Podcasts about Pan American Health Organization

Dominica's Thea LaFond had a golden 2024. She was one of a handful of athletes who won the World Indoors in March, and then followed it up with an Olympic title at the Games in Paris.That night, the entire population of her native Dominica could have fitted inside the Stade de France. Her gold at the Games was the island nation's first of any colour in any Olympic sport, just as her World Indoor title was their first medal of any colour at those Championships. Having moved to the United States at the age of five, Thea describes how hard it was to adapt to a different kind of life. Dance, and later track and field, helped her with that transition. She remembers trying the Triple Jump for the first time, taking off and doing three ballet-style leaps with straight legs before the coach told her that wasn't the way to do it!Thea has remained a child of both countries, and is rightly proud of everything she's achieved wearing the vest of Dominica. She was their only representative at the Glasgow World Indoor Championships, and then part of a team of just four athletes in Paris.Thea explains how she had the best season of her life just as she was turning thirty, and how the death of her friend and inspiration, Dr Carissa F. Etienne, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, was a catalyst for that. Thea jumped all season with a yellow ribbon in her hair to remember her fellow Dominican, and says it gave her ‘an extra pair of wings'.Thea tells us about those times when she considered giving up the sport. She worked for six years as a teacher, and was a largely self-funded and part-time athlete during that period.Find out how she won both of 2024's golds despite carrying a knee injury through the season, and how she won in Glasgow and Paris with personal bests in both finals. Plus, how Thea's coach and husband Aaron Gadson's weather forecasting played a key role on the night of the Olympic final.Photo: Dominica's athlete and gold medallist Thea Lafond poses with her medal on stage at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 6, 2024, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the background. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

In 1998, Canada achieved what health officials call "measles elimination status" but now the country could lose that designation. Ontario is reporting more measles cases each week than it once saw over an entire decade. And just earlier this month Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient. Alberta is also experiencing its worst measles outbreak since the mid 90s. And according to the Pan American Health Organization, Canada has more cases than any other country in the Americas. At the same time, vaccine hesitancy has grown nationally along with a drop in measles immunization rates which is prompting some to call for mandatory childhood measles vaccination. An Angus Reid poll conducted last month found that 69% of Canadians agreed that vaccinations should be mandatory for kids.Our question: Should a childhood measles vaccination be mandatory?

Amidst conflict in Sudan, the world-leading Mycetoma Research Centre in Khartoum has been destroyed. We talk to the centre's founder to find out what this means for research into the neglected disease and the struggle to proving ongoing support for patients. As the Pan American Health Organization put into action lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic they share with us new telehealth services designed to reach the most remote communities across the Americas. Also on the show, a reversible and non-hormonal male contraception implant has proven effective in trials lasting two years. Plus, how does the body respond when switching from a Tanzanian heritage diet to a more processed diet? And can gradual exposure to peanuts desensitize adults with severe peanut allergies? Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Hannah Robins Assistant Producer: Katie Tomsett Studio Managers: Emma Harth and Dyfan Rose

It was October, 1993. To Art Murray, these were exciting times. He'd just arrived in Moscow and saw firsthand the artillery damage to the Russian Parliament building, a.k.a., “The White House,” from the constitutional crisis which happened a few weeks earlier. He was invited to speak on the new "information economy." But the audience's reaction surprised him. "What good is all of this information if you can't act on it?" they asked. They were confirming what he'd already concluded years earlier - that knowledge (deciding what action to take) was far more valuable than information alone. He returned to the U.S. and launched Telart Technologies, now Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc. Building upon over a 25 years of knowledge and experience, AKSciences helps clients around the world capture and grow their corporate brain trust and become knowledge-sharing enterprises. Clients have included: the Pan American Health Organization; Abu Dhabi Police HQ, Western Region Development Council, and General Secretary Executive Council; Lockheed Martin; the US Air Force; US Army Research Laboratory; Willis Towers Watson; World Trade Center Dulles Airport; and many others. Much of this body of work has been published in several books, including “Deep Learning Manual: The Knowledge Explorer's Guide to Self-Discovery in Education, Work, and Life (2016),” and “Building the Enterprise of the Future: Co-Creating and Delivering Extraordinary Value in an Eight-Billion-Mind World (2018),” along with the decade-long series “Future of the Future,” published by KMWorld Magazine. Through his many seminars and workshops, Art has shown hundreds of executives how to compete in a complex, rapidly-changing world. Specialties: Transforming traditional organizations into knowledge-sharing enterprises; human deep learning; building and curating e-bodies of knowledge; organizational knowledge governance. https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1944183 Gibson Affordances Art Murray LinkedIn News Release India Ministry of Education India

September is Perimenopause Awareness Month and October is Menopause Awareness Month!! And we are diving into all things perimenopause and menopause.Did you know that in Costa Rica, hormone therapy for menopause is available through the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) as part of its universal healthcare services? Women who are covered by the public healthcare system can access medical consultations and treatments, including hormone therapy, for menopausal symptoms. What a wonderful resource for women.In this episode of Our Womanity with Dr. Rachel Pope, I am joined by Dr. Gabriela Alvarado to discuss perimenopause and menopause within the Latin American culture.Dr. Gabriela Alvarado is a physician and an associate policy researcher at RAND who focuses on maternal health and sexual and reproductive health using a reproductive justice framework. Her research includes the use of innovative qualitative and community-centered approaches to understand and address drivers of disparities in different reproductive health outcomes such as contraceptive uptake, breastfeeding, maternal morbidity and mortality, maternal mental health, postpartum depression, access to health information (and misinformation), and access to abortion. Prior to RAND, she has worked in primary health care delivery, the health nonprofit sector, state government, and as a consultant for the Pan-American Health Organization.She obtained her medical degree from the University of Costa Rica and has a masters in public health and anthropology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Georgia State University. She completed her Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.Featured in this episode: How different languages may not have a name for menopause or hot flashes Traditional roles for Latin American women Increase in various conditions once women move across the border to the US Lack of diversity in menopause researchFollow us on social media: Instagram: @drrpope TikTok: @vulvadoctor Twitter: @drrpope LinkedInWant more from Our Womanity?If you enjoyed this episode of Our Womanity, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps us continue to bring you engaging and empowering content.

Rapha e Joanne conversam sobre dúvidas no manejo de pacientes com dengue: quando suspender DAPT? Quando suspender anticoagulantes? Quando internar por plaquetopenia? Quanto transfundir plaquetas? Devo usar coloide ou cristaloide? Referências: 1. Brasil. Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente. Departamento de Doenças Transmissíveis. Dengue : diagnóstico e manejo clínico : adulto e criança [recurso eletrônico] / Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Departamento de Doenças Transmissíveis.– 6. ed. – Brasília : Ministério da Saúde, 2024. 81 p.: il. Acesso: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/dengue_diagnostico_manejo_clinico_6ed.pdf 2. Guidelines for the Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika. Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization; 2022. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275124871.

About the Debate: In Nov 1945, the U.S. joined UNESCO, a new post-WWII organization designed to promote world peace and security. In Dec 1984, President Reagan took the U.S. out of UNESCO citing corruption and mismanagement. In Oct 2003, President George Bush rejoined UNESCO to advance human rights, tolerance, and learning. In Dec 2018, President Trump took the U.S.out of UNESCO citing anti-Israel bias, and the U.S.'s mounting arrears to UNESCO resulting from Palestine's election as a full member. In July 2023, President Biden rejoined UNESCO for the third time to combat increasing Chinese influence at the organization. Given the problematic relationship between the U.S. and UNESCO, and the organization's history of controversial initiatives, was this a wise decision? What are the pros and cons for the U.S. of being a member of UNESCO once again? About the Presenters: Gerald C. Anderson served as Director of Administration and Finance at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC, from March 2014 to July 2021. Prior to joining PAHO, Mr. Anderson served from 2011-2014 as Secretary for Administration and Finance at the Organization of American States in Washington DC. Mr. Anderson served the United States Foreign Service from 1980 - 2010, completing his serviced as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of International Organizations. Mr. Anderson also served in Foreign Service posts in Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Jerusalem, and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Anderson served in the United States Peace Corps in Benin, West Africa, and in the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Anderson holds a Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, (1980) and a Bachelor of Arts from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois (1976). Stephen Engelken is a veteran of 38 years in the U.S. Foreign Service. Notably, he was Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission to UNESCO in 2007-2010, serving as Charge' d'Affaires for seven months in this period. Engelken went on from there to serve as Deputy Chief of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (2010-2011). Prior to those senior assignments, he served postings abroad in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy; France, and Australia and at the State Department in Washington as Director of Pakistan/Bangladesh Affairs, Director of the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction, Deputy Director of the office of Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Operations, and Deputy Director of Arabian Peninsula Affairs. Since his retirement in 2012 while Principal Officer in Peshawar, Pakistan, Mr. Engelken has taught at Foreign Service Institute, the State Department's training center. Mr. Engelken is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a resident of Washington, D.C. He holds a B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University. He is also a graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in France. Mr. Engelken speaks French, Italian, and Arabic.

Understanding Person-Centered Care for Older Adults in Six Developing Countries: Brazil [Episode 1] Download the Transcript The impact of population aging is universally recognized and has been extensively studied in wealthier, developed nations. But we know much less about how aging is experienced in low- and middle-income countries and how developing countries are responding to the current challenges created by the aging of their populations. The rapid rate of population aging in many developing countries—fueled by falling fertility rates and a shift in the predominance of chronic diseases rather than acute and infectious illnesses—has left little time to anticipate and prepare for the consequences of aging populations. The GSA Interest Group on Common Data Elements for International Research in Residential Long-term Care has developed a limited podcast series to provide insights into how culture, competing population health priorities, political conflict, and resource limitations influence older adults, their families, and paid/formal caregivers in six nations along a trajectory of national development, including Brazil, China, East Jerusalem, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Thailand. Guest: Patrick Alexander Wachholz, PhD Dr. Wachholz is a geriatrician in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Professor at the Botucatu Medical School at Sao Paulo State University. Dr. Wachholz is also a researcher at the Brazilian National Front for Strengthening Long-Term Care, a network promoting and supporting initiatives for long-term care and advocating for stronger public policies for older adults in this setting. Previously, as a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization for the long-term care sector in Latin America, he served as Director of the Department of Geriatric Medicine in a long-term care facility in Brazil. Dr. Wachholz is currently Editor-in-Chief of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging. Host: Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Emerita Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Nursing; Founding Director of the UW–Madison School of Nursing's Center for Aging Research and Education Moderator: Jing Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire, College of Health and Human Services This podcast limited series is supported by the GSA Innovation Fund. 

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10 new defibrillators have been handed over to the Ministry of Health by the Pan American Health Organization. The donation forms part of the international organization's commitment to assisting with improved healthcare around the region. For details on these developments and more, visit: www.govt.lc

