Global Perspectives

Global Perspectives

THE IMPACT: DEVELOPED VS. EMERGING ECONOMIES Developed economies already benefi t from a bewildering array of computational infrastructure, which is being progressively integrated into work and recreational activities. The same technologies let corporations operate globally and produce cost-effective products and services. Kofi Annan, in his 2002 address to the United Nations, observed: “The ne...

asthma control challenges: global and national perspectives

Global Migration Perspectives

In his report on the 'Strengthening of the United Nations-an agenda for further change', UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan identified migration as a priority issue for the international community. Wishing to provide the framework for the formulation of a coherent, comprehensive and global response to migration issues, and acting on the encouragement of the UN Secretary-General, Sweden and Switzer...

Retina Surgery Global Perspectives

APRIL 2009 I RETINA TODAY I 33 P olypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a disease entity initially described by Yannuzzi et al1 in 1990. The prevalence of PCV among patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is estimated to be 30% to 50% in Asian people. PCV consists of an abnormal vascular network with polypoidal lesions at its termini under the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). C...

Perspectives on Global Health

First, let me thank Dr. Koplan for the invitation to give this lecture dedicated to Dr. Joseph Mountin. One cannot read Dr. Mountin’s work and resist using the term visionary. He was clearly committed to excellence and showed this not only in his work in creating the centers, that were the forerunner of this institution, but in his writings on such things as the evaluation of sanitary services....