I * » Portland Observer Thursday. February 5. 1976 Page 3 Twenty African nations launch massive health program I 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). The moat reasonable shop in town. Work done satisfactorily. 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. 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