109 HRES 812 IH: Expressing gratitude to Mrs. Deloris Jordan U.S. House of Representatives 2006-05-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 812 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2006 Mr. Meeks of New York (for himself and Mr. McNulty) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations RESOLUTION Expressing gratitude to Mrs. Deloris Jordan and the James Jordan Foundation for improving the lives of inner city youth in the United States and initiating a public-private collaborative to establish a women and children’s hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, and supporting the current Nairobi Women’s Hospital for its dedication and commitment to the residents of Nairobi.

Whereas Mrs. Deloris Jordan, in her strong belief in family through the international fame of her son, basketball great Michael Jordan, has created the James Jordan Foundation, named for her late husband, as a platform to improve the lives of inner city youth in the United States; Whereas the James Jordan Foundation has direct involvement in benefiting the lives of children and encourages inner city youth to excel in their educational endeavors, including building stronger networks of support for youth by ensuring that parents are involved in the educational life of their children; Whereas the James Jordan Foundation, under the leadership of Mrs. Deloris Jordan, has recently initiated a public-private collaborative to establish a women and children’s hospital in Nairobi, Kenya; Whereas the United States Agency for International Development Kenya Integrated Strategic Plan for 2001–2005 notes that Kenya is the most important country in East and Central Africa for United States foreign policy interests and that health problems in Kenya have regional consequences and that the spread of HIV/AIDS threatens to overwhelm Kenya’s health care systems and negate economic and social gains; Whereas the current Nairobi Women’s Hospital is a unique private institution specializing in women’s health care and is believed to be the first obstetric and gynecological center of its kind in East Africa; Whereas Kenya is an important country in East Africa and an important partner of the United States; Whereas the new women and children’s hospital in Nairobi will strengthen women’s public health in the East Africa region; Whereas outpatient services at the hospital will operate 24 hours a day and provide general services, including outpatient services, a pre- and post-natal clinic, a gynecological clinic, a wellness baby clinic, a day care surgery clinic, a breast cancer clinic, surgical outpatient services, a wellness women clinic, a general pediatric clinic, and a medical outpatient clinic; Whereas the hospital will have full-time doctors to handle inpatient care; Whereas the maternity-related and nursery services at the hospital will consists of a labor ward, delivery room, post-natal ward, and high dependency unit; Whereas the hospital will offer maternity care packages designed to be best-suited for exepectant mothers, depending on the likelihood of normal delivery and affordability; Whereas the hospital will have surgical theatres, including a surgical ward, medical ward, and ante-natal ward; Whereas the hospital will provide services such as a gender violence recovery center, medical support, psychological support, and a counseling department as part of its social responsibility to the community; Whereas the hospital will assist women who have been subjected to abuse; Whereas the chief executive officer of the current Nairobi Women’s Hospital has been in discussions with various doctors for the development of the Nairobi Intro Vitro Fertilization Centre, the Nairobi Endoscopic Centre, and the Nairobi Renal Care Centre; and Whereas the new women and children’s hospital in Nairobi will be a full service facility to address the needs of women: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)expresses gratitude to Mrs. Deloris Jordan and the James Jordan Foundation for improving the lives of inner city youth in the United States and initiating a public-private collaborative to establish a women and children’s hospital in Nairobi, Kenya; (2)supports the current Nairobi Women’s Hospital, including its operators, staff, and personnel, for its dedication and commitment to the residents of Nairobi; and (3)encourages the development of the new Nairobi Women’s Hospital in order to assist in the social development of Nairobi’s health infrastructure and the economic development of the East Africa region.