MAYOR BLOOMBERG, SPEAKER QUINN, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FORREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ANNOUNCE2008 URBAN INITIATIVE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
NATIONAL SUMMIT
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and National Institute of Reproductive Health President Kelli Conlin, along with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich today launched the 2008 Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health National Summit being held on May 8 and 9 in New York. The Summit, hosted by the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), will bring together elected officials, public health officers and advocates from over 35 cities in the United States and Mexico to create, promote and share policy solutions that address the reproductive health issues that affect over 100 million women living in urban areas across the country.
–Media-Newswire.com, May 8, 2008
Mayor Sheila Dixon attended a public health forum in New York yesterday, where she and other elected officials discussed ways to reduce teen pregnancies and protect residents from sexually transmitted infections.
The event, sponsored by the National Institute for Reproductive Health, was also organized to provide elected officials and public health leaders with a forum for sharing knowledge, expertise and experiences.
–Lynn Anderson, The Baltimore Sun, May 8, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- Big-city mayors are kicking off a summit to discuss reproductive health for women in urban areas. It's an issue many of them say is bogged down in politics and ideology at the federal level.
The Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health draws city leaders, health officials and advocates from more than 35 cities in the United States and Mexico.
–Associated Press,Newsday.com,May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (KCBS/AP) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is one of the big-city mayors kicking off a summit to discuss reproductive health for women in urban areas. It's an issue many of them say is bogged down in politics and ideology at the federal level.
–KCBS.com, May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- Big-city mayors are kicking off a summit to discuss reproductive health for women in urban areas. It's an issue many of them say is bogged down in politics and ideology at the federal level.
–Associated Press, Baltimore wjz.com, May 7, 2008
Mayors of large cities can almost always expect to have a ubiquitous life.Along with grappling with the every day crime and quality-of-life issues, on any given day they can be spotted holding oversized scissors at ribbon-cuttings, pushing shovels into the ground at groundbreaking events and helping to show off larger-than-life-sized checks to announce funding grants.
Today, Dixon is the keynote speaker for the Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health Summit in New York City with about 200 other mayors and public health officials from around the nation. Baltimore City’s health commissioner, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, is attending with her.
–Angela Jackson, WBAL Radio AM1090 Baltimore, May 8, 2008
