Travel Ban Is Based on Executive Whim, Not Objective Criteria
ConclusionFor countries on the list, and for any country wishing to remain off the list, it is vitally important that they understand which factors led to their inclusion or exclusion. If the United States is acting in good faith —seeking to change behavior as opposed to looking for an excuse to ban people—its criteria should be clearly explained and understood. The Iran nuclear deal, for example, hasvery precise requirements for Iran to avoid sanctions, down to the exact percentage of purity for its enriched uranium. This is very far from the case here.No consistent combination of factors or mitigating factors trigger...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
A Colombian Survivor's Crusade to Strengthen Punishment for Acid Attacks
Acid attacks, one of the most extreme forms of violence against women and girls, can have devastating consequences. Officials could address this problem by making it tough to get dangerous chemicals, punishing perpetrators, and helping survivors. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - July 17, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik Source Type: blogs
Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field
The Stonewall Riots occurred on June 28, 1969. It was this summer evening that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. Now, forty-eight years later, the world celebrates Pride Month every June to celebrate, honor, support, and fight for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.
The queer community is resilient. No matter what obstacles they encounter, their battle to live, pursue their passions, and contribute to society endures. For many queer people that passion is science. Queer scientists such as Alan Turing who was crucial in ending World War II, and Sara Josephine Baker who made unprecedented br...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ben Ragen Tags: Uncategorized field research LGBTQ Source Type: blogs
Endless War in Afghanistan and Colombia
Two front-page stories in theWashington Post today tell a depressing story:President Trump ’s most senior military and foreign policy advisers have proposed a major shift in strategy in Afghanistan that would effectively put the United States back on a war footing with the Taliban …more than 15 years after U.S. forces first arrived there.Seventeen years and $10 billion after the U.S. government launched the counternarcotics and security package known as Plan Colombia, America ’s closest drug-war ally is covered with more than 460,000 acres of coca. Colombian farmers have never grown so much, not even when Pablo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
The World ’s Most – And Least – Miserable Countries in 2016
In what follows, I update my annual Misery Index calculations. A Misery Index was first constructed by economist Art Okun as a way to provide President Lyndon Johnson with a snapshot of the economy. The original Misery Index was just a simple sum of a nation ’s annual inflation rate and its unemployment rate. The Misery Index has been modified several times, first by Robert Barro of Harvard and then by myself. My modified Misery Index is the sum of the unemployment, inflation, and bank lending rates, minus the percentage change in real GDP per capita. A higher Misery Index score reflects higher levels of “misery,” ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 17, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Steve H. Hanke Source Type: blogs
Some Reasons Why Colombians Rejected the Peace Deal
President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize today for his efforts to reach a peace deal with the FARC guerrillas in Colombia, despite the fact that the agreement was rejected by a slim majority of voters last Sunday. The outcome of the plebiscite was definitely a stunner. No one saw it coming, not even the most enthusiastic opponent of the deal. But a closer inspection of the peace negotiations reveals that the writing was on the wall.The main reason why nobody expected the NO campaign to win was the entirely one-sided coverage of the peace deal by the local media, something that was largely echoed by their inte...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 7, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Juan Carlos Hidalgo Source Type: blogs
Colombia ’s Flawed Peace Plan
On Sunday, Colombians will vote in a referendum on a historic peace deal signed this week between the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels who have been at war for more than 50 years. The next paragraph gives a taste of what ’s in the 297 pages of the peace agreement. I recommend you skip over it since you will almost certainly not understand it, and it will not be pleasant to read. “During the term of the Agreement on CFHBD and DA, the Police Forces and the FARC-EP must comply with the rules governing the CFHBD and DA, as well as other chapters and protocols that make up t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 30, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Bogotá, Colombia – A Study of Medtech Contrasts
In conclusion, Colombia has a very pioneering spirit when it comes to medical technology. Despite some lack of resources as a still developing nation, an imperfect healthcare system, and a not-so-positive reputation based on its checkered history, Colombians have found a way to make things work, and in some cases, have shown themselves to be ahead of the curve in medical technology. With numerous tax incentives, a strategic location, and a friendly culture with a low cost of living, the government is hoping to make Bogotá the capital of medical technology in Latin America. If the country continues to make as much progres...
Source: Medgadget - July 7, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Colombia v. Novartis
Several weeks ago, Columbian Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria announced that he was going to find a way to force Novartis to lower the price of its Gleevec leukemia treatment. He started out by threatening to sidestep the drug patent and declare a compulsory license, but the decided to declare a lower price for the medicine under the guise that doing so would be in the public interest because it would save the country money.
Colombia's decision stops short of a compulsory license that would have stripped the drug's patent to allow for generic production. The country had feared that move would lead the U.S. to pull finan...
Source: Policy and Medicine - July 5, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Preventing Traveler ’s Diarrhea Can Be Surprisingly Tasty. See How I Did It.
Potato chips for Preventing Traveler’s Diarrhea? It doesn’t seem likely, but it’s a cheap and easy trick that actually works… if you do it right. And it’s FAR safer for preventing traveler’s diarrhea, than to wait until you get it and take dangerous antibiotics, such as the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics, that are often used for the treatment of diarrhea, that can cause dangerous ‘superinfections’ such as C-Difficile Infection.
But before I tell you how to make potato chips your best friend on a trip to a foreign land, first I’ll tell you how I know it works. Since my hon...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 31, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health gut health prebiotics prevent traveler's diarrhea probiotics resistant starch travel tips Source Type: blogs
Protecting The Women’s Health Movement On A Global Scale
This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care who participated in Spotlight Health from June 25-28, the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival. This year’s theme was Smart Solutions to the World’s Toughest Challenges. Stayed tuned for more.
Recently, I took part in the second annual Spotlight Health at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which gathered an amazing audience and speakers from around the world to talk about the most pressing global health challenges and to propose innovative solutions for these issues. I had the pleasure to share panels and discussions with more than...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - September 14, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Estefania Palomino Tags: Equity and Disparities Featured Global Health Population Health Public Health Quality Abortion Aspen Ideas Festival Colombia Purvi Patel Reproductive Health Spotlight Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Is the FTA Responsible for the Plight of Colombian Farmers?
Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Colombian farmers have staged widespread and sometimes violent protests over the past week demanding a change in economic policies. One of their main complaints is over the Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
The farmers complain that cheap imports from the United States are crippling their sector. In particular, they complain about three specific products: poultry, dairy and potatoes. Is it the case that freer trade with the United States is responsible for the difficulties of Colombian farmers?
The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement went into effect on May 15, 2012, which means its prerogati...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 29, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Juan Carlos Hidalgo Source Type: blogs
Diabetes Advocacy: Mind the Gap
Our friend and fellow D-blogger Beatriz Dominguez lives near Chicago, where she works as Assistant to the Chair of Medical Laboratory Technology at Oakton Community College. But that's just her day job. Beatriz grew up in Colombia and witnessed th... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - July 20, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
