Josh Ruxin

Professor of Public Health, Columbia University

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Assistant Professor of Public Health at Columbia University and Founder-Director of its Rwanda-based Access Project to Fight AIDS, which helps African countries develop and implement public health programs; director of the Millennium Villages Project in Rwanda

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The G-8 leaders took heat from Britain's Guardian newspaper this week for discussing the world's food crisis over a 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs in Hokkaido, Japan.

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The G-8 leaders took heat from Britain's Guardian newspaper this week for discussing the world's food crisis over a 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs in Hokkaido, Japan.

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