The International Health Program is please to invite you to attend a special
meeting and discussion with Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi this Monday at 8:00 AM in
Room H-670, Health Sciences Building:

"Building a Democratic Palestinian State, an Imperative for Health"


Dr. Bargouthi will speak candidly with us about the urgency of the situation in
Palestine and the significance of the recent Palestinian elections. He will also
speak about the development and delivery of health services and the role of
international collaboration and solidarity in advancing this sector.

As a medical doctor trained in the former Soviet Union, with postgraduate
training in Jerusalem, and a MSc in business administration and management from
Stanford University, Dr. Barghouthi was a key actor in the introduction of
modern concepts and models of health care in Palestine. In 1979 Dr. Barghouthi
and a number of like-minded doctors and health professionals established the
Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) of which he is president.
Today UPMRC is one of the largest Palestinian non-governmental organizations and
the leading NGO providing health and community services to more than 1 million
people yearly (one-third of the total population) throughout 435 Palestinian
communities.

(Please see the attached bio for more information on Dr. Bargouthi's
background.)

Co-Sponsors: The Middle East Center, Northwest International Health Action
Coalition (NIHAC), Global Health Resource Center, the United Nations
Association, and the Friends of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Society

Sponsorship does not imply that the sponsoring organizations endorse the content
of the event.

For more information, please contact Amineh Ayyad at amina@... or
call 543-6714.


Directions: The conference room is best found by locating the Rotunda Cafe in
the I-wing of the Health Sciences Building
(http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?hsi ) Once you locate
the Cafe, head behind the espresso stand to the set of elevators, take the
elevator to the 6th floor, exit and turn left. H-670 is across the hallway from
the windowed corner at the end of the hall.