Category: Health

Racism is Not the Cause of Health Disparities, by Jeffery Temple

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  Racism is Not the Cause of Health Disparities by Jeffery Temple (bio) In 2002, a congressionally-commissioned report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) determined health disparities between whites and minorities were caused by racial bias in America's health care ...
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White House Health Care Reform: It’s a Matter of Trust, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

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White House Health Care Reform: It's a Matter of Trust by Murdock "Doc" Gibbs (bio) The following is my reply to an unsolicited e-mail I received from David Alexrod, President Obama's senior advisor.  Axelrod's letter, which was recently received - ...
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Good Health and Good Stewardship, by Bishop Council Nedd II

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Throughout the Bible, there are passages suggesting that much is expected from those to whom much is given. One of the greatest gifts God has given his people on earth is the gift of good health.  Like all gifts, however, ...
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Project 21’s Nedd Joins Other Religious Leaders at UN Public Health Conference

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Project 21 member Council Nedd II, a bishop in the Episcopal Missionary Church, is returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he helped lead a non-governmental organization (NGO) delegation to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and ...
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World Malaria Day Marked By Call for Action; Millions at Risk

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Washington, D.C. - In observance of the very first "World Malaria Day," an activist with the Project 21 black leadership network is calling upon establishment environmentalist groups and global health administrators to rethink their opposition to the use of the ...
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Africa’s Failing Approach to Health Care, by Thompson Ayodele

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After decades of neglect, effective health care is one of the biggest concerns in Africa. Both foreign donors and African governments, making finding a solution a priority, have opened the money taps.  Foreign hard currency is flowing into the health ...
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Free Market Health Care in Africa Promoted

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From David Almasi: Project 21 Associate Thompson Ayodele of the Nigeria-based Initiative for Public Policy Analysis recently wrote a spirited commentary on the need for more private health care in Africa that was published in two major Nigerian newspapers: The ...
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Government Health Care Threatens Burgers and Fries?

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Three Mississippi state lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban Mississippi restaurants from serving food to obese people. We've written before how government bans on tobacco use in bars and resturants have reduced customer traffic in those establishments (here and here, ...
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Black Boycott Power Should Be Used to Protect the Unborn, by Djana Milton

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Money talks. This is a truism black Americans relied upon to enact change during the civil rights movement, with protests such as the Montgomery bus boycott.  Its power was seen again in this century with the boycott of Adam's Mark ...
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Shooting the Messenger on Socialized Medicine

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When Rudy Giuliani said the survival rate for prostate cancer is 82 percent in the U.S. but only 44 percent in Britain, which has socialized medicine, you'd think a typical American response would be sympathy for the Britons, and the ...
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