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PAHO NEWS:  Press Releases, Job Vacancies, and Other
Information from the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) via the Canadian Society for International Health
(CSIH) http://www.csih.org; Technical Representative in
Canada for PAHO
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First Annual Conference of the International Society for
Equity in Health
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The Interim Organizing Secretariat of the International
Society for Equity in Health are pleased to invite you
to participate in this important conference to be held
in La Havana, Cuba from June 29-30, 2000 and to be part
of the creation of this new scientific society.

The International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH)
wishes to encourage advances in knowledge about the
importance of equity in the improvement of the health of
all people and to promote the application of knowledge
to activities directed toward this goal.

Conference themes include:  pathways; evaluation of
interventions; methodology; policy and collaborative
efforts; and populations at risk (children and
adolescents, women, pregnancy, minorities). Reduced
early registration rates are available until April 15,
2000.

For more information, please visit http://www.iseqh.org
or contact the International Society for Equity in
Health, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Centro INUS -
Calle 60 y 120, 1900 La Plata, Argentina  Tel/Fax:  (54-
221)423-5755  [log in to unmask]

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Inter-American Conference in Distance Education in
Health
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The conference takes place April 25-27, 2000 at
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City.
It will be a unique event bringing together, via
satellite, professionals from distance education and
health education throughout the Americas.

The central theme of the conference is the potential of
distance education to improve the effectiveness and
outreach of training programs for public health
personnel.  Conference topics include: training health
personnel; instructional design; use of communication
and information technologies; experiences in educational
development; and development and evaluation of training
projects.

The conference will be transmitted via satellite to 31
subsites in the Americas.  The Canadian sub-site is
Acadia University Continuing and Distance Education.

For more information, or to register, contact Liz
Pineda-Romero, The Pennnsylvania State University, CREAD
Office-PAHO Conference, 211 Mitchell Building,
University Park PA  USA 16802-3601 Tel:  (814) 863-0488
Fax:  (814) 865-3290  [log in to unmask]

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