16 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS NOVEMBER 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events World Digestive Health Day/Year 2016: Diet and the Gut in Venezuela In support of the global campaign for World Digestive Health Day 2016 of the World Gastroenterology Organisa-tion (WGO), the Servicio Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo (SAHUM), a regional center for gas-troenterology, endoscopy, and hepa-tology, organized a campaign around the theme “Diet and the Gut.” A series of activities is being devel-oped throughout the year, thus raising the level of health in our communities. The objectives of these activities are to: 1. Implement an educational plan to expand the general knowledge of diseases of the digestive system in the community (patients and families and/or public), through a medical information campaign in order to achieve awareness and promote public health. 2. Development of a medical educa-tion program driven by residents, medical interns, family physicians, and internists. 3. Request support laboratories, audiovisual equipment, billboards, and reproduction of educational material. 4. Develop strategies of release (press, radio, television, and networks). Part I: Educational lectures will be held for all patients of SAHUM. Presenters include: Dra. Marines Ruiz, Dra. Mildred Fuenmayor, Alcoholics Anonymous, Dra. Yurali Molina, Lic. Mareydis Daza, Dr. Luis Bermúdez, Dra. Edgardo Mengual, Dra. María Salazar, Lic. Gabriela Ruiz, and Dra. Karla Acero. Topics covered included: 1. What should you eat to have a healthy bowel? 2. How to have good digestion? 3. The health of your colon and your diet are very important to your health. Part II: Preparation of two educational billboards on “Diet and Bowel. A life commitment.” Maribel Lizarzabal, MD, PhD Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist Chief Director Gastroenterology Department and Postgraduate Course Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Venezuela WDHD General Coordinator of the 2016 Campaign event in Ven-ezuela Mildred Fuenmayor, MD Gastroenterologist Member of the Gastroenterology Department Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo WDHD Co-Coordinator of the 2016 Campaign event in Venezuela Karla Acero, MD Gastroenterologist Member of the Gastroenterology Department Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo WDHD Co-Coordinator of the 2016 Campaign event in Venezuela Dr. Maribel Lizarzabal speaking about WDHD 2016 during a radio interview WDHD Coordinators
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