the world health organization emphasizes that in the year 2020, untreated depression is going to be the leading cause of impact on quality of life worldwide. this is not the kind -- this is from the world health organization. >> is there anything in the culture, in society that is different from before that is creating an alteration of mental outlook? >> sure. i think that the heightened security in the united states after the terrorist attacks. >> not in the world of entertainment? >> it is them as well as everybody else. >> we have the next generation of psychiatric drugs coming along. what do you see there, dr. brian doyle? >> i see medications that are going to be at least as effective as the ones we have now, if not more effective, with more favorable side effects. >> have you heard of free gavelin? >> yes. >> what is it? >> it it the first generation of drugs that will affect the inside the brain cells an alter the way they work. that's where the central problems with and that's the hope of the future. >> are we talking genetics here? >> ultimately, we may be, actually. >> because

i was just thinking about the, the world health movement, this is a not a us phenomenon either, it's, it's cross-national. the world health organization did a study in, in the late '90s across 14 different countries, looking at 18 of the most stigmatized conditions, including drug and alcohol addiction. so they had things like being homeless, being a criminal, being hiv- positive, all these very heavily stigmatized conditions. and what they found, cross-nationally, drug addiction was number one, alcohol addiction was number four, so two of the top four were the most stigmatized conditions cross-nationally. and stigma, and, and that surprised me. i mean obviously we all know that these conditions are very stigmatized, just how stigmatized, i didn't realize, that they, they would come top of that list. so that was very surprising to me. so what we're dealing with is possibly and probably the most stigmatized of all social problems, if you frame them, put it in that framework. and i think importantly, there were two factors that i see moderate stigma. one is cause and the other is controllability. cause being, it's their fault. controlla

yes and the world health organization too, so in the 1970's they were advocating against using the term abuse, even though the american psychiatric association adopted that term which is unfortunate because then that gives rise to the term abuser, naturally. and that was the warning actually, back in the '70's that was saying, this is what's going to happen is that you're going to you're going to generate this term by using that term. so what do we replace that with? so there are, there are a couple of things that i see i, i wrote about in that paper and papers since then, is to use, for example, if someone has a diagnosable substance abuse disorder, to use that term, substance abuse disorder. if we're talking about it generically, we might refer to individuals with a substance-related problem or substance- related condition. another term in other countries that have been used is substance misuse. so the misuse of a particular drug or alcohol. and so these are three ter substance-related problem or substance-related condition, again, person first, it's an individual with a substance-rel

across the globe, the world health organization said up to 2.5 billion people are at risk, and the whoo says there are 50 million cases every year. the fever is now an epidemic in more than 100 countries. but there's no immediate sign of a vaccine. medic say it could be between five to 10 years away. peruvian health officials say they believe this current fast-moving outbreak came over from brazil and may be hard to deal with. there's a permanent risk that it will continue growing. that's why we need an alert. which corresponds to a disease like this one. they are issuing it to strengthen protection and control in the jungle provinces. a vaccine is still years away. but any development can't come soon enough for people living in conditions like these. dominic cain, "bbc news." >> twice in five years, the world's biggest rain forest, the amazon, has been hit by a severe draught. it is warned that this may have implications for the global climate. the rain forest usually soaks up vast amounts of carbon dioxide, but this the draughts last year and in 2005, trees died in the billions and re

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the world health organization actually says the u.s. the lowest drinking rates in the developed world. and "today in the bay's" kristen dahlgren is live in washington, d.c., taking a look at that and where california ranks in the studiful. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is not what the president was talking about in the state of the union about getting america to number one in the world. we are about, i think it is between 40th and 50th in the world when it comes to the amount of alcohol consumed. we are not doing too badly. the average american drank about 24 gallons of alcohol per year. that equals out to 470 pints of mild beer, but when you look at some other countries like in the u.k., british people drank 1100 pints of beer per year, so more than double the u.s. and then in russia it is up to 1,300 pints of beer per year. and 90 liters of vodka. russia was not number one on the list. the dubious distinction went to moldova. looking at california, the average person in california consumes 23 gallons of alcohol per yea

their volunteer activity, their political voice, their energy, they got involved in 1985, the world health organization took this on as an eradication in 1988 and then by about 2002 cases had really plunged it's getting it out of these last four countries. it turned out to be harder than some expects. >> rose: one is afghanistan? >> pakistan. india and nigeria. and last year the cases went down substantially everywhere except in pakistan. >> rose: and why was that? >> well, pakistan may not have been counting the cases well in the past so sometimes when you see these increases it's actually better surveillance to find the cases. they had a flood. they have conflict areas. now, eradication has been done in sudan, somalia, angola, all sorts of tough places but pakistan was not that focused and now just a week ago announced a new national emergency plan and i met with many groups from pakistan to see if they're intent on this i was kind of hoping, in fact, that pakistan would just get done while i was taking trips to nigeria which was viewed as the toughest of all the poor countries. the north of nigeria

