Events
Enough! Emerging U.S. and African Leadership on Food Security
July 29, 2009 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
The co-authors of "Enough! Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty" discuss food security and agricultural development in Africa.
Book Discussion: The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
June 25, 2009 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Author Michelle Goldberg discusses her new book.
Report Launch: Improving Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance Relationships for Increased Health Funding
June 24, 2009 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Mavis MacCarthy, Executive Director, MCM Associates;Eva Mends, Head, Budget Development Unit, Ministry of Finance, Ghana;Mary Nannono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Uganda
Briefing on Internal Displacement and Relief Efforts in Northwest Pakistan
June 18, 2009 // 11:00am — 12:15pm
Todd Shea, executive director, CDRS Pakistan
Rebuilding Reproductive Health Systems in Post-Conflict Settings
May 20, 2009 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Countries affected by conflict often have high maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Experts discussed the need for evidence-based research for recovery and rebuilding of reproductive health systems in post-conflict settings.
Combating Sex Trafficking by Eliminating the Demand
May 12, 2009 // 1:00pm — 2:30pm
On May 12, in the inaugural event for a new collaboration between the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Hunt Alternatives Fund on the demand dynamics of sex trafficking, Ambassador Swanee Hunt moderated a panel discussion, "Combating Sex Trafficking by Eliminating the Demand".
Seeing Through the Smog: Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change
May 12, 2009 // 9:00am — 11:00am
China's three decades as the world's fastest growing economy have brought it an unfortunate primacy in two other categories: world's highest annual incidence of premature deaths triggered by air pollution and greatest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Influenza Outbreak in the Americas: International Cooperation in Response to the Spread of H1N1 Flu
May 05, 2009 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Jarbas Barbosa, Area Manager, Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention, Pan American Health Organization; Katherine Bliss, Deputy Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Gib Clarke, Coordinator, Wilson Center Global Health Initiative
"EPIDEMIC: Tuberculosis in the South African Gold Mining Community"
March 20, 2009 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Global Health Spending: Why Maternal Health Is Not a Political Priority
March 04, 2009 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration, The Campbell Public Affairs Institute Maxwell School, Syracuse University; Ann M. Starrs, President, Family Care International