TODAY: Chinese Minister of Health to Speak

Mr. Gao Qiang, Minister of Health for the Republic of China, will speak today from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Benjamin Waterhouse Room in Gordon Hall, HMS.

Mr. Gao Qiang became China's Minister of Health in April 2005. He was named Executive Vice Minister of Health during the SARS crisis in April 2003, when he played a key leadership role in bringing the outbreak under control. An economist by training, Mr. Gao Qiang served as Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council before he began his tenure at the Chinese Ministry of Health. He is currently working on the creation and implementation of new policies for health sector development and reform in China.

Improving the Health of the 1.3 Billion Chinese People: Major Challenges and Strategies

TODAY, Friday, October 28

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Benjamin Waterhouse Room

Gordon Hall, Harvard Medical School

25 Shattuck St., Boston

Near Countway Library of Medicine and HMS Quadrangle

Next Dean's Distinguished Lecture

Speaker: Julio Frenk
Minister of Health, Mexico

Tuesday, November 15
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Snyder Auditorium

GPTW
COMMUNITY FORUM

Pumping Iron:
What We Can Learn
from Human Genetics

Speaker: Marianne Wessling-Resnick, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry

Thursday, November 17
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Kresge G-2

Lunch will be provided.
RSVP to deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu.
This event is open to the HSPH community only.

Flu Shots for High-Risk People

Harvard University Health Services has been given a limited amount of flu vaccine at this time to vaccinate high-risk individuals only. Vaccine will be offered to others at a later date when available. The CDC has set guidelines for determining who is at high risk, including:

• People ages 65 and over

• People ages two to 64 with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma

• Pregnant women

• Health care workers who provide direct patient care

To see if you fall into the high-risk category and to set up an appointment, call the Flu Info Hot line at 617-496-2288.

High-risk clinics are being held at University Health Services in Holyoke Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. As soon as Health Services receives more vaccine, they will hold flu clinics at the Huntington Ave. Buildings at HSPH and at Landmark Center.

Community Partnership Day

Representatives of numerous human service and social service agencies and organizations from Mission Hill and greater Boston met HSPH faculty, students, and staff at the Annual Community Partnership Day on October 5. The event was organized by the Division of Public Health Practice.