Join Hesperian at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting, November 4th through November 8th in Atlanta. Meet our staff and browse our books at Booth #1301 in the Exhibit Hall. Check out the special conference discounts on all products, as well as free shipping if you don’t want to lug the books home in your suitcase.
Hesperian is participating in these APHA sessions and events:
Sunday, November 5
2:00 – 2:45 pm @ the Industry Expert Theater, Booth 813, Georgia World Congress Center Exhibit Hall. “Creating Empowering Health Education Materials” with Kokaale Amissah-Aidoo
Monday, November 6
2:30 – 4:00 pm @ Room B-316, Georgia World Congress Center. Panel: “Responding to an increasingly polluted and toxic environment: Digital tools for cancer prevention and management” with Sarah Shannon
2:30 – 4:00 pm @ Room B-303, Georgia World Congress Center. Panel: “Health tools to respond to climate-fueled epidemics” with Lori Berenson
4:00 – 5:30 pm @ Booth 1301, Georgia World Congress Center Exhibit Hall. Book launch event with Henry Perry, Paul Freeman, Mary Carol Jennings, Emma Sacks, and Meike Schleiff, authors of Engaging Communities for Improving Mothers’ and Childrens’ Health: Reviewing the Evidence of Effectiveness in Resource-constrained Settings. Refreshments provided.
Tuesday, November 7
8:30 – 10 am @ Room B-302, Georgia World Congress Center. Panel: “Resources to Support Campaigns in the Struggle against Extractive Industries” with Lori Berenson
10:30 am – 12 pm @ International Ballroom C, Omni Hotel. Panel: “Knowledge and Action to Protect Women Workers” with Kokaale Amissah-Aidoo
12:30 – 2 pm @ Room B-304, Georgia World Congress Center. Panel: “Defending Women’s Health in the Context of the Global Gag Rule” with Planned Parenthood Global Executive Director, Latanya Mapp Frett, and moderated by Sarah Shannon
4 – 5:30 pm @ Booth 1301, Georgia World Congress Center Exhibit Hall. Reception and conversation with staff about Hesperian’s new Safe Abortion App and other multilingual women’s health resources. Refreshments provided.
Wednesday, November 8
10:30 am – 12 pm @ Room B-304, Georgia World Congress Center. “Safe Abortion App to Support Informed Decisions” with Sarah Shannon
See you there!