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 also 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.

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.



***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. We promote international health
activities by networking in the local, regional and global arenas and by
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