The disease dengue is spreading across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980. Experts are warning that rising temperatures and growing cities are increasing the rate of infection. 登革热正在西半球蔓延，其数量是自 1980 年有记录以来从未有过的。专家警告说，气温上升和城市扩张正在增加感染率。 More than 4 million cases have been reported throughout the Americas and the Caribbean so far this year, breaking a record set in 2019. Officials from the Bahamas to Brazil are warning of crowded health centers and new infections daily. Reports say there have been more than 2,000 deaths across the wide area. 今年迄今为止，美洲和加勒比地区已报告超过 400 万例病例，打破了 2019 年创下的纪录。从巴哈马到巴西，官员们都在警告卫生中心拥挤和每天新增感染病例。 报道称，该地区已有2000多人死亡。 Thais dos Santos is with the Pan American Health Organization, the area office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas. She said diseases like dengue, “provide us a really good sentinel of what is happening with climate change." Thais dos Santos 在泛美卫生组织工作，该组织是世界卫生组织 (WHO) 美洲地区办事处。 她说，像登革热这样的疾病“为我们提供了一个很好的哨兵，让我们了解气候变化正在发生的情况。” A lack of good sanitation and strong health systems have added to the rise in cases. But experts say droughts and floods linked to climate change are causing greater spread of the virus. That is because stored water and heavy rains appeal to mosquitoes. 缺乏良好的卫生设施和强大的卫生系统加剧了病例的增加。 但专家表示，与气候变化有关的干旱和洪水正在导致病毒更广泛的传播。 这是因为积水和大雨会吸引蚊子。 Dr. Gabriela Paz-Bailey is chief of the dengue branch for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Puerto Rico. She noted that higher temperatures also are expanding the mosquito's habitat and helping the virus develop faster inside the mosquito. That leads to higher viral loads and a higher chance of transmission. 加布里埃拉·帕斯·贝利 (Gabriela Paz-Bailey) 博士是美国疾病控制与预防中心波多黎各登革热分部的负责人。 她指出，较高的温度也扩大了蚊子的栖息地，并帮助病毒在蚊子体内更快地生长。 这会导致更高的病毒载量和更高的传播机会。 This year's Northern Hemisphere summer was the hottest ever, with August about 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial period averages. And Copernicus, the European climate service, reported that 2023 is the second hottest year on record. 今年北半球的夏季是有史以来最热的，八月比工业化前时期的平均温度高约1.5摄氏度。 欧洲气候服务机构哥白尼报告称，2023 年是有记录以来第二热的一年。 Worldwide, more than 4.5 million cases of dengue had been reported as of early November. There have been more than 4,000 deaths reported in 80 countries. 截至 11 月初，全球报告了超过 450 万例登革热病例。 80 个国家报告了 4,000 多人死亡。 Countries like Bangladesh are seeing a record number of cases and deaths. The government in the South Asian country has reported more than 313,700 cases and more than 1,600 deaths. Most of the deaths happened within three days of hospitalization.孟加拉国等国家的病例和死亡人数创下历史新高。 这个南亚国家政府报告了超过 313,700 例病例和 1,600 多人死亡。 大多数死亡发生在住院三天内。 The mosquito that carries dengue also has been identified in 22 European countries, with local spread of the disease seen in France, Italy and Spain. In August, the central African country of Chad reported its first dengue outbreak in history. 22 个欧洲国家也发现了携带登革热的蚊子，法国、意大利和西班牙也出现了该疾病的局部传播。 8月，中非国家乍得报告了历史上首次爆发登革热疫情。Dengue affects some 129 countries, with roughly half the world's population at risk, says the WHO. Infected female mosquitoes pass the virus when they feed on animals. The sickness can cause severe headaches, fever, vomiting, rash and other signs. While most infected people do not get symptoms, severe cases can lead to plasma leakage and death. 世界卫生组织表示，登革热影响约 129 个国家，世界上大约一半的人口面临风险。 受感染的雌性蚊子在捕食动物时会传播病毒。 这种疾病会导致严重头痛、发烧、呕吐、皮疹和其他症状。 虽然大多数感染者不会出现症状，但严重的情况下可能会导致血浆泄漏和死亡。 What is worse, experts say, repeated infections means a higher risk of developing severe dengue. 专家表示，更糟糕的是，反复感染意味着患严重登革热的风险更高。 The Caribbean also is battling an increase in cases. The area had reported a 15 percent increase in confirmed cases by early October compared with the same period last year, says the Caribbean Public Health Agency. 加勒比地区也正在与病例增加作斗争。 加勒比公共卫生局表示，截至 10 月初，该地区确诊病例与去年同期相比增加了 15%。 Officials on the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique declared an epidemic in August that is still ongoing. Martinique is reporting an average of 800 cases a week on the island of some 394,000 people. 法属加勒比海岛屿瓜德罗普岛和马提尼克岛的官员于八月宣布疫情仍在持续。 马提尼克岛约有 394,000 人，平均每周报告 800 例病例。Meanwhile, Jamaica and the Bahamas declared an outbreak in September followed by Barbados in October. 与此同时，牙买加和巴哈马于 9 月宣布疫情爆发，巴巴多斯于 10 月宣布疫情爆发。 Poor countries struggle the most with dengue. Bad sanitation creates a good reproduction environment for infected mosquitoes. Poor housing conditions leave people at greater risk of exposure to mosquitoes. Dengue outbreaks can crush already poor and overworked health systems. 贫穷国家与登革热的斗争最为严重。 不良的卫生条件为受感染的蚊子创造了良好的繁殖环境。 恶劣的住房条件使人们面临更大的接触蚊子的风险。 登革热疫情可能会摧毁本已贫困且过度劳累的卫生系统。 Jeremy Farra is chief scientist for the WHO. He said dengue is very difficult to treat partly because patients often delay in seeking medical care. The virus can progress so quickly, he said. Treating those with the disease requires very close patient supervision and a lot of time. 杰里米·法拉是世界卫生组织的首席科学家。 他说，登革热很难治疗，部分原因是患者常常延迟就医。 他说，这种病毒的传播速度非常快。 治疗这种疾病需要非常密切的患者监督和大量时间。 Farra said, “Imagine that you have a thousand people like that requiring all that delicate clinical care. It can very quickly overwhelm a system.” 法拉说：“想象一下，有一千个这样的人需要所有细致的临床护理。 它很快就会淹没一个系统。”

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization hosted a half-day Inter-Ministerial Climate Change and Health workshop on Oct. 16, at the Bay Gardens Hotel. Monday's workshop brought together a diverse group of stakeholders representing key organizations from the public and private sectors, with the aim of enhancing the coordination and stakeholder engagement for the integration of health concerns into climate change planning and implementation. Read full article: https://www.govt.lc/news/ministry-of-health-hosts-inter-ministerial-climate-change-and-health-workshop Watch video news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi1SZseSEDg

Oregon’s older adult population is growing rapidly, with over 1 million residents who are at least 65 expected by 2030. By the same year, the number of older adults experiencing a mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression is expected to double. Aging presents unique mental health challenges, with factors like isolation, dementia and other co-occurring conditions compounding those challenges. And access to treatment is often limited for older adults. According to the Pan American Health Organization, only a third of older adults receive the mental health treatment they need.

Most people have likely been impacted by a family member or friend who has had heart disease, and the statistics show that it certainly carries a heavy burden on society. Cardiac disease is responsible for 40.8 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) annually as well as 36.4 million years of life lost (YLLs) due to premature deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization. We hear a lot of talk about preventative measures for cardiovascular disease such as eating healthy, exercising, and managing stress; but what is the healthcare system itself doing to change the way medical emergencies are addressed and become more proactive rather than reactive?On today's episode of Highway to Health, Host David Kemp speaks with Steve Cashman, CEO of Caption Health, to discuss the mechanisms Caption Health is using to make imaging more accessible to all healthcare providers in order to prevent medical emergencies. Heart failure is the leading cause of death in the world, responsible for millions of global deaths. Yet, nobody has a picture of their heart until they have an emergency and are in the back of the ambulance, Cashman pointed out.Cashman provided some key statistics on just how devastating heart disease is. “More people died during COVID of heart failure than of COVID, and yet we don't talk about it, right?” Cashman added, “And when we look at those 10,000 people that turn 65 every day, 7.6 percent of those will be diagnosed with heart failure, right, the year they turn 65.”Kemp and Cashman also discussed…1. Statistics indicating why heart disease is a massive issue and why preventable measures in the healthcare sector can reduce cardiac incidents and costs2. How Caption Health's software guides healthcare providers, who are not imaging experts, to take the best possible image3. How Caption Health is addressing the educational barrier of their technology when it comes to healthcare providersCashman likened echocardiogram issues to car checks, saying there is essentially no downside to checking. “It's safe technology, it's very inexpensive. We check the tires on our car, we do all these other kind of maintenance things that we do but the single thing that's going to change your life—don't wait until you're in an ambulance to find out what it looks like, if it's wearing thin, if the glass is broken or however you want to look at it. It's totally manageable.” Cashman is President and CEO of Caption Health, Co-Founder and Chairman of patientgenie, SIP at Galen Partners, and Board Member at Stowe Mission. He has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the IT and healthcare industries. Cashman attended Kansas State University for degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business.

Food For The Poor is providing lifesaving medical supplies to combat a growing number of cholera cases in Haiti. The waterborne illness has caused at least 35 deaths, with more than 600 suspected or confirmed cases in the area surrounding Port-au-Prince, according to the latest figures from the Pan American Health Organization. On Thursday's Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, President/CEO of FFTP, Ed Raine joins us to give an update on the dire situation in Haiti. “The country is basically locked down right now. There is nothing that is functioning as normal in Haiti right now. They’re frankly dealing with issues of life and death survival." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Programmable Money" Hosts: Darren Weeks, Vicky Davis Show website: https://governamerica.com Vicky's websites: https://thetechnocratictyranny.com and http://www.channelingreality.com COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AND CREDITS AT: https://governamerica.com/radio/radio-archives/22470-govern-america-may-28-2022-programmable-money Biden administration ramps up gun control efforts in the wake of the Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas which killed 19 children and two adults, and injured 17 others. From runaway inflation to food shortages, several signs point to the United States becoming a failed state. FERC warns of rolling blackouts this summer, while Biden implements policies to limit supply and increase demand. An overwhelming number of Americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. In light of the Pandemic treaty being pushed by Biden and the World Health Organization, we do a deep dive into the Pan American Health Organization, the Organization of American States, and legislation that is pending in Congress which would, seemingly, extend the "Homeland Security" police state to the entire western hemisphere. The World Economic Forum discusses digital currencies, climate trackers, misinformation, and more.

Dr. Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. (https://peterhotez.org/), is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also Chief of the Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine and the Texas Children's Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics . Dr. Hotez is also Rice University's Baker Institute fellow in disease and poverty and Co-Director of Parasites Without Borders (https://parasiteswithoutborders.com/), a global nonprofit organization with a focus on those suffering from parasitic diseases in subtropical environments. Dr. Hotez is an internationally recognized physician-scientist with expertise in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. He leads the only product development partnership for developing new vaccines for hookworm, schistosomiasis and Chagas disease, and is just coming off a major win for emergency use approval of his team's Corbevax protein sub-unit COVID-19 vaccine, of which he, and previous guest to the show, Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, were recently nominated for a Nobel Prize. Dr. Hotez is the author of more than 400 original papers, as well as the books Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases - The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development, Blue Marble Health - An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth, Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad, and Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science. Dr. Hotez previously served as president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Sabin Vaccine Institute and as founding editor-in-chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2011, he was awarded the Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Health by the Pan American Health Organization of the World Health Organization. In 2015, the White House and U.S. State Department selected Dr. Hotez as a United States science envoy. Dr. Hotez obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics from Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa), followed by a Ph.D. in biochemical parasitology from Rockefeller University, and an M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College.

