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TheGlobeandMail.com, March 18, 2011 By K’NAAN, STEPHEN LEWIS, JAMES ORBINSKI and RICHARD ELLIOTT Special to Globe and Mail Update Just a few days ago, something incredible happened on Parliament Hill. With the support of MPs from all parties, the House of Commons passed Bill C-393 to make it easier for people in developing countries to
Bloomberg, March 15, 2011 By Simon Clark Sandra Tembo walks past a billboard on her way to Mbare vegetable market in Harare, Zimbabwe, that gives advice she says friends can’t afford to follow: “Your future is brighter without a sugar daddy.” “I’m sure they realize the risk,” Tembo, a 20-year-old dressmaking student, said of the
The Toronto Star, March 10, 2011 By Tanya Talaga A groundswell of grandmothers, prominent Canadians and AIDS activists has forced Ottawa to deliver on a promise made eight years ago to send life-saving medicine to Africa. In a rare show of unity, the New Democratic Party, the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois came together to
The Peterborough Examiner, March 10, 2011 By Galen Eagle Bernice Standen, a Peterborough “granny,” hooted and hollered as Canada set the stage Wednesday to send cheap, lifesaving medicine to Africa. “Incredible, isn’t it,” she said from her Gilmour St. home. “I am so grateful for all the people who helped make this happen.” Standen is
TheGlobeandMail.com, March 9, 2011 By Gloria Galloway Musician K’naan says a bill that would remove the roadblocks preventing cheap generic copies of life-saving drugs for the world’s poorest countries is a matter of fundamental human justice. Federal MPs will cast a final vote Wednesday on Bill C-393, an NDP private- member’s bill that would fix
“Malawi’s hope for a future without AIDS,” by Travis Lupick, The Toronto Star, 12 February 2011 (PDF).
The Guelph Mercury, February 10, 2011 By Drew Halfnight GUELPH — He has spoken before the United Nations Security Council, the World Health Organization, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and several national parliaments. On Thursday, one of the world’s foremost humanitarians added another esteemed audience to his resumé, addressing students at Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School
Embassy of the United States, Lilongwe, Malawi (lilongwe.usembassy.gov), February 2011 U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Lisa Vickers welcomed Global Health Corps (GHC) President & Co-founder Barbara Bush and past and present GHC fellows to the Public Affairs auditorium on January 26. Vickers praised the tremendous success of “this innovative public health training program for American and Malawian
“A Year of Living Differently: A Canadian Doctor’s Labour of Love,” By Jacquie Labatt, first published in More Magazine, Feb/Mar 2011 (PDF).
Toronto Star, December 1, 2010 By Dr. Jane Philpott Most of my friends and colleagues know about my crush on K’naan. But it’s not the dreamy eyes and jet-black curls that melt my heart. What I adore are the lyrics of a genius that can at once educate me, inspire me and move me to