Podcast appearances and mentions of Margaret Chan

2003's The Lizzie Maguire. (Lizzie voice or else it doesn't work) Gordo.....I mean.... what? Rome? Me? There's no way. This episode, we are heading to Rome with the spineless Gordo and the entirely inappropriate Ms. Ungermeyer. Will we determine this movie has aged like our childhood goddess Hilary Duff (ahem... aka very well), or are we feeling a little too much like Margaret Chan? Who knew dreams were made of unrealistic standards and inappropriate relationships? (Well, maybe some of us did). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

①Two Sessions: An interview with CPPCC member, former WHO chief Margaret Chan (00:33)②The United States has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine. (14:28)③France considers protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal. (24:59)④Arab leaders have approved a 53-billion-US-dollar plan for Gaza's reconstruction. Can the plan become reality? (34:09)⑤Panama president says "Trump is lying" about reclaiming canal. (43:17)

This week on O+O: UK Net Zero rollbacks, the rise of global populism and why we should all be hungry for (protein) alternatives. Pull up a chair to the table and tuck in to this week's episode. With the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's recent announcement that he plans to ‘roll back' Net Zero commitments, coupled with the disturbing rise of global populist politicians choosing to hack the climate crisis conversation, our hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson, ask: why, and why now, are these leaders choosing to act against the scientific consensus and hit the brakes on progress? Tune in this week to hear the hosts' lively and insightful analysis on this worrying trend in global politics. Alternative proteins is the topic of this week's guest interview.  Bruce Friedrich from the Good Food Institute is interviewed by the unflappable Andy Jarvis from theBezos Earth Fund, using his expertise in this area to dig into this incredibly important and hugely influential issue. Bruce, Andy and the hosts unpacked the outsized positive impact that alternative proteins can have not only on tackling the climate crisis, but also our health, animal well-being and nature restoration.  He also issued a stark warning with regards to the huge quantities of antibiotics we feed our animals and the current and future on human health: “The UK government said the threat to the human race from antimicrobial resistance is more certain than the threat from climate change. It's already killing 1.3 million people per year. It's predicted to be killing 10 million people per year by 2050, according to an article in The Lancet last year.  Seventy percent of medically relevant antibiotics are being fed to farm animals. Now, former head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, has said  the end of working antibiotics is the end of modern medicine.” * Yikes.   Music this week comes from Colombian Psychedelic band ‘BALTHVS' and their track ‘Eclipse Solar'.   NOTES AND RESOURCES   * Bruce quotes an article published in Jan 2022 by The Lancet:  Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis. This article in turn quotes the UK's AMR review's final paper:Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: Final report and recommendations (2016) which is the original source of the figures Bruce uses in the quote above.  PLUM VILLAGE   Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet course. Sign up  HERE and make sure to check out their scholarships on offer if support is needed.  GUESTS   Bruce Friedrich, President and Founder of The Good Food Institute Twitter | LinkedIn  The Good Food Institute Twitter | LinkedIn    Andy Jarvis, Director of Future of Food at Bezos Earth Fund Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram MUSIC   BALTHVS Website | Instagram | YouTube Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Dr. Margaret Chan is a licensed psychologist in both New Jersey and New York with clinical expertise in trauma work, developmental and health psychology since 2002.  Dr. Chan has helped cure patients over the years from disabling MindBody symptoms - she shares some of those stories and her insight in this engaging 75 minutes of knowledge-bombs! You can find and work with Dr. Chan by visiting her website at: https://www.drmargaretchan.com/ This episode is brought to you by Jeannie Kulwin Coaching! Learn more about her 1:1 coaching program here www.jeanniekulwin.com  Follow Jeannie Kulwin on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jeanniekulwincoaching/ Listen to Jeannie's healing journey here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-and-fitness-podcast/id1291091376?i=1000532375002 Become a Patron of the Show!  You can support the show with as little as a few dollars per month - show your support and get a shoutout every single week to thousands of people across the world: https://www.patreon.com/themindandfitnesspodcast Join the Facebook Group to participate in show topics: The Deleters of Pain Give us a Like on Facebook: The Mind and Fitness Podcast If you are interested in advertising your online service or business, email me at eddy@themindandfitnesspodcast.com 

Jed reacts to her former commentary on Andrew Tate and female self-defense, then responds to Tristan Tate's comments on high female body count and abortion. She covers a video that suggests that marriage forces women into chore slavery, then closes with reaction to a video of Former WHO director, Margaret Chan, saying that 70% of their budget has strings attached. Jedediah Bila Live - A social commentary podcast on dating and politics that doesn't hold back! New Episodes LIVE Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 1pm EST. Subscribe to the JB LIVE community: https://bit.ly/3Iojl8Q Ask Jedediah a question or FaceTime her here: https://Minnect.com About the show: Welcome to a free-speech zone where dating, politics, and hot debate come to life. Join former television host Jedediah Bila as she unravels what's broken in the dating game, tackles the dangers of modern feminism, and exposes The System's multifaceted, hazardous agenda. Known for her fearless commentary and passion for freedom and free-thinking minds, Jedediah digs into such topics as “toxic” masculinity, the modern feminist agenda, big-government tyranny, how men and women are different, the dangers of pornography, societal neutering of men, and the problem with a culture of promiscuity. She holds women, men, and political elites accountable in her signature no-bullsh*t style. She stands up for liberty, personal responsibility, and traditional values, rallying against The System's desire for an increasingly weak, puppeteered, entitled culture. And she does it all in a combination of solo and interview-style shows that are sure to get you thinking and fired up to join the conversation. Follow Jedediah on social media: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3Gje8xg Twitter: https://bit.ly/3NlsfFX Facebook: https://bit.ly/3MHFXlo Locals: https://bit.ly/3tmAsCD Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/JedediahBilaLive Pick up a copy of Jedediah's books: Dear Hartley: https://amzn.to/3xEbikp Outnumbered: https://bit.ly/3gWuXq9 #DoNotDisturb: https://amzn.to/3ij6NXr To reach the Valuetainment team, send an email to: booking@valuetainment.com

