National Public Health Week 2008 Kicks Off

By Anonymous

Nation marks ‘Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance’ NATIONAL Public Health Week kicked off in April with hundreds of events held by health, community and educational groups across the nation.

Organized annually by APHA, the April 7-13 celebration focused on “Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance.”

Full coverage of National Public Health Week, including photos and stories from health workers nationwide, will be published in the June/July issue of The Nation’s Health.

For more on National Public Health Week, visit www.nphw.org or call 202-777-2432.

APHA launched National Public Health Week 2008 with a news briefing at the 2008 conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists in Arlington, Va. Speakers at the event included David Satcher, MD, PhD, former U.S. surgeon general and director of the Center of Excellence on Health Disparities at Morehouse School of Medicine, at top, and APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), bottom left. The conference was attended by hundreds of journalists from throughout the country, including Associated Press reporter Mike Stobbe, pictured at bottom right, who asked presenters a question about climate and health.

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