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	IHO IN THE NEWS – RECENT ARTICLES:
	Patna Doctor Goes All the Way to Help AIDS Victims Published in the Patna Daily November 9, 2006 Article Summary: PATNA, India— Dr. Diwakar Tejaswi, Family Physician and Medical Director of Regional AIDS Training Center and Network in India, IHO, helps minimize stereotypes linked with HIV/AIDS. [read full article] Ex-AIDS Patients Share Cake with Caring Doctor Published in the Patna Daily November 9, 2006 Article Summary: Four men earlier diagnosed with AIDS honored Dr. Diwakar Tejaswi who is the Medical Director of RATNEI, IHO. The doctor who helped them defy death shared cake with the former HIV-infected men. [read full article]		Dr. Diwaker Tejaswi, Medical Director of RATNEI, giving a lecture at a RATNEI level I training session

	AIDS event pleads action: IHO conference calls disease in India part of second wave Published in the India New England December 12, 2005 By Paul Imbesi Article Summary: BOSTON— The chairman of the International Health Organization’s recent conference, “AIDS in India: Progress and Opportunities,” said he wanted the event to be more than just talk about the subcontinent’s epidemic. [read full article] A Tale of Two Citizens Published in the Valley Advocate January 27, 2005 By Maureen Turner Article Summary: Back in the late ’90s, as the city of Springfield’s first “liaison to the gay community,” Joe D’Amour scored some impressive victories. He persuaded then-Mayor Mike Albano to extend health insurance and other benefits to the partners of city employees, and he got off the ground programs for gay students in city schools. [read full article]		Former U.S. Ambassador to India Frank Wisner (left) spoke at IHO’s Third Annual Patrons Dinner
	AIDS and Indian diplomacy key topics at fundraiser Published in the India New England January 1, 2005 By Rohit Padgaonkar Article Summary: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – India’s chances of landing a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council are remote, former U.S. Ambassador to India Frank Wisner said at a recent fund-raiser for the International Health Organization. [read full article] Health group meeting features talk of India’s U.N. spot Published in IndUS Business Journal January 1, 2005 By Rohit Padgaonkar Article Summary: India’s chances of landing a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council are remote, former U.S. Ambassador to India Frank Wisner said at a recent fund-raiser for the International Health Organization. [read full article]		John Kenneth Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to India speaks at a benefit dinner put on by International Health Organization.

	LokVani Talks to Pramila Vivek of IHO Published in LokVani By Nirmala Garimella Article Summary: Pramila who is a public Health Professional and works at the Harvard Medical International, Harvard Medical School tells me that IHO is celebrating its tenth anniversary. [read full article] Galbraith, 95, shares stories from his time as ambassador Published in the India New England Monday, December 15, 2003 By Mark Pickering Article Summary: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The audience was all ears as 20th-century icon John Kenneth Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to India, got ready to speak. When the ailing economist said it was the first time he had been out of his house in six months, attention became even more rapt. [read full article] Health group targets villages lacking sanitation Published in the India New England Monday, December 15, 2003 By Mark Pickering Article Summary: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The locally based International Health Organization pulled together a fund-raiser last month pitched to key contributors and potential patrons and featuring perhaps its most prominent supporter, John Kenneth Galbraith, a former U.S. ambassador to India. [read full article]

	UNAIDS Announces IHO’s RATNEI on the youandaids.org website For information on HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific Region, visit youandaids.org.

	IHO’s APHA Abstract: Impact of a Diarrheal Disease Program in India Published by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Tuesday, October 23, 2001