from <[log in to unmask]>
The Number
Dale Keiger senior writer, Johns Hopkins Magazine. February 2007
When Johns Hopkins epidemiologists set out to study the war in Iraq, they
did not anticipate that their findings would be so disturbing, or so
controversial
http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0207web/number.html
“……In April of last year, Gilbert H. Burnham and Leslie F. Roberts, A&S '92
(PhD), began finalizing plans for some new epidemiology. There was nothing
notable in that; Burnham and Roberts, at the time both researchers at Johns
Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health, were epidemiologists. What was
notable was the subject. They would not be studying the spread of HIV in
sub-Saharan Africa, or incidence of cholera in Bangladeshi villages. They
meant to conduct epidemiological research on the war in Iraq. They would
treat the war as a public health catastrophe, and apply epidemiological
methods to answer a question essential to an occupying power with the legal
obligation to protect the occupied: What had happened to the Iraqi people
after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion?
A monstrous war crime
With more than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq, our government must take
responsibility for its lies
Richard Horton
Wednesday March 28, 2007 The Guardian
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2044345,00.html
“……Our collective failure has been to take our political leaders at their
word. This week the BBC reported that the government's own scientists
advised ministers that the Johns Hopkins study on Iraqcivilian mortality
was accurate and reliable, following a freedom of information request by
the reporter Owen Bennett-Jones. This paper was published in the Lancet
last October. It estimated that 650,000 Iraqi civilians had died since the
American and British led invasion in March 2003…..”
* * * *
This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part
of an effort to disseminateinformation Related to: Equity; Health
inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomichealth
differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health
Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;Information Technology - Virtual libraries;
Research & Science issues. [DD/ IKM Area]
“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless
expressly stated otherwise, the findingsand interpretations included in the
Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country
members”.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/
EQUITY List - Archives - Join/remove:
http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html
IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended
recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or
confidential information. If you are not the intended
recipient or a person responsible for delivering this
transmission to the intended recipient, you may not
disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take
any action in reliance on it. If you received this
transmission in error, please notify us immediately by
email to [log in to unmask], and please dispose of and
delete this transmission. Thank you.
-------------------
Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask]
SIGNOFF SDOH
DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU.
To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header.
SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname
To post a message to all 1200+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask]
Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant.
For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask]
To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask]
SET SDOH DIGEST
To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html
|
