PAHO launches the Fulbright-PAHO Internship in Public Health

PAHO launches the Fulbright-PAHO Internship in Public Health, an initiative which will bring five Fulbright students in Public Health from Latin America and the Caribbean to PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C. for a summer internship in 2006.

On 8 February 2006, PAHO hosted a reception in Washington, D.C. to welcome the Fulbright students and the partnering agencies--the Institute of International Education (IIE), administrators of the Fulbright program, and the U.S. Department of State (US DOS), the funding agency. During the reception, Deputy Director Dr. Joxel Garcia signed a Memo of Agreement to formalize this program with the Institute of International Education. The first year’s cohort of Fulbright students comes from Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti, and Nicaragua and will work in the technical areas of HIV/AIDS, Non-Communicable Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, and Sustainable Development and Environmental Health. This activity is part of a larger initiative managed by PAHO’s Human Resources for Health Unit to build a strong internship program at PAHO through collaborations with training institutions and other external organizations.

(From left to right): Tatiana Mackliff (IIE), Dr. Cindy Wolloch, (U.S. DOS), Dr. Charles Patrick Almazor (Fulbright student-Haiti), Mary Kirk (IIE), Claudia Pereira (Fulbright student-Brazil), Dr. Joxel Garcia (PAHO), Dr. Erika Arteaga (Fulbright student-Ecuador), Dr. Rachel Cassagnol (Fulbright student-Haiti), Dr. Abraham Salinas (Fulbright student-Nicaragua), Farida Kerouani (PAHO), Monti Castaneda (IIE), Karen Gladbach (PAHO), and Dr. Charles Godue (PAHO).