REPORTS FROM MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
(in alphabetical order)
Note from the Editor: Detailed description, accomplishments, and future work plans for each of the Membership Committees and Working Groups that have been presented in earlier issues of the APHA-IH Section Newsletters are not repeated here. Only new information is included in this issue. Readers are encouraged to read earlier issues of the Newsletter at: http://www.apha.org/membergroups/newsletters/sectionnewsletters/interna/
--Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, PhD, Editor APHA-IH Section Newsletter, (202) 363-2369, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Chair: Paul Freeman, freeman.p.a@att.net
Assistant-Chair: Padmini (Mini) Murthy, minimurthy@aol.com
Members: H. Azzam, T. Baker, G. Berggren, M. Bryant, E. Coates, M. Forzley, N. Pielemeier, W. Reinke, G. Sankaran, R. Schneider, L. Smith, C. Swezy
Each year, the International Health Section of APHA recognizes outstanding contributions of its members through several awards. The 2010 year awardees, to be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting, are:
- Carl Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award in International Health: Dr. Dory Storms
- Mid-Career Award in International Health: Dr. Matthew R. Anderson
- Distinguished Section Service Awards: Dr. Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd and Dr. Jirair Ratevosian
- Certificate of Recognition for their Dedicated Service in Support of the International Health Section: Morgan Taylor & Vina Hulamm
- Gordon-Wyon Award: Dr. Rajanikant Arole
- Posthumous Gordon Wyon Award from the Community Based Primary Health Care Working Group: Dr. Carl Taylor
- Student Award: To be determined
--Paul Freeman, freeman.p.a@att.net
See piece on Integrated Health Strategy in Border Colonias of Texas, presented below.
--Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, PhD, Public Health Scientist, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com
COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE WORKING GROUP
Chair: Paul Freeman, freeman.p.a@att.net
Co-Chair: Malcolm Bryant, bryantm@bu.edu
Past Chair: Henry Perry
Secretary: Yana Sigal
Listserv Administrator: K. Chitnis
Members: T.Hall, I. Aitken, R. Martin, L. Altobelli, J. Capps, A Hershberger, S. Hoar, E. Kleinau,
S Lamstein, R Mataya, J Mouch, E. Peca, S. Ruiz, Williams, P.Ulrich, C. Teller, T.Reichel, J.Mukair, J.Dettinger, D.Barry, C.McLaughlin. We also have many additional members through our List server.
Other Executive Members: Emily Lavallo, Monica Dyer
Ketan Chitnis (List Server Administrator), H. Perry (Past Chair)
Connie Gates (Administrator of learning resources for CBPHC) Connie@jamkhed.org
GLOBAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Gopal Sankaran (gsankaran@wcupa.edu), (610) 436-2300
Co-chairs: Hala Azzam (hala_azzam@yahoo.com) and Padmini Murthy (minimurthy@aol.com)
Members: The list is extensive and is available from the chair
Goal 1: Continue to promote collaboration between IH Section and other Sections, SPIGs, Caucuses, Forums and Student Assembly within APHA
Overseas attendees at the GHCC Business Meeting last year requested that an Expertise Directory be created. The directory would allow for collaborations to be initiated and nurtured. APHA too is interested in developing such a directory. A new working group, Global Health Expertise Directory (GHED), has been formed and is chaired by Jaya Prakash (jayadoc1@yahoo.com). Other members are: Jessica Keralis, Sameena Eksambi, Silvia M. Trigoso, Vina HuLamm and Gopal Sankaran. Please join us as we move further with this new initiative. Contact Jaya Prakash for details.
Goal 2: Promote collaboration between IH Section and State Affiliates within APHA
This is another new initiative for GHCC. Invitations to appoint Liaisons to GHCC were sent out to chairs of APHA state affiliates. Some of the state affiliates have already appointed liaisons including student members. The new liaisons are now automatically members of GHCC!
Goal 3: Collaborate with other units within APHA to facilitate joint sessions at the Annual Meeting
All requests to GHCC for collaboration were channeled to the Program Committee. During conference calls, the opportunities for joint collaboration are included to raise awareness and facilitate action.
Goal 4: Continue to keep GHCC members stay connected
Bimonthly conference calls continue. Minutes from the conference calls are circulated to members and posted on the IH Section website. Note our last conference call before the Annual Meeting.
Wednesday, Nov. 3 Noon-1:00 p.m. (East Coast Time)
Connect by calling (719) 867-7624 (Code: 373785). Please note that this is not a toll-free number.
Goal 5: Continue to host the International Welcome Desk at the Annual Meeting
Georges Benjamin, executive director of APHA, has kindly agreed to continue having the Welcome Booth and the special ribbon at this year’s Annual Meeting in Denver. We will require numerous volunteers to staff and greet our overseas members, and we look forward to having your continued support! Contact Padmini Murthy (minimurthy@aol.com) with dates and times when you can volunteer.
