Saturday, October 3, 2009

APACPH (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health)

Dear all,

This is pretty interesting so please do read it properly.

APACPH (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health) is an international non-profit organisation registered in Australia, comprising many of the largest and most influential schools of Public Health in the Asia-Pacific region and dedicated to improving professional education for public health. Launched in 1984 with just five members, APACPH now has over 55 membersthroughout the Asia-Pacific region with Regional Offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Hawaii and Tokyo. Through its activities, the members aim to tackle the unique public health challenges of the Asia-Pacific region, for example specific health issues of workers within the growing economies of the region.

The Asia-Pacific Early Career Network in Public Health (APECNPH) aims to support students and early career professionals in the field of public health throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The network will provide a forum for discussion, promote understanding of global public health issues and provide guidance specifically for individuals in the early stages of their career. The network is supported by the APACPH.

On the 5th of October (Monday), Dr Isurujith who is a delegate of APECNPH from Sri Lanka will be coming to IMU to talk to 10 medical students about Early Career Networking. The details of the session are :

Date : Monday, 5th October 2009
Time : 7 pm
Venue
: Student Lounge

It'll be a first come first serve basis so those interested please email/sms the following to me at either imusrc@gmail.com or 016-2578-520.

Name
ID
Tel Number
Email address

Please let me know by Monday 5 PM latest.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10