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Comment on Desmond Tutu talks to the WHA about spiritual health by John

John — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:31:16 +0000

I think that the Bishop has a good point. I believe that the spiritual side of health gets overlooked and that it should be a part of any health treatment. Unfortunately, in the west people tend to sniff at this side of healing and the spirital aspect of health is scorned and derided, or worse it is ignored. Some health practioners are starting to realise the benefits that can be accrued from Tai Chi, yoga and even gentle gardening.

Comment on This week in medicine by Ana

Ana — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:01:16 +0000

I’m very happy finding your site. Medicine is out of control and it’s a relief that you’re doing this job.
I’m concerned with mental health and I hope to see more data on this topic.
Stay Blessed

(this is my correct e-mail. The first one is wrong.)

Comment on One way to “height”en awareness of global health issues? by Mark White

Mark White — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:06:28 +0000

Although climbing a tall building was more than a little out of the box (on the box?), I think this episode reflects increasing interest in global health — and a healthy desire to do something to address malaria and other global diseases and their determinates. This used to be considered to complex and expensive for governments and large donors, let alone individuals to attempt. Recent progress against HIV and malaria highlights the value of intersectoral collaborations — and inspires many of us (apparently inlcuding Renaldo Clarke) to be hopeful that our activism will pay off.

Comment on This week in medicine by ROBERT E. DEDMON, MD MPH FACP

ROBERT E. DEDMON, MD MPH FACP — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:57:20 +0000

WORLD RABIES DAY(WRD) 28SEPTEMBER2008: http://www.worldrabesday.org
WRD 2008 is again sponsored by the WHO, US CDC, the Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC http://www. rabiescontrol.net ), PAHO, and other national and regional organizations, veterinary societies and schools. The purpose is to educate and raise the level of awareness for both the public and health professionals globally.

During the 2007 campaign over 54 million people were reached, 400,000 people in 74 countries participated, and about 600,000 animal vaccinations were administered.

About 55,000 rabies deaths occur annually, mostly in Africa and Asia, and about half of the deaths are in children <15 years of age. Modern cell culture vaccines and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) are in short supply or not available where they are needed most. RABIES HAS THE HIGHEST CASE FATALITY RATE OF ANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE-VIRTUALLY 100%.

Support is needed: volunteers, donors, organizers of animal vaccination clinics are all crucial to the continuing succes of this effort to ‘Make Rabies History’. Further infomration is available on the WRD web site. http://WWW.WORLDRABIESDAY.ORG

ROBERT E. DEDMON, MD MPH FACP FACOEM, DRBOBRED@AOL.COM

Comment on Humanitarian crisis unfolds in Burma by ROBERT E. DEDMON, MD MPH FACP

ROBERT E. DEDMON, MD MPH FACP — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:25:25 +0000

Shortages of rabies and J-E vaccines in the USA have raied concerns for those seeking pre-exposure rabies vaccination and travelers to J-E endemic areas. However the CDC ( http://www.cdc.gov/rabies ) has indicated that adequate supplies of vaccine and HRIG are available for post-exposure treatment in the USA. Hopefully adequate supplies of Cell-culture vaccine will again be available in the USA by the end of July 2008.
Supplies of the Biken J-E are currently rationed to 9 doses per month to providers, and manufacuture of this version is being discontinued. A new J-E vaccine HC51 is awaiting approval by the FDA, but won’t be available for a year or two. However, travelers to endmic areas in Asia can obtain the attenuated live Chengdu 14-14-2 J-E vaccine, requiring one jab, in major Asian Centers.
In Australia, the currently licensed inactivated vaccine is no longer available. The Chengdudu vaccine has been approved as safe and effective by WHO, and over 200 million doses have been given to children in endemic areas in Asia.

Comment on Desmond Tutu talks to the WHA about spiritual health by Vrgh2008 Secretariat

Vrgh2008 Secretariat — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:18:18 +0000

the Vital Report on Global Health 2008 Initiative is available on : http://vrgh2008.blogspot.com

Vincent

Comment on Desmond Tutu talks to the WHA about spiritual health by Vrgh2008 Secretariat

Vrgh2008 Secretariat — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:17:28 +0000

Dear preetikaur,

Yes its very interesting and deep speech and the video are online.
Please visit the Vital Report on Global Health 2008 Initiative weblog to find it. Go to the category ’shared information on global health’.

Vincent

Comment on Desmond Tutu talks to the WHA about spiritual health by preetikaur

preetikaur — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:37:41 +0000

Is his speech available anywhere online? I am curious to read or listen to it.

Comment on Department of “it’s about time” by Rohan Vilms

Rohan Vilms — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:03:12 +0000

It’s definitely about time for more “global perspective” in the US.

I agree that the verity of this claim couldn’t be more obvious to those of us who browse through such publications as the Lancet Global Health Network’s blog; however, my guess is that the New York Times’ website is hoping to reach a much broader audience of domestically-oriented Americans.

It’d be interesting (and valuable, IMHO) to see if they can get enough responses to present a scientific (or at least quasi-scientific) set of results from such polling that could go to a broad enough national audience to affect politicians’ and policymakers’ discussion of the US federal education system. The discussion has historically been quite domestic, and the state-by-state approach within the US seems to have resulted in low absolute standards for achievement in science, math, and global perspective. (The stippled results of US states and counties on math and science seem to have been well-known and highlighted as important, for some time. However, “global perspective,” while traditionally less important for plying a trade a later in life and earning income, hopefully is starting to get noticed by a greater number of discussants and voters than represented among the audience of such publications as the Lancet, Economist, Foreign Policy, and the Atlantic. (These are the publications I read which seem to incorporate a global perspective and have significant domestic relevance to the practitioners, businessman, and policymakers that have

in the form of language learning and non-US cultural experiences is much newer, and seemingly less complicated.

Comment on Food shortages, rising prices: effects on health and well-being by Used John Deere Tractors

Used John Deere Tractors — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:08:26 +0000

Used John Deere Tractors

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.