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Portland Observer
Thursday. February 5. 1976
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Twenty African nations launch massive health program
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Next month twenty rentral and weat
African nations will begin a multimillion
dollar coordinated attack on nome of the
world’s worat malnutrition, communi
cable disease, and maternal and child
health problem*.
The joint project, titled S tre n g th e n in g
Health Delivery System* |S H IIS |, will
affect 140 million African People in
village* icattered throughout a landmaa*
larger than the continental United
State*.
Modelled on the U .8.A .’*
Neighborhood Health Centers concept,
SHDS i* the first international health
care project of it* size and scope, and
represent* a major change in health care
policy at both international and national
level*.
Coordinated by health care expert*
from Boston University, SHDS will
involve the World Health Organization a*
the umbrella agency’. United States Aid
for In te rn a tio n a l D e ve lo p m en t, the
American Public Health Association, the
World Bank, the United Nations De
velopment Program. U N IC E F , France’s
Fond* d'Aide et de Cooperation (FAC)
and health teams from England. Canada
and Sweden all cooperating to assist the
health ministries of tw enty African
nations: Benin (formerly Dahomey),
Cameroon, Central African Republic,
('had, Congo, Equatorial Guinea. Gabon,
Gambia. Ghana. Guinea. Ivory Coast,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger. Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Upper
Volta.
Their unified goal is to avoid dupllca
tion of efforts and overlapping activities,
by coordinating program* to concentrate
health care at the village level, treating
eighty percent of their populations who
rarely. If ever, have an opportunity for
modern health care. (Current patient
physician ratios range from 15.000/1 to
«5.000/1.)
The health minister* had recognized,
as the U N IC E F W HO Joint Committee
on Health Policy stated in Geneva.
Switzerland, last February, that. “The
strategy so far adopted by many
developing countries (is modelled) on
those of developed countrie*...relatively
sophisticated health services staffed with
well qualified personnel...predominantly
urban oriented, mostly curative in na
ture, and accessible mainly to a small and
privileged part of the population."
Recalls Dr. David M. French, director
of community health affairs for Boston
University Medical Center, and the
recently appointed SHDS project direc
tor. “I t ’s not a question of applying a little
more technical know how, but in some
nation* of a drastic, even revolutionary
change in approach, in other nations at
least a radical reform of health care. So
that the estimated 88 percent of the rural
populations and other underprivileged
group* such as slum dwellers, nomads
and people in remote region* can have
access to health service*.
A t about the same time as the
U N IC E F -W H O statement, the World
Bank changed it* basic outlook for
funding, planning (a* stated in its first
policy paper on health) “to*, minimize any
adverse side effect* on health resulting
from its lending operations in other
sectors (such as projects for irrigation,
drainage, land settlements, etc.);...(and)
...make a number of key interventions for
improving the health of low income
groups.“
W ith this as background, the twenty
nations requested W H O to find interna
tional funding and planning expertise to
assist them in changing to this new
direction.
In effect, what the United
States has been struggling to do -- put
together a national health planning
system the twenty African nations plan
to have in operation by 1978. a system
aimed at putting limited (international)
data:
I. Oregon needs greater economic
opportunities to enhance life satisfaction
in the state. Life satisfaction (quality) is
strongly affected by income level.
"Efforts to retard growth in Oregon
are being made at the expens«* of the less
affluent by reducing employment oppor
tunities. The young, particularly those
living on the coast and in eastern Oregon,
are being forced to bear a major share of
this burden. Minority groups may be
sharing this burden, too. All of these
groups are being denied a higher quality
of life than they may expect by living in
other states.
Heavy reliance on forestry and agri
culture has meant for many Oregonians
“not only low incomes but also the
insecurity which comes with seasonal
employment and high sensitivity to
national business rycle fluctuations."
2. State government needs better
information on social conditions.
“Much political rhetoric up to now has
stipulated that preservation of the state's
environment and a reduction in popula
tion growth are the most important
aspects of the quality of life." the three
scientists write.
"Our data, base on asking a sample of
Oregonians themselves, do not support
ihls contention. Rather, we conclude that
W-ttntthnV' growth is * necessary pre
determinant and that efforts to improve
the quality of life in the state should
Citizen ot the Week
Raruti Lateef Artharee (formerly Billy L. Hutchins) the son of M r. and
Mrs. Artharee Hutchins. Sr., is a native of Compton, California. He
graduated from Linfield College in 1974 as an honor student with a dual
major in Business Administration and History. He also completed a minor
in Education and currently holds an Oregon Teacher's Certificate in
secondary education.
