Welcome to CHIRP! This website is designed to help you access quality, multilingual health information, resources and publications in electronic and print formats developed by the California Department of Public Health and the Department of Health Care Services. It also allows you to search for trusted materials developed by state, federal and other local health agencies. CHIRP also features quick access to current health news, health policies and data, and provides a health directory to locate health organizations, centers, providers and services.

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Conferences, Events and New Releases

→ Third AACR Conference The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved September 30 – October 3, 2010 –Miami, FL

→ National Academy for State Health Policy 23rd Annual State Health Policy Conference Implementing Health Reform: When the States Go Marching In October 4 – 6, 2010 –New Orleans, LA

→ Obesity 2010 28th Annual Scientific Meeting October 8 – 12, 2010 –San Diego, CA

→ Seventh National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Improving Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: A New Place on the National Health Agenda October 18 – 21, 2010 –Baltimore, MD

→ American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting and Expo Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative November 6 – 10, 2010 –Denver, CO

→ 2011 International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society January 20 – 22, 2011 –University of California, Berkeley, USA

Conferences, Events and New Releases

Identifying the Symptoms of Swine Flu Infection