Today, I am blessed to have here with me an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org), Gary Taubes. He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK.  Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research and has won numerous other journalism awards. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999, and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.)  Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an SB degree in applied physics and received an MS degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). In this episode, Gary Taubes joins the show to speak about his work shining a light on bad science in the nutritional realm. After publishing What If It's All Been A Big Fat Lie?, Gary faced loads of backlash. However, that didn't stop him. Gary has published countless books about why we need to ditch carbs, stop eating sugar, and start eating fats. Gary speaks about the inspiration behind his book, The Case For Keto. After interviewing 120 doctors from around the world that recommend the keto lifestyle, his book talks about why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss. Tune in as we talk about why calories in, calories out is a terrible way to lose weight.  Order Keto Flex: http://www.ketoflexbook.com -------------------------------------------------------- / / E P I S O D E   S P ON S O R S  NutriSense Continue Glucose Monitor. Visit. nutrisense.io/ketokamp The coupon code is Ben30 for $30 off any subscription to a CGM program.  [00:20] About Gary Taubes Gary is a science journalist who is obsessed with bad science.  He found a disconnect between medical research and public research. The disconnect is especially terrible in the nutritional world.  After reporting about the DASH diet study, Gary found that eating a low-sodium diet wouldn't help lower your blood pressure.  Then, Gary decided to start researching the low-fat diet. Gary keeps exploring different aspects of nutrition by shining a flashlight on dark science.  [06:50] The Backlash From Gary's Work Gary found that fat doesn't make you fat; it's carbs.  After the New York Times ran his story, What If It's All Been A Big Fat Lie?, there was a massive uproar. Gary even lost a few friends because of the article.  People thought Gary made the research up to get a book deal.  All sorts of magazines did take-downs of Gary.  When Gary's first book came out, there was still an uproar. People assume that he's a quack.  [20:35] About The Case For Keto Carbs are the reason that you get obese. However, the counterargument is always Asia. These people have lived primarily on rice. The answer is that they are low sugar consumers.  After we discovered insulin, people thought they needed carbs to balance the insulin. Insulin and carbs should not be the answer to people with diabetes.  Doctors will argue that patients do not want to give up carbs. However, most doctors agree that their patients should not be eating sweets. As keto started to catch on in mainstream media, Gary knew he needed to create a book for people who are trying keto for the first time. For his book, Gary interviewed about 120 doctors from all over the world.  [37:35] Being In Ketosis Long-Term Gary interviewed 120 doctors from all over the world; most of them don't care if people are in ketosis long-term.  These doctors are mostly concerned with people getting off of carbs.  Ben says that it is healthy to reset the metabolism and work on carb-cycling.  [43:45] Why Calories In, Calories Out Is A Terrible Way To Lose Weight    You can starve yourself and lose weight – however, you will be starving all of the time, and it's not sustainable.  The idea that people get fat because they overeat is a thin person's perspective on obesity. However, it's a tautology. Insulin tells your body to store calories as fat. By the end of the 1960s, it was clear that people who are obese tend to be insulin resistant; carbs stimulate insulin, which tells your body to store fat. Overall, people with obesity don't respond normally to insulin.  AND MUCH MORE! Resources from this episode:  Check out Gary's Website: http://garytaubes.com Follow Gary Taubes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GaryTaubesAuthor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-taubes-942a6459/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/garytaubes Order The Case For Keto: https://amzn.to/35LpXzp Read Why We Get Fat: http://garytaubes.com/works/books/why-we-get-fat/ Read Good Calories, Bad Calories: http://garytaubes.com/works/books/good-calories-bad-calories/ Read The Case Against Sugar: http://garytaubes.com/works/books/the-case-against-sugar-2016/ Read Gary's articles: http://garytaubes.com/works/articles/ Watch Joe Rogan Experience #904 – Gary Taubes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ffswUVoxA Watch Joe Rogan Experience #1267 – Gary Taubes & Stephan Guyenet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3QavPp1Ho Join the Keto Kamp Academy: https://ketokampacademy.com/7-day-trial-a Watch Keto Kamp on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUh_MOM621MvpW_HLtfkLyQ Order Keto Flex: http://www.ketoflexbook.com NutriSense Continue Glucose Monitor. Visit. nutrisense.io/ketokamp The coupon code is Ben30 for $30 off any subscription to a CGM program.  Order Keto Flex: http://www.ketoflexbook.com Free Keto Webinar: www.ketosismasterclass.com  Text me the words "Podcast" +1 (786) 364-5002 to be added to my contacts list.  *Some Links Are Affiliates* // F O L L O W ▸ instagram | @thebenazadi | http://bit.ly/2B1NXKW ▸ facebook | /thebenazadi | http://bit.ly/2BVvvW6 ▸ twitter | @thebenazadi http://bit.ly/2USE0so ▸clubhouse | @thebenazadi Disclaimer: This podcast is for information purposes only. Statements and views expressed on this podcast are not medical advice. This podcast including Ben Azadi disclaim responsibility from any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained herein. Opinions of guests are their own, and this podcast does not accept responsibility of statements made by guests. This podcast does not make any representations or warranties about guests qualifications or credibility. 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العلاقة التي تجمعنا مع الحيوانات غريبة بعض الشيء؛ بدأنا باصطيادها فقط، وواظبنا على ذلك رغم ما سببته من ضرر لنا. صرنا نربيها ونعيش معها جنبًا إلى جنب، رغم أن هذا القرب جعلنا معرضين للمزيد من الأمراض. كوفيد-19، والجدري، والأيدز، وغيرها. كيف انتقلت هذه الأمراض إلينا من الحيوانات؟ هذه الحلقة من بحث وكتابة بشر النجار، وتحرير عمر فارس، ومونتاج محمود أبو ندى، وتدقيق تالا مراغه، وتقديم سلام قطناني. في بودكاست «معلوم» تُبسّط سلام قطناني العلوم للإجابة على أسئلة هامّة عن أنفسنا والعالم والكون. بودكاست «معلوم» من إنتاج «صوت». بودكاست «معلوم» من إنتاج «صوت». المصادر: - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC. Zoonotic diseases. https://www.cdc.gov/ Web site. https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/basics/zoonotic-diseases.html. Updated 2021. Accessed September, 2021. - Alizon S. C'est grave dr darwin? L'évolution, les microbes et nous. Le Seuil; 2016. - National Research Council. Sustaining global surveillance and response to emerging zoonotic diseases. 2010. - Levin S. Zoonoses. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 2012:1964-1967. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7151794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7151794/. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1604-7.00336-5. - Behbehani AM. The smallpox story: Life and death of an old disease. Microbiol Rev. 1983;47(4):455-509. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6319980 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281588/. doi: 10.1128/mr.47.4.455-509.1983. - Henderson DA, Inglesby TV, Bartlett JG, et al. Smallpox as a biological WeaponMedical and public health management. JAMA. 1999;281(22):2127-2137. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.22.2127. Accessed 9/10/2021. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.22.2127. - Pan American Health Organization, (PAHO). Rabies in humans is 100% preventable but more than 55,000 people die each year . https://www.paho.org/en Web site. https://www3.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251:2008-rabies-humans-100percent-preventable-but-more-than-55-000-people-die-each-year&Itemid=40264&lang=en. Updated 2008. Accessed September, 2021. - Sharp PM, Hahn BH. Origins of HIV and the AIDS pandemic. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine. 2011;1(1):a006841. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22229120 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3234451/. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a006841. - de Sousa JD, Müller V, Lemey P, Vandamme A. High GUD incidence in the early 20 century created a particularly permissive time window for the origin and initial spread of epidemic HIV strains. PloS one. 2010;5(4):e9936. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20376191 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2848574/. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009936. - Platto S, Zhou J, Wang Y, Wang H, Carafoli E. Biodiversity loss and COVID-19 pandemic: The role of bats in the origin and the spreading of the disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021;538:2-13. Support the show: https://www.sowt.com/plus

Dr. Ann Marie Kimball  is a physician, epidemiologist and currently holds the roles of Associate Fellow at the international affairs think tank Chatham House, and Vice Chair, COVID 19 task force, at The Rotary Foundation / Rotary International. Previously, Dr. Kimball served as a strategic advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation, supporting the strengthening and development of strategies for Ebola, post-Ebola, and health crisis response, including planning and guiding the formation of a regional disease surveillance network in collaboration with Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS). Before joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Kimball served as technical and strategic lead for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surveillance strategy formation. Prior to Gates, Dr. Kimball served as Professor of Epidemiology for the University of Washington (UW), School of Public Health, with adjunct appointments in Medicine (Bioinformatics and Infectious Diseases) and the Jackson School of Foreign Affairs. During her tenure at UW, Dr. Kimball founded and directed the APEC Emerging Infections Network, and led research and training programs in Surveillance and Informatics in Peru and Thailand. Dr. Kimball's research focus on global trade and emerging infections earned her a Fulbright New Century Scholars award and a Guggenheim Scholars award. Dr. Kimball is also the author of Risky Trade: Infectious Diseases in an Era of Global Trade, which was highly reviewed by NEJM, Emerging Infections and Lancet. She has authored numerous scientific publications, and served on numerous Institute of Medicine panels. She is also a fellow in the American College of Preventive Medicine and member of the National Biosurveillance Advisory group (NBAS) from the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Kimball is a former Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, and has worked and lived in the Yemen Arab Republic, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. She served as Director of National Program Support for Pan American Health Organization, directing the elaboration and implementation of medium term AIDS plans in member countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. She also served as Director of HIV/AIDS for Washington State, and the founding Chair of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) in the United States. She attended on staff at Harborview Medical Center first on HIV/AIDS (10 years), then the International Clinic (7 years) and finally UW/Seattle King County at Harborview Medical Center as an attending at the STD clinic.

Rorshok's weekly ten-minute update on the happenings in Argentina. Four days after Frente de Todos' unfavourable results in the primary elections, Interior Minister Eduardo de Pedro offered his resignation, arguing that the government should listen to the verdict given by the electorate. Pedro's resignation quickly prompted others to do the same. By Monday, President Fernández found himself swearing in a new Cabinet that includes replacements for four ministers — Security; Livestock, Agriculture & Fisheries; Education and Science & Technology — as well as a new Secretary of Communication and Press and a new Cabinet Chief. Due to the crisis, President Fernández cancelled his visit to Mexico for the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. He did, however, take time to participate via videoconference in the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change of G20 countries organized by United States President Joe Biden. During the session, President Fernández devoted much of his time to complaining about the unsustainable debt of 57 billion dollars owed to the IMF. Lastly, an Argentine company, Sinergium Biotech, was chosen by the World Health Organization through the Pan American Health Organization to develop and produce vaccines against Covid-19. Like Moderna and Pfizer, the vaccine will use messenger RNA technology, and another laboratory in Brazil was selected for the same project. Three Cheers for Science in the Land of Silver! That's it for this week! If you like the show, share it and subscribe for more! We'd appreciate a review, so tell us your thoughts and ideas, and how you found out about us at podcast@rorshok.com. ¡Hasta la próxima! 

En este nuevo episodio del ciclo Abogados Argentinos por el Mundo conversamos con Francisco Cravero, abogado argentino que reside en Washington DC y es Legal Specialist en la Pan American Health Organization. Conoce su experiencia profesional y personal, y los desafíos, temores, esfuerzos y barreras que debió sortear para alcanzar su sueño. Producción: abogados-inhouse.com Edición: Tamara de Martino.

Dr. Paul E. Alexander was Trump Administration HHS Expert, World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization peer-reviewed publisher of early treatment COVID treatment and joins Stew to discuss the push for the jab, including Trump's position that everyone "should get the vaccine". Cyrus A. Parsa is the founder of The AI Organization, and joins Stew to discuss the imminent threat to national security caused by the military's 'vaccine' mandate. BREAKING! The FBI has announced that Trump, along with Patriots and influencers at the January 6 rally have been VINDICATED! DeAnna Lorraine joins Stew to reveal the findings and discuss the motive behind the timely release of the DOJ statement. Rapid inflation of the cost of goods is sure to hit your pocketbook as market manipulation is at an all-time high. Carlos Cortez is our in-house financial expert, and he'll join Stew to discuss possible solutions. Please support the show! www.StewPeters.shop 

In the days before scientists understood how yellow fever was transmitted - and well before there was a vaccine - people referred to the disease by how it manifested itself. They called it “Vómito Negro” - black vomit. In this episode, Dr Sylvain Aldighieri from the Pan American Health Organization helps us chart the deadly history of yellow fever from 3000 years ago through the present day. We also speak to Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall, WHO's Assistant Director-General for emergency response about the setting up of the EYE strategy and the plan to eliminate yellow fever epidemics by 2026. 

Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), The Case for Keto (2021). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). Follow Gary:  Website: http://garytaubes.com Twitter:@garytaubes The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede the professional relationship and direction of your healthcare provider. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Author, Gary Taubes joins Marcus Antebi and Ralph Sutton on an all new episode of goodsugar to discuss the merits of a ketogenic diet. Marcus is an opponent of the KETO diet and he and Taubs really get heated in this episode. Listen to the follow up episode #62 with Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick who shares Marcus' viewpoints on the subject. Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism...   Buy Our Stuff! https://www.goodsugar.life Follow the show! https://www.instagram.com/marcusantebi  https://www.instagram.com/iamralphsutton Produced by BrianMackay https://www.instagram.com/bmackayisright

Dr. Paul E. Alexander, health research methodologist at McMaster University wrote the hot-off-the-press paper, 14 Months Later: A Path Forward, after examining all the data associated with COVID. He will let you know what we all should know now from the point of view of hard science. No BS here! Smart and down to earth you will enjoy his thoughts, a person originally from a small village in Trinidad and Tobago.Here is his bio: Paul Alexander holds a masters of science degree in epidemiology and community health from the University of Toronto, a masters of science degree in evidence-based medicine from Oxford University, masters schooling in Health Sciences also at York University, Toronto, and a PhD in evidence-based medicine and research methods from McMasters University, Hamilton. He currently holds a post as Assistant Professor at McMaster's University in the HEI Research Methods department and completed his doctoral research and post- doctoral work under the founder of Evidence based medicine (EBM), Dr. Gordon Guyatt. He served in the Trump Administration as a senior COVID-19 advisor for the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and also worked for WHO and the Pan-American Health Organization in Washington, D.C. from February 2020 onwards as a COVID-19 consultant for research methods and related matters. He also worked for the WHO/PAHO prior to the onset of the pandemic in developing evidence based tools for low and middle income nations. 

On this episode of Podcast Your Data, join Dan Murray as he speaks with Patricia Schroeder Mariduena and Jisoo Kim from the Pan American Health Organization. Together, they discuss how their teams have worked to collect and report daily case data to better understand the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Americas.