Say buona sera to our new American friend Jim Fall, the Director -and love of our life- of the Hilary Duff and Adam Lamberg classic: The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Where’s his Academy Award, already?! [petition linked below] Not only does Jim give some incredible insight into shooting in Italy, we finally get some leads on Margaret Chan! Now THAT is what dreams are made of!Pro tip: best listened to with some Italian gelato. 2 scoops.Send Jim some love on Instagram: @jimfallBe sure to like, subscribe, rate and review, and also go to joeandsephs.co.uk for 10% off delicious gourmet popcorn (just use our promo code: HEYNOW at checkout). Jim would love this espresso martini flavour. Very LA!Instagram: Hey Now! Hey Now! @heynowheynow Emily Sandford: @sandfordemily Barney Leigh: @barneyleigh93Produced by: Podcast Design (London), Graphics by: @junkmail See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While humans have struggled for millennia with the spread of contagious diseases, rapid global movement of people and food now magnifies the risks of outbreaks, requiring better monitoring and faster response than ever before. Completely by coincidence, during the making of this episode, the 2019 novel coronavirus spread from Wuhan to the rest of Asia, Europe, and North America. The World Health Organization has officially upgraded this outbreak to the status of Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). While many infectious disease specialists were busy dealing with this outbreak, we were fortunate to speak with several key experts about outbreak science, monitoring, response, and prediction. First, we spoke with Dr. Kamran Khan, a physician, academic, and scientist at St. Micheal’s Hospital and University of Toronto. Dr. Khan is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation. He also founded BlueDot, a company specializing in machine learning models to predict the timing and trajectory of infectious disease outbreaks. We also spoke with Dr. Ross Upshur, a professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Upshur is a specialist in public health medicine, and Head of the Clinical Public Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Join us as we discuss the pressing issues of outbreaks, and track one in real time, on this week’s episode of Raw Talk. JHU COVID-19 Dashboard BlueDot Naming New Viruses: Something Catchy? History of Outbreaks in Canada Public Health Agency of CanadaCDC Outbreak Monitoring WHO Disease Outbreaks Monitoring WHO Handbook on Epidemics Dr Margaret Chan speaks at the 70th World Health Assembly

Margaret Chan, WHO-Generaldirektorin (Zitat aus der Doku): „Die Weltgesundheit wird von 3 Katastrophen bedroht, die in Zeitlupe auf uns zukommen: Dem Klimawandel Dem Versagen der Antibiotika Chronischen nicht übertragbaren Krankheiten Diese sind die hauptsächlichen Killer weltweit. Es sind keine Naturkatastrophen, sie sind von Menschen gemacht. Ergebnisse einer Politik, die Wirtschaftsinteressen über das Wohlergehen der Menschen […]

Dr. Margaret Chan is a licensed psychologist in both New Jersey and New York with clinical expertise in trauma work, developmental and health psychology since 2002.  Dr. Chan has helped cure patients over the years from disabling MindBody symptoms - she shares some of those stories and her insight in this engaging 75 minutes of knowledge-bombs! You can find and work with Dr. Chan by visiting her website at: https://www.drmargaretchan.com/ Here is a link to the Somatic Tracking exercise I discussed: Alan Gordon on Somatic Tracking Like us on Facebook at: The Mind and Fitness Facebook Page Join our Facebook Group at: The Mind and Fitness Podcast Facebook Group And as always - please take 2 minutes to review the show if you're listening on an iPhone, iPad or Mac.  It is fast and really helps the show out!

“Beloved I wish all things that you would prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers” (3 John 2). When a person is born again, they become a new creation in Christ at the Spirit level. The Soul is the house for the mind, emotions, will, intellect and desires. The spirit is born again, but the soul has to be transformed through the Word of God. Dr Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General, described the new Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020 as a landmark achievement: it focuses international attention on a long-neglected problem and is firmly rooted in the principles of human rights. The action plan calls for changes. It calls for a change in the attitudes that perpetuate stigma and discrimination that have isolated people since ancient times, and it calls for an expansion of services in order to promote greater efficiency in the use of resources. The action plan recognizes the essential role of mental health in achieving health for all people. It is based on a life-course approach, aims to achieve equity through universal health coverage and stresses the importance of prevention. Four major objectives are set forth: more effective leadership and governance for mental health; the provision of comprehensive, integrated mental health and social care services in community-based settings; implementation of strategies for promotion and prevention; and strengthened information systems, evidence and research. WHO is running out of time and not one is talking about it. They lack the capacity to truly change lives. Jesus said the truth will make us free. There is no substitute for reading, teaching and praying the Word of God. As we continue this series from my new book Our Father’s DNA-Switched at Birth; you will discover the power in being a Born-Again Believer. BOOK: OUR FATHER’S DNA: SWITCHED AT BIRTH (THE SIMPLE SERMONS OF JESUS Book 1) This show is also sponsored by The Global Church a 501(3) Organization where you gift is tax deductible at americaoutloud.com/drfaye.