GHCC Business Meeting at APHA Annual Meeting
Sunday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m. to noon at the APHA Annual Meeting in Denver (Venue – TBA). Please attend.
Reduced registration fee for overseas attendees
GHCC continues to advocate for reduced registration fee for the Annual Meeting for overseas attendees from resource poor nations. Georges Benjamin is cognizant of our request, but is unable to act on it due to the downturn in economy.
--Gopal Sankaran, gsankaran@wcupa.edu, (610) 436-2300
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chair: Rose Schneider, rschneider@jhu.edu
Co-Chair: Alison Gernand, agernand@jhsph.edu
Member: Curtiss Swezy
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Mary Anne Mercer
Members: A. Hagopian, M. Fort, S Shannon, M. Labbok, C. Prophete
IH Section Election returns are in!
Congratulations to the newly elected officers for the International Health Section. They will assume their positions at the end of this fall’s meeting in Denver. The new officers are:
Chair-Elect
§ Paul Freeman DrPH, MBBS, MHP, MPH
Section Councilors
§ Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH
§ Christine Tronson Benner, MPH, BA
Governing Councilors
§ Elvira Beracochea, MPH, MD
§ James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH
§ Maggie Huff-Rousselle, PhD, MBA, MA
§ Gopal Sankaran, DrPH, MD, MNAMS, CHES
§ Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, PhD, MA, BA
Best wishes to those who were willing to run for office, and we look forward to working with all of you in the coming years.
--Mary Anne Mercer, Nominations Chair, mamercer@u.washington.edu
--Miriam Labbok, Section Chair, labbok@unc.edu
PHARMACEUTICALS WORKING GROUP
Chair: Maggie Huff-Rousselle, mhuffrousselle@ssds.net
Vice-Chair: Annette De Mattos, ademattos@ssds.net
--Maggie Huff-Rousselle, mhuffrousselle@ssds.net
--Annette De Mattos, ademattos@ssds.net
POLICY AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
Chair: Jirair Ratevosian, jratevosian@gmail.com
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chair: Omar Khan, okhan.jhsph@jhu.edu
Co-Chair: Mike Bailey, mbailey@jhuccp.org
Committee Members:
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, ccastill@jhsph.edu
Elvira Berocachea, Elvira@midego.com
Malcolm Bryant, bryantm@bu.edu
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com
Dory Storms, dstorms@jhsph.edu
We received 407 abstracts for review.
Our program comprises:
- Nine poster sessions (10 posters each = 90 posters)
- Forty-one paper sessions (4-5 papers each = approx. 175 papers)
· IH Business meetings, two sub-group working group meetings, one workshop, one social, one lunch
· IH film festival (usually three full sessions)
All sessions are staffed, and many IH Section leaders and members have stepped up tremendously to help chair sessions. We hope to provide a high-quality program, which would be impossible without the joint efforts of many in the Section.
--Omar Khan & Mike Bailey, ih.apha@gmail.com
Note from the Editor: For the most updated IH program please see: http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/IH.html
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | top
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
111.0
Workshop on Community-Based Primary Health Care
Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | top
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
231.0
Global Health Connections Business Meeting (Gopal Sankaran)
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
251.0
International Health Business Meeting 1
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
2064.0
Poster Session 1: Innovations in International Health
Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | top
6:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
303.0
International Health Business Meeting 2
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
3042.0
Health Workers in Conflict: The Role of Health Workers in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
3043.0
Gedenkschrift for Carl Taylor: His Contributions to Social Justice through the Promotion of Primary Health Care
3044.0
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement
3045.0
Nutrition and Malnutrition
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
3099.0
The Right to Development and the Millennium Development Goals
3130.0
Advocacy in Action: Mobilizing an International Public Health Campaign
3131.0
International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) : Lessons Learned
3131.2
Social Justice in Health and Health Care Delivery: International Perspectives
3131.3
International Perspectives in Occupational and Environmental Health (organized by IH, OH and ENV Sections)
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
3159.0
International Human Rights Committee Student Poster Session
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
3220.0
Innovations in International Health
3221.0
International Environmental Health Issues
3222.0
Reproductive Health & Family Planning 1
3223.0
Builidng Partnerships and Coalitions for better International Programs
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
3267.0
Global Success and Challenges in HIV/AIDS Research
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
3322.0
Emerging Infectious Diseases including Avian & Pandemic Influenza
3323.0
International Health Communication/ Behavior Change Communication
3324.0
Child Survival & Child Health 1
3325.0
Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Settings 1
3326.0
Act Global, Think Local: Domestic applications of international health lessons
3327.0
Displaced Populations & Refugee Health
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
3358.0
International Issues in Tobacco Control
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
3405.0
HIV/AIDS 1
3406.0
MDGs At 2015 and Beyond : Lessons For the Future
3401.1
Global Health Informatics Capacity Building and Disease Surveillance 1
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
333.0
International Health Section Awards & Social Event
Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | top
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
4001.0
World Health Organization's Global Alcohol Strategy
4040.0
Student Practicums in International Health - Experiences, Results, and Reflections
4041.0
Neglected Tropical Diseases / Neglected Zoonoses (organized jointly by International Health and the Veterinary SPIG)
4042.0
Leading Innovations in Afghanistan's Health System Architecture
4043.0
Global Pharmaceutical Issues
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
4104.0
Best Practices: Strengthening the public sector and integrating care to improve health in low-income countries
4105.0
Student Panel
4106.0
Aid Effectiveness: Accounting and Measuring Effectiveness
4114.0
Social Justice and International Occupational Health: **Special intersectional track on environmental and occupational justice**
4106.1
Carl Taylor Memorial Session 2: SEED-SCALE Methodology
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
4130.0
Drug Use Across the Globe
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
4174.0
Looking Globally to Address Local Community Health
4177.0
Social Justice, Public Health, and Water: An International Perspective
4197.0
International Health Programs & Policy
4198.0
Breastfeeding and Reproductive Health: Supporting Rights and Social Justice Through Scholarship and Translational Research
4199.0
Child Survival & Child Health 2
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
4241.0
International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Mental Health
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
4286.0
Community-Based Primary Health Care
4287.0
Careers in Global Health
4288.0
HIV/AIDS 2
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
4324.0
Poster Session 2: Social Justice in International Health
4325.0
Poster Session 3: IH Partnerships & Coalitions
4326.0
Poster Session 4: HIV/AIDS
4327.0
Poster Session 5: IH Programs & Policy
4332.0
Innovative Approaches to Global Maternal and Child Health
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
421.0
Community-Based Primary Health Care Working Group
4363.0
International Perspective on Health Administration
6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
427.0
International Health Business Meeting 3
Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | top
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
5013.0
Poster Session 6: RH & FP
5014.0
Poster Session 8: Women’s Health
5015.0
Poster Session 9: Innovations in International Health 2
5016.0
Poster Session 7: Health Systems
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
5054.0
Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Settings 2
5055.0
Systems Thinking
5056.0
Women’s Health
5057.0
Malaria & Vector-Borne Diseases
5058.0
Health Promotion in the Academic Setting: International Experiences
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
5106.0
Social justice and food security in international settings
5113.0
Human Rights, Law and HIV: The Neglected Epidemic among MSM and its Global Implications
5114.0
Tuberculosis (including joint TB/HIV programs)
5115.0
Training, human resource development and workforce issues
5116.0
Reproductive Health & Family Planning 2
5117.0
International Health & Human Rights
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
5167.0
International Health Luncheon
5162.1
GIS Mapping, Global Health Surveillance and Public Policy
-- Omar Khan and Mike Bailey ih.apha@gmail.com
STUDENTS AND NEW HEALTH PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE
Hélène Carabin is now compiling a list of all students who had posters or oral presentations at the Annual Meeting. She has also sent emails to all known international health student organizations in schools of public health in the United States letting them know about the IH Section of APHA. Hopefully, this will encourage them to become more involved.
--Hélène Carabin DVM MSc PhD, helene-carabin@ouhsc.edu
TRADE AND HEALTH LIAISON WORKING GROUP
Chair: Mary Anne Mercer, mamercer@u.washington.edu
The Forum on Trade and Health, of which the IH Section is a member, was created because of widespread interest and concern regarding the adverse impact of international trade agreements (such as NAFTA, CAFTA, and GATS) on public health, both internationally and within the United States. As a Forum, we work to educate APHA members about the impact of trade issues on public health and to protect public health priorities in international trade policy.
A major activity of the past few months has been an effort to assure public health representation on the advisory groups for the U.S. Trade Representative's Industry Trade Advisory Committees. These committees are mandated by law to represent a range of public interests in relation to trade issues. Currently there is wide representation on these committees by industries that influence health: pharmaceuticals, tobacco, chemicals, alcohol, health care services, and processed foods.
There is, however, virtually no representation by public health. The Forum was instrumental in supporting legislation (HR 2293/S 1644) that would mandate a Public Health Advisory Committee on Trade and the appointment of public health representatives on existing Committees. A formal comment with these recommendations was submitted to the USTR by a number of organizations and individuals, including several APHA sections, in May 2010. That commentary can be seen at: http://www.cpath.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/consensusreplydocketita-2010-0001.pdf
Watch for a special "mini-plenary" session at this year's Annual Meeting on Trade and Health that has been organized by the Forum. The Forum also holds a quarterly teleconference call that includes an informational presentation as well as discussion of business; the August call featured Garrett Brown speaking on efforts to establish a genuinely "no sweat" garment factory in the Dominican Republic. The Forum welcomes new participants from any Section.
--Mary Anne Mercer, IH Section Trade and Health Liaison, mamercer@u.washington.edu