Here is a unique opportunity to hear first-hand about the current
situation in Iraq by one of the Iraqi authors of the recent Lancent
'body-count' study. Not to be missed!

Mary Anne


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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:02:28 -0700
From: Amy Hagopian <hagopian@...>
To: IHP program list serve <ihp@...>
Subject: [Ihp] Iraqi casualty count researcher to speak on "Death In Iraq"


Iraqi casualty count researcher to speak:
"Death in Iraq"

An Iraqi medical school professor will talk about the death count in
Iraq after the 2003 invasion: causes, types of victims, categories of
violence, and other health indicators.

Dr. Riyadh Lafta will be in North America to collaborate with
University of Washington colleagues on a research project to document
elevated levels of pediatric cancers in Basra, Iraq. The project was
conceived as part of a sister university relationship between Basra
Univ and the UW. The research project is supported by a grant from
the Puget Sound Partners, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiative.

Dr. Riyadh Lafta, who teaches medicine at Baghdad’s Al-Mustansiriya
University College of Medicine, co-authored the October 2006 Lancet
article that estimated more than 650,000 Iraqis have died as a result
of the the American-led invasion in 2003.

Lafta will speak at a public gathering in Vancouver, BC, at Simon
Fraser University's Wosk Hall (580 W Hastings in downtown Vancouver
BC) on Friday, April 20, at 7 pm.

His talk will be video cast to the UW's Kane Hall at the same time
with the opportunity for interactive audience participation.

Dr. Lafta will be a guest of Simon Fraser University, largely because
the U.S. State Department would not issue him a visa to come to the
United States.

The public is welcome at either location.

For more information:
Amy Hagopian, PhD, UW School of Public Health
hagopian@...
206-616-4989, 685-3676 or Ian Maki 206-543-6020

Tim Takaro, MD, MPH, Simon Fraser Faculty of Health Sciences
ttakaro@...
604-268-7186