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HEALTH CARE SUMMIT, JUNE 22, 8:30 AM ET

 

 

 

ATTEND THE HILL'S   HEALTH CARE SUMMIT,  THURSDAY JUNE 22, 8:30 AM  ET

National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045  

SPEAKERS: 

  • Dr. Jerome Adams, former Surgeon General
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives & Co-Director of the Health Transformation Institute, University of Pennsylvania
  • Donna Cryer, founder & CEO, Global Liver Institute

Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Fellow, Duke University’s Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy; President & CEO, America’s Physicians Group 

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Pregnant women counselled about Zika virus

A doctor checks on a pregnant woman at Buôn Mê Thuột General Hospital. Hospitals in HCM City have been providing counselling on the Zika virus.

VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc - April, 13/2016

HCM CITY —  A pregnant woman visiting the Hùng Vương Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City picked up a leaflet about the Zika virus off a shelf in the examination room.

The woman, 41, was especially concerned about the virus after hearing that HCM City had recorded its first Zika case, that of a 33-year-old pregnant woman from District 2.

 

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APEC: Joint efforts to reduce disaster risks

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011

The public and private sectors signed a joint statement of intent at Apec to strengthen regional disaster risk reduction and resilience, following US Secretary of State's High-Level Policy Dialogue on Disaster Resiliency yesterday.

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Collaboration joint statement, which was signed by nine organisations at the Sheraton Waikiki, intends to use public private partnership as means to help save lives, ensure economic vitality, and enhance human well-being across the region.

The members also urged more organisations from Apec members to get on-board with their effort to reduce disaster risks and increase resilience in the the Asia-Pacific region.

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