Little did I know my efforts would grow into a global health program.

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In the latest move, Tachi Yamada, head of global health program, who left GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK) to join the foundation in 2006, is leaving in June.

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The Seattle-based foundation is organized into three program divisions with their own president: Global Health, Global Development, and the U.S. Program.

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Dr. Bradley's home state of Oklahoma is one of several working with the One Health Initiative, a global program to improve communication between physicians and veterinarians to prevent the spread of infectious disease from animals to people, such as recommending tick collars, sprays or topical treatments with pesticides for dogs.

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Data from the World Bank's most recent and hugely comprehensive International Comparison Program study breaks global individual consumption into 11 buckets--from food and clothing to health care and recreation.

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The "tailored and targeted messages" paired with the monetary incentives are a "great way to bring people to participate in the program, " says Dr. Fikry Isaac, the company's vice president of global health services.

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In hopes of slowing the epidemic, Dr. Arata Kochi, director of WHO's global TB program, has been promoting DOTS therapy (directly observed treatment, short-course), whereby health-care workers watch patients take their medicine completely and correctly.

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