Guatemalan ambassador joins Jhpiego for Baltimore Embassy Day forum
20 May 2004
Baltimore, Md. – "We see the Embassy Day forum as a
wonderful opportunity to highlight Maryland’s leadership in global health while demonstrating
the value of our relationships in Guatemala and throughout the developing world," said Leslie
Mancuso, CEO of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global health concern
operating in 50 countries.
On May 25, over 40 embassies will send diplomats from Washington, D.C., to
Baltimore’s Hyatt Regency Hotel to participate in the 16th Annual Embassy Day trade show and
luncheon. Dr. Mancuso, a registered nurse and recognized public health leader, will be
one of the featured luncheon speakers with Ambassador H.E. Guillermo Castillo of the
Embassy of Guatemala.
"We bring health care solutions to women and children where they need it,"
said Jhpiego CEO Leslie Mancuso, PhD, RN. “To accomplish our mission, we rely on health
partners worldwide,” she said. These partners include the companies producing the drugs
and vaccines that make a difference; health professionals from nurses, to midwives, to
doctors and administrators who can train their counterparts in remote clinics; and diplomats
and health leaders in countries from Afghanistan to Zambia.
"Jhpiego is one of the many healthcare organizations that create, in
Baltimore, a center of health excellence for the world," Mancuso said. "We, at Jhpiego,
are increasingly making the introductions between health ministers in Asia and Latin
America, and healthcare services and companies from throughout Maryland."
In Guatemala, for example, Mancuso recently saw the benefits of partnerships
between Guatemalan leaders in health, regional universities and hospitals, the American
Chamber of Commerce and medical and nursing associations in expanding health care to save
the lives of women and children using evidence-based health practices. As a result of
collaboration of these organizations through Jhpiego’s Maternal and Neonatal Health Program,
more than 93 communities are developing life-saving plans in Guatemala to promote the
survival of mothers and their newborns.
About Jhpiego
For 35 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health
workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that
strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the
household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to
national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through
advocacy, policy and guidelines development, and quality and performance
improvement approaches.
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