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73-590: Patients undergo surgical repair by surgeons trained at the hospital's main facility in Addis Ababa. Around 93% of patients are successfully treated. In 1958, Catherine and Reginald Hamlin answered an advertisement in The Lancet for an obstetrician and gynaecologist to establish a midwifery school at the Princess Tsehay Hospital in Addis Ababa. They arrived in Addis Ababa in 1959 on a three-year contract with

146-570: A metastudy by Mandeep R. Mehra of the Harvard Medical School and Sapan S. Desai of Surgisphere Corporation, which concluded that the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine did not improve the condition of COVID-19 patients, and may have harmed some of them. In response to concerns raised by members of the scientific community and the media about the veracity of the data and analyses, The Lancet decided to launch an independent third party investigation of Surgisphere and

219-496: A Child -type fundraising have reported feeling misled by the group's use of such funding for community rather than individual-specific projects. In a 2008 report on famine in Ethiopia , reporter Andrew Geoghegan, from Australian TV programme Foreign Correspondent , visited his 14-year-old sponsor child. The girl has "been part of a World Vision program all her life" yet says (in translated subtitle) "Until recently, I didn't know I had

292-467: A ban on tobacco in the United Kingdom in 2003, expressed support for Gaza during the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict , and issued an apology for sexist language. A December 2003 editorial by the journal, titled "How do you sleep at night, Mr Blair ?", called for tobacco use to be completely banned in the United Kingdom. The Royal College of Physicians rejected their argument. John Britton, chairman of

365-500: A chilling effect on scientific research and the scientific community by implying that scientists who "bring up the lab-leak theory... are doing the work of conspiracy theorists"; the statement was deemed to have "effectively ended the debate over COVID-19's origins before it began". Further criticism of the letter was focused on the fact that, according to emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act , members involved in producing

438-566: A drug that they would not be able to get." The deputy editor of The Lancet responded to the criticism by arguing that no other measures besides a total ban would likely be able to reduce tobacco use. The smokers' rights group FOREST stated that the editorial gave them "amusement and disbelief". Director Simon Clark called the journal " fascist " and argued that it is hypocritical to ban tobacco while allowing unhealthy junk foods , alcohol consumption , and participation in extreme sports . Health Secretary John Reid reiterated that his government

511-501: A federation of interdependent national offices governed by a commitment to common standards and values on fundamental issues. World Vision International provides the global oversight and sets global standards, and is the operating entity in some countries. In other countries, World Vision operates through a locally incorporated NGO, with a local board of directors. Most of the workforce in each country are citizens of that given territory. World Vision International’s board of directors oversees

584-463: A journal initially launched in 2014 by parent publisher Elsevier, since 2015 supported by Cell Press and The Lancet , and eventually (July 2018) incorporated in The Lancet family journals together with its newly incepted sister journal eClinicalMedicine ( clinical research and public health research). In May 2019, The Lancet Digital Health published its first issue. Occasionally, the editors of

657-447: A letter signed by 27 scientists that stated: "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin [...] [Scientists] overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife," adding: "Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumours, and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus." The letter has been criticized for having

730-479: A letter with an estimate of the number of direct and indirect deaths that may be caused in the coming months and years by the Israel–Hamas war . Using other conflicts, where the number of indirect deaths was 3 to 15 times higher than the number of direct deaths, the authors estimated the total number of conflict-related deaths by multiplying the reported deaths by five, and argued that in the coming months and years "it

803-470: A paper in 1998 in which the authors suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism spectrum disorder . In February 2004, The Lancet published a statement by 10 of the paper's 13 coauthors repudiating the possibility that MMR could cause autism. The editor-in-chief, Richard Horton , went on the record to say the paper had "fatal conflicts of interest" because the study's lead author, Andrew Wakefield , had

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876-454: A potentially influential report contributing to further misinformation on such an important topic" and "It's true we've details to understand on the side of natural origins, for example the exact intermediate species involved, but that doesn't mean there's… any basis to the wild speculation that US labs were involved". In October 2023, The Lancet retracted two papers from 2008 and 2014 by surgeon Paolo Macchiarini . These papers, which discussed

949-421: A range of Christian denominations . Its staff includes followers of Protestantism , Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy . Around the world its staff includes followers of different religions or none. Some staff participate in religious services provided by WVI. They stress that one can be a Christian in any culture. However, World Vision also respects other religions that it encounters, stating that "to promote

