Vector: Issue 13 July 2011

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Contents 4 editorial update

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5 Global Health in the News 6 AMSA Global Health Update

feaTures 7 CSI: 9/11 8 A World on the Run 10 The Health Burden of Climate Change

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12 A New Killer Disaster 15 Help is on its Way

opinion 17 An Important Distinction in Times of Crisis

electives 18 Electives for Dummies 20 Fondues in Geneva

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22 Patients Ahoy!

CONFERENCE REPORTS

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24 A Bright Idea 25 Time for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education

26 GLOBAL HEALTH QUIZ

8 Dadaab, Kenya 14. 30; 14% 15. Carteret Islands 10. 15 million 11. Smallpox 12. 8 million; Pneumonia 13. Dagahaley camp in Sudan 6. 2015 7. US $1.25 (PPP)/day 8. China 9. Post-partum haemorrhage 1. Al Gore 2. Ischaemic heart disease 3. October, 2011 4. Pandemic 5. South


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