January 25, 2005: Headlines: COS - Zambia: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Malaria: Sonoma News: Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn returns home to continue his recuperation from a difficult battle with malaria
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January 25, 2005: Headlines: COS - Zambia: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Malaria: Sonoma News: Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn returns home to continue his recuperation from a difficult battle with malaria
Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn returns home to continue his recuperation from a difficult battle with malaria
Zambia PCV Joseph Cohn returns home to continue his recuperation from a difficult battle with malaria
Cohn son returns home
01.25.05 - Joe Cohn, 27, son of Glen Ellen vintner and Doobie Brother's manager Bruce Cohn, has returned to Sonoma County to continue his recuperation from a difficult battle with malaria.
Stricken with the potentially deadly disease while serving with the Peace Corps in Zambia, Joe Cohn nearly died during his six-week bout with malaria. He was diagnosed in Costa Rica, while on a fishing trip with his father and brother. His conditioned worsened during a flight back to the United States, and he ended up in intensive care in a hospital in Florida.
Although still not fully recovered, on Jan. 21 Joe Cohn flew to California and was able to walk off the plane with his mother, Susan Cohn.
Joe Cohn will continue his recovery at his mother's house in Santa Rosa.
"The whole family would like to thank everyone for the support, prayers and kind e-mails throughout this very difficult time," said Bruce Cohn. "His long-term prognosis is good and everyone is predicting a complete recovery."
A big celebration is planned for Joe Cohn's birthday in March at the B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen. After his recovery Joe will join father Bruce and brother Dan working with the family's winery. For more information go to www.zambiajoe.com.
When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
 | Ask Not As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." |
 | Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help? |
 | The World's Broken Promise to our Children Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005. |
 | Our debt to Bill Moyers Former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers leaves PBS next week to begin writing his memoir of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Read what Moyers says about journalism under fire, the value of a free press, and the yearning for democracy. "We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country," he warns, "or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia." |
 | Is Gaddi Leaving? Rumors are swirling that Peace Corps Director Vasquez may be leaving the administration. We think Director Vasquez has been doing a good job and if he decides to stay to the end of the administration, he could possibly have the same sort of impact as a Loret Ruppe Miller. If Vasquez has decided to leave, then Bob Taft, Peter McPherson, Chris Shays, or Jody Olsen would be good candidates to run the agency. Latest: For the record, Peace Corps has no comment on the rumors. |
 | The Birth of the Peace Corps UMBC's Shriver Center and the Maryland Returned Volunteers hosted Scott Stossel, biographer of Sargent Shriver, who spoke on the Birth of the Peace Corps. This is the second annual Peace Corps History series - last year's speaker was Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn. |
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