to these chemicals are only just emerging. Meet the scientists studying the Arctic Circle who have found evidence that ill-health among Inuit communities is growing.
The Lancet, February 26, 2005
Study Finds Heavy Contamination Across Vast Russian Arctic
The first comprehensive look at persistent toxic substances (PTS) across the Russian Arctic reinforces what studies in other Arctic nations have revealed: that indigenous peoples in this northern swath of the world are inordinately exposed to pesticides, industrial compounds, and heavy metals, with uncertain health effects.
Science, December 10, 2004
HIV/AIDS explosion in Russia triggers research boom
With Russia’s HIV infection epidemic now thought to be exploding faster than anywhere else in the world the hunt for clues about the epidemic’s causes, and how to curb it, has become a major focus for a growing number of Russian medical researchers, often working with international collaborators.
The Lancet, Feature article from Moscow, Russia, June 21, 2003
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