La sensación que se siente al tener que ir a un hospital es depresiva pero estamos obligados a concurrir a los centros de salud para curar nuestras dolencias.Ya con el solo hecho de pasar cerca de la guardia y toparnos con gente desangrándose, fracturados, desmayados, engripados volando en fiebre, infartados, con erupciones, llenos de granos, amarillos de hepatitis y hasta algunos sin poder sentarse en la sala de espera por haber estado jugando con aparatos indebidos que a veces entran pero no salen.Uno ingresa al hospital sabiendo que ya no queda otra.Muchas veces el proceso es el siguiente:Dia1. Comenzamos a percibir un pequeño dolor cerca del estomago, pensamos que ya pasara solo y al cabo de unas horas sigue ahi. Nos automedicamos con alguna pastilla digestiva.Como no es tan fuerte el dolor podemos pasar la noche, pero al día siguiente vuelve , entonces el Día 2 no se nos ocurre mejor idea que googlear: “dolor cerca del estomago tipo puntada de alfiler mezclado con aguja de tejer de mi abuelita”Si bien las respuestas de Don Google serán variadas, la mayoría de la veces terminamos leyendo palabras como TUMOR o CANCER. Así que nos deprimimos terriblemente, pero eso si, no se lo decimos a nadie.Indefectiblemente esa misma tarde tomamos la decisión de ir al hospital mas cercano y hacerle frente al veredicto del medico.Hoy vas a ver a un doctor tradicional, te toma el pulso y te dice que te tomes un medicamento. Pero acaso pregúntame qué comes, cómo vivis, déjame mirar tu lengua, tomarte el pulso....digo, no se.Hablo de medicina tradicional aunque tambien existen las alternativas, y no me refiero a la ejercida por el Dr ChapatinPese a lo avances de la ciencia y grandes pasos en los descubrimientos científicos de nuevos tratamientos, cada vez son más las personas que optan por las terapias naturales conocidas como alternativas.Recordemos que el máximo organismo internacional, la OMS (Organización Mundia de la Salud) distingue entre medicinas tradicionales y medicinas complementarias definiendo la tradicional como “*la suma total de los conocimientos, capacidades y prácticas basados en las teorías, creencias y experiencias propias de diferentes culturas, sean explicables o no, utilizadas para mantener la salud y prevenir, diagnosticar, mejorar o tratar enfermedades físicas y mentales*”, y la medicina complementaria o alternativa como *“el conjunto de prácticas de atención de salud que no forman parte de la tradición ni de la medicina convencional de un país dado que no están totalmente integradas en el sistema de salud predominante”.*En suma, no tiene sentido apostar por una sola forma de afrontar la enfermedad… salvo que se tema la comparación. La propia Directora General de la OMS, Margaret Chan, diría durante el Congreso que la OMS celebró en 2008 en Pekín lo siguiente: “*No tiene por qué haber conflicto entre la medicina tradicional y la occidental. En el ámbito de la Atención Primaria ambas pueden combinarse de forma armoniosa y beneficiosa, tal que el sistema aproveche lo mejor de ambas y una compense las deficiencias de la otra.*Obviamente la medicina tradicional más extendida es la china, país donde sus fundamentos son milenarios y su eficacia está ampliamente constatada. Incluso en nuestra sociedad modernaDe ahí que la OMS explique en su documento que hoy existe en todo el mundo una demanda cada vez mayor de este tipo de profesionales. En Europa por ejemplo -según datos del *Centro de Información Europeo sobre Medicina Complementaria y Alternativa-* más de 100 millones de europeos las utilizan; 20 millones de ellos regularmente. Y a un porcentaje similar le gustaría que la atención sanitaria pública las incluyera ya entre sus servicios.¿Y vos adonde acudis cuando te enfermas? ¿Contas con los recursos que te ofrece tu obra social? (Que por cierto cada vez es más difícil de pagarla)¿Qué tipo de medicina te genera mas confianza?Y ya de tanto hablar me agarro un terrible dolor de cabeza, me voy a tomar una aspirina....Soy Pato Lopardo, que tengas un excelente día y te espero en el próximo episodio de BLA BLA.

