This year's Medical Care Section Program at APHA's Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 4-8, 2006, consists of 36 sessions organized by the Medical Care Section covering such topics as:  universal access to health insurance, ensuring access to safe and effective medicines, asthma disparities, emergency preparedness, quality improvement and outcomes of care on a national scale, medical imaging, health services research competencies, and the history of the AIDS epidemic.  In addition, the Section is co-sponsoring over 80 other sessions covering such topics as social justice and health equity, breast cancer survivorship, tobacco control, hospital work hour limits, prisoner rights, trade issues in developing countries, and gender-based violence. 

 The link to the sessions organized and sponsored by the Medical Care Section is:

 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/program_588.htm

 The link to the Medical Care Section business meetings and social events is:

 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/nt_588.html

 Please join me in thanking Darrell Gaskin for his many years of service as the Medical Care Section Solicited Sessions Chair.  Unfortunately, Darrell has decided to step down from this position at the conclusion of the November 2006 meeting.  He will continue to be actively involved in the Medical Care Section as a Section Councilor.