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Making the Connection 2017

An environmental health conference hosted by the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network (WEHN). This two-day conference will be held in Madison, WI on February 17th and 18th, and will feature guest lecturers from around Wisconsin and the nation. A wide range of topics will be covered, including endocrine disruptors such as BPA, the potential health impacts of our …

Empowering the World’s Poor Through Savings-Based Credit Programs

How are credit unions helping to combat poverty worldwide?  Dr. Branch will discuss his experience establishing credit-based savings programs throughout the world to help people living in poverty.  He will describe how these programs work and what they have achieved. He will also compare them to “micro-credit” programs, which have achieved popularity as economic development …

Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and health reform

Donna Friedsam, MPH, distinguished researcher and Health Policy Programs director, in the UW Population Health Institute, looks at the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid, nationally and Wisconsin. She will consider criticisms of the programs and review the impact of potential reform proposals.