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From: "Jennifer Staple-Clark" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:13 pm
Subject: Abstracts and Registration: Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale

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GH/Innovate 2010
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 7th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Register Today For Lowest Registration Rate (Rate Increases After August 31): http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

Call For Abstracts: Submit an abstract online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
The abstract deadline is September 20.

“A Meeting of Minds”—CNN

200 speakers, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 participants from 55 countries. The conference challenges students, public health professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective solutions to achieve global goals.

Keynote Speakers

"Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World," Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

Leaders in Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers

Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation

Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good Capital

"Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

"From Ideas To Action Workshop: Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something

Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ajay Nair, MBBS, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund

"Achieving Global Health Through Community Wealth," Billy Shore, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength

"Investing in Local Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries," Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder, President and CEO, Unite For Sight

"Solutions That Can Go Big: How To Think About Scalability," Kevin Starr, MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation

"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply & Sanitation For The Poor," Gary White, Executive Director, Water.org

Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause

Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:

Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye Center

"HIV Medication to Empower Communities: An International Model," Jesus Aguais, Executive Director, Aid for AIDS

"Reconciling the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health with the Multi-dimensional Resilience Index," Astier Almedom, DPhil, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy and Global Public Health

"Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Maternal and Child Programs in Low-Income Countries: A New Approach," Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Tom Arnold, CEO, Concern Worldwide

"Three Unique Models For Services For Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Worldwide Orphans Foundation in Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Bulgaria," Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"Workshop -- How To Create an NGO That Does Community Work With Children Abroad: The Ins and Outs, The Ups and Downs," Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins University

"Meeting The Global Physician Shortage: The Contribution of Cuba's Latin American Medical School," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

"Medical Innovation in Humanitarian Situations: The Work of Medecins San Frontieres," Jean-Herve Bardol, MD, Former President of MSF-France; Former Board Member, MSF-USA

Kathleen Casey, MD, FACS, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons

"The Latin American and Carribean Initiative for the Integration of Prenatal Care with the Testing and Treatment of HIV and Syphilis," Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Academic Director, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Partners in Health

James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

Luz Claudio, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Chief of the Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

"Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health Care Systems," Paul Cleary, PhD, Dean of Public Health, Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health; Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health

"Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma For Persons on Medical Missions," Gustavo V. de Moraes, MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Prabhjot Dhadialla, PhD, Program Director of Health Systems, Development and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health and Economic Development, Community Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village Project

"Building a Distributed Village Model," Zoravar Dhaliwal, CEO, Community Lab

"Partnerships - Are We There Yet," Amir Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships

Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"America's Vital Interests in Global Health," Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies

Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services

Kevin Frick, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International

Ilene Gipson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

"Simple Solutions To Complex Problems: How A Text Message Can Save A Life," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

"Workshop: How To Advance Global Health Through Technology and Social Entrepreneurship," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

"Obstetric Fistula - The Ultimate Indignity, Gender Inequality, and Poverty," Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation

Laura Herman, Managing Director, Social Impact Advisors

Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Vice President for Global Programs, The March of Dimes Foundation

Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

Norman Kleiman, PhD, Director, Eye Radiation and Environmental Research Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

"Siyajabula! The Challenges of Developing Empathic Care Intervention Methodology for Children and Guardians Affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa," Jamie Lachman, Clowns Without Borders

Robert Lawrence, MD, The Center for a Livable Future Professor, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Bill Livermore, Executive Director, Somaly Mam Foundation

"Changing The World While Keeping Your Day Job," Nicholas Lumpp, Cofounder, Somaly Mam Foundation

Pamela Lynam, MD, Country Director Kenya, JHPIEGO - Johns Hopkins University

"An AIDS Vaccine: Progress To End The Epidemic," John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

Carole Mitnick, Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social medicine, Harvard Medical School

"Society, Migration, Culture and Women," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

Ron Nabors, Chief Executive Officer, Christian Blind Mission-USA

Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health

Rebecca Onie, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALTH

"Role of Inflammation in Retinal Degeneration," Santa Ono, PhD, Sr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University

David Oot, Associate Vice President for Health, Save The Children

Sung Chul Park, MD, Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

"Global Health Partnerships--Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned From A Private Sector Perspective," Steven Phillips, MD, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil Corporation

Maryse B. Pierre-Louis, MD, MPH, MH/HSA, Lead HNP Specialist, Human Development; Coordinator, Booster Program For Malaria Control in Africa, World Bank Africa Region

"Vision 2020/USA and The Future of Collaborative Efforts in Blindness Prevention," Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

"Online Innovation and Trends in Global Health," Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications

"Leveraging Advances in Nanotechnology and Consumer Electronics to Detect Infectious Diseases at the Point of Care," Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Rice University

"Partnership Models in International Health, The Yale Experience," Majid Sadigh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

"How To Develop a Sustainable Eye Care Plan For Rural Regions," Sarang Salam, Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India

Sarwat Salim, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis

Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agency for International Development

"Avoidable Blindness and Eye Care in Latin America and the Caribbean," Juan Carlos Silva, MD, MPH, Regional Advisor in Prevention of Blindness, PAHO-WHO

"Integration of Surgery Into Population-Based Healthcare in Learning Models of Integrated Care," David Spiegel, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

"Where There Is No Light: Using Solar Power to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria," Laura Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founder, WE CARE Solar

John E. Tedstrom, PhD, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)

"Trabeculectomy Glaucoma Surgery: Clincal Pearls," James C. Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

"Can We Eliminate Blinding Trachoma by 2020?" Sheila West, PhD, El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

"Innovation in Global Health Research," David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Derek Yach, Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo

"The Global Fight Against Malaria: U.S. Strategy for Combating Malaria Around The World," Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative

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From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:47 pm
Subject: Volunteer Abroad With Global Impact Corps

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Global Impact Corps: Global Health Volunteer Abroad Opportunities

http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times

Unite For Sight is the world's leader in socially responsible, effective volunteering abroad. Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals. All volunteers participating in Unite For Sight's international programs are Global Impact Fellows. They participate daily with local ophthalmic nurses, local optometrists, and local ophthalmologists to support and assist the clinic in outreach programs that reduce all of the barriers to health care, including financial, transportation and education barriers.

Through hands-on, structured training, fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about best practices in volunteerism, global health, and international development. Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders in global health. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for fellows interested in pursuing global health research.

Locations (volunteer for 10 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

Accra Region, Ghana
Rural Villages, Ghana
Tamale, Ghana
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Bihar, India
Chennai, India
New Delhi, India
Orissa, India

Complete Details:http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

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From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:00 pm
Subject: Call For Abstracts: Global Health and Innovation Summit at Yale

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Global Health & Innovation Summit
The World's Leading Idea Incubator For Global Health Innovation

A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Registration Now Open (Early Bird Registration Rate):http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

Call For Abstracts: Submit an abstract online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference The first deadline for abstract submission is August 15, and the final abstract deadline is September 20.

"A Meeting of Minds," --CNN

200 Speakers in April 2010, Including Keynote Addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Plus social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others.

The Global Health & Innovation Summit convenes more than 2,200 participants from 55 countries. The Summit challenges students, public health professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective solutions to achieve global goals.

Keynote Speakers

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

Leaders of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Directors, mothers2mothers

Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation

Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good Capital

Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something

Nicholas Lumpp, Cofounder, Somaly Mam Foundation

Ajay Nair, MBBS, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund

Billy Shore, JD, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength

Kevin Starr, MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation

Gary White, Executive Director, WaterPartners

Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause

Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:

Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye Center

Jesus Aguais, Executive Director, Aid for AIDS

Astier Almedom, DPhil, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy and Global Public Health

Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Tom Arnold, CEO, Concern Worldwide

Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins University

Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

Kathleen Casey, MD, FACS, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons

James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

Luz Claudio, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Chief of the Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Paul Cleary, PhD, Dean of Public Health, Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health; Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health

Gustavo V. de Moraes, MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Zoravar Dhaliwal, CEO, Community Lab

Amir Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships

Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies

Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services

Kevin Frick, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International

Ilene Gipson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation

Laura Herman, Managing Director, Social Impact Advisors

Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Vice President for Global Programs, The March of Dimes Foundation

Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

Norman Kleiman, PhD, Director, Eye Radiation and Environmental Research Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Jamie Lachman, Clowns Without Borders

Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Pamela Lynam, MD, Country Director Kenya, JHPIEGO - Johns Hopkins University

John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

Carole Mitnick, Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

Ron Nabors, Chief Executive Officer, Christian Blind Mission-USA

Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health

Rebecca Onie, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALTH

Santa Ono, PhD, Sr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University

David Oot, Associate Vice President for Health, Save The Children

Sung Chul Park, MD, Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Steven Phillips, MD, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil Corporation

Maryse B. Pierre-Louis, MD, MPH, MH/HSA, Lead HNP Specialist, Human Development; Coordinator, Booster Program For Malaria Control in Africa, World Bank Africa Region

Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Rice University

Majid Sadigh, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Sarwat Salim, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis

Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agency for International Development

David Spiegel, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Laura Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

John E. Tedstrom, PhD, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)

James C. Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Sheila West, PhD, El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Derek Yach, Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo

Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative

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Date: Fri May 15, 2009 11:35 pm
Subject: Rekindle a refugee child's hope

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Rekindle a refugee child's hope

Would you open your home to a refugee youth who has fled civil conflict
or persecution? The U.S. is the only country in the world that accepts
refugee youth and, lately, the need has been greatest for homes for
teenagers from Burma and Congo. In most cases, these are teenagers who
have fled civil war and persecution in Burma, Bhutan, Burundi, Congo,
Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, or Eritrea.

We strive to match the refugee youth with foster families who either
share the youth's cultural heritage or are sensitive to the need to
nurture the youth's ethnic identity.

A monthly stipend is included to cover the costs of the refugee youth.
The child's medical and dental expenses are covered too.

To learn more about providing foster care on a long-term or a respite
basis please contact Erika Berg with the Refugee & Immigrant Children's
Program at Lutheran Community Services at eberg@... or
206.694.5780.

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From: MaryAnne Mercer <mamercer@...>
Date: Thu May 7, 2009 1:07 pm
Subject: ]How is the US positioned to help the world?

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Interesting story below on efforts to develop universal access to health care in the US – it’s a pretty radical idea here in the US of A:

At a US Senate-hosted round table discussion Tuesday, physician advocates for universal health insurance were arrested after vocalizing the lack of a single-payer advocate at the table. The panel consisted of insurance industry lobbyists, business representatives (large and small), a Heritage Foundation representative, and two representatives from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The witness list and their statements can be found here: http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing050509.html.

What are interesting however are the parallels to our on-going debate over what to do with the finance industry. There is first and foremost, no representation (even from duly elected representatives) of diverse public opinion. Second, any debate is over whether the insurance industry is willing to accept more regulations (which are a masterstroke in perverse incentives, both increasing industry motive to cut corners and narrow deliverables as well as lowering public opinion of government) or introduce a public option to compete with private insurance in the market (same comment). Finally, a rational attempt to introduce a third perspective was both poorly represented (in number as well as perception) as well as greeted with more attempts at control and placation: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/05/senator-during-health-care-protest-we-need-more-police/.

While we do love our experts and our elected policy makers helping us expedite our decision-making processes; at what cost does our efficiency come? Even a free-market ideologue will tell you that a diversity of possibilities in the market place is essential to progress. And a resilience ecologist (or if RNA could talk, a H1N1 virus) will tell you that diversity is essential to survival.

What in the world does this have to do with global health? A discussion of aid efficacy aside, we will never have sufficient resources or will to proportionately match the financial support given by other nations (Sweden, for example) unless we come a broad understanding on how we manage our own wealth. More specifically however, how do we expect to end “government corruption” in the various other countries we try to serve, that is, one that is responsive only to a few accumulators of private wealth and power rather than the will of the constituency, if we continue to set such a miserable example here in the US? Is government corruption not just the exercise of non-responsive government, lacking popular power or will to displace it?

