Public Affairs Standing Committee
Members
- Chair: Bradley A. Connor, United States of America
- Brian Aw, Canada
- Santanu Chatterjee, India
- Gary Fujimoto, United States of America
- Davidson Hamer, United States of America
- Jay Keystone, Canada
- Karl Neumann, United States of America
- Tomas Orduna, Argentina
Note: The Committee encourages ISTM members in Europe who may be interested in joining the committee to contact the ISTM Secretariat with a statement of their qualifications and availability to provide voluntary service time to ISTM European members page.
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Charter
- Prepare and maintain non-branded "boilerplate" media items on common travel topics for use by ISTM members in dealing with local media enquiries
- Preparing and maintaining a public "frequently asked questions" section on the ISTM website designed to drive the public to seek advice (e.g., at ISTM Member Clinics)
- Prepare and maintain a contact list of those who have been trained to speak to the press on behalf of ISTM
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Committee Objectives
The Public Affairs Standing Committee has recently been established and as a new entity has identified the following goals and objectives:
- To raise awareness amongst the traveling public of the field of Travel Medicine and the need for seeking pre-travel advice for travel to many destinations
- Focusing a proactive approach in developing information materials to use as outreach to the press, as well as responding to media inquiries
- Becoming the ISTM central clearinghouse identifying the best spokespeople to deliver the ISTM messages