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Malaria Statistics
The new WHO report on malaria estimates raises about as many questions as answers. While the report revises estimates of malaria cases downward in Asia, it also raises questions about the accuracy of the collection of the data. This is not a new discussion...

Posted 09-23-2008 6:15 AM by Perspectives

The Global Food Crisis
Reports from Somalia are the worst I’ve seen in years. Hunger is already threatening over two and a half million Somalis and the United Nations says 3.5 million are at risk of famine in coming weeks. Security, already terrible, is becoming even...

Posted 07-19-2008 8:36 PM by Perspectives

Real Faith-based Initiatives:HIV/AIDS, Medicare, & Global Food Crisis
With so much talk recently about faith-based initiatives it occurs to me three significant issues ought to generate action in faith communities. They could truly be faith-based initiatives if people of faith would take the initiative to press the U.S...

Posted 07-08-2008 7:45 AM by Perspectives

Malaria: What Next?
The second and third days of the Malaria Forum conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation turned out to be as stimulating and inspiring as day one. Important research was reported in a continuous stream. As a layperson, I’m an interested...

Posted 10-19-2007 12:29 PM by Perspectives

American Cancer Society and the Uninsured
Recently a letter writer told me I was both a bad citizen and a poor Christian because I had said we need to “fix the health care system in the United States.” I thought it was obvious things aren’t working so well with the uninsured...

Posted 08-30-2007 10:02 PM by Perspectives