La sensación que se siente al tener que ir a un hospital es depresiva pero estamos obligados a concurrir a los centros de salud para curar nuestras dolencias.Ya con el solo hecho de pasar cerca de la guardia y toparnos con gente desangrándose, fracturados, desmayados, engripados volando en fiebre, infartados, con erupciones, llenos de granos, amarillos de hepatitis y hasta algunos sin poder sentarse en la sala de espera por haber estado jugando con aparatos indebidos que a veces entran pero no salen.Uno ingresa al hospital sabiendo que ya no queda otra.Muchas veces el proceso es el siguiente:Dia1. Comenzamos a percibir un pequeño dolor cerca del estomago, pensamos que ya pasara solo y al cabo de unas horas sigue ahi. Nos automedicamos con alguna pastilla digestiva.Como no es tan fuerte el dolor podemos pasar la noche, pero al día siguiente vuelve , entonces el Día 2 no se nos ocurre mejor idea que googlear: “dolor cerca del estomago tipo puntada de alfiler mezclado con aguja de tejer de mi abuelita”Si bien las respuestas de Don Google serán variadas, la mayoría de la veces terminamos leyendo palabras como TUMOR o CANCER. Así que nos deprimimos terriblemente, pero eso si, no se lo decimos a nadie.Indefectiblemente esa misma tarde tomamos la decisión de ir al hospital mas cercano y hacerle frente al veredicto del medico.Hoy vas a ver a un doctor tradicional, te toma el pulso y te dice que te tomes un medicamento. Pero acaso pregúntame qué comes, cómo vivis, déjame mirar tu lengua, tomarte el pulso....digo, no se.Hablo de medicina tradicional aunque tambien existen las alternativas, y no me refiero a la ejercida por el Dr ChapatinPese a lo avances de la ciencia y grandes pasos en los descubrimientos científicos de nuevos tratamientos, cada vez son más las personas que optan por las terapias naturales conocidas como alternativas.Recordemos que el máximo organismo internacional, la OMS (Organización Mundia de la Salud) distingue entre medicinas tradicionales y medicinas complementarias definiendo la tradicional como “*la suma total de los conocimientos, capacidades y prácticas basados en las teorías, creencias y experiencias propias de diferentes culturas, sean explicables o no, utilizadas para mantener la salud y prevenir, diagnosticar, mejorar o tratar enfermedades físicas y mentales*”, y la medicina complementaria o alternativa como *“el conjunto de prácticas de atención de salud que no forman parte de la tradición ni de la medicina convencional de un país dado que no están totalmente integradas en el sistema de salud predominante”.*En suma, no tiene sentido apostar por una sola forma de afrontar la enfermedad… salvo que se tema la comparación. La propia Directora General de la OMS, Margaret Chan, diría durante el Congreso que la OMS celebró en 2008 en Pekín lo siguiente: “*No tiene por qué haber conflicto entre la medicina tradicional y la occidental. En el ámbito de la Atención Primaria ambas pueden combinarse de forma armoniosa y beneficiosa, tal que el sistema aproveche lo mejor de ambas y una compense las deficiencias de la otra.*Obviamente la medicina tradicional más extendida es la china, país donde sus fundamentos son milenarios y su eficacia está ampliamente constatada. Incluso en nuestra sociedad modernaDe ahí que la OMS explique en su documento que hoy existe en todo el mundo una demanda cada vez mayor de este tipo de profesionales. En Europa por ejemplo -según datos del *Centro de Información Europeo sobre Medicina Complementaria y Alternativa-* más de 100 millones de europeos las utilizan; 20 millones de ellos regularmente. Y a un porcentaje similar le gustaría que la atención sanitaria pública las incluyera ya entre sus servicios.¿Y vos adonde acudis cuando te enfermas? ¿Contas con los recursos que te ofrece tu obra social? (Que por cierto cada vez es más difícil de pagarla)¿Qué tipo de medicina te genera mas confianza?Y ya de tanto hablar me agarro un terrible dolor de cabeza, me voy a tomar una aspirina....Soy Pato Lopardo, que tengas un excelente día y te espero en el próximo episodio de BLA BLA.

