Call for Abstracts - 9th International WFPHA Congress
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"Challenges for Public Health at the Dawn of the 21st Century"
2-6 September, 2000
Beijing, China
The Announcement/Call for Abstracts is available for the Ninth Inter-
national Congress of the World Federation of Public Health Associa-
tions (WFPHA)to be held in Beijing, China, 2-6 September, 2000. To
have one sent to you, contact WFPHA Executive Secretary:
Allen Jones
WFPHA Secretariat c/o APHA
800 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016-3710, USA
Tel: +1-202-777-2487
Fax: +1-202-777-2534
mailto:allen.jones@apha.org
The Congress is a worldwide forum for public health associations and
their practitioners, academicians, economists, researchers, and spe-
cialists in community development, health education and information
technology for sharing knowledge under the theme of "Challenges for
Public Health at the Dawn of the 21st Century".
Possible sub-themes include:
- Demographic-Economic Transitions and Health;
- Global Communications and Health: Information, Education, and Par-
ticipation;
- Health and Development;
- Health and the Environment;
- Health and Infrastructure;
- Globalization of Health;
- Poverty and Social Justice;
- Chronic Infections and Re-emerging Diseases;
- Reproductive Health;
- Behavioural and Social Determinants of Health; and many others.
WFPHA is an international, non-governmental organization composed of
multidisciplinary public health associations representing 60 coun-
tries and regions. WFPHA is the only worldwide professional society
representing and serving the broad field of public health, as dis-
tinct from single disciplines or professions. We, along with the Con-
gress' co-hosts, the China Preventive Medicine Association, and the
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, invite you to respond to the
Announcement and Call for Abstracts and look forward to having you
participate!
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Allen K. Jones, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary,
World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) and
Director, International Health American Public Health Association
800 Eye St., NW Washington, D.C. 20001, USA
Tel: +1-202-777-2486 (IH)
Tel: +1-202-777-2487 (WFPHA)
Fax: +1-202-777-2534
mailto:allen.jones@apha.org
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