- SD

P.S. Please excuse the sourcing; the media did not see fit to cover controversy over how our nation will take care of its people in the years to come. I do look forward to criticism of this assessment, though!

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Doctors, Single Payer Activists Arrested, Make History at Senate Finance Roundtable

May 5, 2009

By Donna Smith

It has finally happened right here in the United States. Citizens who believe healthcare is a human right have been arrested and are being processed like criminals through the Southeast District of Columbia police station. Their crime? Asking for single payer healthcare reform – publicly funded, privately delivered healthcare – to be discussed during the Congressional hearings on reform.

Doctors and other single payer activists were handcuffed and went to jail today speaking up for single payer to be at the table in the Senate finance Committee’s roundtable discussion on healthcare access and coverage. In stark contrast, Karen Ignagni, head of the industry lobby group American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) was escorted into the room like royalty by staff members of the Senate committee. Clearly, the position of the United States Senate is not with the majority of Americans who support a national, public insurance system.

It made me physically ill to see Maryland pediatrician Margaret Flowers cuffed like a criminal and pushed out the door as the Senators waited to begin their staged roundtable discussion. It made me want to scream. It made me proud of them for being bold but ashamed that not one Senator spoke up for their own citizen-protestors and asked that they at least be allowed to speak. But the insistence that the citizens rising in protest be arrested continued from the chair with each incident.

Simply asking to have single payer be included and fully vetted is a crime. Profiting as the for-profit health insurance companies do at the expense of 22,000 American lives every year, however, gets you a run of the table in this healthcare reform discussion. Just ask the Senators who are drafting what this nation’s health system will look like – and watch their behavior today – if you want evidence of how your voice will be heard in the process.

The protestors were stoic and respectful but direct. One by one they stood. One by one they asked why single payer reform was not “at the table” of 15 witnesses Senator Max Baucus and his finance Committee gathered to map out what sort of coverage Americans might expect in the Senate reform bill now being crafted.

Sen. Baucus eventually spoke and indicated that he was respectful of those who believe in single payer – as he acknowledged many of his constituents in Montana do – but he made no attempt to explain why no single payer voice has been included in any Senate discussion to date. He urged any others in the audience who might have any designs on speaking up like the protestors did to not do so, and then he moved on to his roundtable discussion.

The press seated comfortably at the press table first looked amused and then puzzled by the procession of protest in the chamber. The C-SPAN cameras fixed on both the Committee’s table at the front of the room and the witness table directly across from them could have easily picked up the protests but the network chose to keep their cameras fixed only on Chairman Baucus – though the protestors’ words could be heard in the audience. Only two reporters of the 20 or so assembled were curious enough or industrious enough to rise and exit the room to see the arrests being carried out in the hallway.

While neither the Finance Committee or the press allowed their proceedings to be disrupted for very long, the air in the room and the atmosphere had changed — the giddy and gleeful assembly of industry lobbyists who had been chattering in rapt anticipation of the coming of their carefully chosen witnesses could not deny that some brave and patriotic fellow citizens had just been hauled out for arrest for nothing more than demanding that a point of view held by a majority of patients, nurses, physicians and other healthcare providers be included in the national discussion.

While this Congress may pass something very different than single payer reform, it will not do so without hearing the cries of the people left so openly exposed to personal health and financial ruin by the corrupt system that celebrates only profit. The citizens who stood for the thousands and thousands of dead today will not let this democracy give itself completely over to the big money interests in healthcare. Not without a fight. Not on their lives or yours or mine.

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From: "idohealth" <idohealth@...>
Date: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:41 pm
Subject: Swine Flu Spreads to New York, Canada, Ohio as U.S. Travel Remains Unrestricted

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The swine flu / bird flu / human flu virus (H1N1) has now been confirmed as striking victims in New York City, Kansas, Ohio, Canada and is suspected in New Zealand, Spain and Israel. Read more at http://healtnhappyness.blogspot.com/

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From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Wed Apr 8, 2009 5:43 pm
Subject: Global Impact Corps: Volunteer Abroad Opportunities

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Global Impact Corps: Innovative, Effective Volunteering Abroad

Be a Global Impact Fellow in Ghana, Honduras, or India
Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Opportunities

http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

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Date: Tue Apr 7, 2009 1:46 pm
Subject: Chemicals Used to Disinfect Water Create Dangerous Toxins

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n fact, a recent study by University of Illinois scientists published in the scientific journal Mutation Research shows the chemicals used to treat water we drink and use in swimming pools causes a reaction with organic materials in the water that creates dangerous, cancer-causing toxins known as disinfection by-products (DBPs). Read more at http://healtnhappyness.blogspot.com/

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From: amina@...
Date: Mon Mar 9, 2009 9:12 pm
Subject: Creating art for awareness and hope, a benefit for Gaza

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The first event below is a call for art entries for a new by Seattle-based
organization, MAS Yale (which is an initiative of Mission of Hope).  This is a
creative program to involve Muslim youth in making peace and spreading hope for
communities in distress around the world.  The initiative below is a benefit for
Gaza.  Please read the project's mission and objectives below. Please forward to
local and national groups that work with Muslim youth.

The 2nd event is a fundraiser on March 15th at Saint Mark's Cathedral in
Seattle, a benefit for Ahli Children's Hospital in Gaza.

Thank you, Amineh

Amineh Ayyad
www.peacesculpture.org
www.pmrs.ps


1) Let Gaza live art project

Let us educate ourselves on the Palestinian plight and preserve their dignity
and humanity


Children and youth (up to age 23) are invited to express themselves and create
art for awareness and hope. Art will be displayed in an exhibit and event in May
and auctioned off with proceeds benefiting Gaza through Islamic Relief.

Visit www.masyale.org  for art rules and educational resources.

Art categories: Literature, Visual Art, Photography, Film/Video, Spoken
Word/Drama

   Art submissions due March 30, 2009

This project is endorsed by Amnesty International, Arab American Community
Coalition, MAS Freedom Foundation, Palestinian Medical Relief Society,
Palestinian Solidarity Committee and Voices
of Palestine

Presented by MASYale, MASeattle and Islamic Relief

MAS Yale is an initiative of Mission of Hope, a not-for-profit Muslim program
under MASeattle mother organization. MAS Yale has received an endorsement from
twelve  major youth private and governmental youth organizations and has the
full support from the City of Bellevue.



2) Fundraiser for Ahli Hospital in Gaza at Saint Mark's Cathedral

Speakers will be Ramzy Baroud of Palestine Chronicle; and Thomas Nelson, of the
National Lawyers' Guild who just returned from Gaza. Desserts and
coffee/tea/juice will be served.

Saturday, March 14, 2009. 7:00 pm
   St. Mark's Cathedral
   1245 10th Avenue East
   Seattle, WA 98102


3) Seattle Art Museum ARTattack: TeenNight Out

Are you ready to be a cultural rebel? Do you have the talent it takes to start
a teen cultural revolution? Come make ARTattack your stage. We all know the
American Revolution didn't stop in 1776. Give props to your revolutionary role
models—it could be a historical freedom fighter or someone in your family or
community who gives back in a big way. Rock a poem, dance, make a work of art or
sing your heart out. We want to see your skills!
   This event is FREE to teens ages 13 to 19 with ID.

Questions: afterhours@... [12]

ARTattack: Teen Night Out
   American Rebels
   May 8, 2009
   6–9 pm
   South Hall

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From: amina@...
Date: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:14 pm
Subject: UW Gaza Teach-in website announcement

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Dear Global Health colleagues,


On Feb. 5, 2009, a two-hour teach-in was held on the humanitarian crisis in
Gaza. The teach-in, spearheaded by me, featured three speakers and an hour of
Q&A. The teach-in was sponsored  by Health Alliance International, UW Students
for Justice in Palestine, the UW School of Social Work, and several co-sponsors.


This was a very informative and lively event! We  have put together a website
with photos and audio from the event at www.uwteachinongaza.shutterfly.com. You
can log on and post comments and share links.


In related updates, I will be posting a petition soon stating the importance of
offering a three-credit course in War and Mental Health as part of the general
MPH curriculum, and in the MPH Global Health track in particular, in an attempt
to have the course offered next year and in subsequent years.  I will need your
help, so stay tuned.


Thank you,
Amineh Ayyad
UW Student

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From: amina@...
Date: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:13 pm
Subject: Sending a message of hope, health, love and solidarity to Palestinian mothers and children

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Dear friends and colleagues.

As I am designing a mental health interventions for women and children in my
village Silwaad and the city of Qalqilia with my team for an MCH course, an idea
of Building Hope Campaign came about.  Here is a Palestinian graffiti artists
group offering to spray our, your messages too on the separation wall.  This is
just one of the ways we plan to utilize to spread our messages of health and
hope.

Thinking of building hope as a way to aid Palestinians cope with mental health
(and other health) problems caused by the occupation, and the wall,  I would
like to invite you to contribute with your ideas. Please send your
messages/ideas to me or to the link below. If you choose to send your ideas to
me, I will do my best to share them and paint them on the wall and for free. If
you use the link below, there is a fee . The cost is listed in the article below
and funds go to support grassroots youth social and cultural organizations in
the West Bank.

www.sendamessage.nl

Just think of the power of turning this Apartheid wall into a big public health,
peace, truth and reconciliation display board, on both sides, the Israeli and
Palestinian.

Also, the Israeli Apartheid Weeks is March 1 - 8th

http://apartheidweek.org

Feel free to contact me on local educational events.  Stay tuned to information
on the upcoming Congressman Baird report back on his visit to Gaza.

In solidarity.
Amineh



Spray your tag on West Bank wall -- online
Wed Feb 25, 4:18 pm ET

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – It could turn out to be the world's longest
graffiti space -- the massive concrete barrier separating Israel from the
Palestinians.

Over the Internet, a group of Palestinian graffiti artists is offering to
spray-paint your personal message on Israel's towering security wall in the
occupied West Bank.

It costs 30 euros ($40) per message and they can be as solemn or wacky as you
want. Everything goes, except for obscene, offensive or extremist hate speech.
Clients get three digital pictures of the finished product.

The 8-meter (25-foot) high barrier of massive concrete slabs is part of a 620-km
(385-mile) fence Israel says is intended to keep suicide bombers out, and which
can be dismantled at some point in the future when peace reigns.

But with its slit-eyed watchtowers and burgeoning Palestinian protest graffiti,
it is already reminiscent of the hated Berlin Wall, which divided the German
capital for 28 years before it was torn down 10 years ago.

The taggers at www.sendamessage.nl are members of the Palestinian Peace and
Freedom Youth Forum, which set up the scheme in collaboration with a Dutch
Christian organization.

"It is a new way to speak with the people, that we the Palestinians exist," says
graffiti artist Yusef Njm.

"We are not only throwing stones and clashing. We are alive. We think in a new
way to tell them that we are alive."

Organizers stress that revenue does not go to buy weapons for the Palestinians.
It is intended to support grassroots social and cultural projects in the West
Bank.

(Writing by Douglas Hamilton; editing by Michael Roddy)

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From: amina@...
Date: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:30 pm
Subject: A history-making U.S.-Palestinian educational partnership...

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FYI. More inspiring news on partnerships and education. Please forward to
interested students and faculty.  Amineh

= =  1  = =
University partnership

       A history-making U.S.-Palestinian educational partnership was announced by
Presidents Leon Botstein of Bard College (New York State) and Sari Nusseibeh of
Al-Quds University (East Jerusalem).

