Telemedicine & mHealth in Haiti: Applying Global Lessons to the Development of Solutions
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With social media, should DOD go to the people, or should the people go to DOD?
* By Kevin McCaney
* Mar 11, 2010
Should the Defense Department be making use of public social media sites such as Facebook, or should DOD, for security reasons, build its own?
Paul A. Strassman’s recent column arguing that that DOD’s social media policy doesn’t do…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 10:46am —
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COMMENTARY
4 Facebook lessons from DOD
Agencies need to learn some rules of the road before jumping into social media
* By Fred Wellman
* Apr 21, 2010
Now that both the White House and Defense Department have established social media policies, more organizations are certain to leap into the fray and launch social networking sites.…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on April 26, 2010 at 10:39am —
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Cloud Interoperability Will Connect Agencies, Constituents
As public sector organizations evaluate cloud services as a way to consolidate IT infrastructures, scale systems and enable innovative Open Government services, technology vendors…
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March 16, 2010
Rural Haiti Struggles to Absorb Displaced
FOND-DES-BLANCS, Haiti — Before the earthquake…
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In Haiti’s Hour of Need, Texting “4636” Became a Lifeline
A boy uses a cell phone in Leogane, Haiti, January 20. The…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on March 11, 2010 at 10:47pm —
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Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Appoints Board of Directors and CEO
New York, NY – The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF), established by
Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to raise money for Haiti relief and
recovery efforts after the January
earthquake, has appointed a Board of Directors and Chief…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on March 9, 2010 at 7:48pm —
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New Apps Let Mobile Phone Users Help, Stay Informed About Haiti
Red Cross, Clearwave Mobile, Whoop Bring Disaster Response to Users’
FingertipsPublished: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:36:18 GMT
The American Red Cross is making it easy to get the latest news on recovery efforts in Haiti through exciting…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on February 19, 2010 at 9:06am —
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THE GLOBAL LEADERS’ INAUGURAL MEETING
A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
GREENWICH, CT, February 5th, 2010 – The inaugural meeting of The Global Leaders, an international networking group designed to facilitate the trade of
ideas, information, and inspirations across the spheres of business,
government, education and philanthropy, was held at the prestigious
Yale Club in New York…
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In Haiti, U.S. has chance to improve image in Latin AmericaBy Juan Forero
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, February 5, 2010;
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Since last month's earthquake, this country has been…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on February 5, 2010 at 6:11pm —
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Quake-ravaged Haiti faces a long-term emergency, one that will not end in a few weeks when the media frenzy dies down. And it's clear the crisis will require more radical solutions than short-term relief groups can provide.
Will foreign aid to Haiti fail this time? Or will the tragedy bring with it a chance to reboot one of the world's poorest countries -- and rethink the the traditional ways of delivering aid and…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on February 1, 2010 at 4:02pm —
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January 31, 2010
Haiti Is Again a Canvas for Approaches to Aid
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
UNITED NATIONS — The fact that Haiti was mired in dysfunction well before the earthquake, despite having received more than $5 billion in aid over about two decades, is fueling a contentious debate on whether a grand reconstruction plan can finally fix the country or would be doomed to repeat previous failures.
One side…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on January 31, 2010 at 7:50pm —
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Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response Information Network and Training Services (Pacific EMPRINTS)/National Disaster Life Support (NDLS)-Pacific Regional Center and Hawaii State Civil Defense present:
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on January 26, 2010 at 11:07pm —
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Violent Conflict and HealthPublished January 22, 2010
Executive summary
This special issue on violent conflict and health examines the devastating effects of conflict on human health: direct injury from fighting, indirect morbidity and mortality caused by the breakdown of…
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on January 24, 2010 at 2:43pm —
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After a massive earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, the world is now getting a sense of the scale of the catastrophe in Haiti. The U.S. military now has several dozen personnel on the ground to assist in the relief effort — but getting people and equipment there presents a serious challenge.
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Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on January 23, 2010 at 9:52pm —
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