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Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 22:39:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: CHAN Kevin J. <[log in to unmask]>
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To the members of CUCHID:


Within the past two years, there has been a growing movement within the
student community interested in international health and development to
such a stage that 19 universities representing around 500 students are
currently involved in the organization known as Reseau Etudiants
Universitaire pour la Sociale et Sante Internationale (REUSSI) / Student
University Network for Social and International Health (SUNSIH).  It is
my believe that CUCHID and our organization REUSSI/SUNSIH are natural
partners trying to achieve similar goals.  However, we have been rather
ineffectual in our means of communication and collaboration on similar
projects.

At the CUCHID thinktank meeting in Guelph, last October, three working
groups were created, but to my knowledge, little or no student input has
gone forth.  Furthermore, we need to strength our communicative
capacity.  An initiative put forth by two University of Toronto students,
Jeremy Theal and Mark Nutley to create an International Health Registry
Informatic System linking universities working in international health
and development together, and providing easier access to resources
requires funding and aid, that an organization with your mandate,
willpower, and support could provide.

I strongly believe that we, the students, can enhance your current work
and strengthen the position of CUCHID, while CUCHID could provide an
invaluable service as a stabilizing force for our organization that will
mutually benefit us in the long run.  It is insufficient for us to sit
around, when there are many more things that we could do together, and
push forward in new directions.

I urge you to open a dialogue with us as soon as possible.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Kevin Chan
University of Ottawa
CHAN Kevin J. <[log in to unmask]>