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The Panama Papers: An Introduction
Behind the email chains, invoices and documents that make up the Panama Papers are often unseen victims of wrongdoing enabled by the shadowy offshore industry
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CNN interview of source:
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Panama Papers fallout: Iceland's prime minister resigns
By Tim Hume and Zoe Robert, CNN
Updated 11:53 AM ET, Tue April 5, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/05/europe....html?adkey=bn
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Total Health Expenditure per Capita, U.S. Dollars, 30 Selected Countries, 2011
Iceland is at $3,305 spent per person
https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products...parisonsEN.pdf
for comparison Canada is at $4,522 and the US is at $8,508
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study.
Gu?j?nsd?ttir GR1, Kristj?nsson M, ?lafsson ?, Arnar DO, Getz L, Sigur?sson J?, Gu?mundsson S, Valdimarsd?ttir U.
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OBJECTIVE:
To study potential changes in attendance at emergency departments (ED) in Reykjav?k immediately following the swift economic meltdown in Iceland in October 2008.
METHODS:
Using electronic medical records of the National University Hospital in Reykjav?k, a population-based register study was conducted contrasting weekly attendance rates at Reykjav?k ED (cardiac and general ED) during 10-week periods in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The weekly number of all ED visits (major track), with discharge diagnoses, per total population at risk were used to estimate RR and 95% CI of ED attendance in weeks 41-46 (after the 2008 economic collapse) with the weekly average number of visits during weeks 37-40 (before the collapse) as reference.
RESULTS:
Compared with the preceding weeks (37-40), the economic collapse in week 41 2008 was associated with a distinct increase in the total number of visits to the cardiac ED (RR 1.26; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.49), particularly among women (RR 1.41; 95% CI 1.17 to 1.69) and marginally among men (RR 1.15; 95% CI 0.96 to 1.37). A similar increase was not observed in week 41 at the general ED in 2008 or in either ED in 2007 or 2006. In week 41 2008, visits with ischaemic heart disease as discharge diagnoses (ICD-10: I20-25) were increased among women (RR 1.79; 95% CI 1.01 to 3.17) but not among men (RR 1.07; 95% CI 0.71 to 1.62).
CONCLUSION:
The dramatic economic collapse in Iceland in October 2008 was associated with an immediate short-term increase in female attendance at the cardiac ED.
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and then there is this today.....
From: WorldHealthOrganizationNews@who.int
To: undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null
Subject: WHO PRess Release: Health needs from humanitarian emergencies at an all-time high
Date: Apr 5, 2016 8:27 AM
Health needs from humanitarian emergencies at an all-time high
GENEVA / 5 April 2016 ? The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners need US$ 2.2 billion to provide lifesaving health services to more than 79 million people in more than 30 countries facing protracted emergencies this year, according to WHO?s Humanitarian Response Plans 2016 launched today.
WHO and health partners are working together to provide urgent health services including essential medicines, vaccines and treatment for diseases such as cholera and measles, often in insecure and extremely difficult settings. Collectively we need US$ 2.2 billion to provide lifesaving health services, of which WHO is appealing for US$ 480 million.
?The risks to health caused by humanitarian emergencies are at an all-time high,? says Dr Bruce Aylward, Executive Director a.i., Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, WHO. ?And the situation is getting worse. The increasing impact of protracted conflict, forced displacement, climate change, unplanned urbanization and demographic changes all mean that humanitarian emergencies are becoming more frequent and severe.?
In Syria, one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies, WHO and partners are seeking funds to provide 11.5 million people with health services including trauma and mental health care, and to provide vaccines, medicines and surgical supplies to almost 5 million Syrian refugees living in neighbouring countries.
WHO also needs urgent funds to support 6.8 million people threatened by the worst drought in decades in Ethiopia, with one of the priorities to provide emergency health services to save the lives of more than 400 000 severely malnourished children.
In addition to more than 30 protracted emergencies, WHO is also responding to sudden onset emergencies, such as Cyclone Winston that impacted Fiji in February 2016, and to infectious disease outbreaks including Zika virus, the remaining risks of Ebola in West Africa and Angola?s worst outbreak of yellow fever in 30 years.
In one of the most profound transformations in its history, WHO is rolling out a new Health Emergencies Programme that will increase operational capacity in countries and enable a faster, effective and predictable response to all kinds of health emergencies including outbreaks and humanitarian crises.
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Tarik Jasarevic
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