W hile at Linfield College. Baruti was active in student affairs, serving as
Director of Cultural Affairs (1973 1974), Tutor Counselor for the Linfield
Upward Bound Program, M inority Recruitment Office, and Vice President
of the Black Student Union. His education was provided in part by
scholarship from the Los Angeles Program for Education and the Regional
Council of Christian M inority.
Baruti has been actively involved in community affairs in Portland,
working with the Black Educational Center and serving as Chairman of the
Black Justice Committee. He has w ritten many newspaper article* and has
had published numerous original poems.
Presently, Baruti has three brothers living in Portland: Joseph, Douglas
and Cecil. His hobbies and interests include poetry w riting when inspired,
practice of Transcendental Meditation and study of the ancient arts. H i*
plans for the future includes marriage to the lovely Ms. Bernadette Scott.
Baruti is a former employee of the State of Oregon and presently
employed by Boise Cascade as a Sales Representative.
Use all you need
but save all you can . ..
The People ot Poc'ific Power.
University Involvement --The
Missing Key
W hat has been missing in the United
States as well as around the world, in
term * of health planning, is total
involvement on the part of the large
urban universities.
States Boston University's associate
academic vice president for health affairs.
Frederick L. Stone, “Effective joint
health care delivery planning means far
more than simply sending in doctors,
nurses, and medicine.
“To plan, set up. kickoff and coordinate
twenty national health care strategies
demands specialists in nutrition, com
munity health, and maternal and child
health care, as well as public health
administrators, and health, fiscal and
economic manageis. We will also have to
call on our academic departments of
emphasize this point."
3. S ig n ific a n t regional d ifferen ces
exist in quality of life perceptions for the
various regions of the state.
In such
areas as public safety (freedom from
crime), air quality and gasoline avail
ability, eastern and coastal Oregon were
rated higher by residents than the
W illamette Valley.
The Valley rated higher in satisfaction
with state government. This stemmed
from greater representation and avail
ability of services.
4. The elderly may be best able to help
themselves in many areas of life. Aside
from health, most difficulties "associated
with age are really products of the
economic condition of many of the aged."
Governmental efforts to cope with the
low income aged are likely to be more
successful, the researchers believe, than
in housing developments that require the
elderly to remove themselves from
lifelong friends and kin.
5. Sex role differences are likely to
persist in work situations. A short term
reduction in life satisfaction for females
may come "by the raising of aspirations
without a commensurate increase in
achievement. In the long run, if women
were to prepare for vocations the way-
men do, their level of life work
satisfaction might well come to be much
like those of men." ”
LCDC seeks
citizen
members
L.B Day. Chairman of the l^n d
Conservation and Development Commis
sion (LCDC). announced that the Com
mission is seeking volunteers and/or
nominations of persons to serve on the
State Citizen Involvement Advisory
Commitee (C IA O ,
The C IA C is the statutory committee
that assisted LCDC in developing a
Citizen Involvement Goal prescribing
citizen participation in comprehensive
land use planning processes. “The C IAC
is a hard working Committee with the
task of reviewing all of the Citizen
Involvement Programs of the State’s 277
political jurisdictions," Day indicated.
"A fter the bulk of the initial reviews, the
committee will concentrate on sharing
information and educational programs
concerning Citizen Involvement with the
jurisdiction throughout the State."
Persons interested in serving on CIAC,
or who wish to nominate persons to
serve, should submit their names,
accompanied by a brief biographical
statement to Harold F. Brauner. Direc
tor. Departm ent of Land Conservation
and Development, 1175 Court N E, Salem,
Oregon 97310.
Names should be
submitted not later than March 1st.
LCDC will select from the names it
receives to fill the vacancies created by
the resignations of Gerald Brewster,
Portland; Robert Harris, Eugene; Hal
Lutz, Newport; M ary Pederson, Port
land; Nina Pence, Klamath Falls; and
Helen Glenn (deceased), Roseburg. "We
want this committee to be widely
representative of the geographic and
ethnic diversity found in Oregon." stated
Day.
Anyone wishing more information
concerning C IA C may contact Vern
Atw oid, 378 4095 (Salem) or by writing
him at 1175 Court N E . Salem, Oregon
97310. ,
Sehator Warden G. Magnuson (D-
Wash.) labelled proposals by the U.S.
Department of Transportation to slash
A M T R A K funds a “meat axe approach to
the rail passenger transportation needs
of the Pacific Northwest."
Magnuson, who is chairman of the
Senate Commerce Committee which has
legislative jurisdiction over A M T R A K ,
said, “These proposals currently under
consideration by the Ford Administration
would spell the end to most A M T R A K
service in and out of Seattle."
