Ya he mencionado alguna vez aquí lo deprisa que camina la gente. Lo deprisa que ocurre todo. Lo que piensa la gente en el futuro. El éxito de los calendarios. De pensarlo todo antes de hacerlo. Vivir tres meses por delante. En ansia. Porque muchas veces se respira eso, ansia.
Y puede que en medio de todas esas prisas la gente se olvide de sí misma. O sientan que no tienen tiempo que dedicarse a sí mismos.
Y puede que en medio de ese olvido, se olviden de estar bien. De cuántas …

By Cristina Fernandez Pereda 
TheUnited States is one of the most medically and economically advanced countries in the world. However, almost three women die every day here from pregnancy complications, according to the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs.Medical associations link the risk of mortality among pregnant women to their lack of health insurance. One of the most prominent bills pending in Congress this session has been the State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill, designed to extend health coverage to uninsured children in the United States. The SCHIP bill, …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda 
How would a blind person know which track he is at in a metro station? How could he find out if the coming train is from the Blue or the Orange line? What if a person’s wheelchair won’t fit in the elevator?
These and many other obstacles were mentioned Wednesday at a forum on accessible transportation options for people with disabilities. Disabled travelers met earlier in the morning with metro officials to use the transportation system and show them “what works right and what needs to be improved,” …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda
The Art of Living Foundation is the largest volunteer-based non-governmental organization in the United States. Just a short walk from U-Street station in Washington, the organization works closely with the United Nations. The foundation’s volunteers have assisted victims worldwide after events like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Beslan tragedy in Russia while helping develop rural villages in India.
They have programs focusing on personal development, human-values education and community service to create a stress and violence-free society. With a special interest in helping youths, the foundation …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda 
Nearly half of Americans will be obese by 2015, the Obesity Society predicted at a panel session Wednesday. Public Health experts and congressional lawyers discussed at George Washington University what the next president should do to reduce obesity rates.
“It is an extraordinary difficulty that we face and will continue to face on this issue,” Dora Hughes, Health Policy Advisor to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said. Even though it is a problem affecting most countries, obesity has spread in the last two decades in the United States more …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda
If we want to address the challenges to global health, it is necessary to strength health systems. Without this requisite, we will not be able to give equal health conditions to everyone.
The lessons learned in the past, including aptitudes and strategies developed in the fight against polio and SARS can be used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and to obtain the Millennium Objectives.
The objectives consist good health conditions for everyone a priority, and making equality in health a part of the development of social justice and making …

Por Cristina Fernández Pereda
Si queremos afrontar los retos para la salud mundial , es necesario reforzar los sistemas de salud. Sin este requisito, no se podrá alcanzar el objetivo de igualar las condiciones sanitarias de todo el mundo.
Las enseñanzas derivadas del pasado, incluidas las aptitudes y estrategias desarrolladas en la lucha contra la poliomelitis y el SRAS, se pueden aplicar en el tratamiento contra el VIH/SIDA y en la lucha para la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio.
Los objetivos consisten en extender un contexto favorable a la salud …