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Dr. Robb Burlage <Robb.burlage@nychhc.org>
Muriel Glasgow, MPH <muriella@gmail.com>
Dear Robb:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with valuable information.
I read it with great interest.
(2) Pls feel free to inform me if we can be of any help to your colleagues in
Romania who may wish to rekindle the project of creating GUS/Rumania.
Dear Muriel:
(3) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II) with very interesting article about Dr. Hinohara.
I read it with great interest.
He is certainly a very famous and legendary person in Japan.
My wifeÕs best friend was his chief assistant for many years — alas, she
passed away several years ago, but Hisae, my wife, could have an honor to meet
with him and her friend when they came to NYC some years ago.
Dear E-Colleagues:
(4) Muriel kindly uploaded 4 pieces of my audio interviews at <http://unitednationsyak.com/?cat=24>.
Pls visit it at your leisure time and enjoy listening to them.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: <RBurlage@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 11:18:37
EDT
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: TAK:Fyi-New Survey
Finds Public Wants U.S. to Preserve Funding for Global Health
From: Kaiser Family Foundation <KaiserFamilyFoundation@cme.kff.org>
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 07:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: <RBurlage@aol.com>
Subject: New Survey Finds Public Wants U.S. to Preserve Funding for Global
Health
CONTACT:
Rakesh Singh, (650) 854-9400, RSingh@kff.org
Craig Palosky, (202) 347-5270, CPalosky@kff.org
Americans Say Maintain or Increase Funding for Global Health and Development,
But Take Care of Problems at Home First in the Recession
Declining Visibility, Sense of Urgency About HIV/AIDS Epidemic Abroad
MENLO PARK, CA -- Two-thirds of the public supports maintaining (39%) or
increasing (26%) U.S. government funding to improve health in developing
countries, while fewer than a quarter (23%) say the government is spending too
much on global health, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey of the
American peopleÕs attitudes towards U.S. global health and development
assistance. Levels of support are similar for spending to fight HIV/AIDS
in developing countries, although the publicÕs sense of urgency about the
HIV/AIDS epidemic around the world has declined. However, perhaps not
surprisingly given the current recession, the vast majority (71%) of Americans
say that given todayÕs serious economic problems the U.S. canÕt afford to spend
more on global health right now.
"The recession has not caused Americans to turn away from the rest of the
world, but it has caused them to think about problems at home first. It is a
critical time to make the case for development assistance and global health or
momentum established in recent years could be lost," said Kaiser President
and CEO Drew Altman.
Global Health As Part Of Development Agenda
The Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health found that the public
sees health as one of many priorities within a broad development agenda for
U.S. aid to poorer nations. Americans place priority on basic investments with
long-term payoffs that address a variety of tough challenges.
For instance, 59 percent of Americans say fighting terrorism and promoting
peace should be a "top priority" for the president and Congress when
it comes to helping developing nations, followed by improving education (55%).
Next in line and clumped together are reducing poverty (41%), improving
health (38%), protecting the environment and fighting climate change (37%), and
promoting the rights of women (34%). Fewer Americans (25%) see promoting
democracy as a top priority.
When it comes to determining how to spend U.S. dollars on improving health in
developing countries, Americans say objective criteria of need should carry the
most influence. Most people say that whether a problem affects children (69%)
and how many people die each year because of it (60%) should be "very
important" factors in setting aid priorities. Fewer cite reasons such as
whether a country is friendly toward the U.S. (36%) or whether the aid would
advance U.S. foreign policy interests (25%), although a strong majority (62%)
say that assistance helps improve the U.S.Õs image in the countries that
receive it.
Along those lines, when asked what should be a "top priority" for
U.S. spending on health in developing countries, Americans are most likely to
say improving access to clean water (61%), increasing childhood immunizations
against diseases like polio (61%), and reducing hunger and malnutrition (60%).
Many See Assistance As "Right Thing To Do," But Are Wary Of
Corruption Abroad
When asked what the "most important" reason is for the U.S. to spend
money on health in developing countries, nearly half (47%) say because it is
"the right thing to do." Far fewer identify national security (11%)
or diplomatic interests (8%) as the most important reason.
The poll also suggests that Americans have mixed views about how far money can
go in creating better conditions abroad. About half the public (51%) says
more spending from the U.S. and other countries "wonÕt make much
difference" in improving health for people in developing nations, while 40
percent say it "will lead to meaningful progress." The public
is most likely to cite corruption (80%), widespread poverty (71%) and a lack of
political leadership (66%) as barriers to making additional progress abroad.
"There is a glaring need highlighted in these findings to connect aid with
results in the publicÕs mind," said Altman.
Half of Americans say they have personally donated money to an organization
that works to improve health for people in developing nations. And
despite their renewed focus on the home front, most Americans (57%) say the
U.S. and other industrialized nations are not doing enough to improve health
for people in the developing world.
