Search: World Health Organization,Public Health (2 materials)

Disease and Diplomacy. Tuberculosis as a political weapon.

Last year 9 million people contracted tuberculosis and 1.5 million died from the disease. That's bad news for the public health infrastructures of the BRICS, who account for nearly half the TB cases worldwide. At the same time, however, non government actors with global political agendas, including philanthropies, the pharmaceutical industry and speculators, seek ...

20.12.2014

From Das Kapital To Human Capital... Cuba's Doctor Diplomacy Pays Big Dividends For Now

... and environmental security are major policy concerns for nations, international organizations and ordinary people. Now, the World Health Organization has added a new numb to the sum of all fears. A shortage of 4.3 million doctors, nurses and technicians.... ... the state owned Empresa Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos de Cuba S.A. “Servimed” wraps services like public health, sports training and education into a single organization and markets them world-wide. Effectively, the nations ...

01.10.2013

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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