Specifically, he said that would mean
the elimination of the following trains
serving Washington State:
• The Setattle to Chicago North Coast
Hiawatha route via Wenatchee.
• The Seattle to Vancouver, B.C ,
Pacific International route with one train
Night class begins
Second semester registration for class
es offered by the Portland Evening High
School is currently being held in the
library of Benson High School. 546 N .E.
12th Avenue.
Registration is held
Monday through Thursday from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. Second semester classes will
begin at 7:00 p.m. Monday, February
2nd.
The Evening High School program
serves the needs of students under
twenty-one years of age who need to
complete course work leading to a high
school diploma, and no longer attending
day high schools.
• Develop and/or improve health
planning, and health management abili
ties and capabilities;
• Develop and/or improve health
manpower training: and.
• Develop and/or expand disease
surveillance and health information sy
stems.
la Africa
"In Africa, as in Asia and Southeast
Asia," notes John R. Harris, director of
Boston University’s African Studies
Center, “our consultants will stress the
concept of health para professionals,
similar to China's ‘barefoot doctors’."
Coordinating the African end of SHDS
will be Dr. David French, with head
quarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Abid
jan will house a core staff of six to handle
overall direction of the multi nation
assistance. Most of the planning and
specific program development will take
place at the various health ministries.
Most of the allied-health manpower
training will occur at existing W HO
centers in Togo and Nigeria (as an
example of university involvement, fa
culty from Boston University's School of
Nursing, and its Sargent College of Allied
Health Professions will provide technical
assistance at these centers).
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operating daily each way.
• The Seattle to Portland route with
three trains operating daily each way.
He said the only remaining trains
operating in the State of Washington
which would be unaffected by the
Administration's proposals would be the
Seattle to Ix>s Angeles Coast Starlight
and Seattle to Chicago Empire Builder
routes.
“This kind of indifference to our
Northwest passengers cannot be allowed
to go unchallenged,” said Magnuson. "I
plan to Lake this whole matter up at
hearings on A M T R A K before the Senate
Commerce Committee which I will
sch«*iule in the near future.
If the
President wishes to cut A M T R A K
service to Washington State, he will have
to ride over me to do it.”
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economics, sociology, anthropology, in
ternational law, geography, and political
science.
And, we will still need
epidemiologists, datasystem * specialist*,
and demographer*.
(im m u n ity lavelvem enl A Necessity
Which is why when A ID approached
the American Public Health Association
to handle the American side of the SHDS
project, it subcontracted the actual work
to Boston University. There was also one
other compelling reason.
D r. John K a re fa -S m a rt, princip le
health consultant at Boston University's
African Studies Center, and medical
director of the Roxbury Comprehensive
Community Health Center, said Boston
University was selected because “we
have extensive experience in setting up
and operating neighborhood health cen
te r* that deeply involve the community in
it* own health affairs, of which Roxbury
is a prime American example.
By combining this knowledge with
expertise in adjunct activities, consul
tants from Boston University, the
American Public Health Association's
International Health Division, and other
academic institutions and health agen
cies, will work toward three goals, in a
two-phased approach:
Magnuson hits Amtrak passenger cut
OSU study advises state industrialization
If Oregon "is indeed serious in its
expressed wish to provide the highest
quality of life for its citizens, it has no
alternative but to expand the state's
industrial base." a new Oregon State
University publication say*.
In interviews with 1,946 scientifically
selected Oregonians. Oregon State Uni
versity researchers found that jobs and
income security are perceived as the vital
part of the quality of life.
The publication is entitled "The Quality
of Life as Oregonians See It."
The
interviewing was conducted in early
1974
The three year study was conducted
through the Oregon State University
Survey Research Center and was funded
by Rockefeller Foundation. Authors of
the findings report are Robert G. Mason.
G. Daid Faulkenberry and Alexander
Seidler.
Interviews covered ten domains, or
areas of life, ranging from health and
public safety to transportation, family
planning, neighborhood, gasoline avail
ability and energy, state government, air
quality, and income security satisfaction.
Income and income security proved to
be the dominant concern of the Ore
gonians interviewed and was a factor in
all categories of questioning. ”
TTie publirtrtldn p rM eh te irt* major
conclusions' drawn from Ihe interview
funding whert the greatest health care
needs exist.
U.S. Aid for International Develop
ment (A ID ) agreed to fund, in principle, a
tw o phase seven year regional multi
donor project (jointly with W HO. the
U N D P and France’s FA C ) to achieve
health care delivery objective* set by the
recipient countries themselves.
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