VPT Online: Public Square: Improving Children's Health

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Improving Children's Health
Locally and Around the World

Wed., Dec. 21, at 8 pm

The program presents taped highlights of the November 2005 symposium hosted by VPT and the Global Health Council in partnership with the Vermont Global Health Collaborative to address local and global children's health issues.

Susan Dentzer, health correspondent from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer moderates the panel discussion. Bridget Barry Caswell hosts. The panelists include:

Dr. Nils Daulaire, President & CEO, Global Health Council
Dr. Lewis First, Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Chief of Pediatrics, Vermont Children's Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Thato Ratsebe, Citizen of Botswana, Journalism Student, St. Michael's College
Emmanuel Lusenge Siriwayo, Founding Member, Association of Africans Living in Vermont
Dr. Donald Swartz, Director of Health Improvement, Vermont Department of Health
Dr. Nilgun Tapucu, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and Fletcher Allen pediatrician

Be sure to tune in and find out more about this important issue.

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