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Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge Preview
Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge
For a full week this fall the Rx for Survival project will focus Americans' attention on the triumphs and challenges of global health through a compelling PBS series and a wealth of companion elements from media partners TIME magazine, NPR and The Penguin Press.
PBS, WGBH/NOVA Science Unit
Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions
and their funding partners
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
and
The Merck Company Foundation
invite you to a special Capitol Hill Reception and Preview Screening of
Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge
a compelling six-hour series narrated by Brad Pitt
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
6-8pm
Screening 7-7:20pm
345 Cannon Caucus Room
Cannon House Office Building
Independence Avenue at New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
Rx for Survival Congressional Screening
Honorary Co-Chairs
United States Senate
Honorable Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Honorable Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
United States House of Representatives
Honorable Jim Leach (R-IA)
Honorable Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Education Partner
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
National Mobilization Partners
Global Health Council
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
International Fulfillment Partners
CARE
Save the Children
Outreach Partners
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Public Health Association
The CORE Group
Girl Scouts of the USA
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
National Public Health Information Coalition
Pan American Health Organization
Rotary International
United Nations Association-USA
U.S. Coalition for Child Survival
Visit the Rx for Survival Web site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/
Find out about the Rx for Child Survival Campaign
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/campaign/
Learn more about the series
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/about.html
Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge is a Co-Production of the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc.
Major funding for Rx for Survival - A Global Health Challenge is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Merck Company Foundation.
category: Global Health Council News : Other Events
contributed by Andrea Welch on 1 October 2005
North America : United States
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