David B. Goldstein is a management consultant, coach, speaker, and Rich Goldstein’s brother! He is also the Originator of the “creative-type” concept and Co-Author of the best-selling book, Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive, which explores the ways your personality type impacts your creativity and how understanding your own personality can be the key to unlocking your expression. David is also the Founder of the patent search company, GIC, which has been performing all of the patent searches for Rich Goldstein's firm for more than 20 years. David is an internationally recognized artist and was commissioned by the Pan American Health Organization to create their human rights symbol and speak for World Health Day. In this episode… How do inventors see their products? Usually, as the newest, best, and most unique product or software to have ever been created. Behind this is typically the mentality that a similar product does not exist, so if a simple Google search does not show similar items, it’s the jackpot. Having performed thousands of patent searches over the years, David B. Goldstein knows the advantages of hiring a professional. He approaches every search with the mentality that the product already exists—so tries to find it. This helps ensure that he does a thorough enough search to avoid having a client accidentally infringe on other existing patents. In this week's episode of the Innovations and Breakthroughs Podcast, Rich Goldstein is joined by his brother David B. Goldstein, a management consultant and author, to discuss the benefits of being creative and developing one's artistic talents. They also talk about why you should avoid using Google for your patent searches, David's book and his artwork, and their experience growing up together.

Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981).

Lisa is joined by Gary Taubes an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). He joins Lisa to talk about his latest book, The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating Here is the book description: Based on twenty years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifestyle as the best prescription for their patients' health, Gary Taubes gives us a manifesto for the twenty-first-century fight against obesity and diabetes. For years, health organizations have preached the same rules for losing weight: restrict your calories, eat less, exercise more. So why doesn't it work for everyone? Taubes, whose seminal book Good Calories, Bad Calories and cover stories for The New York Times Magazine changed the way we look at nutrition and health, sets the record straight. The Case for Keto puts the ketogenic diet movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. It makes clear the vital misconceptions in how we've come to think about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply because they eat too much; hormones play the critical role) and uses the collected clinical experience of the medical community to provide essential practical advice.  Taubes reveals why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss for millions of people, and how low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets can help so many of us achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you struggling with your weight and health, and looking to start fresh in 2021? Well, we all know 2020 sucked, but it is not too late to kick 2021 in the ass! Today, I have a special guest, Best-Selling Author and good friend, Gary Taubes. Gary, is one of the best out there today, when it comes to explaining what is making us fat and what to do about it. Another must-listen episode, so don't skip this one! Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999, and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). Topics Discussed: Why all calories are not the same and why counting them is futileWhy you are a carb addictWhy is the consumption of alcohol a cause for rapid fat storageWhat does Keto actually meanWhat is the Keto fluThe history of the sugar industry… food company or heroin dealerHow we store fat, and why, and what you can do about itHow does fructose trick the glycemic index and cause insulin resistanceWhy does eating fat and protein make us lean and happyWhy we are wired for sweetsWhy if you have it in your kitchen you will eat itWhat are the solutions to our obesity epidemic Resources and links: Gary's Website: http://garytaubes.com/Belong to The Simple Life Insider's Circle: https://thesimplelifenow.com/betterlifeCredit: Episode album art background Photo by Jez Timms

Are you struggling with your weight and health, and looking to start fresh in 2021? Well, we all know 2020 sucked, but it is not too late to kick 2021 in the ass! Today, I have a special guest, Best-Selling Author and good friend, Gary Taubes. Gary, is one of the best out there today, when it comes to explaining what is making us fat and what to do about it. Another must-listen episode, so don’t skip this one! Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999, and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). Topics Discussed: Why all calories are not the same and why counting them is futileWhy you are a carb addictWhy is the consumption of alcohol a cause for rapid fat storageWhat does Keto actually meanWhat is the Keto fluThe history of the sugar industry… food company or heroin dealerHow we store fat, and why, and what you can do about itHow does fructose trick the glycemic index and cause insulin resistanceWhy does eating fat and protein make us lean and happyWhy we are wired for sweetsWhy if you have it in your kitchen you will eat itWhat are the solutions to our obesity epidemic Resources and links: Gary’s Website: http://garytaubes.com/Belong to The Simple Life Insider’s Circle: http://www.thesimplelifenow.com/betterlifeCredit: Episode album art background Photo by Jez Timms

Today, I am blessed to have here with me an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org), Gary Taubes. He is the author of The Case Against Sugar (2016), Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2011), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), published as The Diet Delusion in the UK.  Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research and has won numerous other journalism awards. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999, and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.)  Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an SB degree in applied physics and received an MS degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). In this episode, Gary Taubes joins the show to speak about his work shining a light on bad science in the nutritional realm. After publishing What If It’s All Been A Big Fat Lie?, Gary faced loads of backlash. However, that didn’t stop him. Gary has published countless books about why we need to ditch carbs, stop eating sugar, and start eating fats. Gary speaks about the inspiration behind his book, The Case For Keto. After interviewing 120 doctors from around the world that recommend the keto lifestyle, his book talks about why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss. Tune in as we talk about why calories in, calories out is a terrible way to lose weight.  ⏱️ The Art of Fasting Webinar. Register For Free: http://www.benazadiwebinar.com ▸

Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), joined Steve Morrison and CSIS Senior Fellow Katherine Bliss for an extended conversation. Why have the Americas become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic? What does it signal in terms of deep inequities, weak health systems, and quality of leadership? The region faces cascading crises – debt, extreme poverty, malnutrition, interrupted health services. How are these threats to be blunted? And what role can strengthening primary health care services play? PAHO has a remarkable record of achievement stretching back over a century. How to better make the case to the citizens of the United States of contributions PAHO makes to protecting them? How will the Covax Facility and the PAHO Revolving Fund interact to bring affordable Covid-19 vaccines quickly to the region, at the same time that Russia and China are actively marketing their unproven vaccines to the continent?    Since 2013, Dr. Carrisa Etienne has been Director of the Pan American Health Organization. She previously served as chief medical officer and coordinator of the National AIDS Program in her native Dominica, and as Assistant Director-General for Health Systems at the World Health Organization (WHO). 

As businesses and individuals struggle with an uncertain future from the coronavirus pandemic, aviation entrepreneur Barry Alexander, founder of Hartford, Connecticut-based Aquiline Drones, has a clear vision for success. Through his latest innovative endeavor, Alexander has created a full-service drone manufacturing and cloud technology company that's poised to change the global landscape as it takes drone technology to the next level. He's also helping others learn a skill and create companies of their own. A native of St. Lucia, Alexander is a veteran aerospace professional who has more than 25 years of experience as an aviator. A licensed aircraft technician for both airplanes and helicopters operating at the highest technical levels, Alexander has more than 20,000 hours of flight time logged in global commercial aviation. He spent most of his aviation career as an airline captain, but he's also served stints as a flight instructor, chief pilot, and director of operations and transport pilot of a Boeing 747 aircraft globally. Alexander migrated to the U.S. as a teenager to pursue his interest in flying. After receiving airplane and helicopter certifications, he returned to the Carribean to establish Aquiline Air Ambulance, an air ambulance transportation network, in concert with the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Caribbean Ministers of Health, the Caribbean Common Market, and regional Governments to help implement a regional project known at the time as Health Sector Reform. A serial entrepreneur, Alexander has owned several businesses over the years in the fields of construction, digital media, and electronic payment services. RESOURCES Episode Transcript: https://interrobangsolutions.com/drones-provide-flight-path-to-entrepreneurship/ Flight to the Future Registration and Details: ADflight.to/future CONNECT WITH BARRY ALEXANDER & AQUILINE DRONES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aquiline-Drones-104820991044367/?modal=admin_todo_tour Twitter: https://twitter.com/AquilineD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/51706826/admin/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will hold an information session on the rapidly evolving situation of COVID-19 in the Region of the Americas and PAHO’s response to this pandemic.Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director, PAHODr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director, PAHODr. Ciro Ugarte, Director of Health Emergencies, PAHODr. Marcos Espinal, Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases, PAHODr. Sylvain Aldighieri, Incident Manager, PAHO

I have initiated a thorough review of the allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as broader protection issues in health emergency response settings.Every week we're adding approximately two million COVID-19 cases and we passed the tragic milestone of one million deaths this week. What we've learned in every region of the world is that with good leadership and quick responsive action from the general population, it's never too late to turn the tide.This week we were pleased that countries stepped up and announced $1 billion US dollars of new funding for the ACT-Accelerator, which is driving progress on diagnostics, treatment and vaccines.We have finalized approval for a second rapid test to be granted Emergency Use Listing.We have published a call for expressions of interest for manufacturers of COVID-19 Vaccines – to apply for approval for prequalification and/or Emergency Use Listing.168 countries have now joined COVAX, which sends a very powerful message of solidarity across the world that we're uniting to end this pandemic for the sake of all humankind.The Pan American Health Organization are teaming up with the International Olympic Committee and National Olympic Committees in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico to send out health messaging on COVID-19 through the #HealthyTogether campaign. Over 45 Olympic athletes are supporting WHO to protect people from COVID-19 and give them tips on how to stay mentally and physically healthy.

Treating disease will always be more profitable. There’s no doubt that from a financial perspective a company makes more money treating a disease over the lifetime of the patient than they ever will by curing that same disease. So why do cures still get developed? Why did we eradicate smallpox and cure Hepatitis C? Is there some reason why the all powerful Big Pharma wasn’t able to block these cures from ever being developed? Would they try? Join hosts Shanti and Danny as we discuss how Big Pharma influences and is, in turn, influenced by innovation and what that means for potential disease cures. ReferencesSoriano, V., et. al.; Hepatitis C Cure with Antiviral Therapy - Benefits Beyond the Liver. Antiviral Therapy. 25-Jun-2015. 21 (1 - 8). Doi. https://doi.org/10.3851/imp2975 Breman, J.G., Arite, I.; The Confirmation and Maintenance of Smallpox Eradication. World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland. 1980. No. WHO/SE/80.156.Henderson, D.; Polio Eradication from the Western Hemisphere. Annual Review of Public Health. Pan-American Health Organization. 1992. 13: (239 - 252). Packer, M.; It’s Official! Curing Patients is Bad for Business. MedPageToday. 18-Apr-2018. https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/revolutionandrevelation/72407Ledford, H.; FDA Advisors Back Gene Therapy for Rare form of Blindness. Nature. 19-Oct-2017. 550: 314. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22819Jung, E., et. al.; Do Large Pharma Companies Provide Drug Development Innovation? Our Analysis Say No. StatNews. 10-Dec-2019. https://www.statnews.com/2019/12/10/large-pharma-companies-provide-little-new-drug-development-innovation/Compton, K.; Big Pharma and Medical Device Manufacturers. DrugWatch. 19-Aug-2020. https://www.drugwatch.com/manufacturers/Lupkin, S.; A Decade Marked by Outrage Over Drug Prices. 31-Dec-2019. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/31/792617538/a-decade-marked-by-outrage-over-drug-pricesMusk, E.; All Our Patent Are Belong to You. Tesla. 12-Jun-2014. https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-youStrickler, L.; Purdue Pharma Offers as Much as $12 Billion to Settle Opioid Suits. NBCNews. 27-Aug-2019. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/purdue-pharma-offers-10-12-billion-settle-opioid-claims-n1046526Survival Rates of Prostate Cancer. American Cancer Society. 09-Jan-2020. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html

Compass Editor Kevin Morales shares the week's top headlines from the Cayman Islands. First, cruise tourism will not return to Cayman until 2021. Then, the Pan-American Health Organization changes Cayman’s COVID-19 transmission level from ‘sporadic’ to ‘no cases’.Local construction and building suppliers feel the effects of a US construction boom and a resulting lumber shortage.Finance Minister Roy McTaggart reassures that government is not considering implementing direct taxation. And reservists with the Cayman Regiment showcase their skills.

