Recent and Past Activity

Apr. 2006: WiRED Successfully Completes first Telemedicine Conference between Iraqi and U.S. Physicians.

April 2006 brought the first video conference between Iraqi physicians at Baghdad's Medical City Center and U.S. physicians at Washington D.C.'s Children's Hospital. Panels of physicians on both sides discussed medical cases for more than one hour. Read full story >

As of Apr. 2006: WiRED in the worldwide media.

The following list of stories about WiRED from worldwide media outlets, such as Soul Beat Africa and the Bangladesh Observer, will provide you with a sense of the scope of WiRED's international programs to provide medical and healthcare information, education, and communications resources to communities in developing and post-conflict regions. See full list >

As of Apr. 2006: WiRED in journals and the local media. See full list >

Jan. 2006: Groundbreaking launch links hospitals in Baghdad and
San Francisco.

Technicians on opposite sides of the globe celebrated the success of equipment tests for WiRED's telemedicine program with a face-to-face meeting on January 17, 2006.
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Dec. 2005: Balkans ring in New Year with MICs.

Communities in Serbia and Kosovo are benefiting from eight new Medical Information Centers (MICs) brought by WiRED in late November. Executive director Gary Selnow was on-site for the opening ceremonies. Read full story >

Dec. 2005: Testimonials from Iraqi Ministry of Health and
Iraqi physicians. See full list >

Nov. 2005: WiRED returns to Iraq.

WiRED has successfully installed 19 Medical Information Centers (MICs) in Iraq to date, and will bring another 25 facilities to this country in crisis. For the first time in many years, Iraqi doctors and medical students are accessing the latest Western medical information through the Centers. WiRED director Gary Selnow provides this report from his June 2005 trip to Iraq. Read full story >

Oct. 2005: WiRED Executive Director visits Iraq.

Despite the reality that it has become too dangerous for most NGOs to continue their work in Iraq, WiRED's programs in the war-torn country are gaining momentum as critical resources for the Iraqi medical community. Read full story >

Oct. 2005: New centers inaugurated in Nicaragua, Honduras.

The Center de salud. Perla Maria Norori—Leon's main medical school—welcomed a new WiRED Medical Information Center (MIC) to Nicaragua. Students, professors and physicians expressed their gratitude for the center and discussed their circumstances in stark terms at MIC's opening ceremony.
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Oct. 2005: Kenya—an adventure in service.

This is an interesting account of the ups and downs of working in a Community Health Information Center in Kenya. The staff normally meets different obstacles along the way—from rough roads and bad weather to hostile clients. This time they literally have to cross a raging river. What is admirable is their neverending enthusiasm to serve people despite adversity. Read full story >

Jun. 2005: WiRED International partnered with the American Federation of Teachers (ITU).

WiRED recently expanded its partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in June 2005 by launching a new computer lab in Iraq. Through this partnership, WiRED outfitted the Iraqi Teacher's Union (ITU) with computer equipment and is now providing a complete training course for ITU officials.

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Nov. 2004: WiRED opens two new Medical Information Centers in the former Yugoslavia.

WiRED expanded its Medical Information Center project in the former Yugoslavia with the launch of Centers in the Medical Faculty at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo and at the Medical Faculty at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Both facilities now provide doctors and medical students with information from a medical CD collection and medical Websites. Read full story >

Nov. 2004: WiRED mourns the loss of diplomat in Iraq.

Jim Mollen was killed in Iraq on the day before Thanksgiving. Mollen was the U.S. Embassy's senior advisor on Iraqi educational matters. He was shot to death in a car outside the Green Zone while traveling from a meeting. Read full story >

May 2004: Dr. Gary Selnow's address to SFSU graduating class.

"A Second Front in The War on Terrorism" Read full story >

Dec. 2003: WiRED Receives the First Annual "Make A Difference Award" from Affinity Internet.

The award for the best charity Website was presented on December 22, 2003, by Jim Collins, Affinity's Chief Marketing Officer. WiRED International was selected from among 263 nominations to win the Grand Prize. Read full story >

Dec. 2003: WiRED Participates in Symposium at the UN.

Sponsored by the International Professional Interest Section of the Public Relations Society of America, the meeting drew media and communication specialists from around the county to examine global communication problems that surfaced after the World Trade Center attack and swelled after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Read full story >

Dec. 2003: WiRED dedicates two new Medical Information Centers in Montenegro.

WiRED returned to the Balkans in December 2003 to open two Medical Information Centers (MICs) in Montenegro. The new Centers, underwritten by The Medtronic Foundation, are in the Medical School in Podgorica and in the Danilo I Hospital in Cetinje. The Centinje Hospital is the oldest hospital in the country, this December celebrating its 130th year of continuous service to the people of Montenegro. Read full story >

Nov. 2003: WiRED International collaborates with the American Federation of Teachers to bring a Computer Information Center to
Sierre Leone.

On November 24, 2003, in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers, WiRED installed a computer training lab in the Ahmadiyya Muslim School in Sierre Leone. The facility, which is the first of its kind in this post-conflict, west African country, will introduce some 5,000 students to a technology that will be critical for the economic and social development of this impoverished region. Read full story >