1022-470: A report "showing 255 bodies and ankle-deep body fluids left in a school basement by an Israeli bomb." In the September 1982 issue of World Vision Magazine President Stanley Mooneyham was quoted describing Israeli actions with the behavior of Hitler's army, "reminiscent of Warsaw ". In the same month Mooneyham was forced to resign when, according to former World Vision employee Ken Waters, his leadership style

1095-537: A result of an obstetric fistula . The Hamlin College of Midwives was established in 2006 to ensure that there is a skilled birth attendant available to provide maternal health care (pre-, intro- and post-natal). The college follows the curriculum of the International Confederation of Midwives, including the precondition that students conduct at least 40 deliveries before they graduate. The midwifery college

1168-628: A second office following in 1954 in Korea. During the early years, the charity operated as a missionary service organization meeting emergency needs in crisis areas in East Asia . World Vision operated as a missionary service organisation meeting emergency needs of children in crisis areas in East Asia following the Korean War. In 1967, the Mission Advanced Research and Communication Center (MARC)

1241-429: A secular approach to life would be an insult to them". Richard Stearns , president of World Vision US, stated that World Vision has a strict policy against proselytizing , which he describes as "using any kind of coercion or inducement to listen to a religious message before helping someone". The World Vision Partnership and all of its national members are committed to the concept of transformational development, which

1314-467: A serious conflict of interest that he had not declared to The Lancet . The journal completely retracted the paper on 2 February 2010, after Wakefield was found to have acted unethically in conducting the research. The Lancet ' s six editors, including the editor-in-chief, were also criticised in 2011 because they had "covered up" the "Wakefield concocted fear of MMR" with an "avalanche of denials" in 2004. The Lancet also published an estimate of

1387-431: A sponsor." And when asked about her knowledge of World Vision sponsorship says, "Last time they gave me this jacket and a pen." Geoghegan was disconcerted to find that despite being "told by World Vision that [the girl] was learning English at school, and was improving ... she speaks no English at all". In response, World Vision stated that "it unapologetically takes a community-based approach to development", in which

1460-555: A visit and said that he "deeply, deeply regret[ted] the completely unnecessary polarization that publication of the letter by Dr Paola Manduca caused." Mark Pepys , a member of the Jewish Medical Association, criticised the letter as being a "partisan political diatribe" which was inappropriate for a serious publication. In addition, Pepys accused Richard Horton personally for allowing the publication of such political views. On 19 February 2020, The Lancet published

1533-691: Is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also one of the world's highest-impact academic journals. It was founded in England in 1823. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials , book reviews , correspondence, as well as news features and case reports . The Lancet has been owned by Elsevier since 1991, and its editor-in-chief since 1995 has been Richard Horton . The journal has editorial offices in London , New York City , and Beijing . The Lancet

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1606-468: Is an ecumenical Christian humanitarian aid , development , and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea . In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision's objectives. It is active in over 100 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of USD $ 3.14 billion. The charity

1679-620: Is cast in a biblical framework and which is seen as a witness to the love of God for all humanity. Activities include: emergency relief, education, health care, economic development, advocacy, water/sanitation, food distribution and promotion of justice. The organization has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and partnerships with UN agencies like UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR and ILO. It also addresses factors that perpetuate poverty by what it describes as promoting justice. It supports community awareness of

1752-449: Is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza". The estimate quickly gained traction in both international and regional media, with some of the outlets misrepresenting the 186,000 figure as the actual number of deaths, rather than long-term cumulative estimate. As a result, three days after the publication, one of

1825-785: Is on land adjacent to Desta Mender ("Village of Joy"), where women with long-term injuries caused by obstructed labour reside, about 17 km from Addis Ababa. The first students graduated in 2011 and, as of 2018, 125 midwives have graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Midwifery. All have committed to working as a Hamlin midwife for a minimum of 4 years. The midwives are being deployed in pairs near medical centres. In 2017, Hamlin-trained midwives delivered over 22,500 babies and no cases of fistula occurred in these births. The Addis Ababa hospital has trained 28 surgeons in fistula repair between 2015 and 2018. Hamlin says that they have "now treated 55,000 [women] and these are like ambassadors all over

