CANCELLED: Addressing Public Health System Challenges in Haiti

Date:	March 08, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST
Location:	Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 501 Schermerhorn Hall
Contact:	For further information regarding this event, please contact Earth Institute Events by sending email to events@ei.columbia.edu .

The Earth Institute's Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development's (CGSD) Haiti Research and Policy Program Dialogue Series presents "Addressing Public Health System and Challenges in Haiti," with

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Director, Health, Millennium Villages Project, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD) The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Tatiana Wah, Director, Haiti Programs, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development (CGSD), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Dr. Florence Guillaume, Minister, Public Health and Population, Republic of Haiti

The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Haiti has undertaken ambitious programs to address the public health challenges facing Haiti's estimated 10 million people. With the ongoing pressures of cholera, high maternal and infant mortality rates, environmental health challenges and high population growth rates, the Ministry of Health serves as a critical provider of basic health care to rural and urban populations.

This Haiti Research and Policy Program Dialogue Series will cover topics such as the current health monitoring platforms, government allocation of limited financial resources, and the potential of trained community health workers in addressing the rural health challenges.

For more information on the Haiti Research and Policy Program Dialogue Series visit www.ccgsd.columbia.edu/haiti

RSVP Recommended.