Publication: Detroit Free Press
Date: July 16, 2006
Section: Metro pg. 3B, Wayne County

Health leader Fakhouri wins money for program

Monty Fakhouri, the Arab , American and Chaldean Council's public health and youth services director, was recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for his health leadership skills. The award provides 5105,000 to the ACC program.
Fakhouri has worked to help Arab, Chaldean and Afri¬can Americans gain easier access to public health servic¬es. Some of Fakhouri's pro¬grams are prevention screen¬ings, educational seminars, women's cardiovascular dis¬ease, diabetes awareness, HIV/AIDS education, and others focused on at-risk youths.
Fakhouri and other health leader award recipients were honored June 21 in Princeton, N.J., home of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.