Programming moves forward in Kenya and Iraq through the renewed support of U.S. National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research and Pfizer Inc.

WiRED has just received the following comments from the Director of the Basra Teaching Hospital about our work in Iraq; 1. WiRED is grateful to Affinity Internet, Inc. for complimentary hosting of WiRED’s website through its Hostsave brand; 2. The Medtronic Foundation has generously continued its support of WiRED’s medical information programs in Central Europe and the Middle East by making a gift of $35,000 to help underwrite three Medical Information Centers in Kosovo and Serbia; 3. Gary Selnow, a professor of business communication at San Francisco State University and Executive Director of WiRED International, was honored with the prestigious SFSU President’s Medal for Service during Commencement exercises May 29 for his efforts to rebuild community and health care in countries disrupted by war, conflict or rampant illness.

The Medtronic Foundation; Rotary Foundation; and World Health Organization support Medical Information Centers.

During the month of March WiRED installed in Iraq’s medical schools and teaching hospitals six new Medical Information Centers. This brings to 10 the number of facilities now serving some 5,500 Iraqi physicians and medical students.

Evaluation of Community Health Information Centers in Kenya verifies the effectiveness of combining IT with human interaction in the delivery of HIV/AIDS and other healthcare information

1. Video Visit Program; 2. New Medical Information Center in Basra; 3. Generous community funders underwrite Phase-II.