by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
For Sister Keehan DC, President of the Catholic Health Association, the role of Catholics in the health-care industry is an absolute necessity. In a wide-ranging interview for St. Anthony’s Messenger she points out that if you look at the history of Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. which is part of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, this morning announced plans for $17 million worth of expansion and improvements, including new emergency services facilities and a new breast cancer...
by Beth | Jan 9, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has recently announced that it has awarded a challenge grant to Nothing But Nets. That means they’ll match your donations dollar for dollar, net for net! For every bed net you send to a child in Africa, the Bill & Melinda...
by Beth | Dec 12, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Experts believe that more people are now dying of malaria that did so three decades ago, and warn that it is spreading to new countries. The disease is now present in non-tropical countries such as Turkey and Russia. In addition, a handful of people die of malaria...
by Beth | Nov 13, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House will hold a summit next month seeking strategies for combating malaria, a largely preventable disease that kills 3,000 children every day and claims nearly a million lives a year in Africa. President Bush and his wife, Laura,...
