August 2006Issue 392



The language of Majority World healthcare

aide-de-camp
Médecins Sans Frontières staff
blood-money
government funds directed to military rather than healthcare budgets
death-rate
cost of patented drugs.
doctor
healthcare professional who trains in the Third World and works in the First World.
theatre-of-war
surgery in a war zone.
waterfall
avoidable death resulting from unsafe water
oxymoron
health system



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