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Confronting Chronic Diseases: Are We Prepared?

Date: Monday, April 30, 2007
Time: noon to 2:00 p.m.
Place: Population Reference Bureau
Greeley Hall—3rd Floor
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009
RSVP: eposter@prb.org

Speakers:

Walter Willet, Harvard University, "The Global Epidemic of Chronic Disease: Prevention by Diet and Lifestyle"

Rachel Nugent, Center for Global Development, "The Economic Impacts of Chronic Diseases"

Denise Stevens, Matrix Public Health Associates, "The Future of Interventions in the Fight Against Chronic Diseases"