Title: Disaster Tabletop Exercises for Healthcare Providers
City: Webinar
Details: The DRC Group in coordination with Florida’s Department of Health invites health care providers to participate in one of the scheduled tabletop exercises being facilitated via the internet during the month of June. These exercises have been designed specifically for health care providers to evaluate and enhance existing Business Continuity and/or Emergency Operation Plans. There is NO CHARGE for participation in any of the exercises. For additional information and to register click here

Title: New Directions: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy
City: Washington, DC
Details: HSHPS is pleased to announce its partnership with the Drug Policy Alliance
in support of the upcoming conference entitled "New Directions: A Public Health and
Safety Approach to Drug Policy" in Washington, DC on Thursday, June 17, 2010.
By bringing together a broad spectrum of organizations to examine the four
pillars of any successful drug strategy – Prevention, Treatment, Policing,
and Harm Reduction - the conference seeks to answer the question “What is
the proper and most efficient public health approach to drugs?”.
For more general information, how to get involved, and how to register,
please contact hshps.or@hshps.org.

Title: XVIII International AIDS Conference
City: Vienna, Austria
Details: Rights Here, Right Now emphasizes the central importance of protecting and promoting human rights as a prerequisite to a successful response to HIV. The right to dignity and self-determination for key affected populations, to equal access to health care and life-saving prevention and treatment programmes, and the right to interventions based on evidence rather than ideology, are all incorporated in this urgent demand for action. For more information click here

Title: HSHPS Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Health & Faculty Development Workshop
City: Standford University
Details: The Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) will be hosting a Hispanic/Latino Immigration Health and Faculty Development Workshop in collaboration with our 24 member institutions, as well as the Stanford Hispanic Center of Excellence, the U.S. Mexico Border Health Centers of Excellence, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The event will take place at Stanford University, School of Medicine in Stanford, CA July 22-24, 2010. click here

Title: National Latino AIDS Awareness
City: Crown Plaza - Houson Reliant Park, 8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77054
Hosted by: The American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE)
Details: United: We can stop HIV and prevent AIDS. Unidos: Podemos detener el VIH y prevenir el SIDA. October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This day marks an opportunity to increase awareness of the devastating and disproportionate effects of AIDS in the Latino community. NLAAD is also a day to encourage HIV testing and to push for support from public officials and religious leaders. For more information click here.