       "The Honors College combines the best of educational traditions of
Palestine with contemporary approaches to American liberal arts education,"
announces their new Web site.
Al-Quds Bard Partnership
http://www.alqudsbard.org/

       Bard College has deep interest in international collaborative programs
that incorporate its innovative approaches to liberal arts education and the
conduct of secondary-level schooling.

       Al-Quds University desires to play a central role in improving Palestinian
education and offer students a high-level liberal arts undergraduate
experience.

       The two institutions have formed task teams, and lively dialogue and
discussion is occurring both within each institution and between the two.

       Frequent meetings are conducted via video-conference, as well as
face-to-face gatherings on both sides of the ocean.

       This 2008-2009 academic year is dedicated to program design and
development, faculty recruitment, and student recruitment.

       The Honors College and MAT Program will open in this Fall 2009, and the
Model School a year later in 2010.

       Interested students may apply for admission to the Honors College through
Al-Quds University Admissions office - Tel: +972-2-2799753 or Fax:
+972-2-2796960.


       Faculty members wishing to teach in the Honors College or Master of Arts
in Teaching (MAT) program submit a cover letter, resume, salary expectations
and names of three references by e-mail only to alquds-bardrecruitment@...
or hr@... .


       SEE PHOTOS and more at:
Palestinian Campus Looks to East Bank (of Hudson)
The New York Times - Saturday, 14 February 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/middleeast/15quds.html?_r=2&emc=eta1

Bard College and Al-Quds University to Open Joint Campus
The Chronicle of Higher Education - 08 February 2009
http://chronicle.com/news/article/5941/bard-college-and-al-quds-university-to-op\
en-joint-college


= =  2  = =
Environmental partnership

       Green Mideast Peace is a partnership of young people of different faiths
and cultural backgrounds.
       They cross boundaries toward one another, to work together on
environmental projects like keeping water supplies pure.
       This benefits the whole Holy Land community, and fosters understanding
between these Palestinian and Jewish youth and their counselors.
       SEE VIDEO at:
Green Mideast Peace
Goodwater Neighbors Project
On Falafel TV
http://falafel.tv/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=26&id=\
27
or Current.com
http://current.com/items/89688761/green_mideast_peace.htm


= =  3  = =
Create a new partner in time of crisis

       When you feel threatened, don't call your friend.
       Phone your enemy.
       This is wisdom of Eboo Patel, an American Muslim with roots in India.
       Patel is founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core -
http://ifyc.org/ - a Chicago-based international non-profit organization that
promotes interfaith cooperation.

       "The first phone calls Jewish and Muslim officials should make when bombs
explode over there are not to organizations within their own religious
community, but to reasonable people in the other community," writes Patel.
       "The first line should be, 'I'm on the side of coexistence, and I bet you
are too. What public statements can we collectively make, what press releases
can we cooperatively issue, which helps the side of coexistence defeat the
demon of conflict?'"
       In sports language, Eboo believes, "That's a play that could change the
game."
US Jews, Muslims need new playbook
by Eboo Patel
Common Ground News Service - 06 January 2009
http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=24616&lan=en&sid=1&sp=0
       This February 2009, President Obama named Eboo the first Muslim in the
newly created White House Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
       The 25 religious and secular advisors will guide decisions on both
domestic and foreign policy issues.

"If we are to have partners for peace, then we must first be partners. . ."
          - President Dwight D. Eisenhower
            Centennial Commencement Address, Pennsylvania State University
            June 11, 195

"You don't have to be pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinians, one or the other.  You
can be both."
          - Melek Nasr-Totah
"It's is not possible to be "pro-Israel" if you are not "pro-Palestinian," and
vice versa.  There is no such thing as one without the other."
          - Gail Weinstein
"If we are to have partners for peace, then we must first be partners. . ."
          - President Dwight D. Eisenhower
            Centennial Commencement Address, Pennsylvania State University
            June 11, 1955

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From: amina@...
Date: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:28 pm
Subject: Hundreds of Canadian professors protest efforts to limit freedom of speech on campuses in relation to Palestine

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FYI. News worth sharing.  I still remember when the Iraqi scholar was prevented
from entering the US to speak at a UW global health event.  We should have had
an organized response against that as a university, students and faculty. We
should not let acts of such sort against educational efforts go unprotested, at
least. Just an idea! Hope such courage continues to inspire more courageous
stands for freedom, justice, solidarity, ...

Amineh


Hundreds of Canadian professors protest efforts to limit freedom of speech on
campuses in relation to Palestine

UNIVERSITY PROFS PROTEST THE SILENCING OF DEBATE ON CANADIAN CAMPUSES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 18, 2009

Hundreds of university professors across Canada are protesting deliberate
efforts to limit freedom of speech on campuses in relation to Palestine .

In an open letter released today they call on university presidents to respect
academic freedom and create a space for frank and open debate about the ongoing
conflict in the Middle East .


In a shocking article also released today, Lisa Schofield documents the
extraordinary efforts of the University of Toronto administration to shut down
Palestine solidarity activities on that campus in October 2008.


Through Freedom of Information, Schofield learned that in one week more than 250
pages of emails and other documents were generated for the purpose of stopping a
simple conference for students about Palestine solidarity organizing. The emails
were not only between U of T President David Naylor and other senior U of T
administrators, but also between U of T and McMaster administrators. "U of T
seems to have declared a full-fledged war against its Palestinian and
pro-Palestinian students," writes Schofield.


"The evidence uncovered by Schofield along with documented efforts at silencing
on other campuses amounts to an organized effort to shut down debate on one of
the most important issues of the day on many Canadian campuses, " said Alan
Sears, Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University and spokesperson for Faculty
4 Palestine, the sponsors of the letter.


The open letter by faculty is being released as student groups prepare for
campus events to mark the fifth annual Israeli Apartheid Week (March 1- March
8), which is intended to draw attention to the Israeli occupation of Palestine .
Efforts to mount events during this week have faced administrative obstacles on
a number of campuses in the past, including a failed attempt by McMaster
administration to ban the term "Israeli Apartheid" in February 2007. And this
past week, Carleton administration banned a poster promoting Israeli Apartheid
Week, and circulated* *a vaguely worded letter to the entire Carleton community
threatening indefinite expulsion for anyone contravening the university's equity
and human rights codes.


Faculty 4 Palestine finds this selective and ill-defined use of "equity" a
dangerous precedent, and is concerned that the administration is silencing
debate on controversial topics and singling out advocates of Palestinian rights
for unique discriminatory treatment


The open letter is issued by Faculty 4 Palestine, and signed by 325 professors
from over 40 universities and 10 colleges across Canada .

See following links for Open Letter and related articles:

http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/bullet187.html


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Margaret Cerullo <margaretcerullo@...>
Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Hampshire College divests from Israel--first college in the country
To: Amineh Ayyad <amineh.ayyad@...>


Dear Amineh,

Thank you so much for writing. We are certainly celebrating here. I am going to
attach two faculty statements, one simply a statement of pride and humility
before the impressive organizing of our students; the other, more important in
the face of the Administration's response--to deny that their divestment
decision had anything to do with the Occupation of Palestine. And, thanks for
re-connecting me to Darren Wade!


I look forward too to meeting you. I am a great admirer of Dr. Barghouthi who we
were fortunate enough to have here several years ago. (At that time, the college
refused to allow the posters advertising his visit to say that he was from
Ramallah, Palestine--"because Palestine is not a country." Courageous students
mounted a challenge then, and they continue to be fierce in their advocacy for
justice in Palestine.

Warmly,

Margaret

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From: amina@...
Date: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:02 am
Subject: Local events on Gaza and humanitarian crisis, trauma in conflict areas, and working for peace

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Dear friends and colleagues.

Here are a few important events on Gaza, specially for those who are interested
in work for peace and reconciliation as a step toward better health.  Various UW
students are part of this work.

Hope you can join us.

Amineh


(2) PALESTINE TODAY: VISIONS OF AND FROM THE HOMELAND

Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 10am - 8:30pm
Antioch University Seattle
2326 6th Ave - Seattle, WA 98121
Rooms 100, 101 and 103

This day-long teach-in is on the circumstances of the Palestinians since
1948

Event is free and open to the public. Snacks and refreshments will be
provided

There will be numerous documentaries by Palestinian, Israeli and American
filmmakers (followed by moderated discussions), an interactive workshop,
and, beginning at 5 p.m., expert lectures as well as a panel of Palestinian,
Israeli and American speakers.

Sponsored by BAC and the AUS Library
RSVP suggested, but not required. Contact Jill Mattern at
Jill_Mattern@...

Schedule of Events:
Documentaries:
10:00am - 10:45am This Body is a Prison - Film by Dylan Bergeson
10:55am - 12:10pm Gaza Strip - Film by James Longley
12:20pm - 1:15pm Iron Wall - Film by Mohammed Alatar
1:20pm - 2:30pm Breaking the Silence - Film by Yehuda Shaul
Discussion facilitated by Judith Kolokoff

2:35pm - 4:00pm Jenin Jenin - Film by Mohammed Bakri
Discussion facilitated by Amal Eqeiq

Forum
5:00pm - 6pm Historical Context of the Crisis
              Ed Mast
6pm - 6:45pm Trauma in Conflict Areas
              The Rev. Dr. John Van Eenwyk
7:00pm - 8:30pm Working for Peace: Transnational Perspectives
              Amal Eqeiq
              Huda Giddens
              Judith Kolokoff
              Peter Lippman
              Amin Odeh


(3) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN�S DAY:
BENEFIT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA
Saturday March 7th
6:30pm: refreshments and socializing
7 � 9pm: music, panel, discussion
Location: POCAAN (People of Color Against Aids Network)
1609 19th Ave., 1 block S. of Madison, 2 blocks N. of Union
On bus lines #2, 11 and 12

Raising Women�s Voices for Gaza: Honoring International Women�s Day
Three Palestinian women speakers from three different eras of recent
Palestinian history, and a speaker about what the Israeli resistance
movement.
Powerful opening and closing with Sistah Drum.
Suggested donation to benefit the people of Gaza: $5-25 � more if you can,
less if you can�t. No one turned away.
Wheelchair accessible; to make this event more accessible to everyone,
please no fragrances.

Co-sponsored by Dyke Community Activists and Sistah2Sistah.
For more information, Google: Dyke Community Activists or call 206-722-0729.


(4) FUNDRAISER FOR AHLI HOSPITAL, GAZA
Saturday March 14, 7:00 PM
St. Mark�s Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 323-0300 mideast.focus@...

St. Mark�s Cathedral is hosting a community event to raise money for Ahli
Hospital, Gaza. For over 100 years the hospital has provided affordable
services to poor people of all faiths and is desperately needed. It was
seriously damaged by the bombing last month, and was already short on needed
medicine and supplies because of the two-year long siege.

* Ramzy Baroud will inform us about the situation in Gaza. A
Palestinian-American journalist, and author of several books. Baroud has
taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology,
and is Editor-in-Chief of the website, www.PalestineChronicle.com He is
sought after as a speaker and his articles are published world wide.

His upcoming book, �Gaza: The Untold Story� narrates the story of his family
as a representation of millions of Palestinians in Diaspora, from the early
1940�s until the present. With pictures and stories from home, Baroud will
take us into the recent experience of Gaza, where his sister is a doctor.

* Bishop William C. Boerger of the Northwest Washington Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will share his experiences as part of
a delegation of 40 ELCA bishops from around the US who spent 11 days in
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Tiberius during the January attacks on Gaza.

* Tom Nelson, former corporate lawyer now in solo practice, who co-founded
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, also will speak. He has just
returned from investigating possible war crimes in Gaza, with a concern for
upholding international law, focusing on health and health care.

