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SUMMARY:Border Partners Forum for Action on Chronic Diseases
DESCRIPTION:The Pan American Health Organization\, US Mexico Border Office (PAHO/WHO)\, together with the National City Chamber of Commerce Foundation\, is pleased to invite you to participate in the Border Partners Forum for Action on Chronic Diseases  June 2010Martin Luther King Community Center140 east 12th Street\, National City\, 91950Due to the high prevalence of obesity\, diabetes and other chronic diseases in the U.S./Mexico border region\, there is an urgent need to encourage business leaders\, policy and decision makers as well as the community as a whole to adopt measures to prevent chronic diseases and their risk factors\; PAHO/WHO\, through its U.S.-Mexico Border Office\, is convening stakeholders from multiple sectors to form a partnership in order to assess the local situation\, build awareness and consensus\, strengthen actions and affect public policy.The partnership model is used by PAHO to convene people and institutions with the resources\, leverage and insight to collectively solve systemic problems at scale\; to enable those people and institutions to think and act together\; to unleash the leadership and commitment needed for sustained effort by connecting people to reach high goals. We hope to translate ideas into actions on the ground by testing innovations and institutionalizing what works\; and by building collaboration among key leaders and institutions to increase the likelihood of success in the implementation of innovative ideas.We hope you will be able to join us in this important event for the California/Baja California community which ultimately will result in improving the quality of life of the entire border region.We look forward to hearing from you. RSVP by 5/23/10 to Natalia Garc a at (915) 845-5950\, ext 2532 or garciana@fep.paho.org.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><p>&nbsp\;</p><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: Biondi\; font-size: 11pt">The Pan American Health Organization\, US Mexico Border Office (PAHO/WHO)\, together with the National City Chamber of Commerce Foundation</span><span style="font-family: Biondi">\,</span><span style="font-family: Biondi\; font-size: 11pt"> is pleased to invite you to participate in the</span></div><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center">&nbsp\;</div><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-family: Biondi\; font-size: 14pt">Border Partners Forum for Action on Chronic Diseases </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp\;</div><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Biondi">June 2010</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Biondi">Martin Luther King Community Center</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Biondi">140 east 12<sup>th</sup> Street\, National City\, 91950</span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Due to the high prevalence of obesity\, diabetes and other chronic diseases in the U.S./Mexico border region\, there is an urgent need to encourage business leaders\, policy and decision makers as well as the community as a whole to adopt measures to prevent chronic diseases and their risk factors\; PAHO/WHO\, through its U.S.-Mexico Border Office\, is convening stakeholders from multiple sectors to form a partnership in order to assess the local situation\, build awareness and consensus\, strengthen actions and affect public policy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">The partnership model is used by PAHO to convene people and institutions with the resources\, leverage and insight to collectively solve systemic problems at scale\; to enable those people and institutions to think and act together\; to unleash the leadership and commitment needed for sustained effort by connecting people to reach high goals. We hope to translate ideas into actions on the ground by testing innovations and institutionalizing what works\; and by building collaboration among key leaders and institutions to increase the likelihood of success in the implementation of innovative ideas.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">We hope you will be able to join us in this important event for the California/Baja California community which ultimately will result in improving the quality of life of the entire border region.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><b>We look forward to hearing from you. RSVP by 5/23/10 to Natalia Garc&iacute\;a at (915) 845-5950\, ext 2532 or <a href="mailto:garciana@fep.paho.org">garciana@fep.paho.org</a>. </b></span></span></p></div>
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Community Center140 east 12th Street\, National City\, 91950San Diego\, CaliforniaImportant Note: Location has changed to South County Regional Education Center @ 800 National City Blvd.
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URL:https://www.nationalcitychamber.org/events/details/border-partners-forum-for-action-on-chronic-diseases-06-09-2010-2
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