Title: IH SECTION PROGRAM AT THE 2005 APHA ANNUAL MEETING
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Section/SPIG: International Health
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The IH Section boasts an exceptional program for this year’s APHA Annual Meeting. We received more than 325 abstracts, in addition to those solicited for the invited panel sessions. The IH Section will host 40 panel sessions, seven poster sessions, and a student panel. Eight of the panel sessions address this year’s theme: the effects of the environment on our health and well being. Some of the topics of these panels include Population, Health and Environment: What’s the Connection?; Urban Health: A Growing International Crisis; and The Environmental and Health Effects of War in the New Millennium.
The IH Section is also working with many other sections. We are co-sponsoring panels with the Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, and Environment sections, among others.
As a welcome addition to this year’s program, we introduce the International Film Festival, offered as an innovative approach to engage our members and those of other sections. Aptly coordinated by Amy Hill, Laura Larsson, and Gary Black, the festival will host four themed sessions on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the Technology Theatre.
The IH Annual Luncheon will be a special treat for our members. Curtiss Swezy of The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC) has organized a distinguished panel to discuss injury as the leading cause of child death in developing countries, replacing vaccine preventable diseases, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infection. Be sure to join us on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 12:30 p.m. We encourage you to invite your colleagues to this session.
Many thanks to all who helped with this year’s program planning; it was truly a team effort. Our thanks to Ray Martin and Marty Makinen for their generous support and time throughout the planning process. The participation of the program committee, with significant contributions by Eckhard Kleinau, Mary Anne Mercer, and Diana Silimperi; the abstract reviewers; those who agreed to be moderators; co-sponsors; and everyone who played a role in program planning all deserve credit for the success of this year’s program. A special thanks also to the APHA staff, especially Donna Wright, for her patience and help in innumerable ways.