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Vol. 17, No. 2 July 1996   Congresses IV National Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Habana, Cuba Fiftieth National Meeting, Fifth State Meeting, and First International Public Health Meeting V Argentina Congress of Epidemiology and Health Care IV National Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Habana, Cuba - 18-22 November, 1996 The IV Congress of Hygiene and Epidemiology will take place on 18-22 November 1996 in Havana, Cuba, and will coincide with several other events, symposiums, and workshops, such as the I National Congress on Infectious Diseases; the I Scientific Meeting of the Ibero-American Association of Epidemiology; and the I National Symposium on Epidemiological Surveillance. Pre-Congress courses (12-16 hours) will be offered on 18-19 November 1996, for a total of 20 participants per course. The principal subjects will be: Health Surveillance; Clinical Epidemiology; Social Approach to Epidemiology; Environment and Health; Micronutrient Surveillance; Rapid Epidemiological Assessment; Use of Epidemiology in the Planning and Evaluation of Health Services; Cancer Epidemiology; Health Promotion in Primary Care; and Social Security System in Cuba. For additional information, please contact: Secretariado Permanente del IV Congreso Nacional de Higiene y Epidemiología, Consejo Nacional de Sociedades Científicas del MINSAP. Telephone: (537) 333973; Fax: (537) 781497. Return to top Fiftieth National Meeting, Fifth State Meeting, and First International Public Health Meeting Toluca, State of Mexico, 16-19 October 1996 The Mexican Society of Public Health and the Academy of Public Health of the State of Mexico will hold the Fiftieth National Meeting, the Fifth State Meeting, and the First International Meeting in Toluca, State of Mexico, 16-19 October 1996, on the subject "Public Health in Mexico and the Americas." Topics of professional interest concerning public health and related disciplines will be discussed. Particular attention will be accorded the progress achieved in public health in some countries of Latin America, the participation of civil society, human rights, guidelines for indigenous populations in the Hemisphere, human resources development, epidemiological transition, trends in financing, and science and technology as related to public health. The participation of international organizations, financial and technological support, and training will also be discussed. The aforementioned subjects will be discussed in invited lectures, plenary sessions, and national and international panels, as well as through the presentation of papers. For additional information, please contact: Sociedad Mexicana de Salud Pública, A.C., Calle de Guadalajara #46, 3er piso, Colonia Roma, 06700 México, D.F., México. Tel.: 553- 1255; Fax: 286-5976. E-mail: amsp@cenids.ssa.gob.mx Return to top IV Argentine Congress of Epidemiology and HealthCare Sixth Scientific Seminar on Health Services Administration 2-4 September 1996 The IV Argentine Congress of Epidemiology and Health Care will be held on 2-4 September 1996. The main themes of the Congress will be addressed under two general subject areas: Epidemiology and Local Health Systems: Epidemiological Techniques for Rapid Local Evaluations and Interventions; Geo-based Epidemiological Analysis in Public Health; Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology; and Ethno-epidemiology, Critical Epidemiology, and Social Epidemiology. Epidemiology and Administration of Services: Progress in the Epidemiological Control of Hospital Infections; Strategic Planning; and Total Quality Management. During the Congress, the First Meeting of Argentine Members of the International Epidemiological Association will be held. For additional information, please contact: CIDES ARGENTINA - Cerviño 3356 - 70 Piso. Tel.: 808-2616; Fax: 632-8295 Return to top Return to Index Index of Online Bulletins

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