cheaper forthat -- for cheaper labor, that area became the hardest-hit in the world according to the world health organization for birth defects, because there was no epa, because there was rampant waste, pollution. host: clyde, we got the point. congressman huelskamp? guest: there were quite a few things there. i am a firm believer that the bipartisan mistakes for no child eft behind -- let's turn education back over to the states. that is one way to reduce regulations. the new governor in kansas would be more than happy to take less money on the medicaid grant or education. give the money to the state and let them do what they can. the best interests are not found in washington usually appear they will be found back home. i think that is how we address a lot of the regulations. he is talking about regulations from 30 or 40 years ago. i am talking about regulations from the last couple of years, hundreds of regulations, particularly for health care. they will be enormous job- killers and a drag on our economy. host: are you happy with the public school system in your area? with the town of 500, where do your

the world health organization, about 500 chinese women commit suicide every single day. china has become a magnet for sex trafficking in large measure bus of the missing girls. estimated 40 million men won't be able to find ways by 2020 because for 30 years and counting girls have suffered gender discrimination sex election abortion. little year ago i convened a congressional hearing on this policy. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. i revise and stepped my remarks. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lowey: i do feel my friend the gentleman does deserve a response to clarify the response and talk to this body about why funding for unfpa is so important. first of all, i fervently believe that unfpa is essential to achieving our global health geels. the family and reproductive health activities are key elements of global health and contribute to the u.s. comprehensive strategy for sustainable development. unfpa improves the many ternl health

meantime, the fda tells us it and the world health organization is already studying the chemical andmely -- or mice were given extremely high doses which is different and they say some studies show this reduces cancer. there are so many conflicting -- >> it's an issue of where the coloring is coming from. they say pure caramel, this is diet soda, comes from melted sugar, but in other applications it can be chemical ammonia and could lead to cancer. i can't believe you're drinking it. after all that? >> it's the overnight shift. what do you want me to do, man? crazy hours here. >> when we return, the most popular churches. >> we'll have a big shift in faith, beliefs and dwindling congregations. i'll have a few more sips of this and come back with more "world news now."ave a few mo f this and come back with more "world news now." if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. whe

margaret chan, this is the no-nonsense get it done leader of the world health organization. last year we took stock of the millennium development goals. it's a 15 year time span, but we took stock, and the focus was on the millennium colin number four on children's and maternal health, and are we reaching the goal of reducing the number of children who die before their fifth birthday by the year 2015, but last year 7.7 million children died. margaret was instrumental in launching last year a global strategy for women and children talf where stakeholders pledged over $40 billion to invest in the sector, and i'd like to ask margaret what are the three things that need to be done that can be done and will move this dial? >> thank you, josette. good afternoon, to all of you. if you look at what can be done i will scale up very quickly to make an impact in improving the health of children with me give you three suggestions. number one, vaccine preventable diseases especially for children. we have seen how effective vaccines can be. they are safe, cost-effective, and they are the b

according to the world health organization, the health situation is precarious. so far, trauma kits have been sent to libya and who has reached benghazi with medical supplies. dispatching staff to the egyptian and tunisian border and will assess needs and a contingency planning for food assistance for people affected by the violence inside libya. if there is a need and want the security situation allows. firsthand accounts from people arriving at the borders mentioned shortages in food, petrol, and medical supplies. libya depends on food imports and could save a potential interruption in food and supply chain due to the unrest. we also remain concerned about the situation of migrant workers from sub-saharan african countries who have so far been unable to leave. thank you. >> thank you very much. questions, please? >> thank you very much. [inaudible] you have mentioned these concerns that you have. in your estimation, which is the most primary of concerns that you have. is it food, medical aid, how many people are being injured -- how you can get access to them?

mexico for cheaper labor, that area became the hardest hit area in the world according to the -- what is it? world health organization for birth defects because there was no epa, because there was just rampant waste and pollution. >> host: clyde, we got the point. thank you. >> guest: yeah, absolutely. quite a few things there as far as regulations and he mentioned education. i'll tie those together. i'm a firm believer with a bipartisan mistake for no child left behind there's more federal regulations on education. our education dollars should be turned back over to the states. that's one way to reduce regulations. there's a new governor in kansas, and he'd be more than happy. take 5% less money on block grants, give them to the 50 states, let them do what they can do. the best answers are not found in washington. they will be found back home. i think that's how we address a lot of the regulations. these are 30 or 40 years ago regulations. i'm talking about the ones in the last two years. there's been 100 regulations particularly for health care that are enormous job killers and a drag on our economy. >> host: are y

the ngo world. everybody is constantly try to take ownership, fighting for funding, and we found out we did not want to reinvent the wheel. i have an organization called we advance, to advance the health, safety, and well-being of women throughout haiti. we are filling the need for all work together.to tavis: is that work like herding cats or are you having success? >> we are having success. pulte works with what we do, only local partners, grass roots level. i am there to give my ideas and expertise, but they are running the country, and i have got in trouble with some of the big agencies for coming out, telling the truth, what i have seen, what my haitian friends have to say about certain agencies, and i was upset about it before, but now see all of these grass-roots agencies coming together. tavis: in your own words, not that you can use anybody else's words, but tell me about the haitian people, as you have got to know them. >> people always say, they are so resilient, joyful, and all of that is true, but there is an energy in haiti and a life force born out of this revolutionary spirit and a deep cultural artistic awareness and groundedness which is extraordinary. the thing i fin

