ADVISORY/EPA, Health and Human Services, and the University of Florida to Host Two Day Childhood Asthma Summit in Tampa, Florida.News Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday & Wednesday (Feb. 25 & 26) ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2003 First Federal and State Environmental and Health Summit to Address Childhood Asthma in the Southeast The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS (HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services. ) and the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. will host a Childhood Asthma Summit in Tampa, Florida “Tampa” redirects here. For other uses, see Tampa (disambiguation). Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.GR6. . They will be joined by representatives from local, state, and regional government and health agencies from the Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN). The two-day summit will focus on collaborative opportunities to develop and implement state-specific asthma strategies to reduce environmental factors that contribute to asthma in children. Also, participants will focus on ways to better coordinate efforts to address these challenges with improved effectiveness and efficiency.
WHO: EPA, HHS, University of Florida and other State and Regional
Health and Environmental Agencies
Keynote Speeches will be given by:
Stan Meiburg, Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region 4
Jarett Clinton, MD, Assistant Surgeon General, Regional
Administrator U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WHAT: Two-Day Childhood Asthma Summit
WHEN: Tuesday, February 25 and Wednesday, February 26
WHERE: Doubletree Hotel-Tampa Westshore Airport
4500 West Cypress Street
Phone: 813-879-4800
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