Global Health - A JAMA Media Briefing in Washington, DC

A JAMA Theme Issue Media BriefingThe National Press Club14th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

10 a.m. " 12:15 p.m.Tuesday, June 1, 2004

10 " 10:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening RemarksModerator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Chicago

10:15 " 10:45 a.m.Effect of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Childhood Diarrhea in High Risk Communities in PakistanStephen P. Luby, M.D., National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

10:45 " 11:15 a.m.Impact of the Mexican Program for Education, Health, and Nutrition on Growth and Hemoglobin of Infants and Young ChildrenJuan A. Rivera, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D., Director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico

11:15 " 11:45 a.m.Prevalence, Severity and Unmet Need for Treatment of Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health SurveysRonald Kessler, Ph.D., Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston 11:45 a.m. " 12:15 p.m.The Global Burden of Chronic Diseases: Dispelling Myths and Identifying Levers for ChangeDerek Yach, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H., World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland