I think Roy Romanow might be suited for one of those positions...
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>> WHO sponsored Commission on Social Determinants of Health:
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>> At this year's World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Dr LEE
>> Jong-wook
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>> environmental
>> causes of health inequities. The launch of the Commission on Social
>> Determinants of Health will add to existing UN efforts to increase
>> vulnerable people's chances for a healthy life. Differently from
>> previous
>> WHO approaches to social determinants, the Commission's edge will be
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>> strongly advocating for political action on the key social factors
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>> Vital to the Commission's success will be strong partnership with
>> other UN
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>> determinants
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>> agencies, in countries, and in affected communities.
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>> To accelerate progress, the Commission on Social Determinants of
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>> WHO has issued an open global call for nominations for 12-18
>> Commissioners,
>> whose main task will be to provide political leadership and advocate
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>> global change. Nominations will be accepted through 15 November 2004.
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>> Commission will operate for three years from March 2005 and will hold
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>> specific themes (e.g., early child health, urbanization and health)
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>> health challenges faced by particular communities (e.g., Roma
>> populations,
>> slum dwellers). The Commission will be supported by a small
>> secretariat
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>> contribution from all WHO staff in all parts of the Organization, the
>> Commission will be supported by networks comprising some of the
>> world's
>> leading public health scientists.
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>> The translated Call for Nominations can be accessed through the WHO
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the delusion that Paul Berman diagnosed after Sept. 11: the belief that
even the unreasonable must be, in some fashion, reasonable.
The pleasure that New Englanders take in their disappointments is
one of the legacies of Puritanism. (go red sox)
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