CSIS Conference: "Chronic Disease along the U.S.-Mexico Border"

“The Challenge of Chronic Diseases along the U.S.-Mexico Border”  

 Conference at CSIS

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2010 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Americas Program, the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) will host a conference on chronic disease along the U.S.-Mexico border.  The conference will feature top representatives from the U.S. and Mexican governments and top NGO officials.

WHEN/WHERE: Wednesday, March 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CSIS B1 Conference Center (1800 K Street, NW)

Please find the full conference agenda below:

8:00-8:30         Registration and Breakfast

8:30-8:35         Welcome, Peter DeShazo, CSIS

8:35-8:45         Introduction of  Dr. Agustín Lara Esqueda, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico, by Ed Kadunc, Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF)

8:45-9:15         Keynote Address – Dr. Antonio Lara Esqueda

9:15-10:30       Roundtable One: The Emerging Challenge of Chronic Diseases in the  Border Region

Speakers:

María Teresa Cerqueira, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

David McQueen, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Beatriz Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de Juárez, Mexico (invited)

Agustín Lara Esqueda, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico

10:30-10:45     Break

10:45-12:00     Roundtable Two: Innovative Solutions in Addressing the Challenge of Chronic Diseases along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Speakers:

Jennifer Cabe, Canyon Ranch Institute

Josephine Garza, National Latino Children’s Institute

Dan Reyna, U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

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H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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