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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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A supporter of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently suggested that Barack Obama’s admitted youth drug use could be a liability if he came up against a Republican opponent in the general election, but it seems like only Clinton backers are making Obama’s past use of marijuana and cocaine an issue so far.

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Barack Obama’s frank admissions about use of marijuana and cocaine in his youth could hurt his chances of winning the presidency in a general election against a Republican contender, according to an advisor for rival Hillary Clinton.

CNN reported Dec. 13 that Bill Shaheen, who co-chairs Clinton’s campaign in New Hampshire, said that Republicans will “jump on” Obama’s admissions should he defeat Clinton in the Democratic primary and become the party’s nominee for president.

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Last week we alerted you to Bill Clinton being on Oprah to promote his new book - Giving. I didn’t actually get to see the episode, but from the buzz on other blogs and various news reports, it seems like it was quite a hit and in the process Kiva got some great publicity from Oprah. Catch up on the latest news and blog posts on Kiva below and see the YouTube interview at the end:

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The new Bill Clinton book, Giving, features global health hero Paul Farmer and many others. He will be interviewed by Oprah on Sept. 4, 2007, the day his book on philanthropy and civic action is released. He will also be interviewed by Larry King and David Letterman (full press release here). Hat tip: Gift Hub.

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The Kaiser Family Foundation is probably the best disseminator of information, this is their bread and butter. Thanks to them, you can watch the proceedings of the Clinton Foundation annual meeting (this week). The image below will take you to instructions for the free webcast and you can check out the Foundation’s web page for further information on scheduling. In addition the Financial Times has a page dedicated to covering the annual summit. For those in the public health community, that fact that FT is covering this is yet one more sign that the business community is starting to get involved in global health/development issues. See the FT website here.

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