Global Health Issues: A Focus on the Role of Nurses.

The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health states that an additional 2.6 to 3.5 million healthcare workers would contribute significantly to the lowest-income countries reaching the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The requirements to achieve this universal health coverage in a wider range of countries would be higher.

The progress report on the  global action taken demonstrates some advances, as well as challenges requiring increased attention, in the priority countries most affected by health workforce challenges.The second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH) reviewed progress and renewed the commitment to strengthening the health of the global populations. The global supply and distribution of the nursing workforce is essential towards acquiring this goal.

UDC hosts Chinese students from High-School attached to Harbin Institute of Technology .

On the initiative of the Office of International Programs and Exchange, 34 students from a China High-School attached to Harbin Institute of Technology are being hosted on the campus the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).

On their arrival on February 7^th 2011, the students were met by the Director and staffs of the Office of International Programs and Exchange (OIPE) in collaboration with the Office of Admission and Student Affairs. The students were also greeted by Associate Professor Dr Jian Hua from the School of Business and Public Administration.

A program of activities planned for the students include a Welcome address by the Director of International Programs and Exchange; presentation by Office of Admission and Student Affairs. The tour of the UDC campus conducted by the Office of Student Affairs; followed by lunch at the UDC Fresh start Firebird Inn.

Accompanying the students were facilitators from the China Economic and Cultural Development Alliance in collaboration with US-China ECDA.  The University of the District of Columbia was their first stop in their visit to Washington DC and they would spend three days engaged in activities set up by OIPE. The activities included are a tour of OAS Headquarters and Museum of the Americas, a discussion focusing on Diplomatic etiquette, a tour of Embassy Row and a visit to Bangladesh Embassy and Embassy of Pakistan.

Read more at:

http://www.udc.edu/udc_communications/press/2011-02-07_UDC_hosts_Chinese_student_%20from_High_School_attached_to_Harbin_Institute_of_Technology.htm

Welcome address by the Director of International Programs and Exchange:

                                         Presentation by Office of Admission and Student Affairs:

Lunch at the UDC Fresh start Firebird :

The students with UDC Provost Graeme Baxter, J.D.

In the Office of International Programs and Exchange with Ambassador Antoine.

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U.S. student, Lauren Bohn opts to stay back in Egypt as the protests ripple across the nation.

Lauren E. Bohn from Philadelphia is a 2010-2011 Fulbright fellow in Egypt. She will be studying Arabic and Middle East Studies at the American University in Cairo, with a focus on gender and migration studies. She has a passion for international studies, cultural anthropology and multimedia storytelling.

Lauren Bohn opts to stay back in Egypt even as the tension rises within the country.
You can follow her on twitter for updates at http://twitter.com/#!/laurenbohn .

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