I was very pleased to accept the invitation of Medical Students of the University of Amsterdam to speak on the 6th of April about the 6th goal of the Millennium Development Goals during one of their regular weekly meetings.
Below a report from Saskia Bogers one of the students.
On Wednesday the 6th of April, the sixth lecture of the MDG-8 Focus series took place at the cultural centre of the University of Amsterdam. During this evening the sixth millennium development was discussed.
After a short introduction about the nights’ subject, the first speaker, Dr. Robles started his lecture. Dr. Robles is the co-founder and president of the Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) and a member of the third chamber, which is very engaged with the millennium development goals (MDG’s). He held a very enthusiastic and informative speech about the MKI and the experiences he’s had during his work for this organization. One of the projects the MKI has set up is YOELL®, in which AIDS-infected women in South-Africa make exclusive jewelry which is sold in the Netherlands. While doing this, the women earn money with which they can take care of their families. Another project of the MKI is the “mother and child first”-training programme. This is a training programme in which midwifes and other health personnel is being educated and trained in order to prevent HIV infections being passed on from mother to child. The lecture Dr. Robles gave was inspiring and was ended with a short message from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who supports the work of the MKI.
The second speaker of the evening was Dr. Joep Lange, who is working as a professor in internal medicine, especially viral infections, and who is head of the department Poverty-related Communicable diseases at the Academic Medical Centre of Amsterdam. He is very active in the world of AIDS-related medicine. Dr. Lange held a lecture about the discovery and the spread of HIV/AIDS and explained the process of how a therapy for AIDS was created, and why this had happened so fast. He also told the audience why these medicines aren’t really available in developing countries, where they are most needed. Finally, he spoke about the development goal as a whole and if it was going to be reached in 2015. The evening ended with a short discussion and questions of the audience were being answered by both Dr. Robles and Prof. Lange. It was a very informative and interesting night!
Below a report from Saskia Bogers one of the students.
On Wednesday the 6th of April, the sixth lecture of the MDG-8 Focus series took place at the cultural centre of the University of Amsterdam. During this evening the sixth millennium development was discussed.
After a short introduction about the nights’ subject, the first speaker, Dr. Robles started his lecture. Dr. Robles is the co-founder and president of the Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) and a member of the third chamber, which is very engaged with the millennium development goals (MDG’s). He held a very enthusiastic and informative speech about the MKI and the experiences he’s had during his work for this organization. One of the projects the MKI has set up is YOELL®, in which AIDS-infected women in South-Africa make exclusive jewelry which is sold in the Netherlands. While doing this, the women earn money with which they can take care of their families. Another project of the MKI is the “mother and child first”-training programme. This is a training programme in which midwifes and other health personnel is being educated and trained in order to prevent HIV infections being passed on from mother to child. The lecture Dr. Robles gave was inspiring and was ended with a short message from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who supports the work of the MKI.
The second speaker of the evening was Dr. Joep Lange, who is working as a professor in internal medicine, especially viral infections, and who is head of the department Poverty-related Communicable diseases at the Academic Medical Centre of Amsterdam. He is very active in the world of AIDS-related medicine. Dr. Lange held a lecture about the discovery and the spread of HIV/AIDS and explained the process of how a therapy for AIDS was created, and why this had happened so fast. He also told the audience why these medicines aren’t really available in developing countries, where they are most needed. Finally, he spoke about the development goal as a whole and if it was going to be reached in 2015. The evening ended with a short discussion and questions of the audience were being answered by both Dr. Robles and Prof. Lange. It was a very informative and interesting night!
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