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UNA-USA Southern California Division
Global Health
Initiative Conference
“THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE—NOT JUST IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2008
THE KAISER-PERMANENTE CONFERENCE CENTER,
1515 Vermont Ave. Los
Angeles, CA 90027 - Google Map
Registration Fee $50.00 Make payment to SCD-UNA-USA to address listed
below.
8:00-8:45 Registration
and Continental Breakfast
9:00-4:00 Conference
TOPICS TO INCLUDE:
The Plight of the Children of
the World orphaned by HIV/AIDS, Dr. Ruth Hayward, UNICEFs
former Deputy Regional Director for South Asia. She will also
address poverty, hunger, and violence perpetrated against children
in developing countries.
HIV/AIDS—A
Historical Perspective. Michael Gottlieb, MD,
Published the first cases of AIDS in the US in 1981. Trustee of the Global
AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) which conducts HIV/AIDS relief in Malawi.
Jan
Singh, MD, The TB Control Project of the Los Angeles Public Health
Department. ”TB: Current Statistics Globally,
Nationally & Locally”
Marcy
Zwelling-Aamott, MD; Former president LA County Medical Association;
Former President California Medical Association and Current Delegate
to the AMA. “National Health Insurance”. (lunch-time
speaker—lunch provided).
Stephen
Waterman, MD, MPH. Divisions of Global Migration & Quartantine,
CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; currently located at the California Office
of Binational Border Health in San Diego. “An
Update on the Status of Malaria Globally and Its Presence in the
Americas” (plus
other mosquito (vector) borne diseases that might affect the United
States, e.g. dengue fever).
Wendy
Rashidi, MD, Founder & Director of Women’s View Medical
Group. In her 24 years as a practicing family physician, she emphasizes
a preventive approach to optimize health through nutrition & a healthy
life-style. She will address nutritional
issues of women & children,
specifically what can be done nutritionally to improve maternal health & reduce
child mortality globally.
Dr.
David Diaz-Sanchez. Chief, Clinical Research Branch, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Associate Professor of Medicine at the
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. His focus has been on how air
pollution can both induce & exacerbate allergies & asthma.
Southern California Division UNA-USA Global
Health Initiative
Margaret L Soderberg, MD, Committee Chair
1778 E. Washington Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91104
Phone: (626) 797-0175 - Google Map
For further
information, email Dr. Soderberg at
mlsoderberg@aol.com
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