Born in Canada, when she qualified as a medical doctor, Julia worked in North America, South Africa and other developing countries. She was struck by the embedded inequality in the developed world where she found people suffering conditions of life and neglect on par with those in the poorest parts of the word. This led her to work for the UN on HIV and child health issues. Encountering the Bhutan project of sustainable development that recognised the goal of happiness as the sensible common purpose of all social planning.
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