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When Disaster Strikes: Nancy Dorsinville
A wide range of experts from the fields of global health, NGOs and journalism, as well as citizens and volunteers explore the collaboration and tension between journalists and public health workers at times of crisis.
When Disaster Strikes: [...]Reporting and Responding
The second panel focused on immediate crisis response and was moderated by Jon Simon, Director of the Center for Global Health. Nancy Dorsinville is the Senior Policy Advisor of the UN Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti.
Hosted by Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Center for Global Health and Development, College of Communication, and School of Public Health on April 14, 2011
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Good News from Africa: Keynote Address
The all-day conference Good News from Africa, part of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Africa 2060 research program, brings together leading experts on Africa to present critical assessments of the [...]continent’s current trends in social, cultural, political, and economic development in four discussion panels. Kaire Mbuende, the ambassador of Namibia to the United Nations, presents the keynote address. Mbuende discusses ten key factors that he says are fueling current African growth, including peace, stability, resources, investment in infrastructures, and most important, investment in people, including through education.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 16, 2010.
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BU Abroad: Health Care from Geneva
Tara spent last fall in the Geneva Internship Program, taking courses and working at the WHO in the strategic information unit, focusing on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Her courses featured daily speakers from different [...]realms of public health, and topics included abortion rights, public health issues that arise from natural disasters, and climate change.
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Ground Breaking Climate Legislation: The Case for Massachusetts Senate Bill 2056
Senate Bill #2056, authored by State Senator Mike Barrett (D-Lexington), would give Massachusetts taxpayers the option to donate a portion of their tax return to the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund. This Fund specifically helps the [...]poorest and most vulnerable countries in the world adapt to the devastating effects of climate change.
Featured are Adil Najam (Dean of Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies), David Cash (Dean of John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston), Barbara Kates-Garnick (Former Undersecretary of Energy of Massachusetts), and State Senator Mike Barrett (D-Lexington).
This effort is also supported by Oxfam America, Oxford Climate Policy, and Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy.
Contact your State Senators to show your support for this piece of legislation!
Visit www.mass4climate.com to learn more.
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