Large majorities say that, over the last five years, U.S. health spending has
made at least a small difference in improving the lives of people abroad (83%)
and in changing the overall course of disease in developing countries (79%),
including some who say it has made a big difference in these areas (38% and
30%, respectively).
Who Is Most/Least Supportive of U.S. Action on Global Health?
Support for increased U.S. action on global health resonates most strongly
among young people, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, liberals and
Democrats, and those who say they pay "a lot" of attention to global
health issues. By contrast, groups less likely to back increased U.S. action
include Americans 65 and older, whites, conservatives and Republicans, and
those who pay less attention to global health issues.
For example, 44 percent of Americans ages 18-29 say the U.S. spends too little
on efforts to improve health in developing countries, compared with just 12
percent of seniors. Similarly, 40 percent of those who pay a lot of
attention to global health issues say that, given the current economic crisis,
it is more important than ever for the U.S. to spend on improving health in
developing countries. That is twice as many as among those who pay little or no
attention to global health issues (18%).
African Americans are particularly supportive of increasing U.S. spending on
global HIV/AIDS; 62 percent of them say that the U.S. currently spends too
little on HIV/AIDS in developing countries, compared with a third (33%) of
whites.
Declines in Visibility Of, Urgency About Global HIV/AIDS
U.S. government funding for global health more than doubled between fiscal year
2004 and fiscal year 2008, in part because of a 5-year, $15 billion effort by
the U.S. to fight global HIV/AIDS through the PresidentÕs Emergency Plan for
AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
In spite of that effort, or perhaps because of it, the poll also reveals a
notable decline in the publicÕs sense of urgency about and reported visibility
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a global concern.
About one in five adults in the U.S. (21%) name HIV/AIDS as the most urgent
health problem facing the world, ranking it second behind cancer (31%). That
was a marked drop from surveys conducted from 2000 to 2006, in which about a
third labeled HIV/AIDS the most urgent problem.
The decline may be partly related to changes in how much people report hearing
about the problem of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Twenty-six percent of
Americans say that they have heard "a lot" about AIDS in Africa in
the past year, about half the share who said so in 2004.
Understanding "Foreign Aid"
A majority of Americans believe that the U.S. spends too much on "foreign
aid." But perceptions of spending on global health may be shaped in part
by what the public believes aid is used for and misperceptions of the size of
foreign aid in the context of the overall budget.
For instance, public support for more spending increases when foreign aid is
described more specifically in terms of health-related goals. Although 52
percent say the U.S. is spending too much on foreign aid in general, this
decreases to 23 percent when it comes to spending on "efforts to improve
health for people in developing countries." Support for current
levels of aid is even stronger when it comes to spending to fight HIV/AIDS in
these countries; just 16 percent say the U.S. is spending too much in this
area.
And much of the public has an inaccurate view of the size of foreign aid in the
federal budget. Nearly half of Americans (45%) incorrectly name foreign aid as
one of the two largest areas of spending by the government, more than choose
Medicare or Social Security (33% each), which together account for about a
third of the federal budget. Foreign aid represents about 1 percent of
the federal budget.
Perception matters. Those who believe that the U.S. spends 5 percent of its
budget or less on foreign aid -- the more accurate view -- are more likely to
say the U.S. is spending "too little" on efforts to improve health
for people in developing countries (46%). Far fewer (27%) of those who believe
the U.S. spends more than 5 percent of its budget on foreign aid, or who say
they donÕt know how much the U.S. spends on foreign aid, say the country is
spending "too little."
The Foundation conducted the survey to examine the American publicÕs knowledge,
beliefs and opinions about the role of the U.S. in efforts to improve health
for people in developing nations. The survey combined new questions about
whether, why and how the U.S. should contribute to international health efforts
along with trend questions about the U.S. role in global HIV/AIDS that the
Foundation has tracked since 2000.
Methodology
The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the
Kaiser Family Foundation led by Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., and including Elizabeth
Hamel, Jennifer Kates, Alicia Carbaugh and Sasha Buscho. It was conducted
January 26 through March 8, 2009 (before the international outbreak of the H1N1
influenza A virus), among a nationally representative random sample of 2,554
adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews conducted by landline
(N=1,951) and cell phone (N=603, including 214 who had no landline telephone)
were carried out in English and Spanish. The survey includes oversamples
of African American and Latino respondents as well as respondents ages 18-29.
