January 2005

New health policy challenges extend beyond borders

Forum to address health as foreign policy issue

More and more health policy challenges stretch across borders, and even powerful nations like the U.S. have found that they can no longer ensure the health of their citizens through national policies alone. Understanding and responding to this growing interdependence requires both health policy and foreign policy perspectives. To promote greater dialogue between the fields, AcademyHealth will launch its first Health in Foreign Policy Forum. The Forum will examine questions such as the following:

Among the distinguished Forum speakers are:

Join health policy and foreign policy experts in a lively debate on these and other important issues.

Where:
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
999 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

When:
Friday, February 4, 2005
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Details and agenda for the Forum are available at http://www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/foreignpolicy/agenda.htm.

Reporters can register onsite at the conference or in advance by contacting Stacia Sanvik at [email protected].

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