1898-557: The Journal Citation Reports , The Lancet Oncology has a 2021 impact factor of 54.433, The Lancet Neurology has 59.935, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases has 71.421. There is also an online website for students entitled The Lancet Student in blog format, launched in 2007. Since July 2018, The Lancet has also published two open access journals as part of The Lancet Discovery Science , dedicated to essential early evidence: eBioMedicine ( translational research ),

1971-879: The Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 98.4, ranking it first above The New England Journal of Medicine in the category "Medicine, General & Internal". According to BMJ Open , The Lancet is more frequently cited in general newspapers around the world than The BMJ , NEJM and JAMA . The Lancet also publishes several specialty journals: The Lancet Neurology ( neurology ), The Lancet Oncology ( oncology ), The Lancet Infectious Diseases ( infectious diseases ), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ( respiratory medicine ), The Lancet Psychiatry ( psychiatry ), The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology ( endocrinology ), and The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology ( gastroenterology ) all of which publish original research and reviews. In 2013, The Lancet Global Health ( global health ) became

2044-769: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) . World Vision partners include  governments , civil society organisations, faith communities, faith-based organisations, businesses, academia, and others. The organization has thousands of partners located around the world. Some of those who work with World Vision globally include the European Union , Unicef, Global Partnership to End Violence, Joining Forces , World Bank , World Health Organization , World Food Programme, Inter Agency Standing Committee, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Joining Forces for Last Mile Nutrition. World Vision's staff comes from

2117-555: The Iraq War 's Iraqi death toll—around 100,000—in 2004. In 2006, a follow-up study by the same team suggested that the violent death rate in Iraq was not only consistent with the earlier estimate, but had increased considerably in the intervening period (see Lancet surveys of casualties of the Iraq War ). The second survey estimated that there had been 654,965 excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of

2190-531: The Vagina Museum . The journal's cover displayed a quotation from the review that referred to women as "bodies with vaginas". The quotation drew strong criticism on Twitter from medical professionals and feminists accusing The Lancet of sexism , arguing that this language was "dehumanising" and an "unhelpful" attempt at inclusivity. Horton later issued an apology on the journal's website. On July 5, 2024, The Lancet published in its Correspondence section

2263-503: The Australian Government. In January 2004, Catherine Hamlin appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the 50 years of free reconstructive surgery that she has been providing to over 25,000 patients. After Hamlin's visit to the show, thousands of viewers were compelled to act due to her sheer selflessness. The Fistula Foundation, which supports Dr. Hamlin's hospital, received more than $ 3 million in donations. Oprah Winfrey

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2336-466: The Director-General of WHO, characterized letter's methods as "take one unreliable number and multiply by another unreliable number to get a bigger unreliable number”. Consequently, American Jewish Committee called The Lancet to "remove the letter from its website and, moving forward, exercise greater caution in selecting the claims it amplifies". The Lancet was criticised after it published

2409-497: The Ethiopian government, but only trained about 10 midwives when the government closed the midwifery school. The Hamlins had never seen an obstetric fistula before, but after treating many such cases at the school, they decided to build and run a dedicated hospital. Obstetric fistula was virtually eradicated in the developed world by the 20th century due to improved obstetric techniques such as Caesarean section . The Hamlins studied

2482-540: The National Institutes of Health has 'resisted disclosing details' of its work." Virologist Angela Rasmussen commented that this may have been "one of The Lancet's most shameful moments regarding its role as a steward and leader in communicating crucial findings about science and medicine". David Robertson from the University of Glasgow's Centre for Virus Research said that "It's really disappointing to see such

2555-524: The World Vision partnership. The full board meets twice a year to appoint senior officers, approve strategic plans and budgets, and determine international policy. The current chairperson of the international board is Ivan Satyavrata. The international president is Andrew Morley . From 2021 onwards, Morley served as Chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) , and is a member of

2628-411: The aim of promoting long term improvement and self-reliance in the communities. The organization also began installing water pumps for clean water, which caused infant mortality rates to drop. Volunteers now use the fresh water to teach gardening and irrigation and promote good health. In order to restructure, the organization World Vision International was founded in 1977 by Walter Stanley Mooneyham

2701-435: The article, which was done on June 3, 2020. As a step to increase quality control, the editors of The Lancet Group announced changes to the editorial policy in a comment titled "Learning from a retraction" which was published on September 22, 2020. In September 2022, The Lancet published the report of their "Covid-19 Commission" which was headed by Jeffrey Sachs , an economist with no medical background, who has pushed

