The Long Lonliness by Dorothy Day

Interesting historical insights, but poorly written in a really rambling style.

At least I know who Dorthy Day is now...

International Service Corps for Health

This is a great idea!

some quotes

"Cuba provides an imperfect but
potentially informative example
of the dividends of "exporting"
doctors. Having put key principles
into practice domestically,
particularly the principle that
health care is a right and is essential
to economic and social
development — albeit with unclear
results for its own population's
health — Cuba extended
this mandate to international
public service. The country hoped
to focus on bridging gaps in the
health care workforce and invested
invested
in training and educating
local professionals in developing
countries. The impact has been
noteworthy: between 1999 and
2004, Cuban foreign-service workers
increased doctor visits in resource-
poor communities by 36.7
million, provided health promotion
outreach for millions of
underserved
people, and taught
900,000 medical education courses
to local personnel."