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• Blogging as President of the WMA

  (13.10.2012) Here at the General Assembly meeting in Bangkok, Friday, October 12, 2012 I was ...
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• Collective Action by Physicians

  (14.10.2012) In recent years in countries where physicians' satisfaction with their working ...
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• Climate Change Has Health Consequences

  (16.10.2012) Last month I represented the World Medical Association (WMA) at the opening ceremonies ...
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• NCDs a Deadly Acronym

  (21.10.2012) As I wrote in this presidential blog last week, my nominees for the three most ...
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• Health Sector Assembly America

  (21.10.2012) The time is 6:00 am and the sun has yet to peek over the mountains. The location ...
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• Violence in the Health Sector

  (24.10.2012) I am here in Vancouver, Canada attending a conference on a subject that is as ...
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• Moral Imperative in Medicine

  (30.10.2012) In my initial blog I wrote that the message I will carry with me throughout this ...
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• Health Care in Danger: the ICRC Project

  (05.11.12) In an earlier blog I reported on the Conference on Violence in the Health Sector ...
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• President Obama Wins

  (08.11.12) Late in the evening Tuesday, November 6, the US national media announced that President ...
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• Welcome President-Elect Dr. Mungherera

  (09.11.12) One of the highlights of annual meetings of volunteer organizations is the election ...
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• Doctors Day Taiwan

  (13.11.12) I am honored to be here in Taipei, Taiwan on the invitation of Dr. Ming-Been Lee, ...
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• Taiwan: Leader in Universal Healthcare Access

  (19.11.12) Last week's visit to Taiwan was for me both inspiring and energizing. I have already ...
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• One Health Initiative: WMA and WVA

  (22.11.12) At the World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly meeting in Bangkok last ...
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• It’s Stories That Move Us

  (28.11.12) What do I have to do to get politicians and those in government to listen to me? ...
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• Expert Conference on DOH

  (05.12.12) Today, distinguished ethicists, educators and government officials from around ...
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• Medical Ethics

  (06.12.12) The first day of the World Medical Association (WMA) Expert Conference in Cape ...
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• DOH Conference Cape Town

  (10.12.12) The World Medical Association (WMA) Expert Conference on the Declaration of ...
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• 100 Years and Counting

  (19.12.12) One hundred years ago (1912), six physicians and one pharmacist met in Tel ...
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• Congrats IMA

  (20.12.12) In my previous blog I described the activities associated with the 100 year ...
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• It’s a Matter of Life and Death

  (24.12.12) They came to Cairo, Egypt last week to participate in a workshop titled Security ...
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• Leadership and the New Year

  (04.01.13) A new year is a time when we assess where we have been and look with anticipation ...
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• INSEAD Leadership Course

  (11.01.13) Last week I talked about the new year as a time to assess the importance of ...
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• Shared Challenges by Physicians Around the World

  (14.01.13) One of the joys about being with one's colleagues from around the world, at ...
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• INSEAD - Graduation Day, Singapore JANUARY 18, 2013

  (18.01.13) Today, the 32 physicians attending the WMA/INSEAD Leadership and Communication Course ...
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• 2013 Medical Science Conference of the Chinese Medical Association

  (26.01.13) I arrived in Beijing in the early hours of the morning today, Saturday, January ...
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• Health System Reform in China

  (28.01.13) The opening session of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) Medical Science ...
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• The Case of Cyril Karabus

  (01.02.13)  Justice delayed is justice denied is a legal maxim meaning that victims of ...
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• Ethics Committees Essential to Responsible Research

  (08.02.13) The Declaration of Helsinki (DoH), adopted by the World Medical Association (WMA) ...
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• Syrian American Medical Society

  (15.02.13) Tomorrow I will be in Clearwater, Florida (USA) to speak to the annual meeting ...
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• Statistics: People with the Tears Washed Away

  (18.02.13)  Syria, a country of 22 million people (only slightly more than my home state ...
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• One Health Uganda

  (26.02.13) I am pleased to report that the One Health Initiative is alive and well and ...
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• Tokyo Declaration of Helsinki Conference

