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HSC hosted representatives from around the world with the U.S. State Department’s Advancing Global Health Equity program

Thursday, August 1, 2024

HSC'S State Department Visitors

HSC's State Department visitors from Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Indonesia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka

Crossing borders to advance international health equity

As part of the U.S. State Department’s , community health representatives from around the world recently visited The during an educational welcome program bringing them to the local Metroplex.

Representatives from HSC’s and shared presentations with visitors from Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Indonesia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. Within their countries, these diplomats serve in health care, community health, ministry of health and family welfare, infectious diseases, higher education and other positions.

Also attending were SPH community partners Mary Ann Contreras, violence and injury prevention manager, JPS Health Network; Christina Judge, executive director, Mental Health Connection of Tarrant County, Patricia Rodriguez, chief medical officer, North ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ Area Community Health Centers; and Tiffany Mayfield, North ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ Area Community Health Centers’ director of operations.

The multi-regional Advancing Global Health Equity project is part of the , arranged by the , the nonprofit Meridian International Diplomacy Center and the .

One of the program’s goals was to increase friendship and understanding between citizen diplomats, said Mahalet Kefyalew, international services manager at the DFW World Affairs Council. State Department objectives were to explore programs and interventions that embed health equity into their design, implementation and evaluation; discuss local, national and international efforts and collaborations, including public-private partnerships, to promote health equity; and identify best practices and innovations to meet emerging health care priorities while addressing health disparities and concerns such as privacy, access and equity.

HSC'S State Department VisitorsIn addition to learning about HSC’s mission and vision, the visiting diplomats were presented with the School of Public Health’s strategic plan, , representing a commitment to achieve health equity in every local community, in alignment with the , the and HSC’s initiative. The initiatives of HSC’s Institute for Health Disparities were also discussed.

Presenting on behalf of the SPH were , dean; , public health researcher and assistant professor; and , assistant professor of population and community health.

, research enterprise solutions director, spoke on behalf of the HSC Institute for Health Disparities.

The mission of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth is to inspire deeper understanding by exploring national and international affairs, systems and cultures that shape the human experience.
   


    
From - Community by Sally Crocker