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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12th World Congress on Public Health <br><br></span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Making a Difference in Global Public Health: Education, Research and Practice<br>
</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>April 27 – May 1<sup>st</sup> , 2009 Istanbul, Turkey </span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World Federation of Public Health Associations and the Turkish Public Health Association<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><span><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.worldpublichealth2009.org/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">www.worldpublichealth2009.org</span></font></a></span></font></span></p>
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<h4 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Abstract Submission Deadline is Saturday, </span></font></b><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">July 5, 2008</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: navy">, Midnight Pacific - <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://wfpha.confex.com/wfpha/2009/cfp.cgi" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://wfpha.confex.com/wfpha/2009/cfp.cgi</span></font></a> </span></font><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></span></h4>
<h4 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy">Deadline in other time zones: 1:00 am Mountain time, 2:00 am Central time, 3:00 am Eastern time. <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2008&month=05&day=19&hour=14&min=43&sec=49&p1=43&sort=1" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">See World Clock.</span></font></a> </span></font></b></h4>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The abstracts should also showcase innovations, practices, tools and transferable lessons from across the globe that will help us make a decided difference in global public health. We invite you to submit abstracts in the following general topics: </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Symbol" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Education in Public Health for 21st Century </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Symbol" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Comparative Analysis of Health Systems </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Symbol" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Strengthening Global Public Health Systems </span></font></p>
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