Ulrick Gaillard
POLICY, BIOLOGY AND HEALTH: BRA Medical Director’s article featured in prestigious American Journal of Public Health.
HEALTH CARE POLICY ISSUES AS A RESULT OF THE GENETIC REVOLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. Abstract The genetic revolution has spawned 4 distinct issues of universal importance to health care policy and society: genetic privacy, regulation and standardization of genetic tests, gene patenting, and education. Adequate policy advancements for these 4 areas are lacking. Stringent …
BRA DOMINICANA awarded $70,000 for HIV/AIDS education and prevention in bateyes.
In an effort to combat the 5% HIV rate and other sexually-transmitted infections in the bateyes, the Canadian Project Fund for Local Initiatives and the USAID/CONECTA funded separately a one-to-two-year project for BRA Dominicana, as part of a consortium, to address Mother-to-child vertical transmission ? and HIV/AIDS education and prevention in 30 batey communities in …
BRA OFFERS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OF CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS.
The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is offering co-sponsorship opportunities to organizations that will cover the travel and lodging costs of one or more panelists living outside of New York. The organizations need not necessarily be directly connected with the panelists for whom they wish to cover the expenses. An organization may simply make a donation …
BRA AWARDED $5000 FROM INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR MOBILE HEALTH PROJECT.
BROOKLYN, New York, December 20, 2004. The International Foundation awarded the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) $5000 to strenghten its mobile health project in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic. “We are happy to add our support to this worthy endeavor,” said John D. Carrico, Secretary-Treasurer for the New Jersey-based foundation. ?This grant will help save …
BRA SOLICITS NEW BOARD NOMINATIONS
NEW YORK, New York, January 17, 2005: The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is soliciting nominations for up to six open seats on its Board of Directors. Current BRA Honorary Board members: Tony Pena, Kansas City Royals Manager; Ruben Silie, Secretary General of Association of Caribbean States; Rhoda S. Jacobs, Member of New York State Assembly. …
BRA MAKES ONLINE CHARITABLE GIVING EASIER AND SAFER
Dear BRA Supporter: We appreciate your generous support of our work this past year, and we are excited to let you know about a new way to give. We have added a new feature to our website enabling you to donate online, instantly! Our Donate Now! button is a major step foward into the emerging …
Disciples? Week of Compassion donated vehicle to BRA.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 9, 2005. To help the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) enhance its humanitarian health intervention in the bateyes, the United States-based Disciples of Christ?s Week of Compassion (WOC) donated last week funds to the organization to purchase a new motor vehicle. ?DisciplesWOC are pleased to be in partnership with BRA …