Archive for 2010
Rationing Health in disasters
Medical rationing sometimes seems inevitable during disasters. Major earthquakes, floods, and pandemics can leave health workers scrambling to care for all the patients who need attention and can force some patients to go without. But even in such dire circumstances, can rationing be avoided? Sheri Fink found a doctor in India with a hopeful tale.
Part 4: India: Rationing in disasters
Discuss medical rationing in the US
For some perspective on medical rationing in the US, we invited Dan Wikler. He’s an ethics professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and former staff ethicist for the World Health Organization. You can join the conversation with Dan Wikler and Sheri Fink at theworld.org/rationinghealth
The discussion is live through next week.
Assange fears extradition to US
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is worried about an attempt to extradite him to the United States. Assange is free on bail in the UK while facing extradition proceedings to Sweden over sex allegations. Assange denies the Swedish allegations, made by two women, and says the case is politically motivated. Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3Coverage of the Wikileaks revelations on The World
Ivory Coast in turmoil
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The United Nations says Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast (pictured) lost his country’s presidential vote in November but he and his supporters have refused to accept that result. Since the vote, violence has erupted as Gbagbo’s supporters clash with those of Alassane Ouattara, the man observers say actually won the presidential election. The BBC’s John James is in the city of Abijan. Download MP3
FAQ: Ivory Coast election crisis
Recommendations for children’s books
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The World’s Carol Zall joins host Lisa Mullins to discuss holiday reading suggestions for kids from around the world. Download MP3Check out the recommendations
Zimbabwe’s first lady sues newspaper
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Download MP3The wife of the president of Zimbabwe is suing a newspaper for saying she was involved in illegal diamond deals. The paper based the story on one of the US diplomatic cables made public by Wikileaks. The case comes as Zimbabwe lurches into another political transition. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Andrew Meldrum, a journalist with globalpost.com, who’s covered Zimbabwe for years. Download MP3
The world’s poorest countries
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Today’s Geo Quiz is about money. We Americans aren’t feeling very wealthy right now. We’re still recovering from that recession but most of us are a lot wealthier still than most of the world’s 6.8 billion people. Most of them are poor. We just want to know which are the 5 poorest countries of the world? Download MP3Latin ‘Genius of Love’
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The Talking Heads franchise Tom Tom Club had a big impact on artists in the latin world when it came out with its single ‘Genius of Love’ in 1981. The World’s Marco Werman explores the post-punk-funk-latin connection. Download MP3Music Heard on Air for December 17, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 17, 2010. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Durbin Elf, Y. Roberts, Roy Ayers, Strength in Numbers.
Remembering Richard Holbrooke
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The tributes poured in after Richard Holbrooke’s death on Monday at the age of 69. His career spanned from the Vietnam War to the current war in Afghanistan but it’s probably true that he will be most remembered for his role in brokering the Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia. We’ll take this episode of How We Got Here (#56) to remember him and his work and to look back at the end of the war in Bosnia. (Photo: Martha Stewart/Harvard’s Institute of Politics)Download MP3
Next time on The World: Future UN weapons inspectors
Next time on The World… What it takes to be a UN weapons inspector. Monitor a class for future UN weapons inspectors. They’re training on some serious high tech gadgets that help the them find nuclear material. Watch our promo
Entire program – December 16, 2010
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Today on The World: Details of President Obama’s assessment of the war in Afghanistan: Also, why some AIDS patients in Zambia have stopped getting their medicine, even though the government gives it away for free; Plus, why a conservative community in Ohio is hoping passage of the Dream Act could help one young illegal immigrant awaiting deportation.
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Rationing Health Care in Zambia
The rationing of health care is not always obvious or explicit. Implicit factors may determine who receives care and who does not.One such factor may have imposed a form of unintentional rationing on AIDS care in the Southern African nation of Zambia, as David Baron reports.
President Obama’s Afghanistan review
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President Obama has said the US is “on track” to achieve its goals in Afghanistan, following publication of the US annual strategy review. The review said al-Qaeda’s leadership was at its weakest since 2001 and it added that the US had made enough progress to start a “responsible reduction” of forces in July 2011. Katy Clark reports. Download MP3Special coverage from The World
Salsa night in Kandahar
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At the sprawling US military Kandahar Airfield, in Southern Afghanistan, there are many ways to entertain oneself on a year-long deployment, including Salsa night. That’s every Saturday. Correspondent Ben Gilbert has a report from Kandahar. Download MP3Ben Gilbert’s stories from Afghanistan
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