* The Rev. David Mesenbring, pastor for Church in the World Ministries, St.
Mark�s Cathedral, will be the moderator.

We will be able to see and hear about the hospital so we can begin to sense
the depth of need and the importance of this work in the face of an
humanitarian crisis.

Co-Sponsors for the event include The Mid East Focus Initiative of St.
Mark�s; The Palestine Concerns Task Force of the Council of Churches of
Greater Seattle; American Jews for a Just Peace � Seattle; Pax Christi
Northwest; The Save Gaza Coalition; Jewish Voice for Peace; Episcopal
Bishop�s Committee on Israel/Palestine; The Palestinian Solidarity
Committee; Sabeel - Puget Sound; Rachel Corrie Foundation; American Friends
Service Committee; Rauschenbusch Center; Middle East Fellowship, and more to
be announced.

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based in Seattle.  You can  find out more about PSC by replying to this =
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From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:51 pm
Subject: Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale

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Please forward widely. Registration rate increases after February 28.

Global Health and Innovation Summit
A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference NEW: Conference Schedule Online

Early Bird Rate - Register Now To Secure Lowest Rate: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

"A Meeting of Minds," --CNN

200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Nicholas Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and Dr. Harold Varmus. Plus social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Save The Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation, mothers2mothers, and many others.

What? Join 2,500 people from all 50 states and from more than 60 countries for an innovative, high-impact idea incubator.
Who should attend? Students, public health professionals, doctors, educators, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others. Anyone interested in international health and development, public health, eye care, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education.

Keynote Speakers

"Global Health Challenges and Opportunities," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center; Senior Medical Advisor, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research; Chair, Global Health Program, Meridian International Center

"The Challenges of Development and Making Aid Work," Nicholas Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times

"Millennium Villages: Update," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

"Preventing Blindness; Saving Lives," Al Sommer, MD, MHS, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"New Perspectives on Global Health and Science," Harold Varmus, MD, President and Chief Executive, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Former Director of the NIH; Nobel Prize Recipient

Leaders of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

"Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Strengthen Health Systems,"Leah Barrett, MPA, Program Officer, VillageReach

"Unite For Sight: Social Entrepreneurship As A Symbol of Hope for the (Poor) Blind Villagers and Refugees in Ghana," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Strategic Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Advancing Global Health," Greg Dees, PhD, Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

"The Power of Public/Private "Hybrids," Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Directors, mothers2mothers

"The HealthStore Foundation: Improving Access to Life-Saving Medicines through Micro-Franchising," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation

"The Impact of the Food and Nutrition Crisis on the Global Health Agenda," Charles MacCormack, PhD, President and CEO, Save The Children

"Health Care From The Grassroots," Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

"'Patient' Capital for Global Health," Ajay Nair, MBBS MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund

Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:

"Protecting Children in Disaster and War: Efforts to Professionalize the Field," Neil Boothby, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

"Climate Instability: Health Problems and Healthy Solutions," Paul Epstein, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

"Food Security and the Right to Health," Robert Lawrence, MD, Center for A Livable future Professor; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy & International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"A Vaccine To Prevent AIDS: When and How," John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

"Taking Lifesaving Care Closer to Women and Their Families,"Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, JHPIEGO, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University

Plus 200 More Speakers: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

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From: "Beth E. Rivin" <brivin@...>
Date: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:54 am
Subject: FW: Save $3 billion for public health in stimulus bill

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"--Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963 from Birmingham jail, Alabama

Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Global Health and Justice Project

Research Associate Professor, School of Law

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Date: Wed Feb 4, 2009 1:31 am
Subject: Gaza: What's Next? A Teach-in on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - Thursday, Feb. 5th, 7-9 PM (fwd)

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Gaza: What's Next? A Teach-in on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza


- Come and expand your understanding of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and
hear from experts on the health effects of war.
- Learn more about the political and historical events affecting the region.
- Be a part of the discussion, and help formulate ideas for action.
- Refreshments will be served.

Date: Thursday, February 5th
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: UW Health Sciences Building, Room T-439


SPEAKERS:
Dr. Steve Niva, Professor of International Politics and International Studies,
Evergreen State College
Expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and U.S. foreign policy in the
Middle East.

Dr. Evan Kanter, Assistant Professor, UW School of Medicine/Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound
President, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Expert on mental health effects of war.

Aaron Katz, Senior Lecturer on health policy, Health Services,
UW School of Public Health
Director, Packard Gates Population Leadership Program
Presenting a Jewish American perspective and on our responsibilities as U.S.
citizens.


FACILITATORS:
Dr. Amy Hagopian, Assistant Professor, Health Service, UW School of Public
Health and Community Medicine
Senior Health Workforce Policy Advisor, Health Alliance International

Peter House, Director of Regional and Rural Education, Research & Support,
School of Medicine
Associate AHEC Director & Director of Programs for Healthy Communities,
University of Washington


SPONSORS:
Health Alliance International (HAI)
UW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
UW Students for Equal Health (SEH)
Northwest International Health Action Coalition (NIHAC)
Friend of Palestinian Medical Relief Society
Jewish Voice for Peace (Seattle chapter)


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Dr. Amy Hagopian, hagopian@...

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Date: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:33 am
Subject: UW evvent. Gaza: What's Next? A Teach-in on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

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Gaza: What's Next?
A Teach-in on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

* Come and expand your understanding of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and
hear from experts on the health effects of war.
* Learn more about the political and historical events affecting the region.
* Be a part of the discussion, and help formulate ideas for action.

Thursday, February 5th
7:00 - 9:00 PM

University of Washington
Health Sciences Building
Room T-439

Refreshments will be served

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Steve Niva, Professor of International Politics and International Studies,
Evergreen State College
Expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and U.S. foreign policy in the
Middle East

Dr. Evan Kanter, Assistant Professor, UW School of Medicine/Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound
President, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Expert on mental health effects of war

Aaron Katz, Senior Lecturer on health policy, Health Services,
UW School of Public Health
Director, Packard Gates Population Leadership Program
Presenting a Jewish American perspective and on our responsibilities as U.S.
citizens


FACILITATORS:
Dr. Amy Hagopian, Assistant Professor, Health Service, UW School of Public
Health and Community Medicine
Senior Health Workforce Policy Advisor, Health Alliance International

Peter House, Director of Regional and Rural Education, Research & Support,
School of Medicine
Associate AHEC Director & Director of Programs for Healthy Communities,
University of Washington


SPONSORS:
Health Alliance International (HAI)
UW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
Northwest International Health Action Coalition (NIHAC)
Friend of Palestinian Medical Relief Society
Jewish Voice for Peace (Seattle chapter)


DIRECTIONS/MAP:
Health Sciences Building is adjacent to and west of the University of Washington
Medical Center, on NE Pacific Street.
http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/?HST


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Date: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:19 pm
Subject: Linking Global Policy, Constituencies and the New Administration

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If you work in the area of global health advocacy or global health generally you may be interested in the meeting described below. Note that an RSVP is needed.

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ENGAGE with policymakers around issues of importance to your organization as they relate to foreign aid policy;
DEVELOP foreign aid policy strategic priorities to bring forward to Washington's Congressional delegation

CO-SPONSORED BY: The Puget Sound Millenium Goals Project; the Center for Global Studies at Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the UW; Pangea; RESULTS; Health Alliance International; Bahia Street; U.S. Global Leadership Campaign; El Comite Pro-Reform Migratoria y Justicia Social/Committee for Immigration Reform and Social Justice at Evergreen State College.

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JOIN US at this workshop, the first in a series planned for 2009, and work to build bridges between your organization's constituencies and Washington's elected officials in Washington D.C.

This workshop is appropriate for the policy staff of advocacy NGOs, aid delivery NGOs, faith-based organizations, foreign policy interest groups, academic centers, student clubs, businesses with social entrepreneurial programs, microlenders, trade promoters, and sister city groups or their organizational representative charged with connecting constituencies with influencers.

WHEN: Monday, February 9th, 9:00 am - 1:30 pm

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Date: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:26 pm
Subject: FW: APHA ALERT: Urge your Senators to Vote for Children's Health!

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Take action now!

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Date: 1/26/2009 10:32 AM
Subject: Nancy -- Urge your Senators to Vote for Children's Health!

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider legislation to reauthorize and
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Please email your Senators and urge them to support this critical
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Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:24 pm
Subject: The Lancet and gaza, and medical students initiative

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Here is a good editorial in the Lancet's current issue. Also, the Lancet Early Online Publication published a letter/petition by about 800 medical students from Harvard and Boston U. on Gaza yesterday. A great initiative by medical students, and the Lancet. Dr. Steve Gloyd shared with us in last year's MPH thesis seminar tips on where students can publish their work. He mentioned the Lancet as a good resource for topics such as the one below. Below, I am also including info for authors who are interested in contributing to the Lancet and attaching their complete guide. The journal also has a comprehensive online submission tutorials. Here is the link: http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet/

Amineh The Lancet,

Volume 373, Issue 9658,

Page 95,

10 January 2009 Next Article

>doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60015-5Cite or Link Using DOI

Violent conflict: protecting the health of civilians The Lancet

As the world watches the terrible events unfolding in Gaza, several other conflict zones around the globe continue to be ignored. Since Israel's air and ground offensive against the Hamas regime in Gaza captured international political and media attention, hundreds of people�400 in one day alone�have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and many more lack the medical attention they so desperately need.

Major difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by conflict is a prominent feature of the top ten most neglected humanitarian disasters, compiled annually by M�decins Sans Fronti�res. According to the list, massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in Somalia, which is top of the list for the third consecutive year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan are some of the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world.

It is a scar on society that some lives are still deemed more important than others, especially when viewed through a lens distorted by politics, economics, religion, and history. The perceived worth of a country�including its economic, trading, and political value�and the degree of media coverage should not determine the value of the lives of its citizens lost to war. Unfortunately, few political leaders consistently share this view and the UN has failed miserably to uphold its founding principle�that every life has equal value.

In a recent speech, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said "we [the UN] have not been able to protect innocent people from violence". Although such an admission is refreshingly honest, it does not make this deplorable fact any more acceptable. The UN Secretary General and political leaders have called repeatedly for ceasefires to such conflicts to no avail. The UN's credibility is seriously undermined by the complete lack of any mechanism to hold those who break international law to account. How can the UN system be fit for purpose when it does not even attempt to uphold agreed international codes such as protecting civilians, ensuring that those injured and sick during conflicts receive medical attention, and that medical personnel, establishments, transport, and equipment are spared? Governments involved in recent and current conflicts have repeatedly shown a flagrant disregard of such principles yet there have been no reprisals whatsoever. Additionally, the recent events in Gaza, and last year's uprising�and brutal quashing�in Burma, show that the organisation of the UN Security Council, where the powerful few are allowed to make unilateral decisions to suit their own political interests, is disgracefully inadequate.

Perhaps in the days to come, as the world continues to reel from the political and humanitarian fall-out of the situation in Gaza, the international community could use this catastrophe as catalyst for change to improve the medical and humanitarian response during conflicts. Global reaffirmation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which enshrines the equal value of human life, and the Geneva Convention, which protects civilians and medical personnel during conflict, would be a good starting point. Although this suggestion does not require a reinvention, it is only worth doing if combined with the rather revolutionary notion that countries, territories, regions, and leaders that breach these codes should be held to account. Non-governmental organisations and civil society groups should play a crucial part in such a proposal. But perhaps it is time for a different group to step in and sign up to be the guardians of, and advocates for, the humanitarian health needs of civilians caught up in conflict. Who better to take up this role than the medical profession?