2774-688: The collective ability to address unjust practices and begin working for change. It claims to speak out on issues such as child labor , debt relief for poor nations, and the use of children as combatants in armed conflict. World Vision International has endorsed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child . It claims to foster opportunities to help reduce conflict levels and to contribute to

2847-448: The college's tobacco advisory group, praised the journal for discussing the health problem, but he concluded that a "ban on tobacco would be a nightmare." Amanda Sandford, spokesperson for the anti-tobacco group Action on Smoking and Health , stated that criminalising a behaviour 26% of the population commit "is ludicrous." She also said: "We can't turn the clock back. If tobacco were banned we would have 13 million people desperately craving

2920-465: The conspiracy theory that Covid came from a US "biotechnology" lab. Before the report's release, Sachs appeared on the podcast of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , who has previously spread vaccine conspiracy theories. On the podcast episode, Sachs claimed that "Government officials such as Anthony Fauci "are not being honest" about the virus's origins". The published report included claims that "'independent researchers have not yet investigated' US labs, and said

2993-527: The countryside". In 2008, when the fourth clinic was opened Hamlin travelled the world to raise awareness of the effect of the condition on women in Ethiopia. The hospitals aim to cure 4000 women annually, but Hamlin cited the World Health Organisation's estimate that there are 6000-7000 cases a year in Ethiopia alone. Due to the development of the five regional Hamlin Fistula Centers, some of

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3066-485: The doctors responded by saying that the letter was a legitimate exercise in freedom of expression, while a second one stated that he had no knowledge about David Duke or the Ku Klux Klan. The editor of The Lancet , Richard Horton , said: "I have no plans to retract the letter, and I would not retract the letter even if it was found to be substantiated." However, Horton subsequently came to Israel's Rambam Hospital for

3139-531: The first tissue-engineered trachea transplant, were found to contain fabricated information following an investigation by the Swedish National Board for Assessment of Research Misconduct. Before the 2023 retractions, in September 2015, The Lancet published an editorial titled, "Paolo Macchiarini is not guilty of scientific misconduct." The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal: World Vision World Vision International

3212-473: The group's first fully open access journal . In 2014, The Lancet Haematology ( haematology ) and The Lancet HIV ( infectious diseases ) were launched, both as online only research titles. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health ( paediatrics ) launched in 2017. The three established speciality journals ( The Lancet Neurology , The Lancet Oncology , and The Lancet Infectious Diseases ) have built up strong reputations in their medical speciality. According to

3285-429: The letter as a "u-turn". In June of 2024, The Lancet wrote an op-ed stating that "SARS-CoV-2 is a natural virus that found its way into humans through mundane contact with infected wildlife" and that "doubling down on flawed assumptions in the face of growing evidence calls motivations into question." The 25 September 2021 edition of The Lancet included a review of an exhibition about the history of menstruation at

3358-583: The letter concealed their involvement "to creat[e] the impression of scientific unanimity" and failed to disclose conflicts of interest. After having published letters supporting only the natural origins theory , The Lancet published a letter in September 2021 from a group of 16 virologists, biologists and biosecurity specialists saying that "Research-related hypotheses are not misinformation or conjecture" and that "Scientific journals should open their columns to in-depth analyses of all hypotheses." The Times of India described The Lancet 's decision to publish

3431-612: The letter was Paola Manduca, Professor of Genetics at the University of Genoa in Italy. As reported in The Daily Telegraph , the letter "condemned Israel in the strongest possible terms, but strikingly made no mention of Hamas ' atrocities." According to Haaretz , the authors of the letter include doctors who "are apparently sympathetic to the views of David Duke , a white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard ." One of

3504-532: The letter's authors, Prof. Martin McKee , wrote that the letter “has been greatly misquoted and misinterpreted” and clarified that the 186,000 figure was “purely illustrative”. The letter has been criticized by the experts, such as the Chair of "Every Casualty Counts" network Prof. Michael Spagat , who wrote that the estimate "lacks a solid foundation and is implausible". Prof. Peter A. Singer , former Special Adviser to

3577-433: The metastudy. Specifically, The Lancet editors wanted to "evaluate the origination of the database elements, to confirm the completeness of the database, and to replicate the analyses presented in the paper." The independent peer reviewers in charge of the investigation notified The Lancet that Surgisphere would not provide the requested data and documentation. The authors of the metastudy then asked The Lancet to retract

