134th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held this month in Boston.

The article highlights the 134th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held on November 4 to 8, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will focus on "Public Health and Human Rights." Speakers and sessions will explore human rights through the health lens, examining issues such as drug abuse treatment, access to pharmaceuticals, HIV/AIDS, violence, mental health care, immigrant health, reproductive rights and health literacy. The event, which is expected to attract 13,000 people, will feature hundreds of scientific and educational sessions--including roundtables, poster sessions and panel discussions--and thousands of scientific papers on the latest public health issues.