World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?:

World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?

Francesco Checchi senior humanitarian health lead 1 , Ronald J Waldman president 3 , Leslie F Roberts professor , Alastair Ager director 5 , Ramin Asgary clinical assistant professor , Marie T Benner senior health adviser , Karl Blanchet lecturer , Gilbert Burnham professor , Emmanuel d’Harcourt senior health director , Jennifer Leaning director , Moses B F Massaquoi national Ebola case manager...

Health and human rights: if not now, when? 1997.

his is clearly a very exciting and exhilarating time to be working in health and human rights-but it is necessarily also a difficult time. For we are creating, participating in, and witnessing an extraordinary moment in social history-the emergence of a health and human rights movement-at the intersection and at the time of two enormous paradigm shifts. Stimulated in the first instance by press...

Annuitization : If Not Now , When ?

In previous writing – and related papers by Chen and Milevsky (JFP, 2003) or Ameriks, Veres and Warshawsky (JFP, 2001) – the point has been made that payout annuities, either variable or fixed, have a rightful place in the optimal life-cycle portfolio. I have argued that depending on a lifecycle investor’s bequest motive versus their desire for consumption, they should have a substantial portio...

"If not us, who? If not now, when?".

Interprofessional collaboration: if not now, when?

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is a driving force behind state-of-the art health care delivery. Health care experts, governmental bodies, health professions organizations and academicians support the need for collaborative models. Dental hygienists possess unique qualities that can enhance a collaborative team. As preventive therapists, health educators and holistic providers, they are p...