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Region:Africa

News
Dialogue Interview with Mary Olive Smith
June 2008 - Mary Olive Smith discusses the burden of obstetric fistula and her documentary film, A Walk to Beautiful.

World Bank Announces New African HIV/AIDS ‘Agenda for Action’
May 2008 – New World Bank HIV/AIDS agenda shifts approach from emergency response financing to strategic, long-term programming.

Improving Health Care in Africa
NOVEMBER 2006--Discussion Deepens the Understanding of Challenges Facing Health Service Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa

Events
Key Findings from the Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
Wednesday, September 17 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Anne Cross, Deputy Director of Survey Operations, Macro International; Hannah Guedenet, Communications Associate, Macro International
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A Walk to Beautiful Film Screening and Reception
Thursday, May 15 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Mary Olive Smith, Director, Producer, and Cinematographer
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Public Health Democracy: U.S. and Global Health Disparities in Breast Cancer
Wednesday, April 02 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Doris Browne, Program Director of the Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Peter Greenwald, Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell, Director of the Howard University Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine
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Reducing Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries
Wednesday, March 12 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wendy Graham, Immpact Principal Investigator, and Professor of Obstetric Epidemiology, University of Aberdeen; Dr. Julia Hussein, Ipact Scientific Director, and Immpact Senior Research Fellow; Cynthia Stanton, Immpact Researcher, and Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Sophie Witter, Immpact/Ipact Health Economist
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Leprosy and Human Rights
Thursday, March 06 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of Nippon Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and Japanese Ambassador for the Human Rights of People Affected by Leprosy
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