Dr. Mary Norton, five time Fulbright recipient, has been named Chair of the 63rd UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations (UN DPI/NGO) Conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia from August 30 - Sept 1. The conference, which will focus on global health, is titled: Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs.
“Health is the tie that binds all of the Millennium Development Goals together. If we fail to meet our target on health, we will never overcome poverty, illiteracy, achieve universal education and meet the other MDG challenges,” stated UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and WHO Director General, Margaret Chen.
It is with this in mind that the DPI/NGO Conference has chosen to focus on global health. More specifically, we will examine critical issues such as:
* bridging the health gaps that still exist and encouraging equity of treatment and access
* addressing failed maternal and child health strategies
* promoting civic activism around health and wellness
* and strengthening an integrated approach to achieving health for all.
Dr. Mary E. Norton is associate dean and professor of global academic initiatives at Felician College in Lodi, New Jersey. She received an MA, Ed.M. and doctor of education from Columbia University, New York and completed a year post doctoral study in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York.
For more information about the conference, visit http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/.