Just as the UN was founded in the spirit of shared humanity, so was medicine. The Hippocratic Oath, and its popular modern equivalents, puts caring for human beings and treating each life as equal at their very heart. Surely it is not just the brave few health professionals in the firing line who have the responsibility for meeting the health needs of civilians injured in conflict. M�decins Sans Fronti�res�doctors without borders�should not just be the name given to one medical humanitarian organisation. If the Hippocratic Oath means anything, all doctors whatever their situation, specialty, or seniority should live up to this name by calling on their national governments and the international community�perhaps through their national medical organisations�to ensure that civilians injured or affected by conflict receive the medical attention they need, wherever these people may be in the world. Such action is not being a so-called humanitarian�it is what being a member of the medical profession should be all about.

The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 12 January 2009

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60042-8

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In solidarity with Gaza

Rami Abdou a, Iyah Romm a, Davida Schiff a, Kirsten Austad b, Sam Dubal b, Simeon Kimmel b

, Eugene Schiff c, on behalf of 753 other medical students

With sadness and urgency we, medical students, express our outrage at the brutal Israeli attacks and subsequent humanitarian disaster that is occurring in Gaza. As we write, more than 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2700 wounded in Israel's disproportionate assault that began on Dec 27, 2008. Not just as medical students, but as Christians, Jews, and Muslims; as Arabs, Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians, we write in solidarity with the people of Gaza as they suffer yet another major humanitarian disaster.

On Dec 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the UN proclaimed that access to medical care is an inalienable human right. More than 60 years later, as medical supplies in Gaza's overstretched and underequipped hospitals dwindle, this right is far from realised. The international community has been slow to respond with aid and even that which is offered is not reaching those in need.

Hospitals scramble to operate with-out power, medicines, and clean water as medical equipment and health workers are prevented from crossing the border. WHO reports that health personnel have been targeted in breach of medical neutrality and in violation of international human-itarian law. Testimonies gathered by Physicians for Human Rights�Israel report that patients wait in vain for treatment that cannot be provided by overwhelmed medical personnel in paralysed clinics. This massive influx of seriously injured civilians would overwhelm even the best of the hospitals in which we train.

Meanwhile, the bombardment of Gaza�one of the most densely populated regions in the world�continues unabated and the international com-munity refuses to address Israel's ab-horrent policy of collective punishment. Israel claims only to target militants, yet the lists of wounded and dead are rife with civilians, many of them children.

Irrespective of the complex dynamics of this conflict, human rights, medical neutrality, and the protection of non-combatants always demand respect. Israeli "high-precision" weapons have destroyed a UN school in Jabaliya, which was being used to house refugees, killing 40 civilians alone. We do not dismiss Hamas's role, nor condone its targeting of Israeli civilians. How will the slaughter of Israeli or Palestinian civilians bring peace to this region? We fear this will instead breed new generations of hate, distrust, and misunderstanding. Yet the numbers of lives lost tell the story: Israel's response is disproportionate and unacceptable.

We cannot sit idly in silence as this violent assault on a civilian population kills and maims hundreds of people. The principles we accepted on entering the medical profession compel us to speak out in the face of these gross violations of basic decency and respect for human life. We implore the international community to shoulder its responsibility to the people of Gaza. We are embarrassed at US complicity and regret that many of the weapons fired come from our own country.

As members of the medical pro-fession, we call for an immediate ces-sation of hostilities, the immediate and comprehensive provision of human-itarian aid, and recognition of the neu-trality guaranteed to medical providers by international law. Israel has only now approved limited humanitarian corridors, but this is insufficient and has proven ineffective. We stand united in opposing the health and human rights disaster inflicted on the citizens of Gaza. As we hope for a return to civility, dialogue, compromise, and resolution, our hearts go out to all of the victims of this tragedy. The violence must stop.

We declare that we have no conflict of interest.

For Authors

Writing for The Lancet

The Lancet is an international general medical journal that will consider any original contribution that advances or illuminates medical science or practice, or that educates or entertains the journal's readers. Manuscripts must be solely the work of the author(s) stated, must not have been previously published elsewhere, and must not be under consideration by another journal.

For papers, which will usually be primary research, judged to warrant fast dissemination, The Lancet will publish a peer-reviewed manuscript within 4 weeks of receipt. If you wish to discuss your proposed submission with an editor, please call one of the editorial offices in London (+44 [0] 20 7424 4943) or New York (+1 212 633 3667).

How to submit your paper
The Lancet has an online submission and peer review website, known as EES. Simply log onto EES and follow the onscreen instructions for all submissions. If you have not used EES before, you will need to register first. In EES, the corresponding author is the person who enters the manuscript details and uploads the submission files. Inclusion of illustrations (photographs, graphs, diagrams etc) is a prerequisite for publication. Digital photography files should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and be at least 75 mm wide. In almost all cases, if you have a finished manuscript, you should submit it, rather than contacting The Lancet to enquire whether an unseen manuscript is likely to be accepted. Unless you have been asked by The Editor to submit by email, you should use the online system for all types of submission, including Correspondence.

Full guidelines for authors of The Lancet(PDF - 146Kb)

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Date: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:07 pm
Subject: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe

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Here is an account on the history and current crisis in Gaza by a Jewish Oxford
professor who served
in the Israeli army in the 60s.  I hope this article would answer some of the
questions I received about
the background of the conflict in the area.

For those who are interested in more information, we are
organizing a teach-in on UW campus on this issue where local experts on history
and politics of the
Middle East, public health, mental health, human rights and policy will be
presenting and answering
questions. Will post more details as soon the date is and location are
determined.

Thank you.

Amineh


Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli
army and has never
questioned the state's legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him
to devastating
conclusions

Avi Shlaim
The Guardian, Wednesday 7 January 2009
Article history

A wounded Palestinian policeman gestures while lying on the ground outside Hamas
police
headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed
Abed/AFP/Getty
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The only way to make sense of Israel's senseless war in Gaza is through
understanding the historical
context. Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental
injustice to the
Palestinians. British officials bitterly resented American partisanship on
behalf of the infant state. On 2
June 1948, Sir John Troutbeck wrote to the foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, that
the Americans were
responsible for the creation of a gangster state headed by "an utterly
unscrupulous set of leaders". I
used to think that this judgment was too harsh but Israel's vicious assault on
the people of Gaza, and
the Bush administration's complicity in this assault, have reopened the
question.

I write as someone who served loyally in the Israeli army in the mid-1960s and
who has never
questioned the legitimacy of the state of Israel within its pre-1967 borders.
What I utterly reject is the
Zionist colonial project beyond the Green Line. The Israeli occupation of the
West Bank and the Gaza
Strip in the aftermath of the June 1967 war had very little to do with security
and everything to do with
territorial expansionism. The aim was to establish Greater Israel through
permanent political,
economic and military control over the Palestinian territories. And the result
has been one of the most
prolonged and brutal military occupations of modern times.

Four decades of Israeli control did incalculable damage to the economy of the
Gaza Strip. With a large
population of 1948 refugees crammed into a tiny strip of land, with no
infrastructure or natural
resources, Gaza's prospects were never bright. Gaza, however, is not simply a
case of economic
under-development but a uniquely cruel case of deliberate de-development. To use
the Biblical
phrase, Israel turned the people of Gaza into the hewers of wood and the drawers
of water, into a
source of cheap labour and a captive market for Israeli goods. The development
of local industry was
actively impeded so as to make it impossible for the Palestinians to end their
subordination to Israel
and to establish the economic underpinnings essential for real political
independence.

Gaza is a classic case of colonial exploitation in the post-colonial era. Jewish
settlements in occupied
territories are immoral, illegal and an insurmountable obstacle to peace. They
are at once the
instrument of exploitation and the symbol of the hated occupation. In Gaza, the
Jewish settlers
numbered only 8,000 in 2005 compared with 1.4 million local residents. Yet the
settlers controlled
25% of the territory, 40% of the arable land and the lion's share of the scarce
water resources. Cheek
by jowl with these foreign intruders, the majority of the local population lived
in abject poverty and
unimaginable misery. Eighty per cent of them still subsist on less than $2 a
day. The living conditions
in the strip remain an affront to civilised values, a powerful precipitant to
resistance and a fertile
breeding ground for political extremism.

In August 2005 a Likud government headed by Ariel Sharon staged a unilateral
Israeli pullout from
Gaza, withdrawing all 8,000 settlers and destroying the houses and farms they
had left behind. Hamas,
the Islamic resistance movement, conducted an effective campaign to drive the
Israelis out of Gaza.
The withdrawal was a humiliation for the Israeli Defence Forces. To the world,
Sharon presented the
withdrawal from Gaza as a contribution to peace based on a two-state solution.
But in the year after,
another 12,000 Israelis settled on the West Bank, further reducing the scope for
an independent
Palestinian state. Land-grabbing and peace-making are simply incompatible.
Israel had a choice and it
chose land over peace.

The real purpose behind the move was to redraw unilaterally the borders of
Greater Israel by
incorporating the main settlement blocs on the West Bank to the state of Israel.
Withdrawal from Gaza
was thus not a prelude to a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority but a
prelude to further Zionist
expansion on the West Bank. It was a unilateral Israeli move undertaken in what
was seen, mistakenly
in my view, as an Israeli national interest. Anchored in a fundamental rejection
of the Palestinian
national identity, the withdrawal from Gaza was part of a long-term effort to
deny the Palestinian
people any independent political existence on their land.

Israel's settlers were withdrawn but Israeli soldiers continued to control all
access to the Gaza Strip by
land, sea and air. Gaza was converted overnight into an open-air prison. From
this point on, the
Israeli air force enjoyed unrestricted freedom to drop bombs, to make sonic
booms by flying low and
breaking the sound barrier, and to terrorise the hapless inhabitants of this
prison.

Israel likes to portray itself as an island of democracy in a sea of
authoritarianism. Yet Israel has never
in its entire history done anything to promote democracy on the Arab side and
has done a great deal
to undermine it. Israel has a long history of secret collaboration with
reactionary Arab regimes to
suppress Palestinian nationalism. Despite all the handicaps, the Palestinian
people succeeded in
building the only genuine democracy in the Arab world with the possible
exception of Lebanon. In
January 2006, free and fair elections for the Legislative Council of the
Palestinian Authority brought to
power a Hamas-led government. Israel, however, refused to recognise the
democratically elected
government, claiming that Hamas is purely and simply a terrorist organisation.

America and the EU shamelessly joined Israel in ostracising and demonising the
Hamas government
and in trying to bring it down by withholding tax revenues and foreign aid. A
surreal situation thus
developed with a significant part of the international community imposing
economic sanctions not
against the occupier but against the occupied, not against the oppressor but
against the oppressed.

As so often in the tragic history of Palestine, the victims were blamed for
their own misfortunes.
Israel's propaganda machine persistently purveyed the notion that the
Palestinians are terrorists, that
they reject coexistence with the Jewish state, that their nationalism is little
more than antisemitism,
that Hamas is just a bunch of religious fanatics and that Islam is incompatible
with democracy. But the
simple truth is that the Palestinian people are a normal people with normal
aspirations. They are no
better but they are no worse than any other national group. What they aspire to,
above all, is a piece
of land to call their own on which to live in freedom and dignity.

Like other radical movements, Hamas began to moderate its political programme
following its rise to
power. From the ideological rejectionism of its charter, it began to move
towards pragmatic
accommodation of a two-state solution. In March 2007, Hamas and Fatah formed a
national unity
government that was ready to negotiate a long-term ceasefire with Israel.
Israel, however, refused to
negotiate with a government that included Hamas.

It continued to play the old game of divide and rule between rival Palestinian
factions. In the late
1980s, Israel had supported the nascent Hamas in order to weaken Fatah, the
secular nationalist
movement led by Yasser Arafat. Now Israel began to encourage the corrupt and
pliant Fatah leaders to
overthrow their religious political rivals and recapture power. Aggressive
American neoconservatives
participated in the sinister plot to instigate a Palestinian civil war. Their
meddling was a major factor in
the collapse of the national unity government and in driving Hamas to seize
power in Gaza in June
2007 to pre-empt a Fatah coup.