  (28.02.13)  I am reporting from Tokyo where today distinguished ethicists, educators, ...
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• ANEMECON-26, Nepal Medical Association

  (06.03.13)  I returned yesterday from participating in the All Nepal Medical Conference ...
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• IFMSA 62ND General Assembly

  (12.03.13) The 62 nd General Assembly (GA) of the International Federation of Medical Student ...
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• Working for Health Equity

  (19.03.13) Yesterday I was at BMA House in London to participate in the presentation of ...
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• Health Care Transformation in Canada

  (20.03.13) I reported in a previous blog on the report from the University College of ...
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• EFMA

  (21.03.13) Following participation earlier this week in the London conference on the health ...
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• Physician Autonomy

  (25.03.13) Physicians attending the annual conference of the European Forum of Medical ...
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• Indonesian's Minister of Health

   (04.04.13) With the sound of the ceremonial gong, Dr. Nafsiah Mboi, Minister of ...
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• WMA President's Report

   (05.04.13) One of the tasks of the World Medical Association (WMA) President, as ...
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• The Case of Cyril Karabus

   (08.04.13) Eight months ago (August 18, 2012) Professor Cyril Karabus, a prominent ...
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• Climate Change

  (16.04.13) For those who believe the overwhelming scientific evidence of the effects of ...
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• DoH

  (19.04.13) “Medical progress is based on research that ultimately must include studies ...
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• Health Care Reform in America

  (22.04.13)  “Only you can save America.” With that wake up call Dr. Ezekiel ...
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• A Global Perspective on Medicine's Future

  (02.05.13)  Today I am just a short distance from my home in Winter Park, Florida to present ...
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• Optimism About Medicine's Future

  (06.05.13) Over the past several years I have had the opportunity to visit medical schools ...
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• AMA’s Moon Shot

  (09.05.13) Earlier this week I traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for a meeting of the ...
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• Leadership

  (14.05.13) As I continue enjoying the heady experience of traveling around the world this ...
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• WHO Geneva Sunday

  (19.05.13) I am in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the World Medical Association (WMA) ...
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• WHO Geneva Monday

  (20.05.13) On this my second day in Geneva for the Sixty-sixth World Health Organization ...
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• WHO Geneva Tuesday

  (22.05.13) Today was the occasion of the annual luncheon sponsored by the World Medical ...
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• Influenza

   (27.05.13) As I wrote previously, the World Medical Association (WMA) launched its ...
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• 116th German Medical Assembly

  (28.05.13) Today it was my privilege, along with other international guests, to participate ...
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• German Minister of Health

  (30.05.13) Daniel Bahr, German Federal Minister of Health, addressed the opening ceremony ...
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• Potpourri

  (07.06.13)  Webster’s College dictionary defines potpourri as a fragrant mixture ...
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• Influenza

  (12.06.13) I am here at the CDC in Atlanta, USA with 97 other attendees representing 37 ...
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• Every Day is a Winding Road

  (17.06.13) It is a pleasure to be back at my professional association home, the American ...
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• Transparency and The Sunshine Act

  (18.06.13) The American Medical Association (AMA) meeting in Chicago, USA is the most ...
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• “Change Is Upon Us, Our Foundation is Solid”

  (20.06.13)  “Tonight I stand before you as so many things. A woman. A Kentuckian. ...
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• International Summit on Medicine Shortage, Toronto, Canada

  (21.06.13)  I am here in Toronto attending the International Summit on Medicine Shortages. ...
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• Toronto International Medicine Shortage Summit Recommendations

  (24.06.13)  The two-day medicine shortage international summit I described in my blog ...
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• BMA: No Confidence in British Health Secretary

  (25.06.13) At the opening session of the British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday here ...
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• BMA President Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

  (27.06.13)  “We should be proud of the British Medical Association (BMA). It is ...
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• APPNA

  (04.07.13) Today, July 4, is Independence Day; that special day each year when we in the ...
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• End Excessive Force in Turkey

  (12.07.13) The Turkish Medical Association (TMA) has drawn our attention to hundreds of ...
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