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M. Roy Schwarz, M.D.
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Ronald M. Davis, M.D.
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Carolyn V. Brown M.D.
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Welcome to our Beta version of the New Medicine and Public Health Initiative (MPHI) website. As part of the renewal of MPHI we have updated and expanded our website. It is fitting that we have provided more opportunity for two-way communication.
We have built in expandability, added departments that will keep the pages lively, informative and updated. The heart of the Medicine and Public Health Initiative is closing the gaps among health professions in voluntary action to improve health for all our communities, local, national and global.
To those new to MPHI do scan the lead articles that address the history and purpose of this voluntary professional non profit organization with our mission and vision in education, applied research and best practices, and demonstration of collaboration "on the ground" where health improvements to individuals and communities where they live.
We wish to expand our network, working with State health professional associations and related institutions and agencies, national organizations, committed individuals, and students, our future professionals and leaders. We are also global in our outreach to our neighbor countries and throughout the world.
We have similarly expanded our capability for dual languages. Our website supports the China USA Medicine and Public Health Initiative, our flagship cross-national collaboration. We will expand our Chinese language capability. In the future we hope to expand to additional first languages.
Thomas Freidman coined the word "glocalization" to express the current needs and behavior of the world and the effect and interrelations with communities. This reflects the health planning adage, "think global but act local". Truly this is a time when the statement "a disease that takes place somewhere in the world can occur anywhere in the world" gains greater immediacy, At the same time we know we face enduring challenges and opportunities to improve community health. As you will read, MPHI works to complement the efforts of health professions, not compete. We draw on the common goal to improve the health of our communities through our professional skills and dedication. Collaboration is a common bond in all our mission and vision statements.
I thank those many who have contributed their time and talent in expanding our communication and networking capability.
Please do look at our site, email us with your comments.
Report on The First CHINA-USA Medicine and Public Health Initiative Conference
The first China-USA Medicine and Public Health Initiative launched the collaborative steps to bring the health professions together in this global and bilateral voluntary alliance on September 25, 2004. The 165 conference participants from China represented the diversity of healthcare professionals within and without government, academia, professional associations, national, provincial, and local providers and health authorities, as well as global participants and international agencies.
The major themes as reflected in the conference program explored in depth:
• Challenges to population health care delivery and the clear imperative for health professions to work together
• Specific areas of collaboration in infectious, chronic disease, diffusion of research based best practices, education and training, and demonstration projects to facilitate health delivery systems development
• How these integrative and innovative steps maybe undertaken in the context of China health challenges and opportunities on both national and provincial levels
• The role of essential health professions, health authorities, government, private and voluntary groups, students, and the public health and clinical professions workforce.
As seen in the Conference program which will be posted on the Chinese website as well as this website soon, several important concrete goals were advanced. A call to action that stated the purpose, promise and concrete follow up steps to launch a sustainable ongoing medicine and public health organization and programs. Specific proposed projects and follow-up steps in education, applied research and community demonstration projects. The conference included keynote presentations, panel discussions and structured small group workshops that served to both layout the themes but also to work on specific follow-up actions. Extensive cross national preonference work assured the development of a shared agenda as the basis of the conference to produce action steps in integrating medicine, public health, and the health professions.
The foundations for both the conference and the call to action were based on several years of prior collaboration on the bi-national and international meetings.
In the year 2000, the China Preventive Medical Association hosted the 8th Congress of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. Presentations at the Congress included the description and goals of the US Medicine and Public Health Initiative. A natural and critical outgrowth was the strong professional and collegial ties that have been developed. In addition the deep understanding of the long tradition of healthcare embodied in our two countries, but at the same time the communality of many of the challenges in this global society and time were recognized.
Subsequently The China Preventive Medical Association signed a memo of understanding with the American Public Health Association. Exchanges between APHA and CPMA were begun. From these two paths, the USA and the collaboration with the China CPMA APHA exchange formed the basis to develop the China-USA MPHI. In addition, the alliance was broadened to include all health professions as well as global partners.
This Conference and the preonference work and post conference initial follow-up were supported by The China Medical Board, Inc. (CMB), M. Roy Schwarz, M.D., President. CMB recently celebrated its 75th year of bi-national and international support of health and medical professions.
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