The war unleashed by Israel on Gaza on 27 December was the culmination of a
series of clashes and
confrontations with the Hamas government. In a broader sense, however, it is a
war between Israel and
the Palestinian people, because the people had elected the party to power. The
declared aim of the
war is to weaken Hamas and to intensify the pressure until its leaders agree to
a new ceasefire on
Israel's terms. The undeclared aim is to ensure that the Palestinians in Gaza
are seen by the world
simply as a humanitarian problem and thus to derail their struggle for
independence and statehood.

The timing of the war was determined by political expediency. A general election
is scheduled for 10
February and, in the lead-up to the election, all the main contenders are
looking for an opportunity to
prove their toughness. The army top brass had been champing at the bit to
deliver a crushing blow to
Hamas in order to remove the stain left on their reputation by the failure of
the war against Hezbollah
in Lebanon in July 2006. Israel's cynical leaders could also count on apathy and
impotence of the pro-
western Arab regimes and on blind support from President Bush in the twilight of
his term in the
White House. Bush readily obliged by putting all the blame for the crisis on
Hamas, vetoing proposals
at the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and issuing Israel with a
free pass to mount a
ground invasion of Gaza.

As always, mighty Israel claims to be the victim of Palestinian aggression but
the sheer asymmetry of
power between the two sides leaves little room for doubt as to who is the real
victim. This is indeed a
conflict between David and Goliath but the Biblical image has been inverted - a
small and defenceless
Palestinian David faces a heavily armed, merciless and overbearing Israeli
Goliath. The resort to brute
military force is accompanied, as always, by the shrill rhetoric of victimhood
and a farrago of self-pity
overlaid with self-righteousness. In Hebrew this is known as the syndrome of
bokhim ve-yorim,
"crying and shooting".

To be sure, Hamas is not an entirely innocent party in this conflict. Denied the
fruit of its electoral
victory and confronted with an unscrupulous adversary, it has resorted to the
weapon of the weak -
terror. Militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad kept launching Qassam rocket
attacks against Israeli
settlements near the border with Gaza until Egypt brokered a six-month ceasefire
last June. The
damage caused by these primitive rockets is minimal but the psychological impact
is immense,
prompting the public to demand protection from its government. Under the
circumstances, Israel had
the right to act in self-defence but its response to the pinpricks of rocket
attacks was totally
disproportionate. The figures speak for themselves. In the three years after the
withdrawal from Gaza,
11 Israelis were killed by rocket fire. On the other hand, in 2005-7 alone, the
IDF killed 1,290
Palestinians in Gaza, including 222 children.

Whatever the numbers, killing civilians is wrong. This rule applies to Israel as
much as it does to
Hamas, but Israel's entire record is one of unbridled and unremitting brutality
towards the inhabitants
of Gaza. Israel also maintained the blockade of Gaza after the ceasefire came
into force which, in the
view of the Hamas leaders, amounted to a violation of the agreement. During the
ceasefire, Israel
prevented any exports from leaving the strip in clear violation of a 2005
accord, leading to a sharp
drop in employment opportunities. Officially, 49.1% of the population is
unemployed. At the same
time, Israel restricted drastically the number of trucks carrying food, fuel,
cooking-gas canisters,
spare parts for water and sanitation plants, and medical supplies to Gaza. It is
difficult to see how
starving and freezing the civilians of Gaza could protect the people on the
Israeli side of the border.
But even if it did, it would still be immoral, a form of collective punishment
that is strictly forbidden by
international humanitarian law.

The brutality of Israel's soldiers is fully matched by the mendacity of its
spokesmen. Eight months
before launching the current war on Gaza, Israel established a National
Information Directorate. The
core messages of this directorate to the media are that Hamas broke the
ceasefire agreements; that
Israel's objective is the defence of its population; and that Israel's forces
are taking the utmost care
not to hurt innocent civilians. Israel's spin doctors have been remarkably
successful in getting this
message across. But, in essence, their propaganda is a pack of lies.

A wide gap separates the reality of Israel's actions from the rhetoric of its
spokesmen. It was not
Hamas but the IDF that broke the ceasefire. It di d so by a raid into Gaza on 4
November that killed
six Hamas men. Israel's objective is not just the defence of its population but
the eventual overthrow
of the Hamas government in Gaza by turning the people against their rulers. And
far from taking care
to spare civilians, Israel is guilty of indiscriminate bombing and of a
three-year-old blockade that has
brought the inhabitants of Gaza, now 1.5 million, to the brink of a humanitarian
catastrophe.

The Biblical injunction of an eye for an eye is savage enough. But Israel's
insane offensive against Gaza
seems to follow the logic of an eye for an eyelash. After eight days of bombing,
with a death toll of
more than 400 Palestinians and four Israelis, the gung-ho cabinet ordered a land
invasion of Gaza the
consequences of which are incalculable.

No amount of military escalation can buy Israel immunity from rocket attacks
from the military wing of
Hamas. Despite all the death and destruction that Israel has inflicted on them,
they kept up their
resistance and they kept firing their rockets. This is a movement that glorifies
victimhood and
martyrdom. There is simply no military solution to the conflict between the two
communities. The
problem with Israel's concept of security is that it denies even the most
elementary security to the
other community. The only way for Israel to achieve security is not through
shooting but through talks
with Hamas, which has repeatedly declared its readiness to negotiate a long-term
ceasefire with the
Jewish state within its pre-1967 borders for 20, 30, or even 50 years. Israel
has rejected this offer for
the same reason it spurned the Arab League peace plan of 2002, which is still on
the table: it involves
concessions and compromises.

This brief review of Israel's record over the past four decades makes it
difficult to resist the conclusion
that it has become a rogue state with "an utterly unscrupulous set of leaders".
A rogue state habitually
violates international law, possesses weapons of mass destruction and practises
terrorism - the use of
violence against civilians for political purposes. Israel fulfils all of these
three criteria; the cap fits and
it must wear it. Israel's real aim is not peaceful coexistence with its
Palestinian neighbours but military
domination. It keeps compounding the mistakes of the past with new and more
disastrous ones.
Politicians, like everyone else, are of course free to repeat the lies and
mistakes of the past. But it is
not mandatory to do so.

• Avi Shlaim is a professor of international relations at the University of
Oxford and the author of The
Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World and of Lion of Jordan: King Hussein's Life
in War and Peace.

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From: amina@...
Date: Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:40 am
Subject: UW Students for Justice in Palestine

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Many have asked me about local groups organizing local action in support of
Gaza, so here is an excellent source:

a newly launched website by UW Students for Justice in Palestine


http://students.washington.edu/sjpal/index.htm


The website also has info on Palestine, the conflict, local and internationals
news and films on the topic, and much more.  SJP-UW was established and mainly
led by young UW undergraduate students. Very impressive effort. More info about
the group is below.

Amineh


Students for Justice in Palestine is a diverse group of students, faculty,
staff, and community members working towards common goals of creating a forum
for Palestinian independence and basic human rights. We are organized on
principles to promote justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination
for the Palestinian people.


- If you need more information, have more questions, or you are interested in
subscribing to our emailing list or getting involved, please send us an email
to: sjpal@...

- Join our Facebook group


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From: amina@...
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 8:36 am
Subject: a letter from Kavita Ramdas on Gaza

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As I was researching stands/statements that were issued by various organizations
on Gaza, I read the following letter by Kavita Ramdas. Kavita is the president
of Global Fund for Women and was the keynote speaker for the  global health
conference at the UW a few years ago.  I just want to share her letter with you.

As I am writing to you, there is breaking news on Al Jazeera that Lebanon has
just fired rockets into Israel. I hope this won't create another war front

Hope to see many of you at the rally by the HUB on main campus at noon today.

Amineh



Dear Friends!

As I write, fighting rages on in Gaza. We call upon the Israeli government,
Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and their respective allies to stop: stop the
statements essentially condoning the status quo, stop the rockets, missiles, and
the carnage - now. We call upon the United Nations and political leaders in the
U.S., Europe and the Middle East, to demand that the warring factions
immediately end hostilities, no pre-conditions. Precious lives - not Israeli or
Palestinian - simply human lives - are at stake and they matter. They always
have.

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict does not lend itself to easy solutions or
simple analysis. The issues cannot be neatly compartmentalized; passions run
high, distrust runs deep. Political leaders in Israel and Palestine are quick to
claim that they seek peace, yet their actions suggest otherwise. This latest
chapter builds on an increasingly asymmetrical and unequal conflict between the
government of Israel and the people of Gaza, who today live in a no-man's land
that has neither the status of an independent state, nor the recognition of the
world community.

The Israeli military air attacks on Gaza have exacerbated what the United
Nations calls a �humanitarian crisis of significant proportions�. The fact that
collective punishment of civilians is still happening around the world in the
21st century is appalling. That it continues under the watch of a world
community that has promised more than once, �never again� is even more so.

The violence of the past few days has already claimed over 400 lives and injured
and maimed more than 2000 most of whom are civilian residents of Gaza, including
women and children. They are caught in an impossible situation over which they
have no control and one that threatens their fundamental right to live in peace.

We have said it before and will say it again: when governments and
non-governmental actors choose military action as their primary response to
conflict, women and children suffer most. As the backbone of their communities,
women around the world still bear primary responsibility for feeding and caring
for the family, tending to the sick and providing a stable environment.
Performing such tasks under conditions of war can be and often is, as dangerous
as being a soldier on the front lines. Worse, women can be trapped in their
homes or bomb shelters unable to provide for their families�so children go
hungry, the sick get sicker, communities suffer.

At the Global Fund for Women, we hold fast to the prospect of new, possibly more
enlightened leadership. Few of us were na�ve enough to believe that violence
would magically end; the recent massacres in the DRC and the November attacks in
Mumbai, India were stark reminders of the deadly sway of militarism. Yet we held
out some hope that with the right degree of political will and commitment from
the international community, warring factions might consider coming to the
negotiating table once more; putting people and peace first, instead of money
and power. Clearly, we are still far from that ideal.

Yet, it was with a sense of hope that I ended my phone exchange with Majeda Al
Saqqa, a grantee partner and advisor based in Gaza, who continues to work for
peace; even as bombs fell around her. I have hope because of the Coalition of
Women for Peace, a network of Israeli women�s groups that has already issued a
strong statement condemning the current violence. Their resoluteness reminds me
of the courage and resilience demonstrated daily by women who face such
situations around the world.

Perhaps, Gaza is our clarion call: to dismantle militarism as the dominant
ideology in world politics; to require Israel to comply with UN resolutions
regarding the status of the Palestinians, to hold the UN to its commitments to
expand peacekeeping forces and negotiating teams to include more women; and to
ensure that women can take the lead in building a lasting peace.

The Global Fund for Women intends to be there for Majeda and the thousands of
women like her around the world who face injustice, fear, discrimination,
occupation, and violence. We urge the world community, including governments in
the region, their powerful allies in the Global North, and the United Nations to
stand with us. The women of the world deserve peace now.

