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NEW YORK – Ok, one more thought from the Time Global Health Summit: I can’t help but comment on the “red carpet” press event at the Alicia Keys “Black Ball,” a fundraiser to bring AIDS medications to children in Africa. |
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Time Global Health Summit: Hope? |
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NEW YORK – The closing sessions at the Time Global Health Summit, I hope, left the audience with a feeling of hope and a call to action. Bono appeared above our heads as a giant projected image, likening the summit to a health Woodstock fest, but with a critical mission. I loved his words — [...] |
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Time Health Summit: One picture, etching itself upon our souls |
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NEW YORK – Magic moments at conferences usually occur off-stage at these highly coordinated events of high talent and connectivity. I wasn’t disappointed. |
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Missed the story again |
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NEW YORK (November 2, 2005) – Missed the story again… A TV business reporter pursued the avian flu story with Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson here at the Time Global Health Summit. The resulting exchange made the headlines as Branson elaborated on his firm’s preparation for a possible flu outbreak by stockpiling vaccine for its [...] |
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