The arts and global health inequities

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Notes

^4. 46664 was the number assigned to Nelson Mandela during his long imprisonment. For details of the campaign, see: www.46664.com/.

^1. Comic Relief campaigns for ‘A just world free from poverty’ – exactly the goal of the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. For details of their work visit: www.comicrelief.com/. Comic Relief have also created a site entitled See Africa Differently, which presents positive stories from the continent: www.seeafricadifferently.com/.

^2. See details of Band Aid 20 at www.bandaid20.com/.

^3. Information on Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 can be found on Bob Geldof's website: www.bobgeldof.info/index.html.

^5. ‘We are Together’ is also the name of a film about the Agape Children's Orphanage and Choir directed by Paul Taylor. For details, and to download a free track, Satane, visit: http://wearetogether.org/.

^7. For further details of the work of Interactive Resource Centre, see: http://irc.org.pk/portal/.

^6. For a statement of the core principles guiding the Theatre of the Oppressed, the various forms it can take and examples of community initiatives, see: www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/.

^8. See www.darpana.com/ for information about the work of Darpana Academy.

^10. For the full text visit: www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/29/classicalmusicandopera1.

^9. The website of El Sistema: http://fesnojiv.gob.ve/en.html. A film about El Sistema is available from Deutsche Grammophon.

^11. In Harmony is a British government funded project under the direction of Julian Lloyd Webber currently running three pilot projects in England. See: www.inharmonyengland.com/.

^12. Sistema Scotland is a charity ‘set up to break the cycle of social blight which sees children in many areas at risk of growing up to be involved in crime, substance abuse and anti-social behaviour.’ From: www.sistemascotland.org.uk/.

^13. For coverage on El Sistema on the BBC, search: www.bbc.co.uk/.

^14. Extract taken from the website of Favela to the World: www.afroreggaeuk.org/.

^15. Extract taken from the website of ‘Favela to the World’: www.afroreggaeuk.org/.