Mr. Kenneth LuePhang, Contracting Officer for USAID at the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam presents a ticket to an International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Dr. Hawa Juma Ngasongwa, a Medical Officer at the Department of Internal Medicine and member of the Tanzanian People's Defense Force who will participate in the Public Health and Infectious Disease Education and Prevention Program in the United States of America.
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Dr. Hawa Juma Ngasongwa, a
Medical Officer at the Department of Internal Medicine and member of
the Tanzanian People's Defense Force, will participate in the Public
Health and Infectious Disease Education and Prevention Program in the
United States of America from September 12 -30, 2011.
Dr. Hawa, will join 21other
program participants from Benin, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Djibouti, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal,
South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
The program introduces participants
to the role of federal, state and municipal government agencies and
non-governmental organizations in developing both national and grassroots
public health programs. Participants will also explore public
health preparedness and response as well as health education and public
awareness strategies in health, safety and illness prevention, especially
related to HIV/AIDS and malaria.
As part of the program, participants
will visit Washington D.C., and the states of Florida, North Carolina,
Georgia; Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California.
The International Visitors
Leadership Program is sponsored by the American people through the U.S.
Department of State. It is intended to facilitate personal and professional
contacts between the people of the United States and Tanzania, and is
part of overall U.S. Government direct and multilateral assistance to
Tanzania of over 850 billion Tanzanian shillings this fiscal year. For
additional information, please see: http://exchanges.state.gov/
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