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NBC Nightly News: Improving the Odds

March 17, 2008

© 2004 National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NEW YORK, NY (FEBRUARY 26, 2004) SHOW: NBC Nightly News DATE: February 26, 2004 TOM BROKAW: NBC News IN DEPTH tonight, the women of Afghanistan and the grave dangers they face during childbirth. Half the women in Afghanistan who die before the age of 49 are lost during childbirth. Ninety percent of the births are at home in primitive conditions.

International Conference Calls for Improved Use of Medicines

March 17, 2008

Issued by: Organizers of the International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines CHIANG MAI, THAILAND (APRIL 14, 2004) — About 450 leading multi-disciplinary researchers, national and international policy makers, patient advocates and clinicians representing nearly 80 countries, gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for the second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM 2004). Participants reported on the many advances made during the past years and, at the same time, expressed concern over the continued, widespread improper use of medicines.

Leadership Succession Ensures Continuing Efforts to Improve Global Health

March 17, 2008

BOSTON, MA (JULY 1, 2004) — Effective today Dr. Ronald W. O'Connor, Founder of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) handed the duties and responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to Dr. Jonathan ("Jono") Quick, who returns to MSH from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva where he served as the Director of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy. Prior to joining WHO in 1995, Dr. Quick had worked for over 20 years on issues of international health in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including almost 10 years with MSH.

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