A member of the Parisian entourage of President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will visit several institutions in Philadelphia, and will be available for interviews. Professor Kabyla Ilunga played a significant role in the Paris meeting, which was hailed as a successful first step in reestablishing peace in central Africa. 

At the Invitation of the Global Dialogue Institute (GDI) of Temple University and Haverford College, Professor Ilunga [see his attached brief biographical sketch], holder of the newly established UNESCO Chair for Central Africa (CHUAC), at the University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Visiting Professor at the University of Paris 6, will be conducting a number of visits in Philadelphia December 5-9, 1998. 

The initial reason for Professor Ilunga's visit is to develop plans for an International Colloquium to be held in the summer of 1999 at the University of Lubumbashi under the auspices of CHUAC and GDI. The tentative title for the Colloquium is: 

Although Professor Ilunga's main field is Public Healthÿhe plans to contact his medical counterparts in Philadelphiaÿhis UNESCO Chair is "multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary." Hence, the International Colloquium, and subsequent interna- tional collaboration with GDI and others, will reach out to the "social communications" dimensions of his chair's mandate. 

Professor Ilunga, who has been at the University of Paris for the past several years, joined the entourage of Laurent Kabila, President of the Congo, when he was in Paris this week. 

The GDI hosts for Professor Ilunga are Professor Mutombo Nkulu N'Sengha (who is the official CHUAC representative in North America) and Professor Leonard Swidler, both of Temple University, and Professor Ashok Gangadean of Haverford College. 

Professor Mutombo Nkulu N'Sengha, Tel: 215-204-6503; Fax: 215-204-2535; 
E-mail: pmutombo@vm.temple.edu
Professor Leonard Swidler, Tel: 215-204-7251; Fax: 215-204-4569; 
E-mail: dialogue@vm.temple.edu
Professor Ashok Gangadean, Tel: 610-896-1030; Fax: 610-896-1224; 
E-mail: agangade@haverford.edu

4, rue de Langeais, 37100 Tours, France. Tel: 33-247-548-115; 33-612-902-595 (cell); Fax: 33-247-418-968 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE 

Extensive experience in the planning of health systems, human resource management, the design and evaluation of national and international programs and projects in public health and global development. 

Specific areas of expertise include public and community health; especially mother and child health; establishment and evaluation of public and community health systems; school management (kindergarten through secondary level); teaching at the university level; community development; instruction and practice in preventative medicine and nutrition; epidemiology. 

EDUCATION 
1978 Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Belgium: Diploma in Hospital Organization and Management. 

1982 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Paris 13, Bobigny, France: Diploma in teaching public and community health. Dissertation: Kilwa Hospital as a Center for Work Against Mother and Child Malnutrition. 

1982 University of Paris 7, Lariboisiere, France: Diploma in Health Economics and Social Science. Dissertation: An Approach to Understanding Traditional Zairean Medicine in Comparison to Western Medicine. 

1982 University of Paris 7, Bichat, France: Diploma in Advanced Studies of Tropical Medicine and Epidemiology. 

1988 University of Lubumbashi: Certificate Specialized Communication Techniques & Educational Psychology. 

1990 Institute of Health and Development, University of Paris 6, France. Specialization in Public Health in Developing Countries. Equivalent to D.E.A. (re. MG/bh). 

1992-3 University of Paris (Bobingy), France: Certificates in Health Science Education 

1995 University of Lubumbashi, Zaire: Doctorat d'Etat (Ph.D.) en Sciences de la Sante (Sante Publique et Medicine Communautaire. With distinction. Research: Epidemiology and Health Socio-Economics. 

EMPLOYMENT 
1984- University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Zaire: Head of Department of Public Health, Lecturer and Supervision of Practical Work 

1992  Technical Medical Institute, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Zaire: Deputy General Director. 

Responsibilities included training of health technicians at the university level and at the same time, directing the academic and scientific team, the administrative team, and the students in all sections, including nursing and nursing instruction, laboratory, midwifery, community health workers, hospital administration and management. 

1992- University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Zaire: Dean of Education, with continuing service as Head of the Department of Public Health. 

1996- University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Zaire: Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, with continuing service as Dean of Education and Head of the Department of Public Health. 

1998- Named Holder of UNESCO Chair for Central Africa, at the University of Lubumbashi. 

1998 University of Paris 6, Visiting Professor of Public Health. 

SPECIAL 
1984- Founder and President of Mapassa, a humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization based in Lubumbashi, Zaire. 

Mapassa is concerned with the education and health of children and illiterate women in a poor section of the city of Lubumbashi. It operates with the participation of the community and is self-financing. It continues despite the social and economic difficulties in Zaire/Congo in the past seven years.