MEDIA ADVISORY


WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
 OFFICIALS TO MEET 

	Officials of the World Health Organization have selected the
University of Virginia as one of several American universities who may
serve as collaborators in a project to support health development in
African countries.

	The officials will visit U.Va. on Wednesday, Feb. 26 and
Thursday, Feb. 27 to communicate their needs to faculty and
administrators in medicine, nursing, business, law, education,
international studies and other relevant fields.  The University will
then develop appropriate strategies to help meet those countriesÕ
specific needs.

	Similar delegations have previously met with officials at
Emory University in Atlanta and the University of California-Los
Angeles.

	The visiting delegation will be led by Dr. Yuji Kawaguchi,
director of the Division of Interagency Affairs at WHO headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland, and Dr. Ata Amini, a consultant to the Division
of Interagency Affairs. It will include academic and governmental
representatives from Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya.

	After state and University officials formally welcome the
delegation on the morning of Feb. 26, Kawaguchi will give an
introductory address.  U.Va. officials will offer an overview of the
UniversityÕs resources in the afternoon session.

	On Feb. 27, representatives of the countries will outline
their priorities in a series of presentations.

	All sessions are open to the media and will be held at the
Jordan Hall Conference Center.  A schedule follows.
	
	If you plan to attend, please contact University News
Services, (804) 924 7116 or the Health Sciences Center Media Relations
Office, (804) 924-5679. Television news crews are asked to call the
UniversityÕs Television News Office at (804) 924-7550. 

	Individual interviews with Dr. Kawaguchi, Dr. Amini or members
of the African delegations can be arranged by calling the Health
Sciences Center Media Relations office at (804) 924-5679.

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February 20, 1997