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Emergency's 2004 US talks @ Pittsburgh Jan 21st, 2004 - GSPH - 6:00 PM, NY, Chicago, LA
by Massimo Bigliardo Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 at 6:58 AM
mb7r@andrew.cmu.edu

Medical support of civilian war victims is an important issue, but, sadly, it often forgotten or "avoided" by the media. The humanitarian group Emergency has been at the forefront of supporting victims of war casulties since 1995. Emergency's founder, Dr. Gino Strada, will be visiting a few US cities and give invited talks about his organization's activities in war-ridden countries.

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I would like to bring to everybody's attention that Emergency's founder and Peace Nobel nominee, Dr. Gino Strada, will be in Pittsburgh on January 21st, as a invited lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and will also meet with city leaders and local non-profit organizations.

Here are the details of the lecture at GSPH:

EMERGENCY'S 2003 HUMANITARIAN SURGICAL AND MEDICAL ACTIVITIES.

AN UPDATE AND CALL FOR INVOLVEMENT

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Lecture: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Reception: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

G23 Parran Hall

Key Speakers:

Gino Strada, MD

Chief Surgeon, Emergency

and

Kate Rowlands

Medical Coordinator, Emergency

Emergency is a world renown humanitarian organization that provides medical support to civilian war victims and operates hospitals and maternity centers in Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. They are opening a Maternity Center in Panshir, Afghanistan.

As reported by Time magazine, Dr. Strada is "the person who runs the only fully equipped hospital in the part of Afghanistan controlled by the Northern Alliance" (From Time magazine - Click Here for full text).

Dr. Strada schedule in Pittsburgh includes interviews with city newpapers, like the Pittsburgh Gazette and CMU's The Tartan. The event should also be covered by a couple of TV stations (to be confirmed).

The Pittsburgh visit is part of a series of talks Dr. Strada will give in US.

DemocracyNow! Radio and TV on Friday Jan 16th aired from New York a live inteview with Dr. Strada. The transcript of the interview is available here.

His itinerary for the next few days is the following:

He will speak in Chicago on Jan. 19th on WBEZ Radio (Chicago Public Radio )in the morning, at Loyola University of Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine at 11:00am; and at the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ on 615 W. Wellington Avenue at 7 pm. After the Pittsburgh lecture on Jan. 21st, he'll fly to Los Angeles where he'll have more speaking engagements from Jan. 23rd to 25th.

If you are interested in learning more about Emergency's activities, please contact is Dr. Alberto Colombi, Emergency's representative in Pittsburgh. He is very familiar with Emergency's efforts worldwide, and will also be able to provide detailed information and media material.

Here's Dr. Colombi's email address:

Alberto M. Colombi MD MPH

email: colombi@ppg.com

Taking care of civilian war victims is an important issue, but, sadly, it often forgotten or "avoided" by the media. All too often the so-called "liberation wars" leave a trail of pain and suffering behind, but the press or TV rarely spend more than a few words on it.

www.emergency.it

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URL Correction
by Massimo Bigliardo Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 at 11:56 AM
mb7r@andrew.cmu.edu

The URL for the interview on Democracynow! is http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/16/1526200

My Apologies

Massimo

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