For those of you have not heard about this promises to be very interesting.. Check it out if you have the time. Take care, Celia > ====================================================================== > > LIVE WEBCAST OF WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL CANDIDATE PUBLIC > > DISCUSSION FORUM > > > ====================================================================== > > > > This Sunday, candidates for the top post in world health > > - the Director General of the World Health Organization > > (WHO) - will participate in a two hour world-wide > > question and answer session open to the public and linked > > across the world via video and teleconferencing and > > through a webcast on kaisernetwork.org. > > > > Questions will be submitted from several international > > sites by health ministers, non-governmental > > organizations, and other leaders in the healthcare > > sector, asking candidates to address publicly the most > > critical issues in global health today. > > > > The eight candidates for the position, in alphabetical > > order, include: (1) Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Health Minister > > of Senegal; (2) Julio Frenk, Health Minister of Mexico > > and a public health expert; (3) Karam Karam, a former > > Health Minister of Lebanon; (4) Jong Wook Lee, a doctor > > from South Korea, head of WHO's programme to stop > > tuberculosis; (5) Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, Prime Minister > > of Mozambique and formerly his country's Minister of > > Health; (6) Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS, a Belgian > > epidemiologist and microbiologist; (7) Ismail Sallam, a > > professor of cardiac surgery who was until recently > > Egypt's Minster of Health and Population; and (8) Joseph > > Williams, a medical doctor and parliamentarian and > > formerly was Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. > > > > The live webcast will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19, at > > 9:00 a.m. ET. An archived webcast will be available on > > Monday, and a transcript of the forum will be posted > > later in the week. > > > > WHERE: > > http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/who/19jan03 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > --- > You are currently subscribed to intlhealth as: [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [log in to unmask] >