Noël C. Barengo is working at FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine as assistant professor at the Department of Medical and Population Health Sciences Research in Florida International University in the USA.He has worked as independent consultant in non-communicable diseases for the Pan-American Health Organization, the ASPIRE center in Qatar, the Ministries of Health of Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay.Dr. Barengo´s primary research interests are prevention and control of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, his scientific research has been focused on how to control and improve lifestyle habits and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in the population and high-risk groups.Dr. Barengo is one of the most highly respected and well-known international experts in diabetes screening and prevention in Latin America. As an expert in diabetes screening and prevention, his services have been requested by many countries in the Americas including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru. He has published more than 90 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and contributed three book chapters. His H index is 27 and by 2019 his publications have received close to 5000 citations.---This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity MonitoringLearn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research---Physical Activity Researcher Podcast have created a ‘Purchase Guide for Researchers: Accelerometer-based Activity Trackers’. You can download it from here.---

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Saturday May 30th, 2020. The Washington State stay at home order will expire tomorrow. With counties making decisions on how and when to open. Washington saw the first Coronavirus case in the U.S. on January 20th, with cases peaking in late March. There are currently 22,109 cases in Washington, with 290 cases per 100,000 residents. Recently, The Seattle Times, reported that half of the new infections in the state are in people under 40. The Public Health Officer for King County said “The pattern in who’s getting infected over time reflects people’s behavior”. “If we’re seeing a drop in age, that means younger people are doing things that place them at a higher risk of transmission compared to people who are older who might be staying home more reliably.”President Trump will terminate the U.S.’s relationship with the World Health Organization. Health experts and governments around the world say the move jeopardizes the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. A person who was in a crowded pool bar in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri over Memorial Day weekend, has tested positive for the virus. In published research, the FDA revealed that until a vaccine becomes available, a combination of drugs may be needed to treat people and treatment may need to be customized to each patient. The Supreme Court ruled against allowing churches in California and Illinois to override current restricted state occupancy limits. Latin America is the new epicenter for COVID-19, according to the Director of Communicable Diseases at the Pan American Health Organization. There are over 900,000 cases and almost 50,000 deaths across the regions 33 countries. German Chancellor Merkel has declined the invitation to attend the G7 summit in person due to concerns over the virus. The Mayor of London is urging residents to “act with caution” as lockdown restrictions will ease on Monday. The locations of hotspots and U.S and Country diagnoses in a moment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Experts from physical therapy, psychology, and the Pan American Health Organization will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how physical therapists play an important role in the recovery of patients’ mental and physical health. Presenters will share experiences from working on the frontlines of COVID-19.

Some countries are turning the corner, others are bracing for a peak of Coronavirus cases. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the race for a cure for the pandemic that has much of the world staying home. Greta talks to Dr. Louis Falo, who leads a team that believes it has found a vaccine; and Dr. Marcos Espinal, communicable disease director for the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization. Also, a New York City emergency medicine doctor tells us about the struggle to stay healthy while tending to the sick. Air date: April 8, 2020

In this edition we look at how the Indigenous blockades have affected Canada and what are some possible paths forward to get over this impasse, plus as more countries report an outbreak of the coronavirus, are nations doing enough to contain the virus and is it time to delay vacations? Guests: Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister; Dr Marcos Espinal, Pan American Health Organization; Grand Chief Joe Norton, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Marcos Espinal of the Pan American Health Organization tells Mercedes Stephenson people need to keep watch of which areas are being affected by the coronavirus and postpone travel to those areas to protect your life.

Researcher Gary Taubes explains the real cause of obesity, and why the calories in vs calories out advice does not work. Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). Learn More About Gary Taubes: https://amzn.to/34ACbo3 . You can watch this full lecture by Gary Taubes on the JumpstartMD YouTube channel:  Gary Taubes - The Quality of Calories @ JumpstartMD's Weight of the Nation 2018 Conference   https://youtu.be/Zk9N7ERNtmg   . // R E S O U R C E S  

This week we are talking about disaster medicine and public health with Dr. Thomas Kirsch from the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health and a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Guest BioDr. Thomas Kirsch is the Director of the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health and a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a board-certified emergency physician and expert in disaster management and science, austere medicine and health care management. He comes to NCDMPH from Johns Hopkins University where he was a Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine), Public Health (International Health) and Engineering (Civil Engineering).Dr. Kirsch has authored over 100 scientific articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters, and co-authored the austere medical textbook, Emergent Field Medicine (VanRooyen-Kirsch). He is a globally recognized teacher who has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on disaster and emergency medicine issues. While at Johns Hopkins he founded and was the Director of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Austere Medicine course and the Disaster Medicine Fellowship. He has also taught masters and doctorate-level courses in the Hopkins School of Public Health and School of Medicine. He also has real experience in disasters and humanitarian emergencies, and has responded to events including hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2012), the NYC response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks (2001) in the USA. Also to global disasters such as the earthquakes in Haiti (2010), Chile (2010) and New Zealand (2011), the floods in Pakistan (2010) and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2013). He has consulted on disaster and humanitarian related issues for organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Defense, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, the American and Canadian Red Cross, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Pan American Health Organization and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. In 2013 he received the inaugural, ‘Disaster Science Award’ from the American College of Emergency Physicians and in 2014 the Clara Barton Award for Leadership from the American Red Cross. He was also recognized as a ‘Hero in Healthcare Fighting Ebola’ by President Obama in a White House ceremony in 2014.He received a BA in Fine Arts from Creighton University, his M.D. from the University of Nebraska and M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and then completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at the George Washington-Georgetown Combined Program. He lives with his wife, Celene in Bethesda, Maryland while his two sons attend college. He likes to walk, is an avid backpacker and canyoneer, would like to read more history, and dabbles in photography.Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kirsch-437916100/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCDMPH1/Twitter: https://twitter.com/NCDMPHWebsite: https://www.usuhs.edu/ncdmphAdvertisersTitan HST https://www.titanhst.com/

Ever wonder how the body processes processed foods? When corn becomes Cheetos or wheat becomes Twinkies, for example, or water becomes Coca Cola? How does the body react, what are the health consequences, and who is responsible for any negative effects? These are but some of the questions that occupy our guest, Dr Carlos Montero. About Carlos Monteiro Carlos Monteiro is a professor of nutrition and public health at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil where he chairs the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition. His research includes methods in population nutritional and dietary assessment and the impact of food on health. He is fascinated by social trends and by the biological and socioeconomic determinants of nutritional deficiencies and obesity. Carlos has supported the Ministry of Health in Brazil in the development of the internationally acclaimed new dietary guidelines for the Brazilian population and serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization on obesity and nutrition. In 2010, he received the Pan American Health Organization's Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence and Leadership In Inter-American Health. You pioneered work on what you call ultra-processed foods, and I find this work fascinating and very important. People may have some sense of what processed food is, but what do you mean by ultra-processed food? Actually what is new in terms of food processing is that its role in the food system has changed phenomenally in the last 20 or 30 years. So in the past though, until very recently, the role of food processing was essentially to preserve food and to make food preparation easier. So then, this role was important. It's still very important. But this role leads industry to produce minimally processed foods such as pasteurizing milk for instance, or cereal grains or fermented milk. It also produces culinary ingredients, like plant oils, even sugar that is used to cook these minimally processed foods and also transforms some foods into processed foods like cheese and bread. In all these cases, what we have is modified foods. Ultra-processed foods are not modified foods. They really do not contain foods. They are a formulation of industrial ingredients--very low-cost ingredients. And this was possible by the development of food technology in recent years. So ultra-processed food actually results from the fractioning of whole foods into components and includes the recombination of these components. So these components could be protein isolates, good be starch, could be sugar, could be oils, could be fat. So then in a way, ultra-processed foods are a recombination of these low-cost ingredients and of additives--and particularly cosmetic additives. So additives that are in these products to make them very tasty, very colorful, very attractive. So in a way, ultra-processed foods result from advances in food science and food technology. But it is not an advance in terms of human health because our bodies simply aren't prepared to be fed with these formulations because these formulations lack the food matrix. That is something we know is very important for our, our bodies. So essentially ultra-processed food is an invention of modern food technology that allows huge profits, but that is very harmful to our bodies. You mentioned that the body doesn't adapt to these foods in the usual way because it doesn't sense what it's expecting from normal foods. What are the effects on biology and seeing on the regulation of appetite? So we really don't know everything that is associated with these big changes in our diet. But we know some things. We know for instance, that when you do these formulations-combining sugar, salt, fats--all additives that are particular flavors--you produce products that tend to be consumed in excess. So these products and the formulation of these products actually aim to fool our bodies in terms of making our bodies consume more than we need. So in a way, we lose the ability to control the amount of food we need because we are not really consuming food. We are consuming these hyper-palatable formulations. So hyper-palatability is one important characteristic of these products because this can explain in part the fact that we tend to consume too much of these foods. There are also other problems. I mentioned before that that they are full of additives and when we say full, we are saying really dozens and dozens of new additives every year into the food supply. And in some cases, like emulsifiers, for instance, that is very common in ultra-processed foods. We know that emulsifiers can affect the impermeability of our intestinal cells. So then, we again lose the ability to control what goes in our bodies because these emulsifiers destroy some protection we have against the absorption of some molecules. Artificial sweeteners, another common additive used in ultra-processed foods, we know today that they have a big effect on our bodies. So in a way, ultra-processed food represents a problem because they contain intrinsically imbalanced macronutrients--too much sugar, too much unhealthy fats, too much sodium. But at the same time, they include things that are completely strange for our body like the additives. So then this explains why we see, in epidemiological studies that the more a person consumes ultra-processed foods, the higher the risk of several chronic diseases including obesity, including cardiovascular diseases, including certain types of cancer. So really, they represent a big public health problem today. You make a compelling case that these affect how much food people eat really in two fundamental ways. One is the foods are highly palatable and so people like them and want to consume more and more and more. But, it also sounds like the normal mechanisms that that stopped eating, the satiety mechanisms are also affected. I wanted to ask you about something that you brought up in particular, you mentioned the impact of artificial sweeteners. What is your belief about what those do? Yes. First of all, we have to separate two situations. So one person has diabetes type one they should avoid sugar. So this is one case, but that what I'm saying that artificial sweeteners are not necessary for healthy people, for normal people, for people that don't have a specific disease. If they avoid ultra-processed foods, automatically they will avoid excessive sugar intake. In the US, for instance, we have studies based on representative diet in the US. And when we divided the US population into five quintiles, and we take the fifth quintile of the lowest consumers of ultra-processed foods, they have about 7% of free sugar in that diet. And this is repeated in other countries. So the driver of excessive sugar consumption in all the countries that we study until now is ultra-processed foods. If you removed ultra-processed foods, we can very easily come to 6-7% of free sugar in the diet, which is maybe not ideal, could be less, but certainly, it represents a much lower problem. Then the present situation where the average consumption of free sugar is 13-14% in the US. So that's why I'm saying artificial sweeteners are not necessary because we can avoid excessive sugar--free sugar--consumption by simply reducing the consumption of ultra-processed foods. So we don't need artificial sweeteners, and we don't need reformulation. What we need is to reduce the amount of ultra-processed foods we consume. When you said that these artificial sweeteners are not necessary, is the solution just to get people accustomed to less sweetness in foods? Yeah, so this is interesting because, in our studies of different countries, we see that at the beginning--when you have a country in the early stage of the dietary transition--which means people are consuming mostly real food, the first ultra-processed foods people consume are soft drinks, for instance. Soft drinks are something that even countries like in Japan, for instance, the consumption of processed foods in Japan is very low, but not of soft drinks. So soft drinks are the door to the world of ultra-processed foods. Other things are things that people use to cook such as boullion. So things that are ultra-processed formulations and then people start to use this. But after you get this first entry points for ultra-processed foods, then you get all sorts of sweet and savory snacks. So this comes next. And after that, we have all the candies, all the industrialized desserts. And finally, people start to replace the whole lunch and dinner by ultra-processed food, lunches, and dinners like frozen lasagna, like chicken nuggets, like all these ultra-processed foods. So it depends on the country. We see more commonly some types of ultra-processed foods like soft drinks and snacks. But in a situation like in the US, more than 50% of calories come from ultra-processed foods. So all companies--say an automobile company or a clothing company--work to maximize how desirable their products are. In the food companies, obviously, they do the same thing. So can we fault them for making their foods taste as good as possible or are they going beyond this, do you think? Okay, that's a very good question. And I'm actually used to doing this analogy with the car industry and the food industry. It's very clear that the car industry, like other industries, the industries are always trying to reduce the costs of their products. It makes them better. So in terms of cars, you change the type of material that you use. For instance, you do a lot of parts of the car with plastic and not more with metal and we these cars lighter, they are more economical and maybe more comfortable. They have a long duration technology in these cases of what I would say the inorganic industries like in the car industry. They are very welcome, and maybe they have some undesirable byproducts, but this is not a big problem. With food, what happens with food is that when the industry tries to reduce the cost of the final product of food, they do this by destroying actual food and recombining their components. Essentially that's the secret of the profits of the ultra-processed food industry. You take some crops that are high yield crops, and you use them in a way to extract the cheapest protein, the cheapest oil, the cheap carb. And then you recombine them into a product of very low cost. And then use all the additives, etc., to make them tasteful and desirable. The problem with this food is that it goes into our bodies. So then we are entering the inorganic world. The risk of having trouble when you destroy the food and you recreate new foods from the components of the original foods is that you lose all the advances that were provided by the evolution of the foods to the way they are in the living world. They have a combination of nutrients and non-nutrients in a way that they make sense for the plant. In the case of a plant. And for us and other living organisms that decide to consume certain types of foods. The question of ultra-processed food is that they are really no longer foods, in a way. They don't preserve the food matrix, but at same time they taste and they look like real food. And I think that that's the origin of all the problems we have. So perhaps we need to admit that we need to be much, much more careful when we apply technology to the food in the food system. So it's different when you are in the inorganic world, and you are simply replacing metal with plastic. Maybe you can do this in a very positive way. But the same approach probably does not apply to the food world. When you start to provide sweetness, not from sugar but from a molecule that you synthesize and that resembles the same sweet taste--but they are totally different things. What would you say are some of the most important policy implications of this work? The implication is that the ultra-processed food industry should be regulated the same way we regulate drugs. We regulate tobacco, we regulate alcohol. What's different for people to understand is that of course in the case of tobacco, it's something totally artificial. Something that we shouldn't consume and it's more or less obvious because you are putting into your body hundreds of substances that do not belong to our body. Right? But in the case of food, the difficulty is that real food and most foods I would say are safe and we need them. Regulations should be in terms of hygiene and some quality control. But of course, we do not see foods as something that should be regulated as drugs or tobacco, or alcohol. But there's one type of food which are these formulations of ingredients that should be regulated. So I'd say that the main implication is that if we assume that there's a big divide between food processing in the way you make cheese and bread to a situation where you do chicken nuggets or potato shapes or soft drinks--they really are not food in a way. And because they imply a risk for consumers, they should be regulated. And what the ultra-processed food industry does is to say, wow, we all need food. We need to consume food. Food should not be something regulated like other dangerous commodities. But, and I think that's the main merit of our work, was exactly that. We draw a line between foods what call real foods that should be treated like foods and one particular group of foods, which are ultra-processed food that should be regulated. And we also developed a way to recognize ultra-processed foods in a practical way.  

