First Meeting of the Washington Group

 

Participants

 

Barbara Altman                                      U.S. / NCHS

Modesto F.C. Banda                                Zambia

Alicia Bercovich                                      Brazil

Carlotta Besozzi                                     European Disability Forum

Jacques Bonte                                        Belgium

Emmanuelle Cambois                               France

Gary Catlin                                             Canada

Montserrat Lopez Cobo                             Spain

Roberta Crialesi                                       Italy

Gunilla Davidsson                                    Sweden

Elena De Palma                                       Italy

Marijke de Kleijn-de Vrankrijker                  Netherlands

Marleen de Smedt (Planning group)             Luxembourg

Bothaina El-Deeb                                     Egypt

Eva Gardos                                             Hungary

Marjorie Greenberg                                  U.S. / NCHS

Nora Groce                                             U.S. / Invited speaker

Gugu Gule                                              South Africa

Mr. B.Z. Gumede                                     African Rehabilitation Institute

Herman Habermann                                 United Nations

Joanne Hillermann (Planning group)           Australia

Ba Ibrahima                                           Cote D’Ivoire

Abdulrahaman M. Kaimu                           Tanzania

Herbert Kandeh                                       Sierra Leone

David Keer                                              U.S. / NIDRR

Aldegunda Komba                                    Tanzania

Renee Langlois                                        Canada / Invited speaker

Don Lollar                                              U.S. / CDC

Jennifer Madans (Planning group)              U.S. / NCHS

Richard Madden (Planning group)               Australia

Regies Mamina                                       Zimbabwe

Grazyna Marciniak                                   Poland

Margaret Mbogoni                                   United Nations

Angela Me                                             United Nations

Christian Monteil                                    France

Anu Muuri                                              Finland

Sam Notzon                                           U.S. / NCHS

Helen Nviiri                                            Uganda

Fredrick Okwayo                                      Kenya

Ari Paltiel                                               Israel

Norma L. Perez                                        Puerto Rico

Nguyen Phong                                         Vietnam

Enrique Garrido Ramirez                            Council for Disabled People, Mexico

Beth Rasch                                              U.S. / NCHS

Niels Kr. Rasmussen                                 Denmark

Genara Rivera-Araujo                                Peru

Nilda Rodriguez                                        Puerto Rico

Yoichi Sakamoto                                       Japan

Tokutaro Sato                                           Japan

Marguerite Schneider                                 World Health Organization

Florence Nayiga Sekabira (Planning Group)    Uganda

Diane Shinberg                                          U.S. / NCHS

Yiu-cho Siu                                               Hong Kong, China

Steven Tingus                                           U.S. / NIDRR

Lillian Torres-Aguirre                                  Puerto Rico

Herman Van Oyen                                      Belgium

Romulo A. Virola                                        Philippines

Moses L.J. Williams                                    Sierra Leone

Local Arrangements
Barbara Altman, NCHS
Carla Battle, Courtesy Associates
Linda Blankenbaker, NCHS
Krystal Davis, NCHS
Patricia Drummond, NCHS
Marjorie Greenberg, NCHS
Barbara Hetzler, NCHS
Jennifer Madans, NCHS
Sam Notzon, NCHS
Paul Placek, NCHS
Beth Rasch, NCHS
Diane Shinberg, NCHS

Rapporteur
Debra J. Farmer
Enhanced Quality of Life, LLC
farmerdj@concord.edu