This is Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan has hailed China&`&s ever-strengthening anti-tobacco efforts, saying she expects to see more progress in the right direction.The World Health Organization director-general said "China has done well" tightening tobacco controls. She made the remarks on the sidelines of the Ninth Global Conference on Health Promotion which was held in Shanghai.At least 16 Chinese cities have passed tobacco control rules. Shanghai, a leader of the campaign, is set to ban smoking in all indoor public places, workplaces and on public transport from March next year.Chan believes China "is moving at the right direction, doing well, but needs to do more".She encouraged mayors to introduce regulatory or fiscal measures, including increased taxes, a ban on tobacco advertisements on television and in the print media, as well as the cessation of tobacco sponsorship in sports events.Chan said tobacco kills six million people every year. These are avoidable deaths. It&`&s a tragedy that people don&`&t prevent smoking from causing death and devastation on health.During the four-day long conference, more than 100 mayors from cities across the globe pledged to integrate health in their key policies.Meanwhile Chan has stressed that public health should be given priority in China&`&s development strategy. This is Special English.Acknowledging Zika is "here to stay", the United Nations health agency has lifted a 9-month-old emergency declaration and prepared for a longer-term response to the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe neurological defects in newborns whose mothers were infected.The World Health Organization was quick to note that the move does not mean the agency is downgrading the threat of the virus that has spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Almost 30 countries have reported birth defects linked to Zika, with more than 2,100 cases of nervous-system malformations reported in Brazil alone.The officials also emphasized that the now-lifted "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" was declared in February, when Zika clusters were appearing and a sharp increase in research was needed - with the looming Rio Olympics in mind.The World Health Organization said the emergency measures had led the world to an "urgent and coordinated response". But the virus has continued to spread. The agency acknowledged "many aspects of the disease and associated consequences still remain to be understood, but this can best be done through sustained research.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Parents of children whose mouths were taped shut by a Russian teacher at a private school in Shanghai are demanding the tuition fees they paid be refunded.K & H International School&`&s branch in Changning District earlier issued a statement apologizing for the incident on Nov 15. During the incident, the female teacher used double-sided adhesive tape to seal the mouths of a number of children who were being disruptive.The district education department subsequently ordered the branch to cease all activities.The school said that an apology had been issued to all parents, and the teacher involved had been dismissed.In another development, a Spanish man who was working as an English language teacher at another training institute in Shanghai has been detained for drug trafficking offences.The 28-year-old, identified only as Anthony, flew from Spain to China on Oct 14 with 277 grams of marijuana in his stomach, in 24 separate packages.He later visited a hospital in the city&`&s downtown area, complaining of severe stomachache, after he was unable to excrete the drugs naturally.Hospital officials alerted the police and the man was prepped for surgery, but he passed the drugs naturally later.This is Special English.Foreign residents are now entitled to borrow and return books without charge at any public library in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China&`&s Sichuan Province, the first such arrangement of its kind in the country.From November, after passport registration, foreign residents can freely use the unified loan and return system, which links all 21 public libraries in Chengdu. They can also have free access to the libraries&`& remote digital resources.The unified loan and return system in Chengdu was rolled out in 2014 and gives local residents free access to all public library resources at all branches.It is the first time an entire public library system has covered foreign residents.Previously, foreign residents could only return books to the library branch where the books were loaned out.Deputy Chief Librarian in Chengdu, Xiao Ping, said the city has seen a growing number of foreigners in recent years; and as public libraries, they should provide services for all residents of the city, including foreign residents.More than 14,000 foreigners were living in Chengdu as of October this year. This is Special English.Many seniors are trapped in the dilemma of staying with their family or receiving professional care, but now, a new solution means they can go to a day-care nursing home.Seniors in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China&`&s Heilongjiang province, can take a shuttle bus to a day-care nursing home in the morning and commute back home in the evening to be with their family for the rest of the day. Just like others go to work, the nursing homes open every working day between 8 am and 5 pm.The nursing homes provide professional care, along with fitness training, as well as calligraphy and music sessions specially designed for senior citizens.There were almost 2 million seniors aged 60 or older in the city last year. Most seniors live at home, with less than 10 percent choose to go to a nursing home. Loneliness and a lack of care are the major problems facing the stay-at-home seniors.Reports found that almost half of the people in the city who have retired parents support the idea of their parents going to a day-care nursing home. The fees for the nursing homes vary according to the physical condition of senior applicants, but the costs generally stand at around 2,000 yuan, roughly 290 U.S. dollars a month. An industry insider said the city still needs quite a number more of the nursing homes to meet the demand.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to newsplusradio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That&`&s mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues.A Spanish language learning program for Chinese speakers in Argentina has marked its 10th anniversary.As an initiative of the University Language Center in the capital Buenos Aires, the program was established to promote closer cultural ties between the Argentine and Chinese people.The Director General of the language center Roberto Villarruel told Chinese reporters that he saw the potential for the Spanish language to grow in China.The director general said he visited China a decade ago and since then, the program has drawn Chinese students who have completed their university degrees in Argentina and have stayed on to work in the country. He said he has learned about the new needs and demands of students in China, along with the expansion of ties between the two countries.The center also helps to train staff working for top Chinese firms operating in Argentina, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and tech-giant Huawei.Currently, 50 Chinese students are studying in the program. With an annual average enrollment of 70 to 80 students, the program has trained more than 1,000 students so far.This is Special English.China has published a collection of rare ancient medical books that were once thought lost in China until they were discovered overseas.The collection incorporates 430 ancient traditional Chinese medical books into 400 volumes.At the launch event recently, the editor-in-chief of the collection said that since the 1990&`&s, he and his team had traveled to many countries including Japan, Germany, France and Britain, to collect the books.China has developed unique medicine theories and practices, and a great deal of books and works have been published on the subject, some of which ended up in other countries while others have been lost.The publication is a milestone in traditional Chinese medicine study and has been welcomed by researchers in the field. You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. It may have sounded like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It&`&s a convenient form of security - though it&`&s also perhaps not as safe as you might think.In their rush to do away with problematic passwords, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies are nudging consumers to use their own fingerprints, faces and eyes as digital keys. Smartphones and other devices increasingly feature scanners that can verify your identity via these "biometric" signatures in order to unlock a gadget, sign into web accounts and authorize electronic payments.But there are drawbacks: Hackers can still steal your fingerprint - or its digital representation. Police may have broader legal powers to make you unlock your phone. And so-called "biometric" systems are so convenient they could lull users into a false sense of security.A computer science professor at Michigan State University in the United States said people may expect too much from biometrics. Professor Anil Jain has helped police unlock a smartphone by using a digitally enhanced ink copy of the owner&`&s fingerprints. He said that no security systems are perfect.This is Special English.Toys that teach aren&`&t a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to build with blocks, circuits or everyday items before reaching for a tablet screen.Play is how children learn about the world around them, whether it&`&s a toddler throwing a ball or teenagers playing video games. It&`&s about seeing how things work and what happens when they do something. And over the years, toys have become more high tech to keep screen-obsessed children engaged with such play.But there&`&s growing worry among parents and educators that toys are moving too far in that direction. Educational toys that have a math and science leaning marketed under the umbrella of STEM - are now trying to get back to basics: less screen time, more hands-on activities.Pramod Sharma, CEO of one such toy company, Osmo, said that when children use their hands, their outcomes are much higher, and it&`&s very different than if they&`&re just staring to screen watching TV.With Osmo, children learn everything from spelling to coding not by touching a screen, but by snapping together magnetic blocks. A screen is still part of it; an image is beamed onto an iPad through its camera. But the idea is to have children learn first with their hands, and then see their creation move to the screen.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. （全文见周六微信。）

