Haiti Needs Long-Term Help, Doctor Says

Haiti Needs Long-Term Help, Doctor Says For more videos, go to www.discoverynews.com. As relief workers struggle to help the Haitian earthquake victims, they face enormous challenges. Dr. Howard McCollister, who's taught in a hospital on the island for nearly 20 years, talks about what the impoverished nation needs from the world now, and in the future.

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Long-Term Memory and the Brain Complete video at: fora.tv Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel examines how long-term memories are formed in the brain. ----- Eric Kandel, who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a senior investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He was also the founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, which is now the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia. Kandel has recently authored In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (WW Norton), which chronicles his life and research. The book was awarded the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Award for Science and Technology. - CUNY

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Bill Clinton: What Haiti Needs Now Complete video at: fora.tv Former President Bill Clinton offers an emotional plea to the world on behalf of Haiti. In addition to safe, sanitary shelter and schools, Clinton insists that "we need cash more than anything else, because we got enough cooks in the kitchen and not enough coordination and distribution." ----- In a special session of the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, William J. Clinton, Founder, William J. Clinton Foundation; President of the United States (1993-2001); and UN Special Envoy to Haiti make a robust call for immediate aid and sustained investment to assist Haiti as it struggles to build a new and prosperous nation out of the rubble of the devastating earthquake of 12 January. In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations, the World Economic Forum will work to increase private sector involvement in Haiti for the long term. "We are reminded of the common humanity which we all share," said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. Clinton served five terms as the Governor of Arkansas. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the junior US Senator from New York.

NASA Helps ID Landslide Threats in Haiti Analysis of NASA satellite images showing areas of landslide risk have been shared with humanitarian assistance groups to help pinpoint disaster relief efforts.

World: In Haiti, Help From Above As wide-scale challenges of aid distribution persist, owners of private aircraft are delivering small-scale assistance. Related Article: nyti.ms

World: In Haiti, Help From Above As wide-scale challenges of aid distribution persist, owners of private aircraft are delivering small-scale assistance. Related Article: nyti.ms