CDC Delegation meets with SEOF
SEOF received a delegation from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation and the CDC Center for Global Health, on July 17, 2019.
The objective of the meeting was to explore areas of shared interest and joint cooperation.
The delegation included Judy Monroe, MD, President/CEO of the CDC Foundation; Monica Thornton, Senior Advancement Officer, CDC Foundation; Omotayo Bolu, Immunization lead at CDC, and Joel Stanoveich, Strategy & Planning Lead at Center for Global Health. They met with the Founder, Sir Emeka Offor, the Vice President, Barr. Adaora Offor Esq., Senator Ken Nnamani, former Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Amb. Howard Jeter, former Ambassador of the United States of America, and other senior members and staff of the Foundation.
They got a brief overview of SEOF and its activities, including its new and emerging areas of concern. They also outlined their objectives and thrusts, as they probed for and expanded of areas of intersection of effort.
The programmes behind this
Health Services
Rural medical consultations, hospital equipment, polio eradication with Rotary International, and glaucoma research.
International Programmes
Book shipments to the Gambia and Tanzania, Rotary's first Peace Center in Africa, and river blindness work with The Carter Center.