Although the Northwest Social Forum meeting planned for this week was canceled,
this very important discussion on trade and health is still going to happen:


The UW International Health Program, Jackson School of International
Studies, Comparative Law and Society Studies Center,
World Affairs Council, and Health Alliance International
present:


"Trading Away Health:
The Impact of Free Trade on Public Health"

LORI WALLACH, Director, Global Trade Watch

with Stephen Gloyd, Director, International Health Program, UW SPHCM


Tuesday, October 12, 2004
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Health Sciences T 639*


Lori Wallach, author of Whose Trade Organization? A Comprehensive Guide to
the WTO, is the Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (GTW).
Launched by Wallach in 1995, GTW is a leader in the global citizen
movement for fair trade and investment policy. Wallach has represented
the progressive critique of corporate globalization before Congressional
committees, foreign parliaments, government agencies, national and
international conferences and in frequent media appearances. In addition
to contributing to numerous anthologies on globalization and co-authoring
Whose Trade Organization? Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of
Democracy, Wallach is a founding board member of the Citizens Trade
Campaign and the International Forum on Globalization.

Stephen Gloyd heads the International Health Program in the UW School of
Public Health and Community Medicine. He is also director of the
Population Leadership Program, a joint program of CSDE and the Evans
School of Public Affairs, and the Executive Director of Health Alliance
International. He has worked for over 20 years in international public
health, and currently is involved in supporting the Mozambique
government's plan to provide access to antiretroviral treatment throughout
the country. He is also a contributing author to Sickness and Wealth: The
Corporate Assault on Global Health.



* The T Wing of the Health Sciences Building lies along NE Pacific Street
in the Magnuson Health Sciences Center. For the location of the Center,
see: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html
Visitors may park on the street or in the South Campus Center parking area
- enter at the stairs between the 'D Wing' and 'F Wing' signs on the
building.