PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation and United Nations Join Forces

The Global Health Summit sponsored by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation has been accepted as an affilaited program of the U.N. Environment Progam's World Environment Day.

(PRWEB) April 18, 2005 -- The Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health of Landover, Maryland and the United Nations Environment Programme will work together this year to observe World Environment Day. This effort will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 5, 2005 during the Foundations Global Health Summit.

World Environment Day is commemorated each year on June 5 to expose and promote environmental issues to the public. This years main celebration of the World Environment Day will be held in San Francisco, California. The Foundations Global Summit will support their mission of partnerships that will advocate awareness of changes in public health.

The Global Summit is planned as the venue to introduce the Surgeon Generals proposed Call to Action on Global Health. The summit will provide a forum for individual and organizational input on how to address certain global health issues. A few of the focus areas will include:
•   Diseases
•   Priority Environmental Concerns
•   Displaced Persons
•   Global Health Infrastructure and Leadership

This day in Public Health will be a seminal event that will help health professionals and advocates to gain a better knowledge of the worlds changing health issues. The promotion of this partnership will allow the global health community to work collectively to address health issues and make our world a better place.

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