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International Health Geographics Conference 2000
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March 17-19, 2000
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA

Dear Colleagues:

This is the final announcement related to the International Health 
Geographics Conference 2000.

This year's conference focuses on issues of health and space, and in-
cludes topics related to international development, epidemiology, 
health planning, disease control, equity, community health, data man-
agement and policy issues.

Our keynote speakers:
Dr. Mohammed Akhter, Executive Director, American Public Health Asso-
ciation;
Dr. George Anderson, President, American College of Preventive Medi-
cine;
Mr. William Davenhall, Health Director, ESRI, Inc.

The 2000 IHGC is honored to host an array of distinguished colleagues 
as session chairs and presenters, representing 32 states and 30 coun-
tries, and we invite you to join them.

Paper and poster presentations cover a variety of topics:
Infectious Disease, Community Health, Spatial Statistics, Environ-
mental Health, New Technologies, Web-based GIS, Policy and Manage-
ment, and others.

In addition to paper presentations and plenaries, the IHGC offers 
skills-building workshops on:

- Spatial Statistics for the Rest of Us: What to do When No Statisti-
  cian is Around (led by Dr. Dick Hoskins, Head of the State of Wash-
  ington DoH GIS program) -- 2 sessions

- Case studies, exercises and analyses using EpiMap2000/EpiInfo2000
  (led by Dr. Andy Dean, head of the EpiMap & EpiInfo program at CDC,
  and colleagues)

- Instruction modules for teaching spatial epidemiology on the WWW
  (led by Dr. Geoff Jacquez, President of Biomedware, Inc., and col-
  leagues)

- Effective use of GIS in Public Health Organizations (Bill Hoffman,
  Epidemiologist, ESRI/Public Health Research Labs, and colleagues)

For more information, to view the program and to register, please see 
our website:
http://www.jhsph.edu/ihgc  
or
mailto:[email protected]

It is advisable to register *as soon as possible*, especially for
workshops which may be full before on-site registration.

We look forward to seeing you in March!

Best regards,

Omar A. Khan
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Co-Chair, Second International Health Geographics Conference
mailto:[email protected]

Ric Skinner
DHSS Cancer Services/New Jersey Dept. of Health
Co-Chair, Second International Health Geographics Conference

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