Title: Trade and Health Working Group Sessions at APHA
Author:
Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
Issue Date:
Garrett Brown
gdbrown@igc.org
The APHA Trade and Health Working Group, of which the OHS Section is a founding member, is having two important meetings in Philadelphia at the December Annual Meeting.
The first is on Sunday, Dec. 11, which is an open business meeting for all interested APHA members from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Rm. 112B of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
The meeting will discuss:
- APHA’s policies on global trade and public health, present and future;
- How the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and pending agreements with the Andean nations, Thailand and Southern Africa, will affect access to occupational and environmental health in the United States and abroad;
- What the trade agenda means for the public health infrastructure and health services, including occupational health services;
- Successes in winning meaningful public health representation in trade negotiations by the U.S. Trade Representatives office.
In addition to OHS, the other sections in the Working Group include Medical Care, International health, Environment, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs, as well as affiliates from Florida and Northern and Southern California.
The second activity will be on Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Rm. 101A of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This is a multi-section panel on the impact of trade on public health issues. Garrett Brown will be representing the OHS Section, join speakers from Medical Care, Environment and Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs sections.
Any OHS Section member interested in becoming active in the Working Group is heartily encouraged to do so. Please contact Garrett Brown at <gdbrown@igc.org> for further details.