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	<description>An Alternative to Corporate Health</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Former Pharmaceutical Reps Tell All</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/15/big-pharma/former-pharmaceutical-reps-tell-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/15/big-pharma/former-pharmaceutical-reps-tell-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gene Carbona]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Reidy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Oldani]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shahram Ahari]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among the more interesting genres of medical writing is that of the former pharmaceutical representative who reveals the &#8220;secrets&#8221; of promoting drugs to doctors.  Here are some recent examples:
Shahram Ahari
Shahram Ahari sold Zyprexa for Eli Lilly and is now with the School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco.  In 2007 he published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Principles: Reducing Commercial Promotion of Foods and Beverages to Children</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/14/social-determinants-of-health/sydney-principles-reducing-commercial-promotion-of-foods-and-beverages-to-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/14/social-determinants-of-health/sydney-principles-reducing-commercial-promotion-of-foods-and-beverages-to-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Determinants of Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Pediatrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following our posting last week regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics and Baby Formula, our friend Claudio Schuftan emailed us about an initiative by the International Obesity Task Force to reduce the commercial promotion of foods and beverages to children.
In 2006, the IOTF elaborated a draft set of principles to address this issue, called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Articles on Latin American Social Medicine: International Journal of Epidemiology</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/11/latin-american-social-medicine/new-articles-on-latin-american-social-medicine-international-journal-of-epidemiology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/11/latin-american-social-medicine/new-articles-on-latin-american-social-medicine-international-journal-of-epidemiology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin American Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Breilh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[University of New Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for the upcoming World Congress of Epidemiology in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the August 2008 edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology is devoted to Latin America.  Two articles, in particular, are relevant to those of us with an interest in social medicine:
Howard Waitzkin, Celia Iriart, Holly Shipp Buchanan, Francisco Mercado, Jonathan Tregear, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Health Workers &#038; Promotoras: An Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/08/community-health/community-health-workers-promotoras-an-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/08/community-health/community-health-workers-promotoras-an-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[History of Social Medicine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the Industrial Revolution various initiatives were developed to bring health into the community. In 1859 William Rathbone used nurses accompanied by &#8220;lady visitors&#8221; to go into the homes of Liverpool; this became the model for British district nurses.  In 1862 the Ladies Section of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association used a &#8220;working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Breastfeeding Week 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/06/health-activism/world-breastfeeding-week-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/06/health-activism/world-breastfeeding-week-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Baby Friendly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harlem Hospital]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hospital]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World Breastfeeding Alliance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2008) is currently underway. This is an initiative of the World Breastfeeding Alliance, a global network of individuals &#38; organizations concerned with the protection, promotion &#38; support of breastfeeding worldwide.  The WBW website has a map of the world covering with flaming Olympic torches linking to activities supporting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the American Academy of Pediatrics Helping Babys R Us Promote Formula?</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/04/breastfeeding/is-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-helping-babys-r-us-promote-formula/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/04/breastfeeding/is-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-helping-babys-r-us-promote-formula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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		<title>Collapse of the WTO Doha Negotiations: Public Health and Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/01/globalization-and-health/collapse-of-the-wto-doha-negotiations-public-health-and-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/08/01/globalization-and-health/collapse-of-the-wto-doha-negotiations-public-health-and-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Globalization and Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, July 28th the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations collapsed in Geneva. The immediate cause of the collapse was related to agricultural protectionism.   But the underlying issue seems to be the increasing willingness of developing nations to challenge the WTO.  In the words of Bolivian President Evo Morales: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ricardo Nimo (RPSM Internal Medicine 1998): Working in Rural Mississippi</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/28/rural-health/ricardo-nimo-rpsm-internal-medicine-1998-working-in-rural-mississippi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/28/rural-health/ricardo-nimo-rpsm-internal-medicine-1998-working-in-rural-mississippi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[RPSM Alumni]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rural Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is it that social medicine doctors do? Here is one answer from RPSM Internal Medicine graduate Dr. Ricardo Nimo:
After RPSM in the Bronx, as a foreign graduate from Uruguay, I decided to come to Mississippi as part of a waiver program in order to change my legal status in the US. Mississippi was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Roberto Belmar, Santiago Chile&#8217;s Public Health Director, at the RSPM</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/27/latin-american-social-medicine/dr-roberto-belmar-santiago-chiles-public-health-director-at-the-rspm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/27/latin-american-social-medicine/dr-roberto-belmar-santiago-chiles-public-health-director-at-the-rspm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latin American Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Residency Program in Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Allende]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, July 22nd we had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Roberto Belmar, the current Director of Santiago Chile&#8217;s Public Health Zone, speak at the RPSM.  Dr. Belmar has a special relationship with our Department. In the 1970&#8217;s he came to Montefiore as a political refugee and worked for many years in the Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etta Eskridge (RPSM Internal Medicine 1998): Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/24/hivaids/etta-eskridge-rpsm-internal-medicine-1998-global-aids-interfaith-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/24/hivaids/etta-eskridge-rpsm-internal-medicine-1998-global-aids-interfaith-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RPSM Alumni]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Residency Program in Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GAIA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does a social medicine doctor do?
&#8220;One of the things I have done that I am most proud of (and feel it would be of interest to the Social Medicine Alums) is become a trustee for the Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (www.thegaia.org).  This organization was founded in 2000 by a retired Episcopal priest (Bill [...]]]></description>
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