the problem. if health care delivery in your state had to really compete with health care delivery organizations all over the world for patients, they would probably be a lot more effective. it's a local industry. and it's almost an industry where almost a local monopoly. that is, people go to the local hospital and they don't really choose where to go. i have done an enormous amount of work on health care delivery and how to move away from the mess that we're in, which has a lot to do i think with defining value as the goal. starting to measure health outcomes, starting to reduce the incredible duplication of services that we have in virtually every state. every community hospital offers every possible service even though they're subscale and can't be efficient, can't deliver good results. so any governor that would be interested, i would be happy to send you some easy to read, not too dense material about some of the critical steps to drive productivity in health care delivery. i think we are starting to get some consensus on some of the key principles there. i'm very encouraged today. i wasn't a year ago or two

the population. we are formulating a strategy to do that. how we will use these developing organizations to be part of this. >> go-ahead. >> the american health-care recipients undoubtedly is the beneficiary of the world's finest technological infrastructure. all too often, that infrastructure is not used to create equality by the practitioner. behind behavior interventions, destructive technologies, chemicals -- county schools succeed without structural changes -- town of the goals succeed without structural changes? for example, by medical malpractice. >> why don't we start with you, doctor? >> towards reform clearly was -- tort reform was the third rail. it was not touched. you had a group of legislators that you had to deal with. it was a non starter from the get go. the rationale for that is that this is a relatively small percentage of the health care cost across the country, probably accounting for less than 3%. but the legislation was trying to do is go after bigger fish and get something that legislatively was going to get through congress. eventually, that is going to have to be one more incremental step. it is not an essential step for the things that we talked about. >> back when the legisla

the population. we are formulating a strategy to do that. how we will use these developing organizations to be part of this. >> go-ahead. >> the american health-care recipients undoubtedly is the beneficiary of the world's finest technological infrastructure. all too often, that infrastructure is not used to create equality by the practitioner. behind behavior interventions, destructive technologies, chemicals -- county schools succeed without structural changes -- town of the goals succeed without structural changes? for example, by medical malpractice. >> why don't we start with you, doctor? >> towards reform clearly was -- tort reform was the third rail. it was not touched. you had a group of legislators that you had to deal with. it was a non starter from the get go. the rationale for that is that this is a relatively small percentage of the health care cost across the country, probably accounting for less than 3%. but the legislation was trying to do is go after bigger fish and get something that legislatively was going to get through congress. eventually, that is going to have to be one more incremental step. it is not an essential step for the things that we talked about. >> back when the legisla

i'm very proud to be a part of an organization that capitalizes on the opportunities to support the local children's hospitals. in a perfect world of kupka -- of health care, if such a world exists, we have an opportunity to give to everybody. i would urge everyone who is listening to me to consider giving to your local children's hospital. help train your local doctors and specialists that are needed to treat our children. is the children's hospital graduate medical and -- host: is the children's hospital grudge toward medical education program unique to the united states, or will we lose this program to similar types of programs overseas? guest: i'm not sure if it is unique to the u.s., but there's no question that we will lose some of these specialists, wherever they go. there are medical students going into other specialties. we certainly could lose these specialties to overseas hospitals that would provide the training or the grants or the funding and scholarships to be able to do that. beach, fla., thomas on the democrats line. host: i have a comment -- caller: i have a comment to you, the host. i live in florida. there are a lot of people from

the pulation. we are formulating a strategy to do that. how we will use these developing organizations to be part of this. >> go-ahead. >> the american health-care recipients undoubtedly is the beneficiary othe world's finest technological infrastructure. all too often, that infrastructure is not used to create equality by the practitioner. behind behavior interventions, destructive technologies, chemicals -- county schools succeed without structural changes -- town of the goals succeed without structural changes? for example, by medical malpractice. >> why don't we start with you, doctor? >> towards reform clearly was -- tort reform was the third rail. it was not touched. you had a group of legislators that you had to deal with. it was a non starter from the get go. the rationale for that is that this is a relatively small peentage of the health care cost across the country, probably accounting for less than 3%. but the legislation was trying to do is go after bigger fish and get something that legislatively was going to get through congress. eventually, that is going to have to be one more incremental step. it is not an essential step for the things that we talked about. >> back when the legislati

i'm very proud to be a part of an organization that capitalizes on the opportunities to support the local children's hospitals. in a perfect world of kupka -- of healthe, if such a world exists, we have an opportunity to give to everybody. i would urge everyone who is listening to me to consider giving to your local children's hospital. help train your local doctors and specialists that are needed to treat our children. is the children's hospital graduate medical and -- host: is the children's hospital grudge toward medical education program unique to the united states, or will we lose this program to similar types of programs overseas? guest: i'm not sure if it is unique to the u.s., but there's no question that we will lose some of these specialists, wherever they go. there are medical students going into other specialties. we certainly could lose these specialties to overseas hospitals that would provide the training or the grants or the funding and scholarships to be able to do that. beach, fla., thomas on the democrats line. host: i have a comment -- caller: i have a comment to you, the host. i live in florida. there are a lot of people from can