Pakistan Is Not Haiti
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »The heartening North American response to Haiti's earthquake has tragically not been replicated in the case of Pakistan. With twenty percent of the nation underwater, some 1100 people known dead, and four million now homeless, this catastrophe ranks among the ...
Demand For Global Health Training?
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »INMED is continually approached by universities that are scrambling to provide global health training and service opportunities. What is driving this demand? YOU CHOOSE: A = Student interest, B = The Gates Foundation, C = Inspiring role model, D = ...
Colleagues Murdered in Afghanistan
Monday, August 9th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »I am aghast tonight over the tragic news of a British physician, Karen Woo, and ten other aid workers killed this week by gunmen in an ambush in a remote area of northern Afghanistan. The team was on site working ...
What’s The Good News From Bangladesh?
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »In Bangladesh forty years ago one infant in five died during the first year. Today, only one infant in twenty dies. WHAT'S the reason for this progress? You choose: A = Childhood vaccinations. B = General economic development. C = ...