One of the major activities of the Union is the sponsorship of the International Congress on Circumpolar Health (ICCH), which serves as the primary source of information exchange and scholarly communication in issues relating to circumpolar health. More than 750 participants generally register and participate in each Congress, and more than 400 scientific papers or posters are usually presented. The involvement of medical scientists, policy and decision makers, Native peoples, and others in the triennial congresses is growing steadily. To date, there have been twelve International Symposia/Congresses: Fairbanks, Alaska 1967 Oulu, Finland 1971 Yellowknife, Canada 1974 Novosibirsk, Siberia 1978 Copenhagen, Denmark 1981 Anchorage, Alaska 1984 Umea, Sweden 1987 Whitehorse, Canada 1990 Reykjavik, Iceland 1993 Anchorage, Alaska 1996 Harstad, Norway 2000 Nuuk, Greenland 2003 Proceedings have been publicized for all but one of the Symposia/Congresses. The Fourth Symposia published extended abstracts in English and Russian. The 12th International Congress on Circumpolar Health (ICCH 12) was held in Nuuk, Greenland from September 11th to 14th, 2003. The ICCH 12 Proceedings were published by the International Journal of Circumpolar Health in Volume 63, Supplement 2. The ICCH 12 Proceedings are available online at http://ijch.oulu.fi/. Inquiries about Proceedings hard copies can be made to the President of the ICCH12, Thomas Steensgaard.
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