East Timor – The Challenge for Human, Environmental and Political Health by David Werner I. Introduction When I was invited to Timor-Leste this last November to share experiences in Primary Health Care, I jumped at the chance. I have long admired the Timorese people’s resolute struggle for liberation against overwhelming odds. At the same time, as a US citizen, I had a sense of shame at the role of the United States in supporting Indonesia’s brutal occupation of Timor-Leste from the mid-1970s through the 1990s: a crime against humanity that cannot be easily forgotten or forgiven. For this reason I … Continue reading Newsletter from the Sierra Madre # 69 | Jan 2012

Newsletter from the Sierra Madre #85 – July 2019 Please visit our website http://www.healthwrights.org Announcing a new book by David Werner: Reports from the Sierra Madre Stories behind the health handbook Where There Is No Doctor David Werner and HealthWrights (Workgroup for People’s Health and Rights) are very excited to announce the release of this new book, Reports from the Sierra Madre. This is the backstory, the real-time day-to-day journals and reports of what David experienced in the backcountry of Western Mexico, living and working side-by-side with the campesinos. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs as well as line drawings … Continue reading Newsletter from the Sierra Madre #69 | January 2012

haga clic aquí para la página de inicio de Healthwrights PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD EN AMBIENTE DE CONTRADICCIONES: Innovaciones en Tailandia para satisfacer las necesidades de los más vulnerables por David Werner Mi invitación a Tailandia En mayo del 2017 fui invitado por la Fundación Salud y Compartir (HSF, las siglas en inglés) en Tailandia, y su organización madre SHARE (con sede en Japón), para visitar su innovador programa de alcance comunitario en la provincia de Ubon-Rachathani, en la frontera entre Tailandia y Laos. El objetivo de mi visita fue intercambiar ideas para “ayudar a las personas y grupos más … Continue reading Boletín de la Sierra Madre # 81 | Septiembre de 2017

haga clic aquí para la página de inicio de http://www.healthwrights.org FOTO DOCUMENTAL DE BURKINA FASO, TENKODOGO, Y CARANGO SEGUNDA PARTE – Taller Niño a Niño haga clic aquí para foto documental, parte 1 – Visitas a programas de discapacidad haga clic aquí para Boletin de la Sierra Madre 73 REUNIONES PREVIAS AL TALLER El personal de Luz para el Mundo y yo fuimos a los funcionarios de la oficina del alcalde, el Ministerio de Educación, y ONG influyentes, así como el cura de la diócesis local. Estas reuniones fueron críticos porque uno de nuestros objetivos era promover la inclusión de … Continue reading Boletín de la Sierra Madre # 73 | Agosto de 2014 | foto documental, parte 2a

click here for the http://www.healthwrights.org homepage Serendipitous Connections: A boy with CMT muscular atrophy – same as me by David Werner Three years ago, in 2013, I received an urgent email from a mother in Guadalajara, asking me if I knew anything about Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome. She told me her son, Tomás – born in July, 2003 — had been diagnosed with “CMT,” a progressive neurological condition beginning in early childhood. At birth he’d seemed normal. But hadn’t begun to walk until he was two-years-seven-months old. When he finally started walking, he had a strange wobbly gait with poor balance and … Continue reading Newsletter from the Sierra Madre #79