The Northwest International Health Action Coalition (NIHAC)
presents


HEALTH IN SUDAN
Past and Present


7:00 PM
Thursday, November 18th, 2004
Health Sciences Building, Room I-132

Please join us at 6:15 PM for a potluck reception


Speakers:
Jessica Fleming is a program officer for the Technology Solutions Strategic
Program at PATH, Seattle. She has worked in relief projects in complex
emergencies and development programs based on sustainable healthcare
interventions. She worked in Southern Sudan as UNICEF's EPI field coordinator
and through Operation Lifeline Sudan.

Khalid Abdallah is an instructor of Economics at South Puget Sound Community
College. He has strong interest in the health infrastructure in Sudan. He
worked as a consultant to various government missions at the UN. As a native
of Sudan, Khalid brings insights about the current situation in Darfour.

Jeffrey Partridge is a PhD student at the UW Epidemiology
Department. He worked as a CDC public health advisor on assignments to
WHO/EMRO in Southern Sudan.


NIHAC is an association whose aim is to create awareness of major factors that
affect the health of populations worldwide and to improve health and well-being
globally through promoting international health activities by networking in the
local, regional and global arenas, building collaborative interests with other
organizations and individuals concerning International Health. To join or for
more information about NIHAC, please visit,
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/nihac.


For more information, please contact Amineh Ayyad at
amina@...; (206) 313-1608 or any NIHAC steering committee member.


For directions to the room, please see:
http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html
Room I-132 wing is in the Magnuson Health Sciences Center--immediately on the
left as you enter through the rotunda entrance from Pacific St and can also be
accessed via the South entrance/F wing across from S1 parking.