Title: Community-Based Primary Health Care Working Group (CBPHC-WG)

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Section/SPIG: International Health

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This year, the annual CBPHC Education Institute will focus on adult learners and participatory monitoring and evaluation. Faculty include Valerie Uccellani of Global Learning Partners, Fredrik Shaw of Developing Indigenous Resources, and Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation. This institute will be held on Saturday, November 15 and is one of the continuing education institutes APHA offers in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. Please register at <www.apha.org/meetings/registration.htm>. For more information, visit the CBPHC Web site, <www.apha-ih.org/cbphc/commbasedprihealthcare.htm>, or contact Kate Tulenko, <ktulenko@worldbank.org>.

New CBPHC listserv and Web site - The CBPHC-WG is in the process of switching from its system of sending out bulk e-mails to a Web-based listserv. To subscribe, please visit <www.topica.com> and register or e-mail Kate Tulenko. We are also in the process of updating our website <www.apha-ih.org/cbphc/commbasedprihealthcare.htm>, and we welcome comments and suggestions.

CBPHC-WG Meetings - CBPHC-WG will have two organizational meetings at this year’s APHA Annual Meeting. The first meeting will be on Sunday, November 16, following the 4-5:30 p.m. International Health Section business meeting and the second meeting will be on Tuesday, November 18, following the 6:30-8 p.m. International Health Section business meeting. The Sunday meeting will focus on plans for the upcoming year, and the Tuesday meeting will be for new members and plans for next year.

--Kate Tulenko