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Health: Defense, Diplomacy and Development

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Health as an indicator of good governance

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As I wrote about 2 days ago, I have been thinking a lot about health and governance, and specifically, health as an indicator of good govern...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Health as an indicator of good governance

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It suddenly dawned on me this morning (jet lagged) that health is a direct reflection of good governance. An indicator that governments are ...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

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Syria's war has caused a re-emergence of polio. As a result, the W.H.O. is instituting a campaign to vaccinate 50 million children in t...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/11/01/who-confirms-four-more-cases-deadly-mers-virus/ Photo of corona virus from Fox News story on MER...

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Here I am in the Middle East, and a coronavirus has developed that is being called the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. MERS has ...

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I'm Baaaa-aaacK! Although perhaps the most sporadic blogger in the world, I am persistent. My job in a prestigious defense analysis ins...
Friday, August 19, 2011

AMAZING collaboration between military, USAID, and not-for-profit

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Wow! I recently heard a speech by Dr. William H. Foege, a world renowned epidemiologist who was key to the campaign that basically has eradi...
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Gail Fisher
Gail is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, holds an MA in Journalism and a Master's in Public Health and a Master's Certificate from the Naval Postgraduate School in Security, Stability and Development in Complex Operations. She'd like to eventually get a PhD. She has been following the use of U.S. military health capabilities for nation building and health diplomacy for several years and recently decided to blog about it. This blog is intended to build a resource of relevant news, documents and other online content. The views expressed here are personal and do not reflect those of any agency.
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