{"id":21502,"date":"2013-05-10T15:20:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=21502"},"modified":"2015-03-05T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T21:18:58","slug":"health-officials-from-the-middle-east-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/10\/health-officials-from-the-middle-east-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials from the Middle East to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4233\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/04\/22\/wright-state-campus-to-host-emerging-world-leaders\/ncivlogo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4233\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/04\/NCIVLogo-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"NCIV Logo\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wright State, recognized for its commitment to international relations, is a member of the acclaimed National Council for International Visitors.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Physicians, nurses and health ministry officials from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will visit Wright State and the Dayton area to examine efforts to prevent disease and promote community wellness.<\/p>\n<p>The five-member delegation will be in the area May 11 to 15 as part of the State Department\u2019s International Visitor Leadership Program through the Wright State\u2019s Dayton Council of International Visitors. Dayton is one of four U.S. cities chosen for the visit.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation will exchange ideas with government agencies health organizations. The group will also visit a health center as well as schools and community groups active in promoting community wellness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWright State is excited to be part of this important public wellness program,\u201d said Michelle Streeter-Ferrari, director of Wright State\u2019s University Center for International Education and program administrator for the Dayton Council on World Affairs. \u201cThe delegation\u2019s goal is to examine efforts that protect citizens from preventable, serious health threats by promoting wellness, disease prevention and preventive health care services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The delegation\u2019s agenda includes a meeting with the Wright State University Tobacco Task Force and the Center for Healthy Communities, a community-academic partnership that includes Wright State\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine .<\/p>\n<p>The group will also meet with other health officials, Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County, Cassano Health Center and the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physicians, nurses and health ministry officials from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will visit Wright State and the Dayton area&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/10\/health-officials-from-the-middle-east-to-visit\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,4161,725,2046,2016,715,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-healthy-communities","category-home-news-sidebar","category-international-students","category-medicine","category-news","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35685,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21502\/revisions\/35685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}