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Thursday, August 28, 2008
- 7:00 PM
Recruitment Information Session
Put Your Ideals Into Practice
New York, NY
This event has reached registration capacity. Please check this page for future scheduled information session dates in New York, or register for the live recruitment webcast scheduled for October 6.
All prospective medical and nonmedical aid workers: join us for a presentation, film, and question and answer session to learn more about how you can become part of Doctors Without Borders' field work. A Human Resources Officer will be on hand to discuss requirements and the recruitment process.
Location
Doctors Without Borders
Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
- 6:30 PM
Recruitment Information Session
Put Your Ideals Into Practice
Boulder, CO
All prospective medical and nonmedical aid workers: join us for a presentation, film, and question and answer session to learn more about how you can become part of Doctors Without Borders' field work. A Human Resources Officer will be on hand to discuss requirements and the recruitment process.
Location
REI - Boulder
1789 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
- 7:00 PM
Starved for Attention
The Neglected Crisis of Malnutrition
New York, NY
 Join Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Columbia University’s Institute for Human Nutrition (IHN) for a panel discussion about addressing the global crisis of malnutrition. The panelists will include Biraj Patnaik, Principle Advisor, Office of the Commissioners to India’s Supreme Court; Dr. Milton Tectonidis, MSF nutrition advisor; and Dan Maxwell, Tufts University. Malnutrition is a chronic emergency that has been all but invisible: it accounts for 11 percent of the global disease burden and contributes to 3.5 to 5 million deaths in children under five each year. Although the foundations of good early nutrition are well known and simple, affordable, and effective interventions exist -- the needs of millions of children are still ignored.
What is the relationship between food insecurity and childhood malnutrition? Why are even the best programs addressing food insecurity insufficient in responding to childhood malnutrition? In malnutrition hotspots, is food aid an emergency response or a long-term investment in the health and futures of children? At a time of rising food prices, what will be the impact on the most vulnerable children? And finally, what role can the international community play in realizing the right to good nutrition for women and children? How can we mobilize political support to address this devastating crisis?
This event is free, wheelchair accessible, and open to the public. For more information please visit doctorswithoutborders.org
Location
Columbia University
Low Memorial Library
535 W 116th Street, New York
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Monday, October 6, 2008
- 8:30 PM
Put Your Ideals Into Practice
Live Recruitment Webcast
7:30 PM Central time
6:30 PM Mountain time
5:30 PM Pacific time
4:30 PM Alaska time
All prospective medical and nonmedical aid workers: join us for a live teleconference and webcast to learn more about how you can become part of Doctors Without Borders' field work. Human Resources Officers Laura Cobey and Kathy Dedieu will discuss requirements, and participants will be able to ask questions about the recruitment process and life in the field.
Registration is required for participation in this webcast.
Location
Via teleconference and webcast.
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