3650-428: The money is not directly provided to the family of the sponsored child. The organization argued that the "direct benefit" approach would result in jealousy among other community members without children and would not work. Foreign Correspondent replied to World Vision concerning child sponsorship, showing contradictions between the organization's literature that creates the impression that donated money goes directly to

3723-952: The organisation to deliver the Hamlin Model of Care for women with fistula injuries. The network of Hamlin Fistula Hospitals and the midwifery college are supported largely by private donors in Australia, the UK and the United States. The largest of the dedicated support organisations is the Fistula Foundation, located in San Jose, California. Money is also provided by World Vision , the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation, England-based Ethiopiaid and funds paid into an endowment by

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3796-671: The organization claims to uphold the dignity of children and families in presenting explanations of the causes and consequences of poverty, neglect, abuse and war. World Vision operates in Rwanda since 1994, following the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi . In 2023, through 24 programs it helps 1.9 Million people all over the country. Between 2010 and 2017, World Vision Rwanda was averaging nearly US$ 35 million budget annually, said George Gitau , former country director. In 2015, World Vision took part in operations to bring earthquake relief to Nepal. It

3869-600: The pandemic. They also joined the United Nations peacekeeping efforts to help those affected by civil war. World Vision also started to openly promote the international ban on land mines. In 1994 World Vision US moved to Washington State. In 2004, the political weekly Tehelka newspaper in India criticised World Vision India for its involvement with AD2000 . In 2022, WVI operated in more than 100 countries and had over 33,000 employees. The World Vision Partnership operates as

3942-516: The peaceful resolution of hostilities and reconciliation of disputes. World Vision encourages public awareness about the needs of others, the causes of poverty, and the nature of compassionate response. These efforts include collaboration with media and community participation in fundraising. In areas of the world that are considered too dangerous for news organizations to send their crews, World Vision's own videographers supply newscasters with footage of events from these areas. In its communications,

4015-525: The rest in volume ii . In 1990, the journal moved to a sequential volume numbering scheme, with two volumes per year. Volumes were retro-actively assigned to the years prior to 1990, with the first issue of 1990 being assigned volume 335, and the last issue of 1989 assigned volume 334. The table of contents listing on ScienceDirect uses this new numbering scheme. The Lancet includes editorial content and letters in addition to scientific papers, which have at times been controversial. For example, it called for

4088-426: The second in 1975, the number of patients treated increased from 30 to 300. Treatments include physiotherapy, stress incontinence management, specific treatment for stoma patients, psychological counselling, extended medical care and general education. In 1998, the hospital was extensively refurbished and enlarged. As of 2018, it can accommodate up to 140 patients and four operations can be performed simultaneously in

4161-603: The specialty journals will feel it incumbent upon themselves to name commissions about a certain particular issue of concern to a wide sub-audience of their readers. One example of this type of commission is the Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on "Preparedness for emerging epidemic threats", which reported on its mandate in January 2020. Prior to 1990, The Lancet had volume numbering that reset every year. Issues in January to June were in volume i , with

4234-495: The sponsor child and evidence of cases where supposedly sponsored children received little if any benefit. In 1982, after World Vision publicly criticized Israel's actions in Palestinian refugee camps near Sidon and Tyre, it came under attack from conservative evangelicals and the government of Israel. In spite of this pressure, World Vision president Mooneyham presented to the eight hundred thousand readers of World Vision Magazine

4307-518: The theatre. Five regional fistula centres have been established in the towns of Bahir Dar , Mekelle , Harar , Yirgalem , and Metu . The Hamlin Fistula hospitals are staffed by over 550 Ethiopians. All 6 hospitals provide a safe birthing facility where former patients who become pregnant again can have a caesarian section. The regional Hamlin Fistula centres provide care for women who suffer from incontinence, physical impairment, shame and marginalisation as

4380-851: The then president of World Vision. In 1979, World Vision also co-founded the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association . During the 1990s, World Vision International began focusing on the needs of children who had been orphaned in Uganda, Romania, and Somalia in response to AIDS , neglect, and civil war, respectively. World Vision began working with communities, health providers, faith-based organisations and people living with HIV and AIDS to encourage an end to stigmatisation, better understanding of HIV prevention and community care for those living with AIDS, and orphans left behind by

