October 1, 2001
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The Association of Academic Health Centers hosted the Sixth Congress of Health Professions Educators, June 7-8, 1999, in Washington, D.C. and the Seventh Congress, June 8-9, 2000, also in Washington, D.C.
November 1, 2001
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health convened a blue ribbon panel to develop a strategic plan to encourage women of childbearing age to increase their intake of folate and folic acid.
November 1, 2001
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The American Foundation for AIDS Research, New York, held the 11th and 12th National HIV/AIDS Update Conferences in 1999 and 2000.
November 1, 2001
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From 1996 to 1999, the Medicine/Public Health Initiative (M/PHI) developed partnerships between the public health and medical communities at the state and local levels.
March 1, 2001
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The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation organized two meetings of the Genetics Awareness Coalition.
March 1, 2001
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The National Partnership for Social Enterprise worked with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to convene a group for rewriting public health practice standards for New Jersey's local health departments.
May 1, 2000
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The University of New Hampshire explored existing methodologies used to convene a national meeting of an expert panel to address questions of how best to identify and characterize the public health workforce.
June 1, 2000
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Columbia University School of Nursing hosted meetings to assist public health nurses in making career choices and developing appropriate skills, and identify the potential of distance-based learning technology to make this information available nationwide.
June 1, 2000
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The Children, Youth and Family Consortium and The Child and Family Policy Center co-sponsored two Family Re-Union conferences in which policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels explore how public policy affects families in the United States.
July 1, 2000
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The Center for Health Leadership & Practice sponsored a meeting of a 31-member group of providers, consumers and sponsors of public health leadership programs to explore the challenges of training leaders in public health.