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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4210.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The 2002 World Economic Forum in New York and the World Social Forum in Brazil offered alternative visions of the role of public health. International trade negotiations are altering access to and ownership of basic services that are essential to population health, including water and health care services, and reducing public regulation in areas such as food safety, tobacco, and injury control policies, and establishment of professional standards. Both developed and developing nations are affected. Questions regarding the appropriate degree of privatization of a range of services related to public health are being debated in the policy arena. Popular opposition has arisen to certain trade rules that give corporate rights priority over public health, particularly those regarding the production and distribution of pharmaceutical treatments for AIDS. This session will review several major developments in international trade agreements as they affect public health and related services during 2002. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Ellen R Shaffer, PhD | |||
| Ellen R Shaffer, PhD | |||
| Privatizing water: A first-hand report from Ghana Ellen R Shaffer, PhD | |||
| NAFTA and Public Health in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico Matthew Sanger | |||
| Globalization and health impacts in Argentina: The stranglehold of structural adjustment Celia Iriart, PhD, Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD | |||
| Pharmaceuticals for humanity: Recasting the balance between innovation and distributive justice Donald Light | |||
| Discussion | |||
| Organized by: | Medical Care | ||
| Endorsed by: | Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||