In Solidarity,

Kavita N.Ramdas
President & CEO

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Date: Tue Jan 6, 2009 7:48 pm
Subject: Global Health and Innovation Summit - Conference Registration

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"Progress Towards Eliminating Blindness Due To Trachoma: Findings of Post-Intervention Impact Trachoma Prevalence Surveys in Seven Countries," Sam Abbenyi, MD, MSc, Director, Programs and Logistics, International Trachoma Initiative

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Elizabeth Ashbourne, Results Secretariat, OPCS, World Bank

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"Becoming a Mobile Foot Soldier: The Development of a Social Venture to Provide Care Throughout Ghana," Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana

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"Academician or Advocate? Making Scientific Research and Human Rights Fit," Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH&TM, Associate Professor, Tulane University; Vice President, Doctors for Global Health

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"An Innovative Program to Deliver Vision Care to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities – Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes," Paul Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes

"Tools for Effective Global Health Advocacy," Natasha Bilimoria, Executive Director, Friends of the Global Fight

David Bloom, Chair, Department of Global Health and Population; Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health

"Cuba: Care-Giver to the World," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

Dondeena Bradley, PhD, Vice President, Corporate Nutrition, PepsiCo

"Strenghtening Health Systems: The Role of Universities in Global Health," Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration; Director, Health Management Program; Director, Global Health Initiatives, Yale School of Public Health

"Key Predictors of Global Health, Life Expectancy, and the Burden of Illness: A New World Model," M. Harvey Brenner, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Public Health University of North Texas Health Science Center; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"A Tragic Global Dilemma: So Many Cataracts, So Few Surgeries," Harry Brown, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International

"Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Immune Evasion," Richard Bucala, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine

"Prevalence of Blindness in West African Adults: The Tema Eye Survey," Don Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

"U.S. Life Expectancy: Why are We #28," Sarah Burd-Sharps, Co-director, American Human Development Project

"The Surgeon's Role in Global Public Health," Kathleen Casey, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons

"Bringing Global Health Research Home," Jennifer Chow, Program Manager, Global Health Research Advocacy, Research!America

Michael Chu, MBA, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

"Connectivity & Health Information Needs: Alternative Approaches," Thomas Cook, PT, PhD, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health

"Demonstration of Impact of Partnerships in Developing Countries Through Economic Modeling" Scott Corlew, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast

"Open Medicine: A Journal and a Social Movement," Jessica Cowan-Dewar, Editorial Fellow, Open Medicine

"Developing an Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Global Health at Duke University," Lisa Croucher, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Global Health Institute, Duke University

"Hand of Hope (Here Bolo): A Peer Education Tool for Low Literacy Settings," Annie de Groot, MD, Founder and Scientific Director, GAIA Vaccince Foundation; Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University

"Health in the Millennium Villages: Scaling Up In Unexpected Ways," Prabhjot Dhadialla, PhD Candidate, Program Director of Health Systems, Development and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health & Economic Development; Community Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village Prjoect

"The American Medical Model - Are We Right To Export It?" Emmanuel d'Harcourt, Senior Child Survival Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee

"Good Approaches To Community Eye Health, Robert Dolo, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Gender Differences in HIV Testing, ARV Enrollment, and Treatment Adherence: Lessons Learned at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti," Darwin Dorestan, MD, Coordinator of HIV and TB Programs, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Why Follow-Up Is A Must For All Medical Care," Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"How To Train Community Eye Health Workers in Villages and Refugee Camps: The Impact Of A Community-Based Model," Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Climate Instability: Health Problems and Health Solutions," Paul Epstein, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

"A Model Program for International Collaborations in Latin America," Javier Escobar, MD, MSc, Associate Dean for Global Health, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

"Racial Discrimination and the Right to Health: US Obligations Under The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination," Dabney Evans, MPH, Executive Director, Emory University Institute of Human Rights; Lecturer, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

"The Ethical, Social, Cultural, and Commercialization Issues on International Agro-Biotechnology Initiatives in Africa," Obidimma Ezezika, PhD, MEM, Senior Research Fellow, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto

"Using the Community Tool Box to Build Global Capacity for Community Health and Development," Stephen Fawcett, PhD, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre, University of Kansas

"The Role of Cultural Competency in International Health Care and Volunteerism," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN, CEO and Founder, Center For Human Diversity

"Ophthalmic Screening in China to Improve Access to Eye Care," Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services

"Community-Based Participatory Research in Maternal Health in the Dominican Republic,"Jennifer Foster, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Emory University

"Releasing Latent Capacity in a Resource-Constrained Health System Through Government-NGO Partnership Systems Innovation," James Fraser, MA, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dignitas International

"AIDS in the Dominican Republic's Sugercane Batey Communities," Ulrick Gaillard, JD, CEO, The Batey Relief Alliance

"The Fogarty (NIH) International Clinical Research Training Programs," Pierce Gardner, MD, Fogarty International Center, Fogarty International Center, NIH

"Unlocking the Power of Social Norms: Innovative Strategies for Community-Led Transformation in Health and Development," Gannon Gillespie, Director of US Operations, Tostan

"Improvement in Adherence Counseling and Management of Patients on ART in Developing Countries as a Result of Clinical Mentoring Programs," Katie Graves-Abe, Director of Operations, International Center for Equal Healthcare Access

"Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Deliver Affordable Eyeglasses and Eye Care," David Grosof, President, OptiOpia

"Nutritional Management of Cataracts," Heskel Haddad, MD, Ophthalmologist; President, Optoed Corp, Inc.

"Socioemergence: Cultural and Political Dimensions of Emergent Viral Disease in Equatorial Africa's Forests," Rebecca Hardin, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

"Measuring Service Quality With Community Providers," Katharine Haxall, Child Survival and Health Program Officer, International Rescue Committee

"Interplast: The Evolution from Volunteer Medical Missions to Surgical Capacity Building in the Global South," Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interplast

"Experiences In International Education: Teaching The Course Management of Humanitarian Emergencies," Marisa Herran, MD, Co-Director Rainbow Center for Global Child Health , Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, CWRU

"HIV Prevention and Detection Pilot Project in the Sugarcane Plantation Bateyes of Eastern Dominican Republic," Sabrina Hermosilla, MIA, MPH, MS, Columbia University International Family AIDS Program

"Assessing And Addressing Primary Care Service Delivery Challenges in Rural, Low-Resource Settings - Lessons Learned at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti," Fritz Gaetan Heyliger, MD, Coordinator of Primary Care Services, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Illustrations as a Patient Education Tool to Improve Recall of Postoperative Cataract Medication Regimes in the Developing World," M. Scott Hickman, MD, Lawrence Eye Care Associates

"Strengthening the Capacity of Families and Communities: A Foundation's Experience in Addressing Blindness," Steve Hilton, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

"Global Collaborations to Improve Worker Safety on Roads," Jane Hingston, Global Collaborations, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

"Mitigating The Impacts of the Food Crisis in Rural Haiti: Lessons Learned From Hopital Albert Schweitzer's Emergency Nutrition Program," Erlantz Hyppolite, MD, Coordinator of Maternal and Child Health Program, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Challenges and Potential of Genetic Manipulation of Insect Vectors of Disease," Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

"Current Patterns in Pre-hospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Feasibility of a Modified First-aid Course for Lay-First Responders," Sudha Jayaraman, MD, MSc, Resident Physician and Fellow, UCSF Depts of Surgery & Global Health Sciences

"Building Sustainable Strategic Information Systems in Low-Resource Countries," Bobby Jefferson, Senior Information Technology Advisor, SRA International; Senior IT Advisor - HIV/AIDS, Futures Group International

"Microbicide Clinical Trials: A Case Study for Ethical Examination of International Clinical Trials in HIV/STI Prevention," Clair Kaplan, MSN, RN, APRN, MHS, MT, Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Nursing

"Innovative Programs to Address the Burden of Diabetes in Low Resource Economies," Anil Kapur, MD, Managing Director, World Diabetes Foundation

"Eye Care Services in Liberia: The Post War Challenges," Kartee Karloweah, ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneuriship," Zachary Kaufman, JD Candidate, Yale Law School; DPhil Candidate in International Relations, Oxford University

"Educating Leaders for Health Management ," Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH, Program Director, Yale-Clinton Foundation, Jimma-Yale MHA Program

"What is the Role of Universities in Developing and Educating The Next Global Health Leaders?" Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

Karen King, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"Building Mid-level HCW Capacity To Counter Doctor Migration in Nepal," Stephen Knoble, MHS, PA-C, Training Consultant, Nick Simons Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

"Remote Prescriptive Learning - A Cost-Effective Tool to Increase Healthcare Capacity in the Developing World," Colleen Kraft, MD, President/Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

"Reproductive Health Interventions as a Response to the Post-Election Violence in Kenya," Sandra Krause, Director, Reproductive Health Program, Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children

"The Development of School-Based Health Services in Nicaragua," Patricia Ryan-Krause, MS, RN, MSN, CPNP, Associate Professor, Yale School of Nursing

"Global Health and International Affairs: Meeting the Challenge," Randall Kuhn, Director, Global Health Affairs Program, University of Denver, International Studies

"Pathways to Empathetic Psychosocial Care for Families Affected by HIV/AIDS, Poverty, and Violence in Southern Africa - Developing Local Capacity For Sustainable Intervention Practices on the Community Level," Jamie Lachman, Clowns Without Borders

"Improved Instruments for Trachoma Surgery," Doug Lawrence, Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems

"Innovative Tools for Education: Ophthalmic News and Education (O.N.E.™) Network," Brian Leonard, MD, University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Canada; American Academy of Ophthalmology

"Women are Key to Community Health," Jill Lester, President and CEO, The Hunger Project

"Development of a Business Model for the Implementation of a Sustainable Point of Use Water Filter Program in the Dominican Republic," Roger Lewis, PhD, CIH, Division Director, Envionmental Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health

"Pain and Policy: The Battle with Needless Suffering," Diederik Lohman, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

"Community-Based Projects To Improve Quality of Life For People Living With HIV/AIDS," Julia Love, Director of Communications,The Resource Foundation

"Health In The Urban Slums: Let the People Lead the Way," Pamela Lynam, MD, Country Director, Kenya, JHPIEGO

"Duke-Engineering World Health: Biomedical Engineering Making a Difference in Developing World Hospitals," Robert Malkin, PhD, PE, Professor of Practice of Biomedical Engineering Director, Duke-Engineering World Health, Duke University

"Glaucoma and Volunteerism," Roger Martin, Patient Advocate

"A Vaccine To Prevent AIDS: When and How," John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

"The Need For A Global Shift in Global Health: The Emerging Focus on Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries," Michelle McMurry, Director, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute

"Defining Innovation in mHealth: Opportunities and Challenges of Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for mHealth at the Millennium Village Project," Patricia Mechael, MHS, PhD, mHealth and Telemedicine Advisor, Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

"A Rights-Based Approach to US Health Care Reform: Realizing the Highest Attainable Standard of Health Through a Focus on Underlying Determinants," Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, MPhil, Public Health Law Project Manager, Center for Health Policy, IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow, Columbia University

"From Donor-Driven to Impact-Driven: How Evidence Can Inform Smarter Individual Philanthropy," Carol McLaughlin, MD, MPH, Global Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania

"Translation Research on Diabetes Care Among Samoans," Stephen McGarvey, PhD, MPH, Professor of Community Health, Director, International Health Institute, Brown University

"The African Health Professions Brain Drain Survey and Policy Implications," Edward Mensah, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

"Access to Essential Medicines: Moving Beyond AIDS, TB and Malaria," Suerie Moon, PhD Candidate & Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"Cost of Iron Deficiency: Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences for Women and Children," Laura Murray-Kolb, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

"War, Women, and Children," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

"Women's Global Health and Human Rights," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

"Towards a Framework for Culturally-Sensitive Psychosocial Interventions in the Population of Sudanese Displaced," Brian Neff, M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

"Empowerment: The Key To Transforming Communities - Guatemalan Experiences,"Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Heallth

"The International Efforts of The American Academy of Pediatrics," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Heallth

"Neonatal Resuscitation Capabilities in Nepal," Christina Nelson, MD, Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado

"Collaborative Initiative between Researchers and Community Representatives to Facilitate Community Understanding of Interim Analyses in an HIV Prevention Trial," Lisa Noguchi, CNM, MSN, Director of Operations, Microbicide Trials Network, MWRI/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

"Global Service as a Means to Restore America's Standing: Remaking Ourselves As We Remake Our World," Edward O'Neil, Jr, MD, Omni Med

"Project HEALTH: Mobilizing College Volunteers to Change Healthcare Delivery," Rebecca Onie, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALTH

"The Pathophysiology of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis and Macular Degeneration," Santa Ono, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Deputy Provost of Emory University; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center

"The Community Can Help Itself: Using Mobile Phones to Revolutionize Healthcare Delivery," Yuri Ostrovsky, Chief Technology Officer, ClickDiagnostics, Inc.

