Word: burdens
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...issues associated with smoking and its impact on health are especially important for public health and policy,” he said. “So I am hopeful that the history of the cigarette, as chronicled in my book, may inform ongoing approaches to reducing the burden of disease...
...inevitable effect of the mandate for universal coverage in Massachusetts. As previously uninsured patients can now seek care that they had postponed or neglected, the medical system is witnessing a spike in patients and office visits. While this does place an undeniable strain on the health care system, the burden is nonetheless worth the cost: Studies have demonstrated that access to primary care improves health, allowing doctors to practice preventative medicine, monitor chronic diseases, and control rising health care costs. If we intend to actually realize the benefits of primary care, however, we must take active steps—whether...
...Undoubtedly and unfortunately, the potential for human rights improvement as a consequence of the Olympic spotlight has not been realized. The United States, European Union, and other national sports officials have unequivocally denied the possibility of a 2008 boycott, however. They and others rightly point out that the greatest burden of Olympic boycotts fall upon the shoulders not of the host country, but of guiltless athletes. For example, the American athletes who were barred from competing in the 1980 Moscow Games as a result of the U.S. boycott were asked, in then-Vice President Walter Mondale’s words...
...years ago," says a NATO official. "Then the whole thing appeared to hang by a thread." In the Latvian capital, tensions ran high over the inequitable commitments of NATO members to military operations in Afghanistan - what the countries with sizable troop deployments in dangerous areas refer to as "burden sharing." Those tensions remain, but a commitment by France to send up to 1,000 troops to eastern Afghanistan, made before this summit and confirmed on Thursday, has alleviated immediate concerns over a fracture in the Alliance. Canada has threatened to withdraw its forces from the dangerous zone around Kandahar...
...called trust fund to encourage countries that are not contributing troops to instead donate money and equipment to NATO operations. On Thursday, Prime Minister Brown revealed that 18 new helicopters and 8 nations had declared themselves ready to contribute to the fund. "This will become known as the burden-sharing summit," said Brown. That, at least, should be a name delegates can agree...