This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C2857B.2272B690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yo AMSA party people, Check out the new AIDS Awareness Stamps released by the USPS - perfect = timing for the upcoming World AIDS Day(s). Proceeds from these stamps = will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria . = I'm thinking that we should make these available for sale during our = World AIDS Day(s). =20 Also, check out the below article, HIV/AIDS Programs 'Drain' Funds From = Programs Aimed at Preventing Malaria, Advocates Say -- a very pertinent = example of international health advocates fighting over pieces of a = small pie instead of fighting to make the pie bigger, an issue we = brought up during the Paul Farmer panel and the journal club discussion = with Moise Desvarieux. See you at the Pharm meeting during lunch on Thursday and at the World = AIDS Day publicity meeting during lunch on Friday. Quy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Marcy Mousavi=20 To: AMSA International Health=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:02 AM Subject: [intlhealth] United Nations Postal Administration Issues AIDS = Awareness Stamps/Malaria Funds Drained? United Nations Postal Administration Issues AIDS Awareness Stamps [Nov 06, 2002]=20 Kaiser network=20 The United Nations Postal Administration on Oct. 24 issued three = commemorative stamps and three semi-postal souvenir sheets with the = theme of "AIDS Awareness." The stamps each feature a picture of the = United Nations building decorated with a red AIDS ribbon (Kronish, = Associated Press, 11/4). The stamps include the phrase "UNAIDS = Awareness" down the side and are available for use in the United States, = Austria and Switzerland (UNPA Web site, 11/5). The semi-postal stamps, = issued for the first time by UNPA, cost more than a regular stamp -- 43 = cents for a 37-cent stamp in the United States -- and the funds raised = from the extra cost will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, = Tuberculosis and Malaria (Associated Press, 11/4). The st=20 HIV/AIDS Programs 'Drain' Funds From Programs Aimed at Preventing = Malaria, Advocates Say [Nov 05, 2002]=20 Goals set two years ago by African leaders to reduce the incidence = of malaria have not been met, according to a report presented by U.N. = Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, the = Washington Times reports (Carter, Washington Times, 11/5). According to = malaria activists, the resources of programs aimed at fighting malaria = -- which is preventable and curable yet kills approximately 2.7 million = people each year -- are being "drain[ed]" by efforts to fight HIV/AIDS = in Africa. In addition, the countries that have "persisted" in fighting = malaria and tuberculosis over the past few years have been "critici[zed] = for ignoring the HIV/AIDS epidemic," the Financial Times=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- --- You are currently subscribed to intlhealth as: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe send a blank email to = [log in to unmask] ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C2857B.2272B690 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yo AMSA party people,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Check out the new AIDS Awareness Stamps = released by=20 the USPS - perfect timing for the upcoming World AIDS Day(s). = Proceeds=20 from these stamps will go to the <A = href=3D"http://www.globalfundatm.org/"><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D#394b6b size=3D3>Global Fund to Fight = AIDS,=20 Tuberculosis and Malaria</FONT></A><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3> <FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>. I'm thinking that we should make these = available for=20 sale during our World AIDS Day(s). </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, check out the below article, = <FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><STRONG>HIV/AIDS Programs 'Drain' = Funds From=20 Programs Aimed at Preventing Malaria, Advocates Say --</STRONG> a very = pertinent=20 example of international health advocates fighting over pieces of a = small pie=20 instead of fighting to make the pie bigger, an issue we brought up = during=20 the Paul Farmer panel and the journal club discussion with Moise=20 Desvarieux.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>See you at the=20 Pharm meeting during lunch on Thursday and at the World AIDS Day = publicity=20 meeting during lunch on Friday.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20 size=3D3>Quy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">Marcy Mousavi</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A [log in to unmask] href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]">AMSA International Health</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:02 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [intlhealth] United Nations Postal Administration = Issues=20 AIDS Awareness Stamps/Malaria Funds Drained?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV> <UL><B>United Nations Postal Administration Issues AIDS Awareness=20 Stamps</B><BR><FONT size=3D-1>[Nov 06, 2002]</FONT> </UL> <P>Kaiser network=20 <P> The <A=20 href=3D"http://www.un.org/Depts/UNPA/"><FONT color=3D#394b6b>United = Nations Postal=20 Administration</FONT></A> on Oct. 24 issued three commemorative stamps = and three=20 semi-postal souvenir sheets with the theme of "AIDS Awareness." The = stamps each=20 feature a picture of the United Nations building decorated with a red = AIDS=20 ribbon (Kronish, <CITE>Associated Press</CITE>, 11/4). The stamps = include the=20 phrase "UNAIDS Awareness" down the side and are available for use in the = United=20 States, Austria and Switzerland (UNPA <A=20 href=3D"http://www.un.org/Depts/UNPA/aboutissues/"><FONT = color=3D#394b6b>Web=20 site</FONT></A>, 11/5). The semi-postal stamps, issued for the first = time by=20 UNPA, cost more than a regular stamp -- 43 cents for a 37-cent stamp in = the=20 United States -- and the funds raised from the extra cost will go to the = <A=20 href=3D"http://www.globalfundatm.org/"><FONT color=3D#394b6b>Global Fund = to Fight=20 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria</FONT></A> (<CITE>Associated = Press</CITE>, 11/4).=20 The st=20 <P> <UL><B>HIV/AIDS Programs 'Drain' Funds From Programs Aimed at Preventing = Malaria, Advocates Say</B><BR><FONT size=3D-1>[Nov 05, 2002]</FONT> = </UL> <P> Goals set two years ago by African = leaders to=20 reduce the incidence of malaria have not been met, according to a report = presented by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the U.N. General = Assembly=20 yesterday, the <A=20 href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/world/20021105-32858156.htm"><CITE><FONT= =20 color=3D#394b6b>Washington Times</FONT></CITE></A> reports (Carter,=20 <CITE>Washington Times</CITE>, 11/5). According to malaria activists, = the=20 resources of programs aimed at fighting malaria -- which is preventable = and=20 curable yet kills approximately 2.7 million people each year -- are = being=20 "drain[ed]" by efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. In addition, the = countries=20 that have "persisted" in fighting malaria and tuberculosis over the past = few=20 years have been "critici[zed] for ignoring the HIV/AIDS epidemic," the = <A=20 href=3D"http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=3D021105000918&qu= ery=3Dmalaria&vsc_appId=3DtotalSearch&state=3DForm"><CITE><FONT=20 color=3D#394b6b>Financial Times</FONT></CITE></A>=20 <P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT><BR> <HR SIZE=3D1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://rd.yahoo.com/careers/mailsig/*http://www.hotjobs.com = ">HotJobs</A>=20 - Search new jobs daily now=20 <P> <HR> <P></P>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to intlhealth as:=20 [log in to unmask]<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to=20 [log in to unmask]<BR></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C2857B.2272B690--