'Hard to reach' Hispanics get health news via physician's radio, TV shows

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Dr. Elmer E. Huerta is doing his best to provide health education to Hispanics living in the US. Huerta was educated in Peru but did several fellowships in the US and is now a US citizen. Twenty-nine Spanish-language radio stations nationwide carry his 2-minute broadcasts up to 4 times a day. Huerta also hosts a live 1-hour cable TV program and a radio call-in program. His broadcasts, which originate in Laurel, MD, are heard in 8 of the 10 largest Spanish-speaking regions, including Miami, Dallas, New York and Tucson. He estimates that 10 to 15 million people hear his broadcasts. He also sees patients at his Washington, DC clinic.

Services, Practice, Media coverage, Hispanic Americans, Health education, Huerta, Elmer E.

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Project HOPE helps China build a new foundation for pediatric medicine

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Project HOPE and the government of Shanghai are cooperating to build a world-class children's hospital in the city. The city has donated 13 acres of land in the Pudong District and will pay the construction and operating costs. Project HOPE will oversee the building process and buy the high-tech equipment. The foundation will also pay for the education and training required by the physicians and staff. The Shanghai Children's Medical Center, which is expected to open late 1997, will have 250 beds, 36 ICU beds and will serve 250,000 children a year.

Donations, Hospitals, Design and construction, Shanghai, China, Children's hospitals, Project HOPE

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