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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 5 Aug 2009, p. 14

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The doctor and his ing to help families heal and start again. i ready fora prosthesis" The thing that employees were working Epp said he hopes their work in Sri lanka 4 They're also working on supplementing The road to recovery in struck me was around the clock to meet the and his connection to Waterloo will open " the food provisions above what is being pro- north-eastern Sri Lanka will . needs, but he had no money this community's eyes to the on going need vided by the United Nations be long, he said. considering how dedlmted to pay his staff. that persists, even after the guns have been They opened an eye centre at a hospital the damage caused by both local groups are to “The thing that struck me silenced and the television cameras turned in Vavuniya and are looking at bringing in natural and human disasters. . . was how dedicated local off. shon»temi orthopedic surgeons to help the During his week long trip. bnng heallng and groups are to bring healing “When peace comes. the needs and the region's overburdened medical staff. he met child soldiers in a yet the needs are and yet the needs are so hard work starts." he said. “There are a lot of injuries from the con- rehabilitation camp â€" “chil- n Sitar.” Epp said. "When the emergency seems to be over flict that are going to result in permanent dren snatched from their 50 great- CBM is hoping to provide by the world, that's when it’s the most disability,” Epp said. “But even a leg that's childhood." he said. _ Ed EDP longer-tenn reliefby working important to be there.” i been blown off. for example. in many cases He met an eye doctor Execun'w Dimwmffllmfian with local groups to provide For more information on CBM's projects the amputation hasn‘t been done property whose work had quadrupled Bundewn Canada programs like trauma coun- in Sri Lanka, see their website at so you have either infection or the leg has to since May. selling and vocational trainâ€" www.cbmicanada.org. ‘ »' ‘ “ " ‘” ”‘ ‘ “‘""“"'“"‘”“‘“"" “ " "W ' ‘“ r“ Shockin ictures affect smokers 1 g . g P z ’ % Shocking pictures of diseased lungs. a tobacco warning labels” t f m ' AROUND brain damaged from a stroke and other dis- It was written by Waterloo psychology ‘ turbing images that appear on cigarette professor Geoffrey Fong and coâ€"authored by f mm m packs in Canada are effective in informing David Hammond, a professor of health stud- ‘ 4 people about the harms of smoking and ies and gerontology. and Sara Hitchman, a b motivating smokers to quit. says a new Uni- psychology graduate student “a“ M versity ofWaterloo review article. “Our research findings show that graphic With recent dosing; in your neighbourhood, we wanted Canada was the first country to introduce pictures can enhance the effectiveness of . _ _ pictorial warnings in 2001 and, over the past wanting labels by making them more notice» to extend an mvrtation to nine years. 27 other countries have intm- able. increasing thoughts about the hazards duced similar Canadian-style warnings on of smoking and increasing motivation to ' l tobacco packaging Many other countries are quit," said Fang. ‘ ”Slg" 8! considering doingso aswell. 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