Editor's Note: This is an organization that I am active in and which provides a very valuable set of programs for our area each year. I invite your membership and participation. Chuck Bingaman.
Dr. Nils Daulaire, president and CEO of the Global Health Council, will be the guest speaker at the Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont's annual meeting and dinner at the International Center, World Learning Inc. campus, off Kipling Road in Brattleboro, Friday, June 16, at 7:45 p.m.
“We are honored to have a physician of Dr. Dalaire’s stature to be our annual meeting speaker. I know that it will be a stimulating, enlightening evening for all of us,” noted Windham World Affairs Council president Milton Eaton Sunday.
As Global Health CEO, Dr. Daulaire testifies before Congress and advises bilateral and multilateral agencies on world health problems. He appears widely in national and international media on global health issues as well as guiding the Council’s technical, policy and legislative agenda, advocacy and public education efforts on global health issues.
The Global Health Council's mission is to identify the priority world health problems and to report on them to the U.S. public, legislators, international and domestic government agencies, academic institutions and the global health community. The Council also works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed. The council has offices in Washington D.C. and White River Junction, Vermont where Dr. Daulaire lives.
Prior to assuming this position, Dr. Daulaire was the senior health advisor at United States Agency of International Development (USAID). Earlier, he worked for 15 years in primary health programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and carried out field research on child survival. Dr. Daulaire is board certified in preventive medicine and public health. He received his BA at Harvard College, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and his MPH from Johns Hopkins University.
While Dr. Daulaire’s talk is free and open to the public, participation in the annual dinner and speaker reception is $25 apiece and reservations must be made with Tony Drapelick of the School for International Training at 802-258-3361.
A brief Council business meeting and memorial remarks for recently deceased Council honorary board member John Kenneth Galbraith will be held from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Dinner will be from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m., and the program will begin at 7:45 p.m. The Council will also have a desk where members and non-members may sign up for the 2006-2007 membership year between 5:15 and 6:30 p.m.