UN Millennium Development Goals summit kicks off with events on education and child survival

UN Millennium Development Goals summit kicks off with events on education and child survival Video Clips. Duration : 3.22 Mins.

UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on the first day of the UN Millennium Development Goals summit in New York. The summit kicked off with events highlighting the MDGs on education for all and child survival. Discussions echoed the key conclusion of UNICEF's recent 'Progress for Children' report: that an equity-based approach, targeting the poorest of the poor, offers the best hope of achieving the MDGs by their 2015 target date. For more information, please visit www.unicef.org

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Rambam Summit 2011 - Putting Children's Health at Center Stage

Rambam Summit 2011 - Putting Children's Health at Center Stage Tube. Duration : 6.58 Mins.

HAIFA, May 30-31, 2011 -- Dr. Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami, and former US Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Clinton, was among six exceptional individuals presented by Rambam Health Care Campus (RHCC) with the prestigious Rambam Award for 2011. The longest serving HHS Secretary in US history, Dr. Shalala pioneered health and welfare reform and raised child immunization rates to their highest levels. In accepting the honor, she said, "At the end of fairy tales, children are saved by the woodcutter. Grandparents are the caring adults in fairy stories, and we are the caring adults in the real world. The investment in the health and education of all kids is the passion of my career." Also awarded this year's prize, which is conferred for outstanding contributions to medicine and humanity, were actress, film star, and author Ms. Gila Almagor Agmon; industrialist Mr. Nochi Dankner; the late philanthropist Mr. Joseph Fishman and his family; financier Mr. Harvey Krueger; and the Hon. Mrs. Laura Wolfson Townsley, Chairman of the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. Presentation of the prize was the high point of this year's Rambam Summit: Putting Children's Health at Center Stage. The gathering took place in the Israeli Mediterranean port city of Haifa on May 30-31, 2011, and attracted healthcare professionals, medical researchers, members of the hospital's Board of Trustees and international Boards of Directors, and Friends of Rambam ...

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2009 Flu Summit: Lessons Learned from States, Tribes, & Localities

2009 Flu Summit: Lessons Learned from States, Tribes, & Localities Video Clips. Duration : 72.48 Mins.

July 9, 2009 Bethesda, MD Objectives: 1. Discuss common challenges posed and gaps revealed by the ongoing H1N1 public health challenge. 2. Describe novel strategies employed to both respond to H1N1 and mitigate the impact of recommended response measures. 3. Identify opportunities to improve the readiness of state governments to respond in the fall. More H1N1 (Swine) flu and seasonal flu info at www.flu.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy www.newmedia.hhs.gov

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