The International Center for Disability and Rehabilitation (Philippine Working Group)University of Toronto and the Philippine-Educated Physical Therapy Graduates Association in Ontario present "Having Our Cake and Eating It Too: Providing Good Pain Management and Function After Surgery" (The first of a 5-part lecture series)

Keynote Speaker:

DR. COLIN McCARTNEY
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto

Staff Anesthetist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Toronto, Ontario

Director of Research and Education
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center

JULY 12, 2007
7:00 PM
18 Hillcrest Avenue, Toronto
M2N 6T5
(416) 838-4429

This lecture series is a fund-raising event for the benefit of the
International Center for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR), the
Philippine-Educated Physical Therapy Graduates Association in Ontario
(PEPTAO), and the KAAKBAY Rehabilitation Center (Philippines)

More on KAAKBAY can be found here  http://www.physioihd.com/content/view/61/41

Malawi is a small landlocked country in South-Central Africa, bordered by Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. The country is roughly the size of Nova Scotia, but with a population estimated at about 12.8 million. Of particular beauty in this often drought plagued country is Lake Malawi, which stretches for about 500km along the eastern border of the country. Malawi’s terrain is diverse--from rolling grasslands of the Great Rift Valley to high plateaus of Zomba and Mt. Mulanje, where the hiking is scenic and views go for miles. The capital city is Lilongwe. However, Blantyre is the city with the largest commercial centre.

Hunter-gatherers were the earliest to inhabit the area, but were replaced largely by the Bantu tribes during their migration. In the 16^th century the Chewa people founded the area that is now called Malawi. David Livingstone was the first significant Westerner to arrive on the shores of Lake Malawi in 1859, bringing the development of Scottish Presbyterian churches and the establishment of missions.

Malawi, then known as Nayasaland, gained independence from Britain in 1964. Two years later it became a republic with ‘President-for-Life’ Hastings Kumuzu Banda ruling until 1994. With the onset of multiparty democracy, and Malawi’s first full election, Banda’s MCP party was defeated and Bakili Muluzi of the UDF became the first democratically elected president.

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A. Introduction to the country and region

Bhutan is a Himalayan Kingdom sandwiched between India and Tibet. It has never been colonized and until recently the country was inaccessible to all but the most venturesome travelers. Druk Air, the national airline, is the only airline allowed into the only airport at Paro. The first roads were built in the 1960s and this allowed Bhutanese to be able to travel more easily within their country. Bhutan is divided into three separate regions by high mountain ranges and these areas have developed separately in dress, customs and language. The religion of Bhutan is Buddhism and this pervades every aspect of their lives. There are no churches, mosques or temples but monasteries are the predominant buildings in every town and adorn mountain ridges overlooking the valleys. The whole country is very mountainous and farms are small and terraced. There is no major industry in the country but building and construction are booming. Hydro-electric power is exported to India, the major trading partner. Most people own their own homes and enough land to farm.