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Mon, 2009-05-04 18:54 — admin

The mission of this Working Group is explore the psychosocial dimension of crisis.

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Spain Hit by New Wave of Street Protests

Tue, 2012-10-09 10:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

aljazeera.com - October 7, 2012

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WILL Interactive Launches '$500,000 Simulate a Better World Challenge' to Promote Social Change

Sun, 2012-01-08 00:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Theresa Bernardo

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WILL Interactive, Inc., the nation's most experienced developer of computer-based interactive training simulations, today announced the launch of the $500,000 Simulate a Better World Challenge.

The winner of the Challenge will have the unique opportunity to select the subject matter and help guide the creation of an interactive simulation.  The finished program will be distributed nationally to address an issue of major societal importance in an effort to create real, sustainable change. The competition is open to applications from all organizations and individuals through February 29, 2012. Learn about the Challenge.

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Social inequalities in mortality: a problem of cognitive function?

Thu, 2009-07-16 13:03 — admin

Michael Marmot* and Mika Kivimäki
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on July 14, 2009
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp264

Available online at : http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/ehp264v1

Public Health and Economic Crises

Thu, 2009-07-09 14:09 — admin

The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe:
an empirical analysis
David Stuckler PhD a b, Sanjay Basu PhD c d, Marc Suhrcke PhD e f, Adam Coutts PhD g, Martin McKee MD b h
a Department of Sociology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
b Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
c Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
d Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, CA, USA

PAHO Urges Equitable Access to Influenza Vaccines

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:24 — admin

Website; http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1300&Itemid=1

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2009 (PAHO/WHO) – Guaranteeing access for developing countries to vaccines, including a possible vaccine for the new A/H1N1 influenza virus, is a major concern of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), a PAHO vaccine expert said during a media briefing today.

Capitalism Beyond the Crisis

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:19 — admin

Amartya Sen, is Lamont University Professor at Harvard. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998.
His most recent book is Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny. (March 2009)

The New York Review of Books - Volume 56, Number 5 · March 26, 2009

Available online at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22490

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