- Helping HIV Patients in Iran
- Posted by talieshah
Please distribute to anyone you think may be interested!
Thanks,
Talieh S.
Have you dreamed of going to Iran and actually making a difference? I
mean we all try to go in the summers and visit our families, visit all
the historical sties, and eat lots of delicious homemade food; but
haven't you wondered what it would be like to actually be a part of
the society there and observe things up close? ... Well here is your
chance.... Read on!
A couple of weeks ago I met a very remarkable young doctor here in San
Francisco Bay Area. His name is Dr. Kamiar Alaei. He and his team
have done some great revolutionary things in Iran to try to stop the
spread of HIV/AIDS. I have here a photo essay I did of his lectures
of which I attended. My notes are directly on the photos: http://
entertainment.webshots.com/album/557334336KwDvMr
Now, here is the program you need to apply to if you want to go to
Iran and do research over the summer:
REACH (Research, Education, Action, and Communication in Health) is an
international exchange of students involved in education and research
that promotes the strengthening of healthcare systems in the Middle
East. Moreover, REACH is intended to facilitate conducting projects in
Iran for North American students.
Application Process:
Submit a 500-1500 word essay describing a project that you want to
conduct in Iran by Friday February 9th. Please include your name,
school, major, and year in your essay.
List of project ideas:
HIV/AIDS, Harm reduction, TB, TB/HIV, Lung Diseases, Tobacco Control,
Heart Disease, ENT, Breast Cancer, Hem/Onc, Surgery, Bench Work - Lab
Research, Medical Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality in Society,
Sociology of Health, Emergency Med, Air Pollution, Environmental
Health, Health Policy... If you need help finding a project, do not
hesitate to contact REACH!
Once you apply, they will contact you by February 16 to notify you of
the result of the primary review phase.
Please visit http://www.ghinmeca.com/reach.shtm for more information!
Note: the website is not up to date but it provides a decent overview.
Please feel free to contact REACH Network if you have any further
questions reachnetwork@gmail.com .
More interesting sites to visit:
To see, hear, and read one of Dr. Alaei's presentations, you can
visit:
http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/acti...xJan21_06.html
Details of the Grant from the Global Fund:
http://www.theglobalfund.org/program... ountryId=IRN
Film Screening: "Mohammad and the Matchmaker" 2004
About the Film: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/
3791889.stm
To learn more about the HIV programs in Iran, please visit:
http://www.ghinmeca.com/
- Posted by brainfart
talieshah wrote...
Doesn't this violate some U.S. law regarding trading with a sanctioned
nation? I wouldn't even make an exception for humanitarian reasons in
the case of Iran, let their glorious ragheaded ayatollah pray to allah
to solve the problem.
- Posted by Doug Houge
In answer to you first question: NO.
/DH
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- Posted by Doug Houge
Doug sez:
Since the only way you can get AIDS in by some Isalamic definition of
fornication and forncation can be punished by death, Why would the Iranians
even care about AIDS.
/Doug
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- Posted by GMCarter
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:48:14 -0600, "Doug Houge" <d_houge@charter.net>
wrote:
Iranians are people too. Just like all religions, some are whacked out
fundamentalist shits and adhere to the most stringent views of the
religion. Most people just try to live their lives.
Iran, interestingly, has done more with condom distribution and
efforts to limit population growth than most any other country.
It's a beautiful country, a beautiful people, really. Would you blame
all US citizens for the fact our "leaders" are utter, complete,
thieving, lying murdering assholes?
George M. Carter
- Posted by brainfart
GMCarter wrote...
Except that our government didn't orchestate the kidnapping of hundreds
of Iranians. Judging from the footage of the 1979 izlamist revolution,
it appeared to be a POPULAR revolution, and while the younger generation
has lost the izlamist fanaticism and become relatively apathetic, there
is still no evidence that have started liking us again.
Iranians are free to overthrow the cabal of insane ragheaded old clerics
who rule the country, then come to us and beg forgiveness and then ask
us to assist them with their HIV epidemic. Until then, they are our
sworn enemy and I really don't care if every Iranian catches AIDS and
dies a horrible death.
- Posted by GMCarter
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:19:37 GMT, brainfart <fart@brain.org> wrote:
No. It just orchestrated the invasion of a nation that posed no
threat, lied about the reasons for doing so, completely fucked it up
and resulted in tens or hundreds of thousands slaughtered, millions
maimed, millions displaced and homeless, chaos, increased global
hatred and fury at the US.....oh, and that's just ONE recent debacle.
You want to try Vietnam? Or the genocide of local nations? Or perhaps
slavery and its attendant further brutalities?
How about the incarceration of more people per capita than any other
country on the planet?
Fuck it, dear. You can play that stupid game and everyone loses.
How about the beauty of the United States? How about the great culture
and art--everything from William Grant Still to Stuf Smit to the
Velvet Underground and the Talkingheads (go, David!). From incredible
books and movies to great art and artists like David Wojnarowicz and
Jasper Johns. To amazing architecture.
Iran? They have a horribly overwrought extremist government full of
fundamentalists. The US? They have a horribly overwrought extremist
government full of fundamentalists.
But the PEOPLE! Wow. The country! Amazing!!
I go for humanity.
I wish there was a country that could be JUST for sniveling, lying
little psychotic cowards like you and Death to hang out in. JUST for
you and all the extremist fundamentalists.
Maybe a corner of Antarctica far from the penguins. The good news is
that within a few years or so, it should be a tropical paradise due to
all the global warming....
George M. Carter
