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  • AUA Hosts International Public Health Conference

    PRESS RELEASE

    September 20, 2004

    American University of Armenia Corporation
    300 Lakeside Drive, 4th Floor
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Telephone: (510) 987-9452
    Fax: (510) 208-3576

    Contact: Gohar Momjian
    E-mail: [email protected]

    AUA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE

    The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
    selected the American University of Armenia's (AUA) College of Health
    Sciences, in conjunction with Armenia's Ministry of Health, to host the
    XXVII Annual ASPHER conference to be held from September 17-25, 2005. The
    conference `Educating the Public Health Workforce: Development Perspectives
    for the European and Mediterranean Regions,' is the first time to be hosted
    by a former Soviet Republic and coincides with the 10th Anniversary of the
    College of Health Sciences. Over 200 hundred delegates from countries of
    Eastern Europe and the Middle East are expected to attend the Yerevan
    conference.

    ASPHER is an association of institutions committed to strengthening the
    public's health by improving the training of public health professionals for
    both practice and research within the World Health Organization (WHO)
    European Region. Deans and directors of schools of public health and health
    management, as well as faculty members, students, and representatives of
    professional public health organizations from the region, will be present.

    At AUA's initiative, the ASPHER conference will formally involve several
    schools of public health and health management from WHO's Eastern
    Mediterranean Region. AUA President and Dean of the College of Health
    Sciences, Dr. Haroutune Armenian, noted, `We are delighted to bring this
    prestigious conference to Armenia and to share with our colleagues from
    Europe Armenia's progress in the public health field. We are pleased that
    Armenia's geographic proximity to the Middle East enables AUA to reach out
    and include participation from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.'

    AUA's College of Health Sciences is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins
    Bloomberg School of Public Health and offers a Master of Public Health (MPH)
    degree. The MPH program has graduated approximately 100 students who now
    occupy key positions in the private and public health sectors, including
    Armenia's Deputy Minister of Health. The College, in cooperation with the
    Ministry of Health of Armenia, also sponsors the School for Health Care
    Management and Administration (SHCMA). The SHCMA is led by former Minister
    of Health Mihran Nazaretyan and provides continuing education in health
    management and related areas.

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    The American University of Armenia is registered as a non-profit educational
    organization in both Armenia and the United States and is affiliated with
    the Regents of the University of California. Receiving major support from
    the AGBU, AUA offers instruction leading to the Masters Degree in eight
    graduate programs. For more information about AUA, visit www.aua.am.
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