HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 2 (acn) The meeting of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), to be held in April in this city, intends implementing a Regional Network of National Associations of Public Health (ANSP by its Spanish acronym) of the Americas.
The meeting will be held within the framework of the Convention on International Health: Cuba Salud 2015, from April 20 to 24 at the Palace of Conventions in Havana.
That ANSP regional network of the Americas will be an initial step to the constitution, later, of the ANSP Regional Federation, according to information disclosed in Infomed.
The WFPHA , NGO international organization, composed of multidisciplinary national public health associations, is the only professional society worldwide representing the broad field of that branch.
Its mission is to promote and protect global public health by supporting the creation and organizational development of public health associations and societies.
It also facilitates and supports the exchange of information, knowledge and transfer of skills and resources, and through advocacy for public policies, programs and practices that will result in a healthy and productive world.
Cuba Salud 2015 will promote exchange on current and future challenges of public health in the world, public policies, strategies, organization and economic bases that support health efforts.
Members of the organizing committee of the event told ACN that during discussion spaces, the Caribbean nation will show the achievements in the strategy of Primary Health Care and there will be debates on the quality of life, health promotion in society, and economic, social and environmental policies.
The important forum will encourage the exchange about current and future challenges of public health, with emphasis on the needs the world faces today. There shall also be discussions on the strategies, organizational and economic bases that support health management.
The program also includes the celebration of the 13th edition of the Salud para todos 2015 trade fair, which will update the specialists on the new medical technologies.
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