In recent years countries across the Americas have made major improvements in health, but while life expectancy has increased and infant and maternal mortality rates have fallen, significant inequalities remain. A new commission launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is now examining ways to close those gaps. Members of the commission were recently convened by David Satcher at Morehouse School of Medicine to discuss strategies for achieving health equity. As part of the gathering, Michael Marmot, chair of the commission and one of the world's foremost researchers on health inequality, delivered a keynote address: “How Do You Achieve Change?” In this week's episode, we're sharing that talk, which outlines vast disparities across the Americas—and explains how addressing the social determinants of health can help narrow disparities. You can subscribe to this podcast by visiting iTunes or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify. Learn more Global Leaders Discuss How to Achieve Change in Health and Health Equity at the PAHO Commission Meeting (Morehouse School of Medicine) Urging a response to "deaths of despair" (Harvard Gazette) photo: Pan American Health Organization

In this episode of Food, Success & Life for the Modern Woman podcast, we talk with Gary Taubes about sugar. He provides a wealth of information on sugar including the effect it has had on our society for decades and some of the biggest "diet" myths. He explains the correllation between sugar and cigarettes…you must here this! And we discuss why sugar is so addictive. This is one of those episodes you will want to download and save in your podcast app to listen to over and over again. It's no fluff, all science, just the hard facts. Gary has brought a lot of scientific nutrition information to main stream media….with a lot of resistance. There is too much information out there and most of it is misguided. Even from BIG authorities we tend to trust.   How do we cut through the clutter to get to the truth? Obesity and diabetes epidemic is higher than ever before…and growing. What we've been told in the past is wrong. People are eating low fat diets, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and they're still obese. The tendency then becomes not believe the authority figures providing this information. They're following protocol and they're still sick, what gives? So they start following other sources. Being other doctors promising diet miracles. They try everything: The Zone, South Beach, the Ornish diet, vegan, paleo…they become desperate because they can't shed and keep off the excess pounds. A journalist, like Gary comes in, and tries to figure it out by looking at all the data and starts determining who is right and who is wrong, based purely on scientific data. Then people have to decide which journalist they're going to believe. So what is the solution? First, you read all these books available and decide what makes sense to you. Like doing research to buy a new car. But you're always going to wonder. You will have to experiment and try different approaches. A diet is not something you can go on, lose weight and go back to the way they were eating. You expect to keep the weight off. Not going to happen! If you lose a lot of weight and feel healthy, that is probably the way you need to live your life. You have to make sure you're not starving yourself or working out 6 hours a day. If you change the way you eat again, however, you will gain the weight back. So it's a lifestyle change…not a diet. This process of experimentation is crucial.   What do you see as some of the most significant bad nutritional myths? There are 3 that are very wrong, according to Gary's research: Low fat is healthy. Science does not support this. That you get fat just because you eat too much. This is naïve and simplistic. Fat accumulation is determined by hormones. Mostly plant diet is the healthiest diet. This has not been demonstrated. Gary goes into some detail on each of these, so listen in.     What is causing the obesity and diabetes epidemics? The fact that it is everywhere, in every population means it is the same thing that is being added to everything. Sugar is the prime suspect. It is metabolized differently, by a different organ. It causes insulin resistance which is leading to obesity and diabetes. Gary makes a very incredible correlation between sugar content in cigarettes! Did you know that every cigarette in America has a blend of sugar in it to make them more inhalable? Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has exploded in recent years. It's often diagnosed in children and is associated with obesity. Sugar plays a role.   Why is sugar so highly addictive? Is sugar a food or a drug? When you consume sugar it triggers a response on the part of the brain, the "reward center". This is the part of the brain that manifests pleasure and reinforces behaviors that are good for the race (food and sex). Dopamine is triggered and results in added pleasure. Other addictive drugs do the same thing, like cocaine and nicotine. Other things like sex become less rewarding when the "addictive" drug is taken in larger amounts.   What moderation means? How much is still too much? For many it is best to not have any of it at all than to have it in moderation. This applies to sugar, tobacco, alcohol, etc. It's easier to keep the switch off than to try to turn it on temporarily.     Gary's 3 Habits to Ensure His Health Journey: Stay off the internet. Workout in small doses every day, all he has time for. Stay away from sugar and highly processed grains.   [et_bloom_inline optin_id=optin_4] Gary Taube's Bio: Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories. His book, The Case Against Sugar, has just been published. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award. He is the first print journalist to win this award three times. Links and Resources Find Gary at hist website. To learn more about his foundation Nutritional Science Information, visit NuSi. Gary's Favorite Music for: Every version of Amazing Grace. Gary's Recommended Books: The Case Against Sugar Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health Gary's Recommended Digital Source: Mark's Daily Apple. If you missed it, listen in on our last podcast episode:  Ignite Your Dreams with Movement and Affirmations, Guest Erin Stutland

Translating science into policy is challenging, especially when it has to do with vaccinating pregnant women and other vulnerable populations. Our 60th podcast features Dr. Saad Omer (MBBS, PhD, MPH), vaccinologist at Emory University, who is also involved in several working groups to translate vaccine science into evidence-based policy at the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, The World Health Organization, and at the Pan American Health Organization. While Saad has a large research portfolio, he is most known for his trials to estimate efficacy and immunogenicity of maternal and/or infant influenza, pertussis, polio, measles and pneumococcal vaccines. In 2009, he was awarded the Maurice Hilleman award in vaccinology by the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases on his work on impact of maternal influenza immunization on respiratory illness in infants younger than 6 months- for whom there is no vaccine. Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at PHUpodcast.

2017-04-18 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China has seen its air quality worsen a little in the first quarter of this year, particularly in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.The national environmental authority said that in the first three months, 70 percent of days in 340 cities tracked had good air quality. The figure is 1 percent higher than the same period last year. However, the concentration of PM2.5 increased 3 percent year-on-year. PM2.5 refers to the fine particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 microns that is hazardous to human health. PM2.5 is one of the six air pollutants that are monitored continuously. While the average air quality has deteriorated slightly nationwide, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw a major drop in air quality in the first quarter. PM2.5 concentration soared to 95 micrograms per cubic meter, a 27 percent increase year-on-year. The national air quality standard for PM2.5 is 35 micrograms per cubic meter or less. Six of the top ten most polluted cities were in Hebei Province, where heavy industry is an economic pillar. The provincial capital topped the list in the first quarter. This is Special English.Beijing residents could be rewarded with up to 500,000 yuan, roughly 72,000 US dollars, if they can provide useful information on spies or related activities.A government policy took effect recently. Under the policy, informants are eligible to be offered rewards ranging from 10,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, depending on how useful the information is.Informants can pass information to authorities by calling a hotline, sending letters or visiting the bureau. Informants' privacy and information about spy-related messages will not be disclosed. Information providers can ask authorities for protection if they or their family are in danger due to the act of informing. The policy stipulates that informants will face punishments if they deliberately slander others or invent and spread false information. Beijing's Public Security Bureau says China saw rapid increases in international exchanges, as well as the number of people entering or exiting the country.Overseas espionage agencies and other hostile forces have also intensified their disruptive activities in China, including political infiltration and the stealing of intelligence. The bureau says Some Chinese individuals have also betrayed the nation to benefit their private interests.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. China has announced it had completed controlled tests on its first hot-water drill, which is capable of drilling through 1,500 meters of ice and will be used for Antarctic research. This is the fourth test on the drill, which was conducted in Northeast China. The drill used pressurized hot water to melt and bore into the ice. The assessment panel said it is capable of drilling 1,500 meters into the ice shelf in Antarctica.The review panel said the drill will be invaluable to China's Antarctic scientific exploration.The panel agreed to further testing and said the equipment should be used during China's upcoming 34th Antarctic expedition in November. Once it passes the Antarctic test, China will be the third country in the world to have mastered hot water drilling deeper than 1,000 meters, following the United States and Australia. The drilling helps with the detection of ice shelves which are floating ice platforms between glaciers and the ocean surface. The freeze-thaw underneath ice shelves has an important effect on the continental ice sheets, and water masses and ocean currents. This is Special English.Strong downstream demand led to increasing sales of excavators in China last month.Data with China Construction Machinery Association showed that sales of excavators in March rose more than 55 percent year on year as the Chinese economy gained momentum. Analysts said April is expected to follow the same pattern.For the January to March period, sales almost doubled from a year earlier.Economists say excavator machinery is a barometer of new infrastructure, and its strong growth indicates that the economy could expand steadily in the first half of this year.Adding to a slew of upbeat data on the economy, surveys on the country's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors showed the economy had staged a strong start.China's manufacturing sector in March stayed above the boom-bust mark for the eighth month in a row, and the non-manufacturing sector continued to expand, nearing a three-year record high.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. A fund for assisting the medical treatment of patients with rare diseases has been initiated in Shanghai.The fund has starting money of 3 million yuan, roughly 440,000 U.S. dollars. It was jointly raised by rare disease prevention and treatment institutions in Shanghai and drug firms.The chairman of the Shanghai Rare Disease Prevention and Treatment Fund said the funding would encourage more effective prevention and medical treatment of rare diseases.He said the fund would help pool more financial support and company donations for rare disease patients.Globally, there are some 6,000 to 7,000 recognized rare diseases. Only a few of them have established medical treatment.Around 60 percent of rare disease patients are children, with 30 percent living less than five years.There has been no epidemiological survey of rare disease patients made in China.Early diagnosis and treatment can effectively check on the progress of rare diseases and even cure them.It could take years for doctors to diagnose a rare disease, while patients miss the best time for treatment and suffer from inflicted problems leading to mental difficulties, heart problems and atrophied muscles. You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to crienglish.com. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. Now the news continues.Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled the 20 winners of the 7th edition of the company's Digital Talents program, offering French students two weeks of technological immersion in China.For the first time, 20 students have been selected to travel to Huawei's base in Shenzhen in July.Organizers say that this year, the candidates proposed their original and innovative solutions to social challenges in relation with digital transformation.Projects involved sectors including the environment, education, employment, health and energy resources.Huawei says it runs the program "to identify the digital talents of tomorrow".Chaired by the former housing minister of France, the jury included a think tank founder, Huawei communications director, newspaper editor-in-chief, the director of a science institute, and the general director of Paris' economic development agency. Members of the jury met on April 4 in Paris to choose the best 20 projects.The 20 selected projects deal with a range of issues, including connected glasses, recycling cigarette butts, cyber attacks, video games, and providing help for refugees. This is Special English.The School of Global Governance has been opened at Beijing Foreign Studies University, aiming to train more multilingual professionals with global vision and cross-cultural communication proficiency.The school aims to cultivate talents who are proficient in international rules and at least two working languages of the United Nations.It will carry out research on international organizations and provide intellectual support for China's participation in international affairs.The school is the first of its kind in China. It offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. It grew out of an education reform pilot program launched in 2010. Some former graduates have been employed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Pan American Health Organization, and United Nations Office at Geneva.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. In addition to 600 million yuan, roughly 87 million U.S. dollars, in box office sales in China so far, the Hollywood blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" has given rise to countless hot-selling products.Beast-themed puppets and tea cups often sell out at Shanghai Disneyland, and the 30-plus types of dessert based on the movie have become top choices for movie fans at Shanghai Disneyland Hotel.Tina Dai, a merchandise team member at Shanghai Disney Resort, said the resort is planning to restock the ceramic teacups, based on one of the characters in the movie, which sell for 85 yuan each.Dai said the popularity of movie-based products shows consumers' keen interest in Disney characters and movie stories.While China is shifting its growth engine from the industrial to the service sector, U.S. companies are exploring new growth points.Statistics show China-U.S. service trade exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars last year.Global coffee chain Starbucks is among the beneficiaries of the huge Chinese market.The corporation's fiscal report showed comparable store sales increased 6 percent in China, 3 percentage points higher than global growth. Net quarterly revenues for the China/Asia Pacific segment grew 18 percent year on year to 770 million U.S. dollars.The robust sales growth is partly due to cooperation between Starbucks and Chinese Internet giant Tencent, which has offered mobile payment services for Chinese customers since December.The two companies have also rolled out a digital gift-giving service on WeChat, allowing WeChat users to send and receive Starbucks digital gifts and then cash them in at offline outlets.Starbucks is the first retail brand to use the digital gift-sharing service, supported by the social network's 850 million monthly active users.This is Special English.China has launched a universal network covering the data of elder care facilities across the country.The Civil Affairs Ministry said information recorded about these institutions in the network will include internal management, service quality, security management and staff profiles. The ministry said it has started a training program on how to use the new network. The first set of information will be entered by May 10. China's aging society is a major social issue. There are currently more than 220 million people over 60 years of age in the country, or 16 percent of the total population, and the numbers are growing. Authorities have said they will streamline the approval process for elder care institutions to address challenges brought by the aging population. This is the end of this edition of Special English. To freshen up your memory, I'm going to read one of the news items again at normal speed. Please listen carefully.This is the end of today's program. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing, and I hope you can join us every day, to learn English and learn about the world.

