It is again a pleasure to present another issue of the APHA-IH Section Newsletter.

We hope you enjoy reading the material presented in this Fall 2009 issue and that you consider authoring or co-authoring future pieces for inclusion in the Newsletter. We do encourage you to write about your innovative ideas and especially about your International and Global Health experiences, which will certainly enrich us all both at the professional and personal levels. The APHA-IH Section Newsletter is 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.

The IH Section Newsletter is published twice a year.  The deadline for the Spring Issue is April 15 and for the Fall Issue August 15. Submissions should be about 400 words and are to be presented as Verdana, Font Size 10. You are invited and strongly encouraged to submit material for inclusion in the next issues of the Newsletter. Most submissions are included as presented, except for minor editing and for shortening some of the articles.

Opinions, views and information published represent the authors and not necessarily APHA or the IH Section.

--Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, PhD, Editor APHA-IH Section Newsletter,  (202) 363-2369, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com