141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Are the MDGS achievable by 2015? The perspective from national public health associations

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
The purpose of this session is to share the results of a survey conducted by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) about the progress in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the factors that have affected positively and negatively the capacity of countries to achieve them by 2015 and some thinking about the definition of post-2015 global human development goals.
Session Objectives: Describe and discuss the findings of the WFPHA survey about the MDGs Identify and compare the factors that have affected positively and negatively the achievement of the MDGs Identify and discuss potential post-2015 global human development goals
Moderator:
James Chauvin, MA, MSc
Organizers:
James Chauvin, MA, MSc and Vina HuLamm, MS

2:30pm
The results from the WFPHA survey about the MDGs   
Bettina Borisch, MD, MPH, FRCPath
2:50pm
MDG achievements and beyond 2015: The Ethiopia case   
Mengistu Asnake, MD, MPH
3:10pm
MDG achievements and beyond 2015: The IPHA perspective   
Madhumita Dobe, DCH,MD,MCH
3:30pm
Standardizing Public Health Profession in Indonesia and Beyond   
Adang Bachtiar, MD, MPH, PhD
  

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Organized by: APHA-World Federation of Public Health Associations

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