Influenza, Disaster Preparedness, Bioterrorism, Reproductive Health, Health Care Access Among Top Public Health Concerns at APHA Meeting, Dec. 10-14
Posted on: Friday, 4 November 2005, 12:00 CST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Public health officials will gather in Philadelphia Dec. 10 - 14 to tackle pressing health concerns from pandemic influenza planning and prescription drug access to the public health response to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and bioterrorism.
More than 10,000 experts will attend to share the latest public health research and practice. The American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting will highlight the release of new reports on the processes of systematically finding, appraising and using scientific research as the basis for developing sound practices. It will also include hundreds of sessions on other significant issues in public health such as influenza pandemic planning, emergency contraception, HIV/AIDS, disaster preparedness, chronic disease prevention and control and health disparities.
The meeting opens Sunday, Dec. 11, with presentations by political and public health leaders, including former presidential candidate and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, chair of the National Governors Association. The weeklong conference features news conferences and over 900 sessions where attendees can access the most up-to-date public health research reflecting the broad impact this field has in our lives.
The full Annual Meeting program and abstracts are searchable at http://www.apha.org/meetings. Press registration is available at http://www.apha.org/news/annual. Final programs with session locations along with daily news media updates will be available on site at the APHA Press Office, Room 308 in the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community- based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions. More information is available at http://www.apha.org.
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