WORKING AROUND THE RECEPTION
ON
“
TO BE HELD IN
OK!
I
just spoke with Julie, who is leaving on Sunday, so she will not be with us.
I
thought that Paul would be at the Ambassador's Reception (along with the Soros Foundation and Gates Foundation) meeting in
Port au Prince 6/26-27 to which I was invited also. But I cannot go
twice in two weeks to
I
got an email (see next message) from Kim Green who would like to come here and
have her father join us. I had tried to set it up for July 11, but she cannot
be here earlier than the 10th and Peter Hotez is leaving for
I
will try!
GWG
>>> Bryan Schaaf <bryanjschaaf@yahoo.com> 06/23/03 04:45PM
>>>
Doc,
Sounds good.
Lets meet early in the
Bryan
Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu> wrote:
Want to try to link up and
go?
GWG
>>> yturiy <yturiy@gwu.edu> 06/23/03 01:26PM >>>
Hi Dr.G,
I got this from
an interesting talk. But it's right in the middle of my class and i can't miss
it 'cause there's only three people in the whole class
so i think they might
miss me :)
Julie
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Emily Dale <edale@gwu.edu>
To: Bryan Schaaf <bryanjschaaf@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Fwd: Save the Date: "Health and
Hey Bryan-
Did you get this invite to this event? Thought you might be
interested. You
may want to send it on to the people who went on the trip with you, or those
thinking about going on the December trip. I'm planning on attending at
this
point.
-Emily
eorleans-lindsay@globalhealth.org wrote:
> Save the date
> Health and
> What can be done?
>
>
> U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-5
> 1
>
> Refreshments will be provided
>
> In many countries in the developing world the
HIV/AIDS epidemic has swept
> around the globe, infecting more than 60 million people, and directly or
> indirectly impacting millions of additional lives. The
> second-highest HIV/AIDS infection rate in the world. According to UNAIDS,
an
> estimated 420,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in the
>
> The bulk of those cases are in
> suspension of international foreign assistance to the country,
exacerbating
> extreme poverty and the collapse of the public health system allowing the
> disease to spread.
> Sixty-five percent of its population lives in the rural area and live
below
> the poverty line. The country has a highest infant, child and maternal
> mortality and also the lowest life expectancy rates in the Western
> hemisphere. In
> living with HIV at the end of 2001. Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are the
number
> one causes of death amongst the adult (15-49) population. HIV/AIDS
continues
> to be a severe problem in
> cases and infection rates. However, there is hope, there are successful
> programs and interventions that are working to mitigate the effects of the
> disease.
>
> Please join us to hear about the Zanmi Lasante-Partners in Health, a
> state-of-the-art socio-medical complex in
> a human rights-based approach to provide a comprehensive continuum of care
> to Haitians in need, including ongoing antiretroviral therapies for people
> living with AIDS.
>
> The panel will include:
>
>
* Paul Farmer, MD, Co-director, Program in
Infectious Disease
> and Social Change,
>
>
>
* Hector Izurieta, MD, MPH, Acting
Director, Vaccine Program,
> Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
>
> Webcast by kaisernetwork.org, a free
service of the Kaiser Family
> Foundation.
> The archived webcast will be available after
> at <http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/ghc/26jun03> .
> Along with the webcast, a transcript and related resources will also be
> available.
>
> Please RSVP by June 25,
2003 to
>
savethedate@globalhealth.org or at 202-833-5900 ext. 3204
>
>
--
Emily Dale
MPH Candidate
President 2003-2004
Public Health Student Association
School of Public Health and Health Services
George Washington University
email: edale@gwu.edu
IM screenname: emilykatedale
"If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the
children."
-Mahatma Gandhi