Title: GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT

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Section/SPIG: International Health

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Join U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona and an array of distinguished international public health leaders for the 2005 Global Health Summit, which will be held Sunday, June 5 at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia. The Summit will include presentations by a number of prominent global health leaders, including APHA International Health Director Allen Jones.

The Summit will feature the unveiling of the surgeon general's Call to Action--a preface to his upcoming Report on Global Health. The primary purpose of the Summit is to seek individual and organizational input that will assist in the development of the Report on Global Health and also to seek advice on needed collaborative action by national and international stakeholders in advancing the health of the citizens of the world community.

For more information about the Summit or to register, visit <www.globalhealthsummit.org> or call toll-free (866) 544-9677.

The conference is sponsored by the Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health in association with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other collaborating national and international health organizations.