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WHAT’S NEW?
12th WORLD CONGRESS ON PUBLIC
HEALTH UPDATES
April 27-May 1, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
ONLINE
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2008
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2009.
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ACROSS THE GLOBE
ACTION Launches New Web site for Best Practices Guide.
The Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION) project is an international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to ensure that every person in need has access to effective tuberculosis treatment and prevention. The partnership has just launched its new Web site, www.action.org, which features ACTION's Best Practices Guide, which documents several advocacy strategies proven successful by its partners worldwide.
WFPHA IN THE NEWS
Royal Society for Public Health Merger
On October 1, 2008 the Royal Society for Public Health and the Royal Institute of Public Health merged to become the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). The merger brings together two of the oldest public health bodies in the world, both with a wealth of experience and a reputation for delivering improvements to population health. The RSPH is now ideally placed to make a significant impact on public health over the coming years. They have recently launched their new website www.rsph.org.uk - which will keep you updated on the work of the RSPH, including news features and articles.
Former WFPHA Secretary General, Dr. Allen Jones honored.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) International Health Section presented a posthumous Special Award honoring Dr. Allen Jones for his contribution to International Health. The award was presented by Dr. Ulrich Laaser, WFPHA Vice-President/President-Elect and Dr. Samir Banoob, chairperson of the International Health Section. The award was accepted by Ray Martin on behalf of Beverly Jones, widow of Dr. Jones.
WFPHA Vice-President/President-Elect honored
On November 1, 2008, Dr. Ulrich Laaser, Vice-President/President-Elect received the prestigious Andrija Stampar Award from the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), a medal which is annually awarded since 1993 in the memory of Andrija Stampar, chair of the first WHO assembly in San Francisco 1948. The inscription refers to one of his most relevant concepts: "Public Health Investment Harvests Rich Rewards."
WFPHA Secretary General Receives Nursing's Highest Honors
On November 8, 2008, during the American Academy of Nursing's 35th Annual Meeting & Conference--Health as a Bridge to Global Health-- Dr. Barbara J. Hatcher, WFPHA Secretary General, was inducted into this prestigious organization. According to Academy President, Pam Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Academy is comprised of many of the nation's top nursing executives, policymakers, scholars, researchers, and practitioners and being selected as an Academy Fellow is an important recognition of one’s contributions to nursing and health care.”
Selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care. Each nominee must be sponsored by two current Academy Fellows. Selection is based, in part, on the extent to which nominees' nursing careers influence health policies for the benefit of all Americans and the global community as well as a nominee's leadership and accomplishments .
Dr. Hatcher is now designated as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
Promoting Research in Developing Countries
On October 29, 2008, the WFPHA/International Health Section hosted a breakfast and invited the Colgate Palmolive Research grant recipients to present their findings. The presenters included R. Courtney Cawthon: Hand Washing Education in Quezalguaque, Nicaragua; Tova Reichel: Using the Child-to-Child Approach in Promoting Positive Hygiene Behaviors among Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Rural Western Kenya; and Leonard Uisetiawan: Handwashing Perception and Practices among Cambodian Rural Poor. (Click name to download presentation)
Mrs. Mariella Tefft, co-principal investigator on a RAMOS (reproductive age mortality) study being conducted in Georgia and wife of John Tefft, the US Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia, provided an overview of the health impact of the Russian incursion and subsequent crisis in Georgia. Dr. Kartlos Kankadze, a Georgian pediatrician and head of the JSI Healthy Women in Georgia Project, was also available to answer questions.
APHA welcomed WFPHA Representatives in San Diego
WFPHA representatives from Turkey, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada attended the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in San Diego, California.
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