Cuba, diplomacy and the Cuban refugee crisis in Central America provide the primary themes this week on Latin Pulse. The program discusses the diplomatic, business, and tourist openings that continue to improve between Cuba and the United States, including a discussion of new reforms announced this week regarding travel and economic concerns.  The program also shares the view from Central America about the problem of Cuban refugees there.  The news segment of the program covers the alarm this week from health officials about the outbreak of the zika virus in the Western Hemisphere and especially how Brazil is responding.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Eric Hershberg, the director of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS); and Carlos Sandoval Garcia of the Universidad de Costa Rica.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; andAssociate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)   (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaBrazilpoliticsMexicozikaCubadiplomacyimmigrationUnited Stateshealth issuesMargaret ChanbusinessWorld Health OrganizationEl SalvadorCosta RicaCentral AmericaBarack ObamaWHOeconomicsrefugeesembargotourismRaul CastrocurrencyjusticeGuantanamoVenezuelaGuatemalaNicaraguaPanamaEcuador

Matthew 11:16-24 What happens when one sits under the truth of God’s Word week in and week out and does nothing about that which God is instructing him?  Margaret Chan, the director of the World Health Organisation stood up in a conference in 2014 and warned that life as we know it may be about to come to an end.  What was the context in which she spoke these words?  She was responding to the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.  She said that in the last 25 years, bacteria have become increasingly immune to the antibiotics in our medical arsenal due to an overexposure to antibiotics through doctors prescribing them too freely.  So it is when we fail to appropriate to our lives the truth of God’s Word, we build up an immunity to truth and our hearts grow hard!!  In response to the medical problem, Margaret Chan said that the cupboard is nearly bear!!  For the Christian unmoved by truth, I simply ask, what more can be said?   This sermon is a warning against resisting the truth of God.  When the Lord is convicting our hearts to turn from sin and is persistent in calling us to such; if we repent not when God has done all to effect that repentance, what more can be done?  When everything has been said and done, what then?  The Lord reserved some of His most scathing words to such people, may we be not found as them!!

"I can think of no other condition that places such heavy burden on society, families and communities and of course the economy." - Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, and unless a medical breakthrough is discovered that number is expected to soar to more than 7 million by 2025 and may be as high as 16 million by mid-century. While deaths from other diseases, such as breadt cancer, heart disease and HIV declined from 2000-10, deaths from Alzheimers increased 68 percent during the same period.  We were joined today by President and Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimers Foundation of America, Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr.     To find out more about Alzheimer's Foundation of America visit the website at: www.alzfdn.org Also mentioned on the show today: www.americanmedical-id.com You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or www.moneymatterspodcast.com  #kpft    

