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January 2020 Meeting

Posted on by Claudia Ziersch

Program Meeting - January 2020

Wednesday, January 15th at 18:30

Our speaker for January is Dr. Dorit Maoz, who will talk about her work with Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Maoz is a general practitioner in Untermenzing whose areas of specialization include diabetology, travel medicine and pain therapy. She studied medicine in Heidelberg from 1992 to 1998. Working subsequently in various capacities in Bavaria as well as Scotland, Dr. Maoz gained expertise in areas ranging from emergency medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics to surgery and pain therapy. Certified as a general practitioner in 2005, she went on to obtain additional qualifications in pain therapy and diabetology before earning a master’s degree in International Health from the University of Basel in 2016. Dr. Maoz first became involved with Doctors Without Borders in 2005. To date, she has taken part in seven missions — in countries including Nigeria, Kashmir/Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad and the Ivory Coast. The missions have addressed major health issues such as children’s nutrition, cholera, HIV/Aids and ebola. In sharing some of her experiences and insights with us, Dr. Maoz will focus on two of the missions she has participated in.
For more information, please contact our club president at: info@aaupw.de
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Many thanks again to Dr. Dorit Maoz from Doctors without Borders for her very interesting and insightful presentation. She told us about her various missions, particularly her first one to Nigeria to combat malnutrition, about the disease itself and about the internal workings of the organization.
Thank you Dona Schlimm for organizing everything and to Pat Biondo who originally suggested the idea.
If you have an idea for a program meeting, please don't hesitate to contact the Program Committee and let them know.
2020 - Get Ready to Vote

2020 – Get Ready to Vote

Posted on by Claudia Ziersch

Being an active voter means never taking your rights or your current status on the voter roll for granted. Choosing which candidate is your party's nominee is the most crucial decision of the 2020 election. Make sure you weigh-in with your vote.

Make this a "no surprises" voting year and take the following steps on the U.S. Vote Foundation (US Vote) or Overseas Vote site - whichever suits you best:

  1. Check your Primary or Caucus Dates and Deadlines.
  2. Check your Registration Status on your state's voter registration rolls: go to the State Voting Requirements / State Lookup Tools and click "Am I Registered?" to get to your state's voter registration status lookup.
  3. Overseas Voters: Are you living, serving, studying abroad? Then you must refile your Registration/Ballot Request - one form does both! Overseas ballot requests expire annually - so make sure you apply in 2020.
  4. Domestic Voters: Did you move? Do you want to change or declare your political party for the Primaries? Did you miss a recent election? Best to refile your Voter Registration form if you have any doubts at all that your registration is not up to date.
  5. Vote-by-Mail/Vote from Home: If you are a registered voter, and will you be working, traveling, unable, or too busy to go to the polls - Apply for an absentee Vote-by-Mail ballot! Vote-by-Mail ballot requests are usually valid for just one election - so make sure you apply in 2020.
  6. Questions? Contact your Local Election Official who is ready to serve you: look up contact details in the Election Official Directory.
  7. You can also send your questions to our Voter Help Desk.

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