"Pandemic Preparedness," a special edition of Arizona Illustrated’s Community Conversation, will be shown on Friday, May 8 at 8:30 p.m. on KUAT Channel 6, southern Arizona's PBS station. The program will focus on the immediate impacts of the current H1N1 swine flu and how officials are making plans now for future mutations of the illness that may gain momentum in the fall flu season. The show will feature an interview with Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, shown above.
Dr. Carmona – who served in a number of capacities as a healthcare official with Pima County before his term as U.S. Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006 – is scheduled to appear on the show along with additional healthcare experts. Dr. Carmona is currently a distinguished professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and is president of the Canyon Ranch Institute.
The public is encouraged to call into the program to ask their questions at 621-1600 or 1-800-223-7192. Questions will also be taken before the program via e-mail at
questions@AZpublicmedia.org
Questions may be submitted via e-mail until the end of the program at 9 p.m.
Photo credit: Dr. Carmona is shown in the image at the top of this article as the keynote speaker for the 2008 Scholarship Luncheon at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Photo by Joe Roback.
AT A GLANCE
“Community Conversation: Pandemic Preparedness,” special edition of Arizona Illustrated
Arizona Illustrated Producers
Bill Buckmaster – Host
Pam White - Reporting
When
Friday May 8, 2009 from 8:30-9 p.m.
Where
KUAT digital television channel 6.1; Cox cable, Comcast cable and DirecTV channel 6; Dish Satellite 8956; and streaming live on the On Demand section under Live Events at www.AZpublicmedia.org
Program questions should be directed to
621-1600 or 1-800-223-7192
questions@AZpublicmedia.org
Web
www.AZpublicmedia.org
Other programming notes
The Arizona Illustrated special, “Community Conversation: Pandemic Preparedness,” will air Friday, May 8 from 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will replace “Now on PBS” which was originally scheduled in this time slot. “Now on PBS” will air at its normal repeat slot Wednesday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. on KUAT channel 6.
About Arizona Public Media
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Media Contact:
Steve Delgado, Arizona Public Media
520-621-7358
sdelgado@AZpublicmedia.org
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