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Public health officials around the world are sounding the alarm this week about the return of polio. It’s a big shift from just two years ago, when some experts thought they were on the verge of eradicating the disease. RELATED LINKSPolio vaccine campaign faces extemist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria? Program on polio eradication suspended in Pakistan after 9 aid workers killed Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: The World Health Organization calls it an extraordinary event that threatens the decades-long battle to wipe out polio. On Monday, the agency declared an international public health emergency. Bruce Aylward is leading the WHO polio effort. He spoke during a teleconference from Geneva. BRUCE AYLWARD, World Health Organization: While the virus has resurged, I think it reminds us that, until it’s eradicated, it is going to spread internationally and it’s going to find and paralyze susceptible kids. Indeed, it could become endemic again in the entire world if we do not complete the eradication of this disease. JEFFREY BROWN: Worldwide, there have been 74 confirmed cases of polio this year, three times as many as the same period in 2013. They’re focused in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In all, the outbreak has spread across at least 10 countries. The WHO singles out Syria, Cameroon and Pakistan as the main sources of the disease. Of those three, the vast majority of cases have been in Pakistan. FRED DE SAM LAZARO: This slum in Karachi is one of the last places in the world where polio is still a threat. JEFFREY BROWN: The NewsHour’s Fred de Sam Lazaro visited the country last August. He found Islamist militants have spread propaganda that the polio vaccine makes boys sterile and violates religious values. Moreover, Taliban militants have killed dozens of polio workers in Northwestern Pakistan. Dr. Anita Zaidi, a pediatrician, cited a fake vaccination campaign that the CIA used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. DR. ANITA ZAIDI, Pediatrician: Which has hugely damaged public health programs, not only in Pakistan, but in many, many countries, because people ask all kinds of questions. They now think that they might — the vaccine programs might be actually spy operations. JEFFREY BROWN: Now a monitoring board set up by the WHO is warning that Pakistan is a — quote — “powder keg for polio” that could spread the virus on a global scale. And for a closer look at the outbreak, we turn to Dr. Jon Andrus, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, which is part of the WHO. Welcome to you. DR. JON ANDRUS, Pan American Health Organization: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: So, declaring a health emergency is a major step. Why now, exactly? DR. JON ANDRUS: The current situation is a public health emergency of international concern that is going to require a global response in order to prevent the global polio eradication initiative from sinking. This is going at a time when, in three different countries in three different parts of the world have had importations of wild polio virus due to low levels of coverage and having large outbreaks of paralyzed children. JEFFREY BROWN: You said wild polio. Explain what that means. DR. JON ANDRUS: Wild polio is the endemic virus that occurs in nature that paralyzes children. So, we now have a very good vaccination strategy, but, unfortunately, in these countries, they’re fragile. They may have fragile infrastructure. They may have civil strife. And the countries bordering them are also fragile. JEFFREY BROWN: What’s striking about this is that, not that long ago, this eradication process was going very well, right, sort of on schedule. So this is relatively new. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, it’s — having spent a majority of my life working on polio eradication, you must expect the unexpected. You never know when these exportations are going to occur. Wars break out. So it’s really being on guard to provide the global response that will prevent this from spreading to neighboring countries. And to that end, the International Health Regulation Emergency Committee was convened by Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO director, where specific recommendations are provided to stop and mitigate the risk of exportations to other countries. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so before I ask you about those, though, I want to talk about some of those specific countries. Pakistan is one we mentioned in our setup piece, a lot of complications there, political, terrorism, anti-Western sentiment. How do you — how do you cope with that? DR. JON ANDRUS: It requires a multipronged approach, but I think what we learned in India is persistence. Today may not be an ideal time, because vaccination — vaccinators are being murdered. But when sufficient commitment and sufficient capacity to approach the problem develops, and that window of time when we take advantage, like India, Pakistan can accomplish the goal. JEFFREY BROWN: India has been — India is considered a success story in this. DR. JON ANDRUS: As of a couple of months ago, India was certified as polio-free. So, all of Southeast Asia was certified as polio-free due to India’s success. Fifteen years ago, the government of India didn’t even think polio could be eradicated. So my point is, it’s persistence. And I think we have a partnership with World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stepping forward, and others like CDC, that will provide that persistence in helping the government stop transmission. JEFFREY BROWN: Another key country here is Syria. And we have reported on this on the program. Here — there, the case is a real breakdown in just the health infrastructure. Kids just are not getting vaccinations. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, during the civil war, vaccinators can’t reach certain areas. So coverage is going to go down. Susceptible children, susceptible to the infection, those numbers will increase. So, when the virus — as Dr. Aylward mentioned, the virus is going to find those children. And the outbreaks that we have seen have occurred. Now Syria is exporting the virus, most recently to Iraq, which is another country that’s fragile and will be difficult to control. JEFFREY BROWN: So, tell us a little about the measure that can take place. WHO doesn’t have enforcement provisions, right? But you’re recommending — well, some of it has to do with travel restrictions. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, the international health regulations, which were modified in 2005, adopted by the World Health Assembly — so that is a governing body that all member countries participate in — they approved these regulations that injects a level of accountability to the countries that have the problem. So, in the old days, when the international health regulations were only limited to a small number of diseases, mainly smallpox, cholera, plague, and yellow fever, with a one-size-fits-all strategy, we now have regulations that can be adjusted and — and tailored to the situation. It’s not just about an infectious disease. It could be about an earthquake, as happened in Haiti. It could be about a tsunami that happened in Indonesia. So those regulations, we believe, add accountability and really, through the global community, encourage local action at the source of the infection, whereas, in the old days, it was at the border crossings. JEFFREY BROWN: I see. DR. JON ANDRUS: So now it’s… JEFFREY BROWN: So, now it’s a mix. DR. JON ANDRUS: It’s a mix. And I think does add accountability. So, specifically, the director of WHO is asking those three countries that are exporting the virus — namely, Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria — any traveler that plans to leave the country be required to be vaccinated four weeks before they leave, up to a year. But that then would be documented with the WHO forms, and would be a mechanism to mitigate the risk of it being exported. JEFFREY BROWN: OK. Dr. Jon Andrus of the World Health Organization, thanks so much. DR. JON ANDRUS: Thank you, Jeff. The post Persistence is key to wiping out polio outbreaks in fragile nations appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Public health officials around the world are sounding the alarm this week about the return of polio. It’s a big shift from just two years ago, when some experts thought they were on the verge of eradicating the disease. RELATED LINKSPolio vaccine campaign faces extemist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria? Program on polio eradication suspended in Pakistan after 9 aid workers killed Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: The World Health Organization calls it an extraordinary event that threatens the decades-long battle to wipe out polio. On Monday, the agency declared an international public health emergency. Bruce