This event is scheduled for Saturday, June 1st, 2013 at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C. (Image: EGI)
Tadias Magazine
Events News
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Washington, D.C (TADIAS) – Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Kesetebirhan Admasu will deliver the keynote address at a gathering in Washington, D.C this weekend hosted by The Ethiopian Global Initiative (EGI).
“The 2013 EGI Ethiopia Public Health Forum (#EPHF2013) provides a unique opportunity to discuss the most pressing health challenges in Ethiopia,” the event announcement said. “The Forum features a diverse group of participants and guests from the United States and Ethiopia organized under the theme ‘Beyond the Stigma of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.’”
Others speakers include Dr. Dawit Assefa, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Amanuel Mental Hospital in Addis Ababa, and Dr. Yonas E. Geda, an Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The program also lists Mr. Alemayehu Haile, a mental health specialist from the District of Columbia, as a panelists, and Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, CEO of Danya International, as the moderator.
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If You Go:
Saturday, June 1, 2013
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Kenney Auditorium
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
Learn more at www.ethgi.org.
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