Health diplomacy will be the subject of a lecture by John P. Howe, III, MD, recognized expert in international medicine and a humanitarian leader, Tuesday, March 19 at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Dr. Howe is the former president and CEO of Project HOPE, an international health education and humanitarian assistance foundation, which operated more than 70 programs in 45 nations on 5 continents.

The lecture, “Health Diplomacy: From Theory to Practice,” will be held 5 to 6 p.m. at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Drachman Hall, Room A114.

Dr. Howe will discuss citizen diplomacy at its best by exploring health diplomacy: what it is and what it is not―and its relevance today, describing “real-life” public health practice in Indonesia (Banda Aceh), China (Shanghai and Sichuan Province), Egypt (Cairo), Iraq (Basrah), Nicaragua (Corinto) and the United States. (Mississippi).

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