http://www.basichealthinternational.org/ 2010-09-08T22:02:53-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/ http://www.basichealthinternational.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-05-22T23:22:53-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=anniversary_of_everest_ascent_meaningful&rev=1243059773&do=diff Larry Giles Cochrane Times — The 50th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s climbing of Mt. Everest this Thursday is a big reason to celebrate for at least one Cochrane doctor. Dr. Bill Hanlon travelled to the Kathmandu region of Nepal in April, working at a clinic in the capital city most widely known as the entry point for climbers planning an Everest ascent. text/html 2009-05-22T23:21:10-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=cochrane_doctor_asks_for_support&rev=1243059670&do=diff Samara Cygman Cochrane Times — Are your dresser drawers so clogged, you get a Superman-sized workout just trying to open them, only to have them explode all over the room when you do? Or, has your child long since graduated up through the ranks of Cochrane Minor Soccer and still has scores of jerseys piling up in his or her room? text/html 2009-05-22T22:59:40-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=contact_us&rev=1243058380&do=diff Basic Health International Foundation Box 1198, Cochrane. Alberta Canada T4C1B2 (403) 932-3145 (T) (403) 932-3146 (F) <info@basichealthinternational.org> text/html 2009-05-22T23:26:18-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=doctor_reaches_tibetan_plateau&rev=1243059978&do=diff Samara Cygman A Cochrane doctor weathered altitudes of 14,000 feet, exposure to potentially fatal diseases and having to drink yak-butter tea for one month to deliver desperately-needed health care, vitamins and education to locals in one of the most isolated regions in the world -- the Tibetan plateau. Dr. Bill Hanlon, family physician at the Cochrane Medical Clinic, returned home Dec. 6 from his Tibet Child Nutrition and Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis project, where he and an American … text/html 2009-05-24T19:57:58-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=donations&rev=1243220278&do=diff text/html 2009-07-10T09:21:05-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=hanlon_reaches_the_top_of_the_world&rev=1247242865&do=diff Darryl Mills Wednesday May 30, 2007 <http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=45&x=story&xid=311433> Cochrane’s Dr. Bill Hanlon reached the summit of the world’s most famous and treacherous mountain last week when he conquered Mount Everest. text/html 2009-06-06T14:21:11-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=links&rev=1244323271&do=diff The following are links to other helpful and related places. Array text/html 2009-06-06T14:16:13-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=menu1&rev=1244322973&do=diff Home About Us Programs Photos News Contact Us Donations Links text/html 2010-02-16T09:58:56-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=news&rev=1266343136&do=diff * ArrayDoctor combines his two passions to help others Tue Feb. 02 2010 17:19:24, ctv.ca * ArrayAlbertan skis to South Pole for a cause By Valerie Berenyi, Calgary Herald, January 27, 2010 * ExWeb interview with Bill Hanlon, highlighting the health needs of remote communities 12:12 am CST Nov 10, 2009 text/html 2010-01-20T15:24:42-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=photos&rev=1264029882&do=diff The following is a gallery of photos taken around the world. Some are of the work done by Basic Health International, and some are of the places we have gone to raise awareness, both for the needs of people living in remote areas and for the Foundation that seeks to serve them. text/html 2009-07-10T09:21:07-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=programs&rev=1247242867&do=diff * Hygiene * Promoting hand washing, covering mouth when coughing, discouraging spitting, improved human waste disposal, improved handling of soiled needles and medical equipment. * Immunization * Promoting improved quality, access and availability of vaccines. Promoting high quality cold chain linkages. Improved health education. text/html 2009-06-06T11:53:05-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=start&rev=1244314385&do=diff Basic Health International Foundation was set up as a result of many years of traveling in some of these high altitude areas and seeing some of the large medical needs of some of these communities. Being remote and isolated many of these communities are often off the “radar screen” of national health programs. Remoteness, transportation, infrastructure, geography, weather are often barriers to adequate health care to these communities. People living at such altitudes have to cope with a harsh cl… text/html 2009-06-06T14:39:45-07:00 http://www.basichealthinternational.org/doku.php?id=test&rev=1244324385&do=diff This page is a place where we can try things out. It is not publicly readable. For how-to's, click here. To start editing, click on the edit this page link below.