It is, and it has been, a pleasure, an honor, and a challenge to coordinate the production of our Section’s Newsletters for the last eight years. A pleasure, because of the great sense of accomplishment for every issue that was completed, submitted to APHA, and published. An honor because it allowed me to collaborate with a great team composed of colleagues interested and committed in international and global health issues. It has also been a challenge, because of the difficulty to get a significant number of submissions that addressed themes and areas of interest to our membership, as well as to document the great work of our Section. This year, particularly, was especially difficult due to my change of duty station to Barbados, which partly limited the face-to-face communication and my participation in our Section meetings. Still, thanks to electronic channels, we have continued with the production of our Newsletters, as is the case with the present issue. I hope you enjoy reading this issue of the Newsletter and that you consider authoring or co-authoring future pieces for inclusion in our next issues of the IH Section Newsletter. I do encourage you to write about your innovative ideas and especially about your international/global health experiences, which will certainly enrich us all both at the professional and personal levels.
The IH Section Newsletter can be, and must be, a great platform to present our experiences tackling international and global health issues, as well as to present innovative ideas to better the health and quality of life worldwide. As such, I encourage you to allow some of your precious time to summarize your thoughts and ideas, to share them through the IH Section Newsletter.
The IH Section Newsletter is published twice a year. The deadline for the spring issue is April 15 and for the fall issue July 15. Submissions should not exceed 400 words and should be presented as Verdana, Font Size 10. You are invited and encouraged to submit material for inclusion in the next issues of the Newsletter.
A special thanks to all members who provided material for this issue of the Newsletter. Submissions were included as presented, with minor editing. Opinions, views and information published represent the authors and not necessarily APHA or the International Health Section.
--Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, PhD, E-mail: ippolitj@cpc.paho.org
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VISIT THE IH SECTION WEB SITE
http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/intlhealth/ is the address of the IH Section’s Web site. The Section is always seeking contributions from its Section members and non-members to make our Web site up-to-date on Section activities and global health issues, and to make it interesting and useful for APHA members and the public.
For contributions or questions, please contact the Webmaster and Information Communications Committee Chair Eckhard Kleinau ekleinau@masimax.com.