1. Ron Hyman Colorado State Registrar

2.  Emerging democracies  Arab Spring  Limited resources  Limited staffing  Limited coverage  Travel challenges – budget, visas

3.  Civil Registration/Vital Statistics (CRVS)  Ministry of Health  Ministry of Interior  Issuing ID cards  Quality of cause of death  Coverage varies from 30% to over 90%  Religious/cultural

4.  Language barrier – working with translators  Cultural differences – norms, religious  Visa barrier – getting folks from different countries into the host country  Shopping for supplies  Using work groups  Examples that have relevance to the students

5.  September 2012 in Rabat, Morocco  Students from six countries – Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen  Primary languages – French, Arabic  Using translators and headsets  Using different electrical system  Support from the US Embassy

6.  Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network  NCHS – Field Epidemiology Training Program ◦ Erin Nichols ◦ Sam Notzon  U.S. Embassy, Rabat, Morocco  Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Morocco

7.  To train and provide information on the source and range of uses of existing vital statistics data and to identify potential areas for improvement.  Test the curriculum for future broader usage  Provide a regional platform for exchanging views, ideas and best practices on CRVS

8.  Rapid Assessment of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (WHO)  Health statistics from various countries  Tools for cause of death categorization  Evaluation tools

9.  I loved the people  The food is wonderful – fresh, flavors, aromas  The water is awful ->pharmacies in Morocco  Cats, lots and lots and lots, do not touch  Rabat is a modern, urban city  Medina, Kasbah, road trip to Fez  Police – secret or otherwise

10.  Smart, educated, creative, big hearted  Disagree, stubborn, don’t all like each other  They want to do the best for their country  Resources vary widely from state of the art to extremely basic  Fear of government is a real challenge for them

11.  Seeing things through fresh eyes  Challenging our preconceptions  Building a wider network and great friends  The joy of watching a student’s eyes when they “get it”, even in a foreign language  Serving as a representative of our country and our profession

12. Two translators

13. Multiple channels

14. Don’t forget your power converting tools

15. Kingdom of Morocco

18. Well equipped meeting room at the hotel. Every hotel in the world has these same seats.

19. Your friend.

20. Food was awesome!

21. Made with sugar, not corn syrup No ice

22. Dates to 14 th century

23. Anything you want to buy

24. High windows for privacy

25. Homes are passed down through families

26. No, I didn’t buy a carpet, but I know someone who did.

27. Any color, any size, any pattern, and of course we ship

29. The city is lush and green

30. Below Rabat Kasbah

31. Frequent and inexpensive Built by the French, like most everything there

32. Lots of fresh, wonderful food

33. Dates to the Ninth Century

34. Gorgeous designs

35. Animal stays below, you stay above

36. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it

37. Wonderful mosaics everywhere

38. Delicious bread

39. Beautiful leather goods The smell is something else

40. Next time!