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With one of the most dire healthcare situations in America, advocates for healthcare reform in Mississippi are turning to an unexpected source for inspiration: The Islamic Republic of Iran. Like Mississippi, pre-revolutionary Iran did little in terms of providing healthcare services to rural areas. But after the 1979 Islamist takeover, Iran installed a system of community health centers and workers who give primary care with a focus on preventative medicine. In a fascinating story for the New York Times Magazine, journalist Suzy Hansen explored how advocates in Mississippi are drawing on lessons of the Iranian experience to improve rural healthcare in their own state. One such advocate, a consultant to the Mississippi project name James Miller, told Hansen: When the Iranian system was developed in the 1980s, there were no doctors in rural Iran . And this is similar to the problem in the [Mississippi] delta today. Hansen described an Iranian system of building “health houses” that ser...

NEWS FLASH African American Couple Banned From Marrying In Mississippi Church | A predominately white church in Mississippi barred an African American couple from marrying and threatened to vote out their pastor if he officiated the wedding on the premises. Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson had “booked the church and distributed invitations” for their July 21st wedding, only to discover that a small minority opposed their union at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs. “This had never been done before here, so it was setting a new precedent, and there are those who reacted to that because of that,” said Dr. Stan Weatherford, the pastor, who performed the ceremony at a nearby church. (HT: Pam’s House Blend) By Igor Volsky on Jul 28, 2012 at 2:28 pm View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.