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Promoting Good Health-Part 3

The mission of the Joint Bank/Fund Health Services Department (HSD) is to serve the staff and management of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund by promoting good health and contributing to a healthy work environment. Full respect of medical ethics, including confidentiality, is the key value shared by HSD staff to achieve the department's goals. Spouses/partners are welcome to attend the following HSD programs.

A Womans's JourneyA Woman's Journey
Johns Hopkins Women's Health Conference

Time: 9:00am-4:15pm
Date: TBA
Venue: Baltimore Hilton Hotel
Further Information:www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney

Mark your calendars to attend this annual Johns Hopkins women’s health conference at the Hilton Baltimore. Several hundred WBG/IMF staff and friends have attended over the years, and this is always an event well worth devoting a Saturday to attend. NOTE: HSD will not be involved in sponsoring the event this year, but we encourage you to attend and register directly. Check conference schedule and register at: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney. Contact healthpromotion@worldbank.org if you have additional questions.


Pink RibbonBreast Cancer Support Group
You are welcome to join

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Coordinator: Lorraine Nagy
Dates: Every second Tuesday of the month
To Join: send an email to LNagy@worldbank,org or call 202-458-4505

The Breast Cancer Support Group of the Bank and Fund welcomes staff and spouses who are diagnosed with breast cancer to a monthly meeting to offer mutual support, information on breast cancer treatment, and outreach to newly-diagnosed women. We try to be a 'clearing house,' pointing to sources of support in the community and giving each other the chance to talk through our story, so that others may learn from our collective experiences. In between our monthly meetings, we keep in touch through phone calls and emails. We are learning the gentle art of being "breast cancer buddies," sending the message of hope and affirming that we are in this together, however individual our experiences and our choices in treatment.

we all share the international perspective that being a part of these institutions brings with it in terms of sensitivities, such as travel, the work pressures that put relentless demands on us at a time when we need to let up and concentrate on our health, the need to understand a different system of health care when we are most vulnerable and wanting the 'familiar,' separation from family and friends back home, and the age old problem of thinking that we are the "only ones" with this set of problems! In this role of providing support to staff and spouses dealing with the reality of living with breast cancer, our group plays a unique role in direct outreach by and for survivors. We have, however, joined forces with all of those who advocate for breast cancer issues and who represent the interests of breast cancer survivors in the workplace and in the community at large.

All that is said and written in connection with these meetings is held private and strictly confidential.


health 10K Run and Fun Walk
The Lawyers have heart


Time: 7:30am
Date: TBA
Venue: Washington Harbor at Georgetown, 3000 K Street, NW
Registration: www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1922590&action=c
Questions: send an email to ratlan@worldbank.org

The World Bank Group has participated in the race since 2004. We are currently seeking team members from across the World Bank Group to join the 2011 Team. You don’t have to be a lawyer and you don’t have to be a runner. Bring your family and friends! Any questions about joining the WBG Team, contact Laura Lalime-Mowry at 202-458-1530 or David Rivero 202-458-1509.


health We've Got your Back!
Learn how to address back pain


Time: 12:00-1:30pm (boxed lunch provided)
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Venue: TBA
Registration: healthpromotion@worldbank.org; Non-refundable fee of $25 p/p upon registration is required.

Learn how to address the most common health problem affecting staff today--back pain. We'll cover the basic modules related to back health: "nuts and bolts" about the back and when to seek medical help, ergonomics and feeling better about your posture, exercise and lifting techniques to help strengthen and move freely. Join us at this revised fun, interactive, fast-paced class where everyone will walk away feeling better about managing their back pain.


healthHealthy for Life
Anti-aging Workshop

An experiential workshop for maintaining optimal health and preventing diseases through natural methods

Time: 12:00-12:45pm
Date: TBA
Venue: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Robert Rifkin, White Flint Medical & Natural Healing Center
Registration: Not Required
Questions: send an email to healthpromotion@worldbank.org

Employee illness, fatigue, stress, anxiety and depression results in increased absences from work and poor performance causing increased company costs and decreased production. It is now predicted that one in three persons will get cancer. Presently over 950,000 people die of heart disease yearly, and one in five persons has diabetes.

 


Health BeatHealth Beat
HSD Monthly Newsletter

HealthBeat provides information on nutrition and health, new medical breakthroughs and findings, events and programs, and research information. For additional information about HealthBeat, please send an e-mail to Cherilynn Bennett.