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		<title>Medical Alert for a Strong Arms Trade Treaty &#8211; Sign the Petition!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling All Health Professionals to Help Pass a Global Arms Trade Treaty to Save Lives, Protect Health Hundreds of thousands of people are killed each year with firearms, with millions more maimed or traumatized. The cost of treating armed violence is a huge drain on health budgets and diverts monetary and human capital from other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1833&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What will it take to prevent global violence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IPPNW Aiming for Prevention activists Robert Mtonga (Zambia), Daniel Bassey (Nigeria), Andrew Winnington (New Zealand) and Maria Valenti joined more than 250 others at the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention meeting held September 6-7 in Cape Town, South Africa that was designed to review progress on international violence prevention efforts, and help create a blueprint for progress  over the next several years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1740&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IPPNW Health Panel at ATT Prepcom, United Nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 11, United Nations, New York City –– IPPNW organized and presented a panel of distinguished speakers to address “Implementing a Robust ATT: The Role of Health, Development, Women” at a side event to the 3rd PrepCom for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations in New York City. The panel was sponsored [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1617&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IPPNW Doctors Examine Roots of Nigerian Massacres</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aiming For Prevention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IPPNW colleagues at the Society of Nigerian Doctors for the Welfare of Mankind once again are dealing with the aftermath of horrific killings of their country men. The latest armed violence in the Central Plateau area near the city of Jos, Nigeria saw a reported hundreds of men, women, and children massacred and thousands fleeing from a machete-wielding rampage of Muslims [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=774&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence June 15-21</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/06/03/global-week-of-action-against-gun-violence-june-15-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is less than 2 weeks until the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 15-21 June 2009. Please consider helping to launch IPPNW’s new “Medical Voices Against Violence:Your Story” project during this week. Send us your stories in advance, or collect stories at your medical schools or hospitals during the Week of Action. It’s easy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=380&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Voices Against Violence &#8211; Submit Your Story</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/05/29/medical-voices-against-violence-submit-your-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 19:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you had a personal experience with violence? Did it influence you to get involved with IPPNW or an affiliate or in other work for peace? If so, please participate in IPPNW’s new Medical Voices Against Violence: Your Story project. The objective of this new initiative is to highlight the human face of violence, especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=321&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Academic medicine question peace through health</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/03/17/academic-medicine-question-peace-through-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Academic Medicine has provided an interesting opportunity to discuss peace through health in their &#8220;Question of the Year&#8221;: &#8220;How should academic medicine contribute to peace-building efforts around the world?&#8221; http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2009/01000/2009_Question_of_the_Year.1.aspx The deadline for submission is May 1.  Dr. Andrew Pinto of IPPNW’s PGS in Canada is hoping to put something together and would like comments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=280&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription for a Healthy, Secure Planet</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/03/12/prescription-for-a-healthy-secure-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Valenti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical students and physicians from around the nation will be gathering in New York City in April for a groundbreaking conference on how public health professionals can help heal our planet.  Join us!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=265&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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