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For a more complete listing, please click here to link to the CDC Office of Program Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) future events calendar.

November

American Indian Alaska Native Heritage Month
Health challenges facing AI/AN communities include cancer, diabetes, environmental contamination, heart disease, injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, sudden infant death syndrome, vaccine-preventable diseases, and viral hepatitis. To address these disparities, CDC and ATSDR work with tribal governments, tribal organizations, urban Indian health centers, IHS, and other partners to provide funding and technical assistance to tribal governments and organizations.

Diabetes Awareness Month
Approximately 17 million Americans have diabetes, of whom 5.9 million are undiagnosed. Over 200,000 people die each year of related complications. In 2001 diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death. Trends show that minority populations are disproportionately affected by diabetes.

132nd Annual American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting
November 6-10, 2004
Washington, D.C.

Midwest Farmworker Stream Forum
Brochure  |  Registration Form
November 18-20, 2004

Denver, Colorado

December

World AIDS Day 2004
December 1, 2004
Racial and ethnic populations have been disproportionately affected by both the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. Although African-American and Hispanic persons represent about one-quarter of the country’s population, more than half of new AIDS cases reported to CDC are among these populations.

4th Congress of Health Related Professions Expanding Research, Educational & Health Care Opportunities Through Technology
December 5-8, 2004
San Juan, Puerto Rico

National Diabetes Education Program Partnership Network Meeting 2004
December 7-8, 2004
Atlanta, Georgia

 

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January

Western Stream Forum
January 28-30, 2005

San Diego, California


 

 

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Please Note: Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.