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	<title>Kuwait Health Initiative</title>
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	<description>Promoting Health Sector Reform in Kuwait</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>86 Restaurants in 16 km</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/86-restaurants-in-16-km/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Astrid Al-Hadeedi, Lecturer, American University of Kuwait 
The World Health Organization lists Kuwait as the 8th fattest country in the world with a 74.2% prevalence of overweight individuals, behind Nauru (94.5%), Federated States of Micronesia (91.1%), Cook Islands (90.9%), Tonga (90.8%), Niue (81.7%), Samoa (80.4%) and Palau (78.4%).  This small group of Pacific Island countries has [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">child obesity</media:title>
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		<title>BIOpsy: Educational opportunities @ Cyprus International Institute</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/biopsy-educational-opportunities-cyprus-international-institute/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/biopsy-educational-opportunities-cyprus-international-institute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[global health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[medical education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[middle east health]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[environmental health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health, in association with the Harvard School of Public Health, is announcing the following educational programs and scholarships:
&#8220;We have a world class 1 year Masters Program in Environmental Health which is taught by faculty from Harvard and other prestigious scholars from around the globe. We are [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Cyprus International Institute</media:title>
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		<title>Vain Souls with White Wings</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/vain-souls-with-white-wings/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/vain-souls-with-white-wings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shall we go to bed&#8230; Doctor?
Prejudice subdued, different ethnic groups have managed to manifest certain socio-behavioral traits, some of which are good, and other ones not particularly flattering. And although every unique individual harbors within his soul the opposite of all characters and traits, some of those traits may manage to surface as a general [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Raed</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Man Genesis</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>Tunnel vision</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/tunnel-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/tunnel-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bibi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[health policy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[segregation]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/tunnel-vision/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, a Pakistani woman was publicly gang-raped and later forced to walk the streets of her village unclothed, exposed to the rest of the villagers.  This atrocity was perpetrated by individuals who claim to be faithful Muslims and who begin their sermons with the mention of God and our prophet Mohammad, PBUH.  The first [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">bibi</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">health inequalities</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>Priority Check</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/priority-check/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/priority-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[health policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[healthcare management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kuwait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Budget allocated to the improvement of Kuwait&#8217;s health services (2007): USD 181 million (KWD 51 million)
Kuwait&#8217;s contribution to the Katrina disaster: USD 500 million (KWD 141 million)
Go figure.
       ]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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		<title>The Health of Kuwait – Awake Yet?</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-awake-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-awake-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Certain generalizations can be made from the analysis of our system. There seems to be a trend towards an ultraconservative approach to decision-making. Risk taking is discouraged and our policy-makers have adopted the “band-aid” technique to solve conflicts whereby essential rights are consistently being withdrawn when complaints are filed by both laypeople and uninformed politicians instead [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://kuwaithealth.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/sicko_waitingroom_final_sm.jpe" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">michael moore's sicko</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>The Health of Kuwait – A Wake up Call (Part IV)</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[health policy]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iv/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Other dysfunctional foundations of our health care system need attention. A primary care system should consist of a physician, internist or family practitioner, assigned to or chosen by the patient to follow his or her care, schedule routine follow-up visits, recommend screening tests in due time, and, when indicated, provide referrals to either a specialist or a [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">got public health?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>Little Children</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/little-children/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/little-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bibi</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The investigation and prosecution of crimes perpetrated by the mentally ill is an excessively sensitive issue. As you will come to understand, legal systems throughout the world have struggled with the determination of one’s guilt in the face of a coexisting psychotic disorder. One controversial case recently tried in Texas is that of Andrea Yates, [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">bibi</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Les êtres de l’abîme</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>The Health of Kuwait – A Wake up Call (Part III)</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 17:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-a-wake-up-call-part-iii/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have noticed a number of newly refurbished departments in our hospitals. Their new design may be appealing in some ways but, in most instances, are not in-line with basic patient safety standards. It does not take a health care architect to tell you that slippery marble or granite flooring is hazardous, it [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://kuwaithealth.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/amiri-hospital.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Amiri Hospital’s new look</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Digg!</media:title>
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		<title>Foreign Medical Treatment - Health Care Sidetracked</title>
		<link>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/foreign-medical-treatment-health-care-sidetracked/</link>
		<comments>http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/foreign-medical-treatment-health-care-sidetracked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nadeem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent disputes over the responsibilities of the Foreign Medical Treatment Department at the Ministry of Health are further highlighting the misguidance of our health care system. While we focus on getting our patients out of the country to more capable providers, time has deepened our homeland’s health care crisis. Indeed, misinformed decision-makers and erroneous [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">nadeem</media:title>
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