The WHO website is very worthwhile following. It is a hub of alliances from many sectors _ commercial, business, civil society and the EU Commssion on Health contributes as well.
I am now a member of the virtual community that is reporting on initiatives linked through WHO to impact health and quality of life of EU citizens.

I am participating in my first series of meeting in the UK to organize an international community that links with WHO in early December. This group is hosted by the Sir William Stewart of the Health Protection Agency, who is also a member of Parliament. In my experience, this group has formed out of a temperment and friendship shared by people who know each other in social network and taken responsibility for helping members of the community raise funds who are not on pay checks. It is fascinating to me how cooperation unfolds in groups like this in EU.

At the present time the culture of EU in the larger public health care sector invites cooperation and dialogue that I have not found to be true in the US. Although I believe some of the newer programs growing out of the Kellogg Foundation have achieved a form of leading innovative change by the model of building learning and applying systems thinking to an analysis of where change can be most beneficial.

I am also seeing similar initiatives out of South Africa with the civil community addressing HIV and Aids issues. This project is unique to the So. Africa culture and at the same time can provide exceptionally beneficial learning to people in the US. It is championed by Cynthia Brix and Will Keeping of the

Here is the link to


Cynthia Brix and Will Keepin's website.


The Satyana Institute


They are making a presentation on November 7th in San Francisco described at the events page. I plan on attending.

well i know many hospitals do not have professional people who can treat the patients in a professional way they dont have a good approach towards their profession but what can the hospitals do they need doctors and this problem is in the whole world.

Hospitals lack facilities especially here in Africa,so we need to encourage the practioners to move in the good world of medicine