(L-to-R): Charles Giraud, Islene Lazo, Karina Dubois-Nguyen, Valérie Amiraux, Dr Denis Mukwege, Marie Hatem, Philippe Tremblay, Julia Tétrault-Provencher.
. (L-to-R): Charles Giraud, Islene Lazo, Karina Dubois-Nguyen, Valérie Amiraux, Dr Denis Mukwege, Marie Hatem, Philippe Tremblay, Julia Tétrault-Provencher. Partnering UdeM and the Panzi Foundation, the women, teens and children's health-and-rights project kicks off in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege. CONTENU - The TUMAINI Health and Rights of Women, Adolescents and Children project was officially launched in early September in Bukavu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The ceremony took place at the Panzi Foundation in the presence of its founder, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege , and a delegation of Canadian partners in the project. They included Université de Montréal's Valérie Amiraux, vice-rector for community and international partnerships, and Karina Dubois-Nguyen, director of UdeM's International Health Unit and of the TUMAINI project itself. Also on hand was Marie Hatem, TUMAINI's scientific director and director of Hygeia Observatory , a Montreal-based women's health advocacy group.
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