Aylward is leading the WHO polio effort. He spoke during a teleconference from Geneva. BRUCE AYLWARD, World Health Organization: While the virus has resurged, I think it reminds us that, until it’s eradicated, it is going to spread internationally and it’s going to find and paralyze susceptible kids. Indeed, it could become endemic again in the entire world if we do not complete the eradication of this disease. JEFFREY BROWN: Worldwide, there have been 74 confirmed cases of polio this year, three times as many as the same period in 2013. They’re focused in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In all, the outbreak has spread across at least 10 countries. The WHO singles out Syria, Cameroon and Pakistan as the main sources of the disease. Of those three, the vast majority of cases have been in Pakistan. FRED DE SAM LAZARO: This slum in Karachi is one of the last places in the world where polio is still a threat. JEFFREY BROWN: The NewsHour’s Fred de Sam Lazaro visited the country last August. He found Islamist militants have spread propaganda that the polio vaccine makes boys sterile and violates religious values. Moreover, Taliban militants have killed dozens of polio workers in Northwestern Pakistan. Dr. Anita Zaidi, a pediatrician, cited a fake vaccination campaign that the CIA used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. DR. ANITA ZAIDI, Pediatrician: Which has hugely damaged public health programs, not only in Pakistan, but in many, many countries, because people ask all kinds of questions. They now think that they might — the vaccine programs might be actually spy operations. JEFFREY BROWN: Now a monitoring board set up by the WHO is warning that Pakistan is a — quote — “powder keg for polio” that could spread the virus on a global scale. And for a closer look at the outbreak, we turn to Dr. Jon Andrus, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, which is part of the WHO. Welcome to you. DR. JON ANDRUS, Pan American Health Organization: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: So, declaring a health emergency is a major step. Why now, exactly? DR. JON ANDRUS: The current situation is a public health emergency of international concern that is going to require a global response in order to prevent the global polio eradication initiative from sinking. This is going at a time when, in three different countries in three different parts of the world have had importations of wild polio virus due to low levels of coverage and having large outbreaks of paralyzed children. JEFFREY BROWN: You said wild polio. Explain what that means. DR. JON ANDRUS: Wild polio is the endemic virus that occurs in nature that paralyzes children. So, we now have a very good vaccination strategy, but, unfortunately, in these countries, they’re fragile. They may have fragile infrastructure. They may have civil strife. And the countries bordering them are also fragile. JEFFREY BROWN: What’s striking about this is that, not that long ago, this eradication process was going very well, right, sort of on schedule. So this is relatively new. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, it’s — having spent a majority of my life working on polio eradication, you must expect the unexpected. You never know when these exportations are going to occur. Wars break out. So it’s really being on guard to provide the global response that will prevent this from spreading to neighboring countries. And to that end, the International Health Regulation Emergency Committee was convened by Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO director, where specific recommendations are provided to stop and mitigate the risk of exportations to other countries. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so before I ask you about those, though, I want to talk about some of those specific countries. Pakistan is one we mentioned in our setup piece, a lot of complications there, political, terrorism, anti-Western sentiment. How do you — how do you cope with that? DR. JON ANDRUS: It requires a multipronged approach, but I think what we learned in India is persistence. Today may not be an ideal time, because vaccination — vaccinators are being murdered. But when sufficient commitment and sufficient capacity to approach the problem develops, and that window of time when we take advantage, like India, Pakistan can accomplish the goal. JEFFREY BROWN: India has been — India is considered a success story in this. DR. JON ANDRUS: As of a couple of months ago, India was certified as polio-free. So, all of Southeast Asia was certified as polio-free due to India’s success. Fifteen years ago, the government of India didn’t even think polio could be eradicated. So my point is, it’s persistence. And I think we have a partnership with World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stepping forward, and others like CDC, that will provide that persistence in helping the government stop transmission. JEFFREY BROWN: Another key country here is Syria. And we have reported on this on the program. Here — there, the case is a real breakdown in just the health infrastructure. Kids just are not getting vaccinations. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, during the civil war, vaccinators can’t reach certain areas. So coverage is going to go down. Susceptible children, susceptible to the infection, those numbers will increase. So, when the virus — as Dr. Aylward mentioned, the virus is going to find those children. And the outbreaks that we have seen have occurred. Now Syria is exporting the virus, most recently to Iraq, which is another country that’s fragile and will be difficult to control. JEFFREY BROWN: So, tell us a little about the measure that can take place. WHO doesn’t have enforcement provisions, right? But you’re recommending — well, some of it has to do with travel restrictions. DR. JON ANDRUS: Well, the international health regulations, which were modified in 2005, adopted by the World Health Assembly — so that is a governing body that all member countries participate in — they approved these regulations that injects a level of accountability to the countries that have the problem. So, in the old days, when the international health regulations were only limited to a small number of diseases, mainly smallpox, cholera, plague, and yellow fever, with a one-size-fits-all strategy, we now have regulations that can be adjusted and — and tailored to the situation. It’s not just about an infectious disease. It could be about an earthquake, as happened in Haiti. It could be about a tsunami that happened in Indonesia. So those regulations, we believe, add accountability and really, through the global community, encourage local action at the source of the infection, whereas, in the old days, it was at the border crossings. JEFFREY BROWN: I see. DR. JON ANDRUS: So now it’s… JEFFREY BROWN: So, now it’s a mix. DR. JON ANDRUS: It’s a mix. And I think does add accountability. So, specifically, the director of WHO is asking those three countries that are exporting the virus — namely, Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria — any traveler that plans to leave the country be required to be vaccinated four weeks before they leave, up to a year. But that then would be documented with the WHO forms, and would be a mechanism to mitigate the risk of it being exported. JEFFREY BROWN: OK. Dr. Jon Andrus of the World Health Organization, thanks so much. DR. JON ANDRUS: Thank you, Jeff. The post Persistence is key to wiping out polio outbreaks in fragile nations appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

Important Updates: Forced Vaccinations & Swine Flu-Part 2 9/6/2009 On June 11th, the decision was made by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization to declare a Level 6 Pandemic. This is a pandemic alert of the highest order possible. Under Level 6 conditions, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) is…

Important Updates: Forced Vaccinations & Swine Flu-Part 3 9/6/2009 On June 11th, the decision was made by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization to declare a Level 6 Pandemic. This is a pandemic alert of the highest order possible. Under Level 6 conditions, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) is…

Important Updates: Forced Vaccinations & Swine Flu - 3 parts9/6/2009On June 11th, the decision was made by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization to declare a Level 6 Pandemic. This is a pandemic alert of the highest order...

Dr Margaret Chan of China will be the next Director-General of the World Health Organization. Following her appointment, she told the World Health Assembly she wanted to be judged by the impact WHO's work has on the people of Africa and on women across the globe: "I want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa, and the health of women. Improvements in the health of the people of Africa and the health of women are key indicators of the performance of WHO."