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Global Medicine

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Healthcare in Iraq: Past, Present and Future III

Global Medicine ·

2007/12/06

Guest: Frederick Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Frederick Burkle speaks about the indirect deaths that take place in a politically motivated disaster. The lack of data on the number of these lives makes them unseen, uncounted and unnoticed. As indicated by our guest, we must begin to consider that health is the most important foreign policy issue of our times.

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Healthcare in Iraq: Past, Present and Future II

Global Medicine ·

2007/12/06

Guest: Frederick Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Frederick Burkle addresses our evaluation of what level of healthcare we would find in Iraq when we invaded in 2003, based on the previous 8-year war with Iran ('80-'88), the Gulf War of '91, and 12 years of sanctions (91-'03 ). The continuing war, the looting of all hospitals and clinics, the inefficiency of the CPA (Coalition for Provisional Authority) and now the Iraqi governmental woes have caused a huge vacuum

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Healthcare in Iraq: Past, Present and Future

Global Medicine ·

2007/12/06

Guest: Frederick Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Frederick Burkle, first Head of the Ministry of Health, discusses what went wrong in fulfilling our responsibility to provide adequate and sustained healthcare to the Iraqi civilians throughout the American occupation. The interview raises the question of whether the Department of Defense should carry on the war while simultaneously becoming sole provider of humanitarian aid to the victims of this devastation.

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Project HOPE: 50 Years of Global Health Service

Global Medicine ·

2007/11/15

Guest: John Howe, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. John Howe, president and CEO of Project HOPE, about Project HOPE's work with the U.S. Navy, from the tsunami devastation inIndonesianto the crisis in New Orleans.

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Project HOPE: Partnerships Around the World

Global Medicine ·

2007/11/15

Guest: John Howe, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. John P. Howe how Project HOPE has formed partnerships around the world that have brought health care to the disadvantaged, especially women and children. This began in 1958 when President Dwight Eisenhower donated a U.S. Navy ship to be converted to the first non-military hospital ship in American history.

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Addressing Global Energy Needs and Health Impacts

Global Medicine ·

2007/11/13

Guest: Helen Caldicott, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder and President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI), about novel solutions for addressing our global energy needs with an emphasis on our cultural preservation. Dr. Caldicott brings attention to the need for resolution, rather than just capability, from our policy makers to affect positive changes in energy regulations to benefit human health on a global

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Medical Hazards of the Nuclear Age

Global Medicine ·

2007/11/13

Guest: Helen Caldicott, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard talks with Dr. Helen Caldicott about the growing medical hazards of the modern nuclear age. Citizens don't have the luxury of time to remain ignorant, as even the very air we breath is being endangered.

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Global Health: Volunteering Overseas

Global Medicine ·

2007/10/29

Guest: Nassim Assefi, MD Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Have you ever thought about volunteering overseas? How do you get started? What are the risks and benefits? Dr. Nassim Assefi,a board-certified internist specializing in women’s health and global medicine,discusses her experiences working in Iran and Cuba with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

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Humanitarian Challenges for UNRWA in Gaza City

Global Medicine ·

2007/10/17

Guest: Karen Koning Abuzayd Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Commission General Karen Koning Abuzayd from Gaza City about the complex issues in trying to support a refugee population of 4.4 million while simultaneously creating a dynamic process that will prepare them for eventual statehood. The UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East)continues to be challenged as the lack of political progress in advancing

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Global Medicine ·

2007/10/17

Guest: Karen Koning Abuzayd Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Host Dr. Maurice Pickardwelcomes Commission-General Ms. Karen Koning Abuzayd for a discussion aboutthe humanitarian needs (including medical, educational and social goals) of four generations ofpeople whoare living in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. The changing political climate continues to create daunting challenges for those trying to model a stable society.

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Healing Across The Divides

Global Medicine ·

2007/10/01

Guest: Norbert Goldfield, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. Norbert Goldfield the organization that is fostering partnered initiatives between Isreali and Palestinian healthcare projects. The purpose is not only to improve health but to contribute to a reawakening of a commitment to the peace process. Empowerment of individuals and communities from the bottom up can have far reaching benefits.

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Extreme Medical Recycling

Global Medicine ·

2007/09/04

Guest: Bruce Charash, MD Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Each day, 7000 tons of unused American medical supplies go to waste. Join the founder and Chairman of the Board of Doc to Dock, Dr. Bruce Charash, discuss how he is sending discarded medical supplies to needy hospitals in Africa.

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Doc to Dock

Global Medicine ·

2007/09/04

Guest: Bruce Charash, MD Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Join Dr. Bruce Charash, founder and Chairman of the Board of Doc to Dock, as he discusses how Doc to Dock is sending tons of discarded medical supplies to needy hospitals in Africa.

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It's Cheaper in Singapore

Global Medicine ·

2007/08/21

Guest: Josef Woodman Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of the book, Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses the advantages of medical care at foreign destinations.

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Medical Tourism

Global Medicine ·

2007/08/21

Guest: Josef Woodman Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Join Josef Woodman, President of The Healthy Travel Company and author of "Patients Beyond Borders," as he discusses medical tourism.

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Travel the World as a Temporary Physician

Global Medicine ·

2007/07/02

Guest: Mark Brouse Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Mark Brouse, president of VISTA Staffing Solutions, the only locum tenens company that provides both domestic and international assignments. They will discuss the who, what, where and how of these exciting opportunities.

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