In the weeks following the massive earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, Dr. Alix Charles, a first-generation American of Haitian descent, worried that international concern for the country’s long-term medical and economic needs would wane as the aftershocks abated. Relieved to know that his immediate relatives back in Haiti all had survived the devastating quake, Dr. Charles shifted his focus to the rebuilding of Haiti, which includes its medical programs.“Pretty soon people’s minds are going to...

From 6th to 9th November 2010, the 8th Asia Pacific Congress of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, in conjunction with the 2010 Congress of the Asia Pacific Association of Paediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology. New approaches to the treatment of asthma Allergy in early life symposium New approaches to the treatment of asthma When asthma was first recognised as a disease entity in the...