A two day workshop was organized on "Moving IndiaPHEIN to Influence Public Health Education and Policy in India” during October 1-2, 2010 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur with support from WHO India Country Office. The major objectives of the meeting were to formally establish IndiaPHEIN as a body in line with SEAPHEIN and share the draft Charter among the participants in the meeting. The meeting was successful in achieving the desired objectives and participants jointly agreed to establish and announce the IndiaPHEIN executive committee.
As decided in the meeting held in 2010, the process of registering the Public Health Education Institutions Network as a Society under the Societies Registration Act 1958 has been initiated. The major objectives of the Public Health Education Institutions Network is to promote public health as a core discipline that influences policies and strategies for improving health standards and quality of life of the people.
With this background, to promote the public health education in India, Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur proposed to organize the 2nd Annual Meeting of IndiaPHEIN to WHO-India country office. The Annual Meeting will be organized in continuation to the initiatives of WHO in order to promote public health education and training in the academic institutions and universities in the various States in India.
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