4453-419: The trial and called the critics: "a fairly small, but highly organized, very vocal and very damaging group of individuals who have, I would say, actually hijacked this agenda and distorted the debate so that it actually harms the overwhelming majority of patients." Starting in 2011, critics of the studies filed Freedom of Information Act requests to get access to the authors' primary data, in order to learn what

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4526-588: The trial's results would have been under the original protocol. In 2016, some of the data was released, which allowed calculation of results based on the original protocol and found that additional treatment led to no significant improvement in recovery rates over the control group. The results from the PACE trial have been used to promote graded exercise therapy ; however, these recommendations are now viewed by most public health bodies as outdated and highly harmful to ME/CFS patients. In May 2020, The Lancet published

4599-602: The war. The 95% confidence interval was 392,979 to 942,636. 1,849 households that contained 12,801 people were surveyed. In 2011, The Lancet published a study by the UK-based "PACE trial management group", which reported success with graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy for ME/CFS ; a follow-up study was published in Lancet Psychiatry in 2015. The studies attracted criticism from some patients and researchers, especially with regard to data analysis that

4672-540: The women who suffer the long-term effects of obstetric fistula are able to move back to their homes and receive ongoing medical care. Additionally, some women have established small businesses that have enabled them to move out of Desta Mender to nearby towns and return to receive medical care or visit friends. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s governance and team is 100% Ethiopian with almost 600 Ethiopian professionals – many of whom were trained by Catherine – working across

4745-457: The works of earlier fistula surgeons such as J. Marion Sims and methods currently in use by physicians in Egypt . The hospital opened in 1974. The Hamlins refined the surgical technique to close an obstetric fistula while continuing to treat a broad range of obstetric cases. Initially, word of mouth was the primary means by which patients discovered the hospital. From the first year of operations to

4818-496: Was different from that described in the original protocol . In a 2015 Slate article, biostatistician Bruce Levin of Columbia University was quoted saying "The Lancet needs to stop circling the wagons and be open", and that "one of the tenets of good science is transparency"; while Ronald Davis of Stanford University said: "the Lancet should step up to the plate and pull that paper". Horton defended The Lancet' s publication of

4891-503: Was also involved in running a child sponsorship program bringing aid to needy children in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. After his resignation from the post of president, its founder Robert Pierce criticized the organization for its professionalization at the expense of its evangelical faith and founded Samaritan's Purse in 1970. Some donors to World Vision's Sponsor

4964-465: Was committed to helping people give up smoking. He added: "Despite the fact that this is a serious problem, it is a little bit extreme for us in Britain to start locking people up because they have an ounce of tobacco somewhere." In August 2014 and during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict , The Lancet published an "Open letter for the people of Gaza " in their correspondence section. The principal author of

5037-491: Was criticized; he was replaced as President by Ted Engstrom . On June 15, 2016, Mohammad El Halabi , manager of World Vision in Gaza , was arrested at the Erez border crossing and charged by Israeli prosecutors with channeling funds to Hamas . Halabi's lawyer said his client had nothing to do with Hamas and that the fact that the investigation had lasted 55 days proved that there was

5110-473: Was founded by Ed Dayton as a division of World Vision. It became the organizational backbone of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization , collected and published data about "unreached people" and also published the "Mission Handbook: North American Protestant Ministries Overseas". During the 1970s, World Vision began training families in the agricultural skills necessary to build small farms, with

5183-503: Was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley , an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet (scalpel). According to BBC, the journal was initially considered to be radical following its founding. Members of the Wakley family retained editorship of the journal until 1908. In 1921, The Lancet was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton . Elsevier acquired The Lancet from Hodder & Stoughton in 1991. According to

5256-587: Was founded in 1950 as World Vision Inc. by Robert Pierce , Kyung-Chik Han and Frank Phillips. It was founded after Pierce was invited to Korea by Han to speak at Young Nak Church , followed by another speech in Seoul . After the breakout of the Korean War weeks later, Pierce and Han continued to collaborate on relief efforts in the region. The first World Vision office opened later that year in Portland, Oregon , with

5329-478: Was so impressed by Hamlin's actions that she visited the hospital in Ethiopia to tape the second episode in December 2005. The funding received by the hospital following this exposure led to the building a brand new facility with classrooms, examination rooms, housing for residents who travel to the hospital for treatment and a small apartment for the on-call doctors for Desta Mender. The Lancet The Lancet

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