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NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by International Health.


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Sunday, October 26, 2008

4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2055.0IH Poster Session 1: Quality Improvement (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3040.0Women and Methamphetamine Use Around the World: Intersecting Risks with HIV and STIs and Future Implications for Public Health Research and Practice (Oral)
   3042.0Megacities & Global Health (Panel Discussion)
   3043.0HIV/AIDS 1 (Oral)
   3044.0Health Communication/ Behavior Change Communication (Oral)
   3045.0Populations in Conflict / Displaced Populations (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3097.0Royal Society for Public Health Lecture: Regulating Health & Social Care - With and Without Borders (Oral)
   3105.0Dignity and Justice For Us All: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60 (Oral)
   3106.0Migration, Health and Public Health: Europe and the Americas (Oral)
   3134.0 Infectious Diseases (non-STDs) (Oral)
   3135.0Student Panel 1 (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3164.0International Human Rights Committee Poster Session (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3193.0International Health Film Festival 01: Rape As a Weapon of War (Oral)
   3212.0Public Health Implications of Emerging Trends in Drug Use on the US-Mexico Border (Oral)
   3222.0Safe Motherhood (Oral)
   3223.0Nutrition and Manutrition (Oral)
   3224.0Innovations in International Health 1 (Oral)
   3225.0Monitoring, Evaluation, and Outcomes (Oral)
   3238.0War and Public Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3278.0International Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Poster)
   3280.0Global Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Poster)
   3281.0Contraceptive Use Worldwide (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3293.0International Health Film Festival 02: Digital Storytelling for Public Health (Oral)
   3299.0Beyond Borders: Human Rights Violations Among Non-Citizen Populations (Oral)
   3302.0The 2008 Global Food Crisis: Root Causes, Health Effects, Solutions and Preventing a Recurrence (Oral)
   3330.1Special Session: Public Health in the Global Village, sponsored by the international journal, Public Health (Panel Discussion)
   3331.0International Health Education (Oral)
   3332.0Child Survival & Child Health (Oral)
   3333.0Trends in Human Capacity Development (Oral)
   3334.0Tuberculosis (Oral)
   3335.0Vector-borne diseases (Oral)
   3342.0Medicina Social and Social Medicine: A Framework for Bridging Borders (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3395.0The Medicine and Public Health Initiative (MPHI) Update: Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention - Building National and Global Alliances (Oral)
   3396.0International Health Film Festival 03: Health and Human Rights Issues in India, Pakistan, and East Africa (Oral)
   3416.0Reproductive Health & Family Planning (Oral)
   3417.0HIV/AIDS 2 (Oral)
   3427.0Terrorism and Public Health (Oral)
   3433.0160 years of the Spirit of 1848: a critical celebration (Oral)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM Mon
   3437.0International Health Film Festival 04: Technology, Oil, and the Environment (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4034.1Global Applications of Public Health Informatics/Technology and Systems Solutions (Roundtable)
   4034.2Collaboration Among Sections, SPIGs, Forums, Caucuses and HIIT to Achieve Equity (Town Hall Meeting) Part I (Oral)
   4040.0Health Systems Management (Oral)
   4041.0Environmental Health (Oral)
   4042.0Innovations in International Health 2: Transborder health (Oral)
   4043.0Infectious Diseases : Non-HIV STDs (Oral)
   4054.0International Models for Strategic Health Communications (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4088.0International Research Ethics (Oral)
   4095.1Collaboration Among Sections, SPIGs, Forums, Caucuses and HIIT to Achieve Equity (Town Hall Meeting) Part II (Oral)
   4101.0Student Panel 2 (Oral)
   4102.0Quality Improvement & Quality Assurance (Oral)
   4103.0Private Sector Innovations in Global Health (Panel Discussion)
   4120.1International Nursing Issues (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4194.0HIV Prevention in Africa (Oral)
   4196.0Avian and Pandemic Influenza (Oral)
   4197.0Global Burden of Disease (Oral)
   4198.0Community Based Primary Health Care (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4251.0Leadership and Health Workforce Development for the Caricom Region (Oral)
   4265.0Global Immunization (Oral)
   4280.0Learning from the Rest of the World: Development and Implementation of Rapid Test Algorithms for Point-of-Care HIV Testing in the United States (Oral)
   4283.1Safe Motherhood & Breastfeeding Practices (Oral)
   4284.0Chronic Disease and International Health (Oral)
   4285.0Innovations in Global Health Informatics (Panel Discussion)
   4286.0Careers in Global Health (Panel Discussion)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Tue
   4317.0IH Poster Session 2: Women's Health (Poster)
   4318.0IH Poster Session 3: Infectious Diseases (Poster)
   4319.0IH Poster Session 4: Maternal & Child Health (Poster)
   4320.0IH Poster Session 5: Health Communication (Poster)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5012.0HIV and Africa (Poster)
   5013.0HIV in International Settings (Poster)
   5016.0IH Poster Session 6: Community Health (Poster)
   5017.0IH Poster Session 7: Health Policy & Access (Poster)
   5018.0IH Poster Session 8: Future Directions (Poster)
   5019.0IH Poster Session 9: Beyond Borders (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5055.0Aid Accountability and Effectiveness: Putting the Paris Declaration to work (Panel Discussion)
   5056.0Systems Thinking in Global Health 1: Theory (Panel Discussion)
   5057.0Health worker migration: Crossing borders in search of greener pastures (Oral)
   5058.0Women’s Health (Oral)
   5059.0NGOs Without Borders (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5090.0International Health Film Festival 05: The Politics of Food: Three Approaches to Filmmaking (Oral)
   5116.0Leadership, Systems Thinking and Global Health (Oral)
   5117.0Public Interests & the Pharmaceutical Industry (Panel Discussion)
   5118.0Health Sector Reform (Oral)
   5119.0Child Survival & Child Health 2 (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5151.0Climate Change and Environmental Health (Oral)
   5169.0International Health Luncheon (Social)

The 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (October 25-29, 2008) of APHA