Results for all groups have been weighted to reflect their actual
distribution in the nation. The margin of sampling error for the overall
survey is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Most questions reported here
were asked of a random half-sample of respondents and have a margin of sampling
error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. For results based on
subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher. Portions of this survey
(questions about the domestic HIV epidemic) have been previously released and
can be found at <A HREF="http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7890.cfm.">http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7890.cfm.</A>
The full question wording, results, charts and a brief on the poll can be
viewed online at <A HREF="http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr05609pkg.cfm.">http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr05609pkg.cfm.</A>
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation,
based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the
best possible information, research and analysis on health issues.
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ATTACHMENT II
From: Muriel Glasgow <muriella@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 16:36:23
-0400
To: Muriel Glasgow <muriella@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: 97 years old
doctor & this is what he has to say....
One of
the proud members of the Japanese Society...muriel
At the age of 97
years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara is one of the world's longest-serving
physicians and educators. Hinohara's magic touch is legendary: Since 1941 he
has been healing patients at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo and
teaching at St. Luke's College of Nursing. After World War II, he envisioned a
world-class hospital and college springing from the ruins of Tokyo; thanks to
his pioneering spirit and business savvy, the doctor turned these institutions
into the nation's top medical facility and nursing school. Today he serves as
chairman of the board of trustees at both organizations. Always willing to try
new things, he has published around 150 books since his 75th birthday,
including one "Living Long, Living Good" that has sold more than 1.2
million copies. As the founder of the New Elderly Movement, Hinohara encourages
others to live a long and happy life, a quest in which no role model is better
than the doctor himself.
Doctor Shigeaki
Hinohara JUDIT
KAWAGUCHIPHOTO
Energy
comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember how as
children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep. I believe
that we can keep that attitude as adults, too. It's best not to tire the body
with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime.
All people who live long
regardless of nationality, race or gender share one
thing in common:None are overweight... For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk and some
orange juice with a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great for the
arteries and keeps my skin healthy. Lunch is milk and a few cookies, or nothing
when I am too busy to eat. I never get hungry because I focus on my work..
Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and rice, and, twice a week, 100 grams of lean
meat..
Always plan ahead. My schedule book is already
full until 2014, with lectures and my usual hospital work. In 2016 I'll have
some fun, though: I plan to attend the Tokyo Olympics!
There is no need to
ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current retirement age was
set at 65 half a century ago, when the average life-expectancy in Japan was 68
years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years old. Today, Japanese women live
to be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000 centenarians in our country. In
20 years we will have about 50,000 people over the age of 100...
Share what you know. I give 150 lectures a year,
some for 100 elementary-school children, others for 4,500 business people. I
usually speak for 60 to 90 minutes, standing, to stay strong.
When a doctor recommends
you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that
his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief,
doctors can't cure everyone. So why cause unnecessary pain with surgery I
think music and animal therapy can help more than most doctors imagine.
To stay healthy, always take the stairs and
carry your own stuff.
I take two stairs at a time, to get my muscles moving.
My inspiration is
Robert Browning's poem "Abt Vogler." My father used to read it to
me. It encourages us to make big art, not small scribbles. It says to try to
draw a circle so huge that there is no way we can finish it while we are alive.
All we see is an arch; the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the
distance.
Pain is mysterious,
and having fun is the best way to forget it. If a child has a toothache, and you start
playing a game together, he or she immediately forgets the pain. Hospitals must
cater to the basic need of patients: We all want to have fun. At St. Luke's we
have music and animal therapies, and art classes.
Don't be crazy about
amassing material things. Remember: You don't know when your number is up, and you can't
take it with you to the next place.
Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major
disasters, and they must accept every patient who appears at their doors. We designed St.... Luke's so
we can operate anywhere: in the basement, in the corridors, in the chapel. Most
people thought I was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20, 1995,
I was unfortunately proven right when members of the Aum Shinrikyu religious
cult launched a terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway. We accepted 740 victims
and in two hours figured out that it was sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we
lost one person, but we saved 739 lives.
Science alone can't
cure or help people.
Science lumps us all together, but illness is individual. Each person is
unique, and diseases are connected to their hearts. To know the illness and
help people, we need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.
Life is filled with
incidents. On
March 31, 1970, when I was 59 years old, I boarded the Yodogo, a flight from
Tokyo to Fukuoka. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and as Mount Fuji came into
sight, the plane was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army
Faction. I spent the next four days handcuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As
a doctor, I looked at it all as an experiment and was amazed at how the body
slowed down in a crisis.
Find a role model and
aim to achieve even more than they could ever do. My father went to the United
States in 1900 to study at DukeUniversity in North Carolina. He was a pioneer
and one of my heroes. Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am
stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the problem.
It's wonderful to
live long.
Until one is 60 years old, it is easy to work for one's family and to achieve
one's goals. But in our later years, we should strive to contribute to society.
Since the age of 65, I have worked as a volunteer. I still put in 18 hours
seven days a week and love every minute of it.
--
Muriel Glasgow, MPH
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