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Youth: Choices and Change

WHAT: Press Conference on Youth: Choices and Change: A unique opportunity to hear what international experts working in the field of adolescence are saying about the power of early intervention to create positive lifelong behavior change.

WHEN: Thursday, March 17, 2005, 9:30 am - 11:00 am.

WHERE: The National Press Club (Murrow Room), 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20045

WHO:

  • Dr. Edith Gortberg, Director of the International Resilience Project
  • William Smith, Director Public Policy of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
  • Dr. Viviana Mangiaterra, Youth Advisor, The World Bank
  • Dr. Matilde Maddaleno, Regional Adolescent Health Advisor, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, PAHO/WHO
  • Dr. Cecilia Breinbauer, Child and Adolescent Health Unit, PAHO/WHO

For more information please contact , PAHO, Public Information, 202-974-3459. To RSVP, please contact , at (202) 974-3086.