Title: COMMUNITY- BASED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKING GROUP (CBPHC)

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Section/SPIG: International Health

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After a successful pre-APHA workshop this past November in San Francisco (our fifth one!), the Community-Based Primary Health Care Working Group is looking forward to 2004, which we believe will lead to a stronger involvement of our members in the promotion of community-based primary health care.

We are in the process of forming a Task Committee to review the available evidence regarding the effectiveness of CBPHC, and we hope to use the Summary Report that will be produced as an important platform from which to engage in advocacy activities. Henry Perry, Paul Freeman and Adnan Hyder will be collaborating on this, and others who are interested are welcomed to join the Task Committee. We are looking for a graduate student in public health who would be interested in working with us. If you know of anyone, contact Henry Perry at <henry@future.org>.

We anticipate a growing collaboration with IH Advocacy Chair Chuck Woolery to begin to push the CBPHC agenda in policy circles and among donors.

We have updated our statement of purpose, activities, and history, and this can be located on our working group’s section of the International Health Section Web site at <http://www.apha-ih.org/cbphc/commbasedprihealthcare.htm>. Training resources on CBPHC are also on the Web site. Please let Connie Gates know of resources to add to the list, <conniegates@juno.com>.

We are beginning to work on expanding the listserv to include those around the world with an interest in CBPHC. We will distribute from time to time information that we think might be of interest to those on the listserv. If you are interested in being on the listserv, contact Kate Tulenko at <ktulenko@worldbank.org>.

Finally, we welcome new energy, new members, and ideas or suggestions regarding how to move forward. Contact any of us listed in this article and we will be happy to communicate with you.