Little can be done to prepare for one’s maiden disembarking in Haiti. I (Dr. Naftali Haldberstadt) made the stepwise transition from Jerusalem to Ben Gurion to Madrid where the Spanish Starbucks helped facilitate a shift in mindset. From there, the overnight stop in Santo ...
Despite 62 years of innumerable accomplishments and accolades, Israel has lived in the shadow of existential threat since the creation of the state, and suffers from one of the largest socio-economic gaps in the developed world. Virtually everyone’s well being and resilience is compromised ...
Reducing Health Disparities is not the responsibility of Health System Alone On Monday June 14, five Israeli NGOs published a unique position paper entitled "Working Today to Narrow the Gaps of Tomorrow". The paper details the serious gaps in the health of various communities in Israeli society: ...
"Chaim? We need an interpreter. It's an emergency". At 6:30 pm, Chaim Malka, Coordinator of the The Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Person in Israel's Sela Support Center, received an urgent phone call. ...
In spite of Israel’s high standards of health care technology, the health status of Israeli women’s health is relatively poor: For example, international comparisons show that the prevalence ...
Women and their Bodies is working on the massive and vital task of creating local and culturally adapted Hebrew and Arabic editions of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' (OBOS). Women and Their Bodies is fortunate to have an ...
The goals of the Institute are to improve the quality of life of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in education, both as receivers and as providers and to enable deaf and hard-of-hearing Israelis to live independent and productive lives with full access to the types ...
