Kolkata to host World Congress on Public Health
The Congress will be co-hosted by the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) and the World Federation of Public Health Association and envisages more than 3000 delegates from across the globe, said J Ravi Kumar, president, IPHA.
Within the main theme of “Healthy people – Healthy Environment”, there will be sub-themes under heads like ‘Defining the role of public health in today’s global setting’, ‘Global public health challenges’, ‘Public health in the sustainable development agenda’, etc.
“The World Congress is expected to provide opportunities to the global public health community to get together and deliberate on important issues…and learning about effective policies, programmes and best practices in support of the public health,” said Madhumita Dobe, organising secretary of the Congress.
(Reporting by Ranjita Biswas)
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