In this episode of Food, Success & Life for the Modern Woman podcast, we talk with Gary Taubes about sugar. He provides a wealth of information on sugar including the effect it has had on our society for decades and some of the biggest “diet” myths. He explains the correction between sugar and cigarettes…you must here this! And we discuss why sugar is so addictive. This is one of those episodes you will want to download and save in your podcast app to listen to over and over again. It’s no fluff, all science, just the hard facts. Gary has brought a lot of scientific nutrition information to main stream media….with a lot of resistance. There is too much information out there and most of it is misguided. Even from BIG authorities we tend to trust.   How do we cut through the clutter to get to the truth? Obesity and diabetes epidemic is higher than ever before…and growing. What we’ve been told in the past is wrong. People are eating low fat diets, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and they’re still obese. The tendency then becomes not believe the authority figures providing this information. They’re following protocol and they’re still sick, what gives? So they start following other sources. Being other doctors promising diet miracles. They try everything: The Zone, South Beach, the Ornish diet, vegan, paleo…they become desperate because they can’t shed and keep off the excess pounds. A journalist, like Gary comes in, and tries to figure it out by looking at all the data and starts determining who is right and who is wrong, based purely on scientific data. Then people have to decide which journalist they’re going to believe. So what is the solution? First, you read all these books available and decide what makes sense to you. Like doing research to buy a new car. But you’re always going to wonder. You will have to experiment and try different approaches. A diet is not something you can go on, lose weight and go back to the way they were eating. You expect to keep the weight off. Not going to happen! If you lose a lot of weight and feel healthy, that is probably the way you need to live your life. You have to make sure you’re not starving yourself or working out 6 hours a day. If you change the way you eat again, however, you will gain the weight back. So it’s a lifestyle change…not a diet. This process of experimentation is crucial.   What do you see as some of the most significant bad nutritional myths? There are 3 that are very wrong, according to Gary’s research: Low fat is healthy. Science does not support this. That you get fat just because you eat too much. This is naïve and simplistic. Fat accumulation is determined by hormones. Mostly plant diet is the healthiest diet. This has not been demonstrated. Gary goes into some detail on each of these, so listen in.     What is causing the obesity and diabetes epidemics? The fact that it is everywhere, in every population means it is the same thing that is being added to everything. Sugar is the prime suspect. It is metabolized differently, by a different organ. It causes insulin resistance which is leading to obesity and diabetes. Gary makes a very incredible correlation between sugar content in cigarettes! Did you know that every cigarette in America has a blend of sugar in it to make them more inhalable? Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has exploded in recent years. It’s often diagnosed in children and is associated with obesity. Sugar plays a role.   Why is sugar so highly addictive? Is sugar a food or a drug? When you consume sugar it triggers a response on the part of the brain, the “reward center”. This is the part of the brain that manifests pleasure and reinforces behaviors that are good for the race (food and sex). Dopamine is triggered and results in added pleasure. Other addictive drugs do the same thing, like cocaine and nicotine. Other things like sex become less rewarding when the “addictive” drug is taken in larger amounts.   What moderation means? How much is still too much? For many it is best to not have any of it at all than to have it in moderation. This applies to sugar, tobacco, alcohol, etc. It’s easier to keep the switch off than to try to turn it on temporarily.     Gary’s 3 Habits to Ensure His Health Journey: Stay off the internet. Workout in small doses every day, all he has time for. Stay away from sugar and highly processed grains.   15 Day Fat Loss Kick Start Ebook Download your FREE copy here!! DOWNLOAD!   Check your email. You will receive access for instant downloading. We respect your privacy- We will not rent, spam or sell your email. Gary Taube’s Bio: Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories. His book, The Case Against Sugar, has just been published. Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award. He is the first print journalist to win this award three times. Links and Resources Find Gary at hist website. To learn more about his foundation Nutritional Science Information, visit NuSi. Gary’s Favorite Music for: Every version of Amazing Grace. Gary’s Recommended Books: The Case Against Sugar Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health Gary’s Recommended Digital Source: Mark’s Daily Apple. If you missed it, listen in on our last podcast episode:  Ignite Your Dreams with Movement and Affirmations, Guest Erin Stutland

The deadline to fund the government has passed and only one section of the government was funded in full for 2017: Military Construction and the Veteran's Administration. In this episode, analyze the wisdom of the military construction projects that are soon to begin and learn about the rest of the law that extended current funding for eleven out of twelve sections of our government until December 9th. Also in this episode, Jen admits a big mistake, an outline of the "9/11 victims bill", some suggestions to help you research your Election Day ballot, and the longest Thank You segment in Congressional Dish history. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Bill Highlighted In This Episode H.R. 5325: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriates Act 2017 and ZIKA Response and Preparedness Act Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 $7.2 billion for more than 200 military construction projects $177 million will go towards NATO facilities Funds can't be used to pay property taxes in foreign countries Any projects in Japan, a NATO country, or in countries that border the Arabian Gulf worth more than $500,000 must be awarded to United States firm or be awarded to a partnership including United States firms Money can't be used to close or realign the base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba No money can be used to create space within the United States for current prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Department of Veterans' Affairs Provides over $103 billion for Veteran's benefits Provides approximately $56 billion for the Veteran's Administration and veteran's medical expenses. Provides approximately $7.2 billion in additional funding for private health care for veterans. Adds whistleblower protections and procedures Whistleblowers will submit paperwork to their supervisor; if the supervisor finds it to be legit, the whistleblower will be informed of transfer opportunities. Whistleblowers will have to provide their name and contact information A central whistleblower office will handle all whistleblower complaints, and will have a hotline for anonymous complaints Supervisors can be suspended and/or removed for failing to act on a whistleblower complaint, restricting an employees ability to file a complaint, or conducting a negative peer review or retaliating against a whistleblower. Supervisors who are suspended or removed can have their bonuses denied or rescinded. Includes $1.5 billion for Hepatitis C drug, which is $840 million above the request Zika Response & Preparedness $394 million, available until September 30, 2017, will be put in the "Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund" and be used for: Stockpiles of "products purchased" Purchase of and insurance for motor vehicles in foreign countries Construction, alteration, or renovation of "non-federally owned facilities" at State and local laboratories From Explanatory Statement: "Within the funds provide for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a robust level of funding is intended to support mosquito control efforts conduct by State, county, or municipal programs, including mosquito control districts." $387 million, available until September 30, 2017, will be used for: To response to Zika "and other vector-borne diseases domestically and internationally" To develop and purchase vaccines For health care for mothers and children To reimburse States for health care costs related to Zika that aren't covered by private insurance For projects in Puerto Rico and other territories for mothers and children $152 million, available until September 30, 2017, will be used for: Zika research Vaccine development $145 million will go to "Global Health Programs" for: Mosquito control (spraying) Vaccines The money can be donated to the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Pan American Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Food and Agriculture Organization Money is prohibited from being spent on "the Grand Challenges for Development" program $15 million will go to the State Department $10 million will go to USAID Money can be used by Dept. of Health and Human Services, the State Department, and USAID to hire people to "perform critical work relating to Zika response" The hires will be exempt from some Federal laws (Sections 3309-3319) The money can be transferred to and merged with other accounts as long as Congress is informed Continuing Appropriations Extends current funding for the other 11 divisions of government until December 9, 2016. $174,000 is appropriated for the family of former Rep. Mark Takai Explanatory Statement for H.R. 5325 Missile Defense Fully funded an Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Deveselu, Romania and a second site at Redzikowo, Poland. "European Reassurance Initiative" Announced in 2014, EIR is designed to increase" the presence and joint training activities of U.S. military forces in Europe". The Department of Defense requested four times the money for ERI for 2017; they want an increase from $789 million in 2016 to over $3.4 billion. The request would support 5,100 active and reserve personel in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) More than double requested for "Improved Infrastructure", from $89 million in 2016 to $217 million in 2017. Explanatory Statement: “Although ERI military construction funding was originally intended to be a one-time only investment, the evolving nature of the threat has prompted the DoD to expand its plans for investing in military construction to support the continual presence of U.S. rotational military forces in Europe, increased training activities with European allies, and the prepositioning of Army combat-ready equipment in Poland to support and armored brigade combat team.” Plans include a $200 million facility for prepositioning Army combat brigade equipment in Poland and nine Air Force projects in Germany that will cost $260 million. Huge increase in funding for "Enhanced Prepositioning", from $57.8 million in 2016 to $1.9 billion in 2017. S. 2040: Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) "International terrorism" Does NOT include any act of war No Immunity for Foreign States "A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in civil cases, seeking money, for injuries, damage to property, or deaths occurring in the United States and caused by an "act of international terrorism in the United States" or "acts of the foreign state, or of any official, employee, or agent of that foreign state while acting within the scope of his or her office"...regardless of where the act occurred. A foreign state can not be sued for negligence Stay of the Civil Action The Attorney General can intervene and stop or delay the civil action against a foreign country. The Attorney General can do this by granting unlimited stays of 180 day periods. The court can delay the proceeding against a foreign state for 180 days if the State Department "certifies that the United States is engaged in good faith discussions with the foreign state defendant" in an attempt find a resolution. The court must grant "an extension" if the State Department says the U.S. is still "engaged in good faith discussions" Applicability Applies to injuries caused to a person, property, or business on or after September 11, 2001. Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Oversight of the European Reassurance Initiative, House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, July 13, 2016. Witnesses: Major General David Allvin: J-5, US Air Force, US European Command (EUCOM) Rachel Ellehuus: Principal Director, Europe & NATO Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense Tom Tyra: G-3/5/7, US Army Timestamps & Transcripts {06:10} Chairman Vicky Hartzler (MO)- "Foremost of these challenges is a resurgent Russia." {08:12} Rep. Jackie Speier (CA)- "Recent events in Europe have underscored this threat. For example, Russia has occupied Crimea and has fomented the continuing separatists struggle in eastern Ukraine. Across Europe and in particular along Russia’s border, the threat of Russian intervention is on many people’s minds." {11:45} Major General David Allvin - "The strategic environment in Europe has changed drastically over the past 30 months. One of the key reasons for the growing instability has been Russian malign influence, coercion, and aggression against NATO allies and other partner nations. Since the illegal annexation of Crimea and the Russian activity in the Donbass region of Ukraine, the potential for Russia to further advance their military adventurism into NATO countries has demanded a strong response. We at U.S. European Command have been working to assure our allies that our commitment to Article 5 of the Atlantic Treaty is iron clad." {15:59} Rachel Ellehuus- "The three challenges that I see post-Warsaw, and as we continue to think about the future of ERI, are, firstly, institutional adaptation—we need to find a way to make NATO more agile in terms of its decision making, command structure, and defense planning; secondly, defense investment—and that’s not just monetary but also in terms of political will—we need to encourage folks to continue to increase their defense spending and to support operations both within the European and transatlantic theater and further afield; and finally, we need to combat internal political challenges and resist those who seek to divide us or undermine the international security order." {18:10} Major General David Allvin -"We find that within the European theater, we see a more aggressive Russia that is influencing on the periphery states of NATO, and so given the current correlation of forces that might exist in a conflict, specifically with the United States, we do not have nearly the forces we had after 25 years of the degradation of the forces in Europe. This has been understandable because there have been other national-security priorities that have actually taken precedence in other parts of the world. However, we find ourself now with smaller number of forces from all services, as well as the appropriate equipment, in order to be able to field and to respond to any other Russian aggression, and I would say that what ERI has done is it is rapidly enabled us to reverse that trend." {20:35} Rachel Ellehuus -"So we’ve seen the French carrier, Charles de Gaulle, deploy in the Middle East to help us with some of our stress on our naval and maritime Forces, we’ve seen cooperative arrangements to use one another’s bases, and we’ve seen host nations stepping up. So when we send our forces to the Baltic states, host nations such as Poland and the Balts are stepping forward to provide that infrastructure and support." {26:40} Rep. Jackie Speier -"You had indicated to me privately that the troops that we will have stationed as part of ERI would be engaged in military exercises, and you had suggested that the numbers may be as high as a hundred per year, some smaller, some larger. How many of these are air shows?" Major General David Allvin: "Ma’am, I actually wouldn’t put an air show in the—" Rep. Speier: "Good." Major General Allvin: "—category of exercise. When we refer to these exercises, and when I say a hundred, some of these are small, maybe company-level exercises, but these are building that understanding that cohesion at the unit level, and I would say those are the most prolific. However, with the initial funding we’ve been able to receive through ERI, we’re able to have exercises at the larger level, the battalion level and above, which really help us understand the inner operability between formations, because we understand that U.S. European Command will not be the sole entity that will have to defend against Russian aggression; we will be fighting with our allies and partners in the region. And so these broader exercises, these higher-level exercises, really enhance that confidence to be able to fight and maneuver and do combined-armed warfare beyond just the United States but in the coalition." {29:33} Tom Tyra -"In the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, you would see 80 M1 tanks and 140 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 18 artillery systems, a number of mortar systems and smaller pieces of equipment. So we would end up with that plus the support vehicles that enable that to fight. Then, there would be a rotating brigade that would bring identical sets of equipment. As you delivered the Fires Brigade, you would expect, a another hundred or so artillery systems, either tube or rocket launched to be added to that Fires Brigade." {52:16} Rep. Beto O’Rourke (TX) - "What are the potential risks of this strategy? What could go wrong?" Major General David Allvin: "So, you actually touched on it very well, Congressman, is that there is an escalation risk here." Suggested Congressional Dish Episodes Topic: Ukraine CD067: What Do We Want in Ukraine? CD068: Ukraine Aid Bill Topic: Syria CD041: Why Attack Syria? CD108: Regime Change Topic: Drug Prices for the Veteran's Administration CD107: New Laws & Veterans' Health Care Additional Reading Congressional Report: The 9/11 "28 pages" (previously classified) Article: Fanning: Continuing Resolution Could Snarl European Reassurance Initiative Efforts by Jen Judson, Defense News, October 2, 2016. Article: Budget deal avoids government shutdown, finalizes next year's VA budget by Leo Shane III, Military Times, September 28, 2016. Article: Mylan will help more patients pay for it's EpiPen. Why that's bad news for healthcare by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2016. Article: A Permanent Fund That Could Help Fight Zika Exists, But It's Empty by Alison Kodjak, NPR, June 3, 2016. Op-Ed: Russia's got a point: The U.S. broke a NATO promise by Joshua R. Itzdowitz Shifrinson, Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2016. Defense Dept. Report: European Reassurance Initiative, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, February 2016. Article: The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 in India by Ketaki Gokhale, Bloomberg, December 28, 2015. Fact Sheet: The European Phased Adaptive Approach at a Glance by Kingston Reif, Arms Control Association, posted May 1, 2013. Additional Information OpenSecrets: Influence & Lobbying Profile for Gilead Sciences Webpage: Information on Aerial Spraying, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Webpage: What is NATO? Hear Jen On... Rhodes to Success: Listener Supported Political Podcasting with Jen Briney Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations

