After a year in the making, WiRED proudly announces the latest installation of the Community Health Information (CHI) e-library in Kisumu, Kenya. This interactive, health training program covers 120 topics or modules critical to public health in developing regions—with a special emphasis on HIV/AIDS as that remains critical to our audiences in Africa.
WiRED’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Charlotte Ferretti, R.N., Ed.D, has been named as its newest member. Dr. Ferretti brings expertise and experience working in community health care with underserved populations and will serve as a valuable resource for WiRED’s health education programs.
All his life the Reverend, Doctor Richard Reynolds Gilbert loved giving mealtime prayers for family and friends. Consequently, in 2001, he published Amazing Graces. Dr. Gilbert said, “To sprinkle light from heaven upon earthly pleasure—good food and fresh talk—is the audacious aim of this slender volume.”
The WiRED International Board is pleased to announce Christopher Spirito as its newest board member. Mr. Spirito, currently with The MITRE Corporation, brings valuable expertise in engineering and technology to WiRED International and its global telemedicine outreach programs.
The role of prevention in assuring good health, sadly, is often overlooked. It isn’t as glamorous as finding a cure for AIDS or as profitable as the cash that flows in from treatment. Having or not having clean water means the difference between life and death in vulnerable populations the world over.
WiRED’s board and volunteers are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Richard Gilbert on January 6. Dr. Gilbert was a founding member of WiRED’s board and a long-standing supporter of our community health programs abroad.
In the past decade WiRED’s path has twisted and turned across 12 countries on 4 continents. But we have always stayed true to course on key matters: 1) targeting people in need, 2) using tools of technology for medical information, and 3) supporting the belief that people can help themselves if you give them a hand.
Allison Kozicharow is delighted to join WiRED’s board after serving as a volunteer since the organization’s inception. She first became involved through Richard Gilbert, D.D., her father and board member, and now edits documents and writes articles for WiRED.
This year marks WiRED’s 10th anniversary, and we want to thank everyone who has contributed to our work over the years. We ask for your continued support as we begin a new decade of supplying health information to disadvantaged communities worldwide.
Robert Ohrenschall joined WiRED International as its board’s first chair, and has guided the organization from its beginnings in 2000 to its 10th anniversary celebration this year. Although he will remain on the board as a regular member, he passed the baton to new chair Anthony Hodge on October 1, 2010.