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Feb15 2/15/2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM “Health Frontlines: Insights from Benghazi”
University of Washington, Health Sciences Building, Room T-625 (map)

“Libyan Women: War and Beyond” lecture

Dr. Bugaighis will speak at Health Frontlines: Insights from Benghazi on Friday, February 15, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the University of Washington, Health Sciences Building, Room T-625. She and leaders from Benghazi Medical Center will report from the field on their experiences during the Libyan Revolution. This talk is open to the public. 

The lecture is sponsored by Seattle Children’s, Global WACh, Global Injury and Violence Prevention Initiative, Washington Global Health Alliance, UW Department of Global Health, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the UW and the UW Center for Global Studies.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Fathi Salem Jehani who will talk on “The Benghazi Medical Center: Response to Revolution and Beyond.”
  • Dr. Laila Taher Bugaighis who will talk on “Libyan Women: War and Beyond.”

With guests:

  • Dr. Thomas Burke
  • Dr. Nairma Ismael Gaubaa
  • Dr. Naseralla Guma El Saadi

For media: 

Drs. Stevens, Bugaighis and Burke will be available for media interviews on Friday, Feb. 15, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. If you’d like to attend, please contact us at (206) 987-4500 or at press@seattlechildrens.org.
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