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Did you know that 90 percent of the casualties in contemporary armed
conflicts are civilians, rather than combatants?
Have you ever wondered who are helps and assists the scores of children
maimed by mines, and gives them hope, and, possibly, a future?

Here's your chance to know more about those issues and ask questions to
somebody who witnesses these tragedies firsthand:

On November 19th-21st 2002, Dr. Gino Strada, founder of the humanitarian
assistance group Emergency, will be in Pittsburgh, invited by University
of Pittsburgh's  Graduate school of Public Health and the World Affair
Council.

He will be present in two public events, open and free to the public,
both held on November 21st, 2002:

LECTURE:
Critical Issues in Public Health/Refugee and Civilian Health in War?
Dr. Gino Strada and others
Sponsor: Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH)
When: 3:00-5:00 pm
Where: Scaife Hall at Pitt Medical School ? 4th floor Lecture Room# 3
Who: Prof. Meryl Karol  412-624-3085 mhk@pitt.edu


SPECIAL TOWN  MEETING:
Documentary film, Afghanistan: Collateral Damages
(recently aired on PBS as 'Afghanistan: Year 1380')
A panel headed by Dean of GSPH, Bernard Goldstein and Dr. Strada will
respond to audience questions.
When: 6:00- 8:30 PM
Where: Frick Fine Arts Building-Lecture Hall
Sponsors: World Affairs Council and GSPH

Come and learn the remarkable work Emergency has been doing since 1994
in conflict areas of the world to assist war victims, for which the
founder and his organization have been recently nominated for the Nobel
award for Peace.
Their activities are often reported by the media worldwide  (in USA by
magazines likeTime, and Scientific American, and  networks such as PBS
and NBC). Visit the Emergency website (www.emergency.it) to find more
information.

We hope all of you interested in global and international  issues (who
isn't nowadays?) will be able to participate and spread the news out to
friends or organizations they may know of.

If you need the official flyers of the two events, I can mail you an
electronic copy.  If you would like to receive more information on the
events in Pittsburgh, please contact one of the local organizers:
Dr.Alberto Colombi (annapittsburgh@aol.com).

Thanks for your interest,

Massimo Bigliardo