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Integrated Health Care

"It Takes A Village" And More To Change Lives In Uganda

Helene D. Gayle | Posted 06.10.2012 | Impact
Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Integrated Health Care, Kony 2012, Reach Out Mbuya, Global Motherhood, Uganda, Health Care, Women in Africa, Impact News
Helene D. Gayle

From the rural villages in northern Uganda to the bustling city of Kampala, poverty-fighting programs have something notable in common: they demonstrate how integrated programming can help achieve sustainable changes in the lives and women, men and their families.

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Help Wanted! IHPC Stakeholder Report Details Integrative Medicine Opportunities in the Affordable Care Act

John Weeks | Posted 03.31.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium, Integrative Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Promotion, Integrative Medicine, Health Reform, Integrated Health Care, Health News, Ihpc, Healthy Living News
John Weeks

If you believe that empowering health-focused, integrative approaches and practitioners can make a difference in transforming U.S. health care, the convening of this event was a beautiful thing to behold.

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International Women's Day 2011: A Time for Recommitment to Maternal Health

Carol Peasley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Reproductive Health, Integrated Health Care, Women, Safe Motherhood, International Women's Day, Women's Day, Healthy Living News
Carol Peasley

The probability that my 15-year-old neighbor in Washington, D.C., will eventually die from a maternal cause is one in 43,000. If I instead lived in sub-Saharan Africa, the probability would be one in 31; if in Afghanistan, one in 11.

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