For Immediate Release
Nation’s Top Health Officials to Explore Implications of Health Reform Law, other Major Health Issues at APHA’s 138th Annual Meeting in Denver, Nov. 6-10
Join thousands of health officials from across the country at the American Public Health Association’s 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition in Denver, Colo., from Nov. 6-10, as they come together to discuss some of today’s most pressing health issues facing the nation. The 2010 Annual Meeting is themed “Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative” and will explore a wide array of public health topics from health reform implementation to infectious disease.
Registration is now open online for credentialed journalists at http://www.apha.org/about/news/ampressinfo/2010pressregistration.htm
As the nation continues to move through the implementation process of the historic health reform law, it is critical that public health officials and agencies be equipped with the tools they need to ensure that the law has maximum impact. Hear from the nation’s leading health officials on the implications of the law and opportunities and challenges that lay ahead for state, local and federal health professionals at the Summit on Health Reform.
The Summit http://www.apha.org/meetings/highlights/Summit will feature Howard Koh, MD, MPH, assistant secretary for health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA (invited), U.S. surgeon general; and Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Press facilities will be located in the Colorado Convention Center, Room 202/204 and include a press office and work room. Phones, PCs, a printer and Internet connections will be available to registered media.
WHAT: American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting
WHEN: November 6-10, 2010
WHERE: Colorado Convention Center; Denver, Colo.
WHO: 13,000 public health professionals
A program schedule that includes abstracts of the more than 1,000 scientific sessions is available online at www.apha.org/meetings/sessions. Final programs with session locations along with daily news updates will be available on-site at the APHA Press Office.
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Learn more about the American Public Health Association at www.apha.org
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Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions. More information is available at www.apha.org.
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