253633 Global Disaster Response - Linking Acuity to Chronicity

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 8:30 AM

Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH , Deputy Director, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, Houston, TX
     
Presenter will provide overview of session including introducing the topic of acute emergency response with broader health systems strengthening, how the two often-differing areas of global health activity are inter-related; will also introduce other panelists.

Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe acute emergency response with broader health systems strengthening, how the two often-differing areas of global health activity are inter-related

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Experience in large-scale disaster response in domestic and global settings.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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