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From: MaryAnne Mercer <mamercer@...>
Date: Mon Jan 5, 2009 5:02 pm
Subject: 18th Annual GHEC & 7th Annual WRIH Conference (Register & Forward your Award Funds Nominations/Applications!)

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2009 GHEC / WRIH Conference &
GHEC Awards Recognizing Individual and Project Excellence

Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education & Action

a co-production of:
• 18^th Annual GHEC Conference &
• 7^th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference

April 3 – 5, 2009
Hosted at: University of Washington
Husky Union Building (HUB)
Seattle, Washington, USA

www.globalhealthedu.org

April 3, 2009
Pre-conference Assembly | Scaling Up the Global Health Workforce
Special Student Event | Global Health Career Clinic and Resource Fair

April 4 – 5, 2009
Themed Program | Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education & Action
Plenaries, Abstract Presentations, Poster Presentations, Topic Tables, Resource Fair continues, Awards, more…

Keynote Speaker: Harriet Fulbright, The J. Williams & Harriet Fulbright Center

On April 3, 2009, Cocktail Reception at the Seattle Burke Museum
On April 4, 2009, Student/Faculty Mixer sponsored in part by The Lancet

Register Soon! Conference seating is limited and hotel rooms fill quickly (GHEC has blocked rooms at the Watertown Hotel and University Inn in Seattle).

More information about the conference schedule, registration and hotel accommodations available at:
www.globalhealthedu.org

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• Project Recognition and Awards for Leadership & Excellence

The GHEC Awards Committee is accepting applications and nominations for awards honouring excellence and leadership in Global Health Practice and Education. The categories are many and qualifying individuals can be in various stages of their careers (and educational careers) in all health fields.

Five of six categories include monetary awards to support continued global health practice by students, faculty and practitioners.

Deadlines across the board are January 15, 2009 and the names of awardees will be named at the 2009 conference in Seattle, Washington, April 3 – 5, 2009.

Take this opportunity to consider your own achievements as well as those of your peers, colleagues and mentors. GHEC supports your work and wishes to celebrate the achievements this spring!

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Go to www.globalhealthedu.org to learn more about:

• The Christopher Krogh Award
The award plaque is presented to a student, resident, faculty member or other individual(s) that best represent the spirit of Dr Christopher Krogh's dedication to Global Health. Dr Krogh demonstrated that careers among our own underserved and those abroad are often two sides of the same coin. The award seeks to pay tribute to Dr Krogh by honouring an individual who also demonstrates this integration of international and domestic health care.

The Chris Krogh Award was established in 1995 to honor Christopher Krogh, MD, who was killed in an airplane accident on February 24, 1994 while traveling as a physician for the Indian Health Service. Chris was a founding member of GHEC (first established as IHMEC: International Health Medical Education Consortium) and a member of the Board of Directors.

• The Lancet - GHEC Awards for Students and Residents in Global Health
sponsored by The Lancet
· Outstanding Research Project by a Student or Resident
· Outstanding Community Service Project by a Student or Resident

The awards each consist of $1,000 and a plaque recognizing the achievement. Awardees will also receive special mention on the GHEC website and the Lancet Student site.

• The Velji Awards
• Velji Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in Global Health

• The Velji Leadership Award – Emerging Leaders in Global Health

• The Velji Global Health Project of the Year Award

These awards will be offered annually and each awardee will receive a plaque, $1000, and recognition on GHEC's website.

** The Velji Awards are available exclusively to GHEC members and students enrolled in a GHEC Institutional Member school/organization.

• To inquire about your membership status, contact Karen Lam

<karen@...> or call 415-680-6609

• To learn more about GHEC and GHEC membership, visit: www.globalhealthedu.org

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From: amina@...
Date: Sun Jan 4, 2009 10:53 pm
Subject: Gaza protest rally on UW campus - Thursday, Jan 8 @ NOON, HUB lawn

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This event is organized by the UW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP-UW
chapter). Amineh

Rally Against Genocide in Gaza
Thursday, January 8, 2009
12:00pm - 2:00pm
UW Hub Lawn

Rain or shine: Join us in solidarity against the war crimes taking place against
the people of Gaza!

Over 470 Palestinian civilians murdered, over 2,400 injured, half of them
fatally injured.

We will not rest until these brutal, barbaric, unjust attacks on the Palestinian
people in Gaza stop! Stand for the dying innocent civilians and let your voice
be heard. Scream for those who are not being heard in Palestine. Make a
difference. Do what the media doesn't.

The march will begin on the HUB lawn. Wear black and Palestinian kuffiyehs (if
you have them) to show your support. No fake kuffiyehs please :)

Bring flags, signs, your friends, your family, and your voice.

March to stop the massacre of innocent children, women, and men.

See you there,
The SJP Crew

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From: MaryAnne Mercer <mamercer@...>
Date: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:06 pm
Subject: FW: end the bombing of Gaza

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The humanitarian emergency in Gaza continues. Below are some of the local
actions in response to it.

Mary Anne

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Buskin [mailto:bb369@...]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: end the bombing of Gaza

Many groups including local Palestinian and Jewish peace groups are
calling on Israel to stop the aerial bombardment of Gaza.  Hundreds of
people in Gaza including many civilians have died.  Here are three
demonstrations:

SEATTLE-
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 4:00PM
Federal Building ( 915  2nd Ave, 98104)
Sponsored by: Voices of Palestine
info general@...

TACOMA-
Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 5 pm
Federal Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
Organized by People for Peace, Justice, and Healing
info Nancy Farrell, 952-0571, nfarrellvt@...

SEATTLE-
Saturday, January 3, 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Westlake Park: 4th and Pine
Initiated by Voices of Palestine
Contact: general@...
[this is a weekly demonstration]

[Note from calendar compiler:  I am also opposed to the missiles that are
being launched from within Gaza attacking Israel.  But Israel's response
is making the situation worse.  Nobody is getting safer, and many people
are dying.  Everybody is being terrorized.]

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From: amina@...
Date: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:54 am
Subject: Gaza Solidarity event in Seattle - TOMORROW, Dec. 30 @ 4PM @ the Federal BLDG

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Many inquired about local solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza events/vigils.

This protest/rally below is organized by the local group Voices of Palestine. I
hope our efforts will go farther than just venting some frustrations and
influence those with political power to help stop this madness and senseless
violence and destruction.  I will be passing out a petition to be signed and
other information on how to help out from here.  This information was already
emailed to this listserv and there are various online petitions circulating. 
The following one is out of Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi's office, the president of
the health NGO I work for in Palestine.  There is a need for medical
professionals and social workers (graduate professional student volunteers are
welcome), so please contact me directly if you are able to help.

http://www.petitiononline.com/pni/petition.html


There is also a vigil being planned for this coming Saturday, which will be
sponsored by numerous community organizations, including the peace and
co-existence groups.  Will send info. on this when more details are available.


Thank you,

Amineh Ayyad
NIHAC Steering Committee Member

--
Amineh Ayyad
Volunteering & Community Advocacy Officer
External Relations Unit
Palestinian Medical Relief Society
P.O. Box 572
Ramallah-Palestine
Tel:  +970-2-2969970
Fax: +970-2-2969991
Mobile: +970-598567430
Email: amineh@...
www.pmrs.ps


GAZA PROTEST/RALLY


Come join us to protest the Israeli bombardment
of the Palestinian people in Gaza


WHEN:  Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 4:00PM


WHERE:  Federal Building ( 915  2nd Ave, 98104)


Amin Odeh


<http://www.voicesofpalestine.org/> VoicesofPalestine.org
<http://www.theaacc.org/> Theaacc.org

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From: MaryAnne Mercer <mamercer@...>
Date: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:33 pm
Subject: FW: Emergency Response to the Humanitarian Crisis and Large Scale Violence and Attacks Targeting the Gaza Strip

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As you no doubt are aware, a genuine public health emergency is occurring in Gaza right now. Below is a message from Amineh Ayyad with information on how you can be of assistance by supporting medical care in Gaza.

Mary Anne

From: Amineh Ayyad [mailto:amineh.ayyad@...]
Subject: Fwd: Emergency Response to the Humanitarian Crisis and Large Scale Violence and Attacks Targeting the Gaza Strip

Dear all.

Here is a concrete way to help out Palestinians in Gaza through PMRS efforts. Medical volunteers, if they are ever allowed in the area would be of a great help too. Please view the message below and attached files for information on PMRS' six months emergency project in Gaza. PMRS has not yet recovered from the bombing and destruction of its mobile clinic form a few months ago this year. I helped raise funds to obtain equipment for this clinic in 2002 and it is so sad to see that destroyed and more destruction of more resources and facilities now.

Please let me know i fyou have any ideas on how to proceed with helping from Seattle. The 2002 fundraiser was helpful and well attended (400 people, mainly doctors from Seattle and surrounding states and the local Arab community).

Thank you, Amineh

--
Amineh Ayyad
Volunteering & Community Advocacy Officer
External Relations Unit
Palestinian Medical Relief Society
P.O. Box 572
Ramallah-Palestine
Tel: +970-2-2969970
Fax: +970-2-2969991
Mobile: +970-598567430
+206-6310121 (USA)
Email: amineh@...
www.pmrs.ps

Dear Friends and partners

As you are almost certainly aware, Gaza is in the midst of a terrible humanitarian disaster. Without food, medicines, electricity, fuel, clean drinking water, or the means to treat human and other waste, Israel's decision intensify its lockdown on all Gaza's borders and to halt fuel supplies to the Strip has had disastrous consequences for the state of public health in the Gaza Strip.

The Heath sector in Gaza is currently in a state of collapse, with public hospitals full to overflowing. "Doctors, ambulances and hospitals cannot provide an adequate response to the growing needs", Dr. Barghouthi highlighted. "Today, there is serious shortage of medical supplies. Severely injured patients cannot leave the Strip due to prolonged closures of border crossings. And basic medical supply urgently needed such as sterilization equipment, needles, anaesthetics, catheters, gases, oxygen or monitors cannot reach the Gazans."

"It is a humanitarian disaster and a human tragedy that should be stopped now! Every single human rights granted to the human being have been violated. It is not time to put an end to the massacre.

At least 345 have been reportedly killed (including more than 25 children and 9 women), and more than 1,400 have sustained heavy injuries (including 130 children and 45 women). The number is expected to rise within the coming hours as more bodies are uncovered from the rubble, more casualties succumb to their wounds, and more bombs continue to fall.

PMRS is seeking therefore support to mitigate the impact of the siege on the health of the Gazan population by strengthening and expanding the healthcare services it provides to the people of Gaza.

With its long-standing presence in the Gaza Strip, PMRS' reputation for the provision of quality primary healthcare services, together with the relationships of trust and cooperation it maintains with communities throughout Palestine, places it in an unparalleled position to help ordinary Gazans absorb the shock of the current crisis, by continuing to emergency and primary medical care to vulnerable group

Best Regards

Sameh jarallah, Bahia Amra

+ 972 5999 40073

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