Partners In Health's Director of Policy and Advocacy in Vancouver, March 22, 23

[Sonja Babovic]

To all ye public-health minded folks:

Check out this chance to meet a representative from one of the world's most inspiring aid organizations, Partners In Health (details below).

Cheers,

Sonja

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Subject: [haitisolidarity_bc] Partners In Health's Director of Policy and Advocacy in Vancouver, March 22, 23

 
 
 
   

 
Join us in welcoming to Vancouver:
Donna Barry, Director of Advocacy and Policy of
the renowned global health agency, Partners in Health
March 22, 23, 2011

 
At the University of British Columbia, Wednesday March 23, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
 

Public Health and Social Justice:

Partners in Health reports on post-earthquake Haiti

 

Hennings Bldg., UBC, 6224 Agricultural Rd., Room 200

 

Sponsored by the Terry Project, in collaboration with Help Hear Haiti (UBC coalition) and Haiti Solidarity BC

 

For more information: helphe...@gmail.com / haitisol...@resist.ca / 778-858-5179

 
 
 
 
Downtown Vancouver , Tuesday, March 22, 7:30 pm

 

Health Care in Post-Earthquake Haiti :

An evening with Donna Barry of Partners In Health

 

Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St. (Waterfront Skytrain)

 

Organized by: Haiti Solidarity BC

For more information: haitisol...@resist.ca    604 338 2558

 
 
Donna Barry RN is a nurse practitioner and holds a Masters in Public Health. She is the Director of Advocacy and Policy at the Boston headquarters of Partners In Health.

 

Partners In Health <http://www.pih.org/pages/partners-in-health-history/> was founded by Dr. Paul Farmer in 1987. Its partner organization in Haiti , Zanmi Lasante <http://www.pih.org/pages/haiti/> , is one of the leading health care providers in the country. The two are strong voices for sovereignty and social justice for the Haitian people. They work closely with the Ministry of Health of the Government of Haiti in promoting a model of free and publicly accessible health services.