Cynthia Cabrera of the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA) speaks with tobacco-control expert David Sweanor, J.D., on the ethics and morality of misinformation campaigns of public health organizations on vaping. David has spent more than three decades trying to rid the world of cigarettes, and played an integral role in Canada’s tobacco-related policies. He has worked with the World Health Organization, World Bank, Pan American Health Organization, International Union Against Cancer, and numerous governments and foundations. David is also an Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa and at the Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics. He is also a Honorary (Consultant) Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham.

Scientific American ’s Dina Maron talks with Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, about the current Ebola outbreak, the threat of sexual transmission and the hope for a vaccine. They were both at an Institute of Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats held at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C., concentrating on Ebola in west Africa  

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.

In this episode, the Get Ready team interviews Alfonso Contreras, regional advisor for health promotion at the Pan American Health Organization (regional office of the World Health Organization). He discusses the importance of regularly handwashing with soap, and Global Handwashing Day, which is celebrated annually on October 15. Contreras is interviewed by Get Ready team member, Lavanya Gupta.

Recently, lively debates have emerged in the social sciences about how to think about the unexpected return of religion to the public sphere. This phenomenon has occurred not only in modernizing societies around the globe, but also in modern Western democracies. Scientific rationality and technical expertise have always been regarded as the most powerful forces for modernization. Yet it turns out that Western secularism is in central respects deeply Christian and even Protestant, and that there are multiple secularisms--at least one for each religion. How multicultural and democratic can Western (secular) modernization be in light of such circumstances? This presentation will sort out some of the implications of these discussions for philosophies of science. Speaker: Dr. Sandra Harding Sandra Harding is a Professor of Education and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a philosopher. She taught for two decades at the University of Delaware before moving to UCLA in 1996. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996-2000, and co-edited the journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000-05. She is the author or editor of fifteen books and special journal issues including: Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities and Modernities and The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Dr. Harding has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Costa Rica, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the Asian Institute of Technology. She has been a consultant to several United Nations organizations including the Pan American Health Organization, UNESCO, the U.N. Development Fund for Women, and the U.N. Commission on Science and Technology for Development. In 2007-08 she was a Phi Beta Kappa national lecturer. She has lectured at over 300 colleges, universities, and conferences on five continents.

Recently, lively debates have emerged in the social sciences about how to think about the unexpected return of religion to the public sphere. This phenomenon has occurred not only in modernizing societies around the globe, but also in modern Western democracies. Scientific rationality and technical expertise have always been regarded as the most powerful forces for modernization. Yet it turns out that Western secularism is in central respects deeply Christian and even Protestant, and that there are multiple secularisms--at least one for each religion. How multicultural and democratic can Western (secular) modernization be in light of such circumstances? This presentation will sort out some of the implications of these discussions for philosophies of science. Speaker: Dr. Sandra Harding Sandra Harding is a Professor of Education and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a philosopher. She taught for two decades at the University of Delaware before moving to UCLA in 1996. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996-2000, and co-edited the journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000-05. She is the author or editor of fifteen books and special journal issues including: Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities and Modernities and The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Dr. Harding has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Costa Rica, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the Asian Institute of Technology. She has been a consultant to several United Nations organizations including the Pan American Health Organization, UNESCO, the U.N. Development Fund for Women, and the U.N. Commission on Science and Technology for Development. In 2007-08 she was a Phi Beta Kappa national lecturer. She has lectured at over 300 colleges, universities, and conferences on five continents.

Recently, lively debates have emerged in the social sciences about how to think about the unexpected return of religion to the public sphere. This phenomenon has occurred not only in modernizing societies around the globe, but also in modern Western democracies. Scientific rationality and technical expertise have always been regarded as the most powerful forces for modernization. Yet it turns out that Western secularism is in central respects deeply Christian and even Protestant, and that there are multiple secularisms--at least one for each religion. How multicultural and democratic can Western (secular) modernization be in light of such circumstances? This presentation will sort out some of the implications of these discussions for philosophies of science. Speaker: Dr. Sandra Harding Sandra Harding is a Professor of Education and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a philosopher. She taught for two decades at the University of Delaware before moving to UCLA in 1996. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996-2000, and co-edited the journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000-05. She is the author or editor of fifteen books and special journal issues including: Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities and Modernities and The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Dr. Harding has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Costa Rica, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the Asian Institute of Technology. She has been a consultant to several United Nations organizations including the Pan American Health Organization, UNESCO, the U.N. Development Fund for Women, and the U.N. Commission on Science and Technology for Development. In 2007-08 she was a Phi Beta Kappa national lecturer. She has lectured at over 300 colleges, universities, and conferences on five continents.

Recently, lively debates have emerged in the social sciences about how to think about the unexpected return of religion to the public sphere. This phenomenon has occurred not only in modernizing societies around the globe, but also in modern Western democracies. Scientific rationality and technical expertise have always been regarded as the most powerful forces for modernization. Yet it turns out that Western secularism is in central respects deeply Christian and even Protestant, and that there are multiple secularisms--at least one for each religion. How multicultural and democratic can Western (secular) modernization be in light of such circumstances? This presentation will sort out some of the implications of these discussions for philosophies of science. Speaker: Dr. Sandra Harding Sandra Harding is a Professor of Education and Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a philosopher. She taught for two decades at the University of Delaware before moving to UCLA in 1996. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996-2000, and co-edited the journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000-05. She is the author or editor of fifteen books and special journal issues including: Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities and Modernities and The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Dr. Harding has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Costa Rica, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the Asian Institute of Technology. She has been a consultant to several United Nations organizations including the Pan American Health Organization, UNESCO, the U.N. Development Fund for Women, and the U.N. Commission on Science and Technology for Development. In 2007-08 she was a Phi Beta Kappa national lecturer. She has lectured at over 300 colleges, universities, and conferences on five continents.

Listen NowDuring this 21-minute interview, Professor Nichols discusses the reasons for the decline in health care cost growth and whether its slowing will persist, alternative payment models (to fee for service) that contribute to this decline, how worrisome or not health care market consolidation is as well as the prospect of employers dropping employee health care coverage, why Congressional Republicans (moreover House Republicans) oppose the ACA, ways of improving the law via moroever price transparency provisions and whether states, specificallly Virginia, will take advantage of the ACA and expand its Medicaid coverage in 2014.Since 2010 Dr. Len Nichols has been Professor of Health Policy and the Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics at George Mason University.  Previously, Dr. Nichols served as the Director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, as Vice President of the Center for Studying Health System Change, as a Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute, as a Senior Advisor for health policy at the Office of Management and Budget during the Clinton Administration's health reform effort, and as Chairman of the Economics Department at Wellesley College. He has advised the World Bank and the Pan American Health Organization, as well as various state governments and departments of the US Government.  Because of his reputation as an honest and knowledgeable health policy analyst, Dr. Nichols has testified on numerous occasions before Congress and is frequently interviewed by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly, National Public Radio, the British Broadcasting Service and ABC, CBS and the NBC's nightly news.  He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.Professor Nichols most recent Congressional testimony was before the US Senate Budget Committee this past July 30th, see: http://www.budget.senate.gov/democratic/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=4dd8a8b5-c123-44e6-b13e-34b6e825c3f0Among other noted publications Prof. Nichols co-authored (with John Bertko) in 2009 "A Modest Proposal for a Competing Public Health Plan".  See: http://www.newamerica.net/files/CompetingPublicHealthPlan.pdf This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com