Forum looks at how U.S. universities help solve global health issues

Published: 2007-10-01

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Two American universities, working with international partners, are making advances in disease prevention and treatment that affect the lives of thousands of people in developing countries. Representatives from the University of Notre Dame and Purdue University described their efforts to representatives of nongovernmental organizations at "Global Health in Focus," a Sept. 25 panel discussion held at the Church of the Holy Family in New York. The forum was a side event to the opening of the 62nd session of the U.N. General Assembly. It was organized by the Holy See's U.N. mission and co-sponsored by the Path to Peace Foundation, Notre Dame and Purdue. Both universities are in Indiana. In welcoming participants, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, said the idea for the event came to him when he was a speaker at Purdue University. "I was fascinated to discover the important strides being made in research and technology at Purdue, as well as the incredible work being done in some of the farthest parts of the world by the University of Notre Dame," he said.

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