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NEW YORK CITY, May 7 ??? Amy Hart, Resident Filmmaker at The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), has been inspiring change through film for six years, during which she produced over 100 broadcast programs on issues ranging from AIDS to maternal depression, childhood obesity to our aging populations. Water First, presented at the 2008 DC Environmental Film Festival, is her first independent documentary film.
Water First, filmed in Malawi, a small impoverished country in sub-Saharan Africa, addresses the essential role of clean water in virtually every global issue from poverty and hunger to environmental sustainability, child mortality to the care of patients with AIDS or malaria, girl’s education and women's empowerment to population control. Ms. Hart’s documentary brings to light that more that 4,000 children die every day due to the lack of access to clean water.
The short version of the film was shown at the 2006 IV World Water Forum in Mexico City and was awarded 2nd prize for best short documentary. Over 300 films were submitted to this First Annual International Water & Film Festival. Also in 2006, it was shown at the EcoFilm Fest in Greece, the UN Environmental Award event in Turkey, the British Parliament, and several other festivals and conferences.
Amy Hart joined NYAM in January 2008 as the organization’s first Filmmaker-in-Residence and is the Director of NYAM’s new Public Health Productions office that produces documentary films and videos on public health issues for NYAM and several partners including HHC, Maimonides Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College.
The New York Academy of Medicine is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit institution whose mission is to enhance the health of the public. Its research, education, community engagement, and evidence-based advocacy seek to improve the health of people living in cities, especially disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. The impact of these initiatives reaches into neighborhoods in New York City, across the country, and around the world. It works with community based organizations, academic institutions, corporations, the media, and government to catalyze and contribute to changes that promote health.
Posted on May 7, 2008
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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