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EHP
News May 2003 -
Special Global Health
Council Conference Issue
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The 30th Annual Conference of the
Global Health Council (GHC) will be held May 27-30, 2003, at the Omni
Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. The theme for this year’s GHC conference
is “Our Future on Common Ground: Health and the Environment.”
Professionals from health and environmental disciplines including service
providers, policy makers, advocates, researchers and representatives from
community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and private
voluntary organizations from all over the world will be participating in the
conference to share information, experiences and lessons learned.
According to the GHC website, six
million people die each year and tens of millions more suffer from serious
illnesses attributed to a combination of water-related diseases, indoor air
pollution, urban air pollution and toxic chemical exposure. All are areas in
which EHP works.
Together with our partners in
environmental health, EHP will participate in this year’s annual GHC
conference. To share our experiences in environmental health, EHP organized
two pre-formed panels, “Mainstreaming Prevention of Diarrhea in Child
Health” and “Improving Maternal and Child Health in Urban Slums and
Squatter Settlements,” and will participate in a panel discussion,
“Malaria, Dengue, Cholera: Environmental Strategies for Control and
Prevention.” Additionally, a panel discussion based on an EHP activity in
Madagascar, “Healthy Families, Healthy Forests: Integrated Programs,” is
on the conference program. EHP will also have a booth in the exhibition
hall.
See related stories below for more
information on EHP events at the conference.
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IT’S
BACK: THE RETURN OF VECTOR CONTROL AS A TOOL AGAINST MALARIA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
11:00 A.M.–12:30
P.M.
This panel, organized by an EHP USAID
Advisor, will discuss current priorities for controlling vector-borne
diseases in Africa, the role of vector control vis-à-vis other control
interventions, and challenges in using the full range of integrated vector
control interventions as part of integrated disease control programs.
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MAINSTREAMING
PREVENTION OF DIARRHEA IN CHILD HEALTH
THURSDAY, MAY 29
10:30 A.M.–12:00
NOON
Every year, 1.3 million
children-under-five die because of diarrhea, and those who survive suffer
from malnutrition and have lasting consequences related to physical and
mental development. While substantial progress has been made in reducing
mortality from childhood diarrhea, morbidity remains high. Hygiene
improvement focusing on practical and inexpensive means exists for diarrhea
prevention and needs to become central to child health programs together
with ORT and case management. This pre-formed panel organized by EHP and
moderated by Dr. Robert E. Black, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School
of Public Health, includes presenters from Peru, DR Congo and the Dominican
Republic. Presenters will discuss trends in diarrhea morbidity and the
importance of diarrhea prevention, and present experiences from the DR Congo
and the Dominican Republic related to application of hygiene improvement in
field programs.
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HEALTHY
FAMILIES, HEALTHY FORESTS: INTEGRATED PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, MAY 29
1:30 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
EHP is providing technical assistance
to a four-year activity in Madagascar, collaborating with the Association
Voahary Salama. The Association is comprised of non-governmental
organizations and other groups working in Madagascar’s key environmental
corridors to support integrated delivery approaches and activities linking
family planning and other public health interventions with natural resource
management and environmental conservation. This panel, organized jointly by
Population Action International (PAI) and EHP, will present the Madagascar
activity as well as case studies from Tanzania and Guatemala. Discussions
will focus on the population-health-environment nexus that can lead to
programs that effectively combine reproductive health, environmental
conservation and natural resource management. Dr. Duff Gillespie, Senior
Scholar at the Packard Foundation, will moderate the panel.
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MALARIA,
DENGUE, CHOLERA: ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR CONTROL AND PREVENTION
FRIDAY, MAY 30
8:30 A.M.–10:00
A.M.
The global prevalence
of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. According to WHO, the
disease is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas,
the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Some 2.5
billion people—— two fifths of the world's population——live in areas
at risk for epidemic transmission. EHP will participate in the above panel
presentation and will discuss best practices in dengue prevention and
control.
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IMPROVING
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IN URBAN SLUMS AND SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 30
1:30 P.M.–3:00 P.M.
Global urbanization is unprecedented.
By 2015, the number of urban dwellers is expected to exceed rural dwellers
for the first time in history. This pre-formed panel organized by EHP will
explore challenges and progress made in providing preventive and curative
health services for children living in urban slums and squatter settlements,
describe efforts to collect and analyze data related to urban poor, discuss
strategies for child health programs in complex urban settings, and present
case studies of successful slum interventions.
Presenters come from a range of
organizations——PAHO, Macro International, and EHP/India. The panel
moderator is Dr. John Borrazzo, Environmental Health Advisor, USAID.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES IN INCOME GENERATION AND HEALTH
THURSDAY, MAY 29
10:30 A.M.–12:00
P.M.
This panel moderated by an EHP staff
member will discuss environmental issues, which have an impact on health,
that are often affected by economic considerations.
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VISIT
THE EHP BOOTH
EHP’s booth is located behind the
Cyber Café. Come visit the EHP booth, #506, at the conference. Grab a latte
and swing around to our booth to say “Hello.”
Come find out information about our project and our
activities. We will also have copies of popular key EHP reports, EHP Briefs,
our CD-ROMs and brochures, as well as information about how to subscribe to
our e-newsletter and e-bulletins and updates on malaria and environmental
health. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Previous
Issues
The main topics or countries
discussed are given in parentheses.
March
2003 (EHP
Nicaragua Program Receives The Robert C. Marini Clientship Grand Award,
Sierra Club Honors AVS Coordinator, Cairo Urban Slum Child Health Program,
Aga Khan Workshop, Best Practices For Dengue Prevention And Control In The
Americas, Dhanusha-Mahottari Vector-Borne Disease Program: Community-Based
Prevention And Control Of Kala-Azar, Sanitation In Small Towns: Summary
Report on Sub-Regional Workshops, USAID Knowledge Management Inventory)
January
2003 (The
West Africa Water Initiative, Lac Regional Workshop On Community IMCI,
Reducing Urban Malaria Transmission in Uganda, Lessons Learned from
Community Management of Environmental Health in Benin, Urban Environmental
Health Pilot Activities in DR Congo, An Enabling Environment for Rural Water
Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Systems in the Dominican Republic)
October
2002 (India:
Improving Child Health and Nutrition, Hygiene
Promotion in the LAC Region, Malaria Control in Eritrea, Congo:
Hygiene Improvement, Madagascar:
Integrated Health, Population, World
Summit on Sustainable Development)
September
2002 (West Africa Environmental Health Assessment, Dissemination
Workshop on Latin America Small Town's Sanitation,
Ghana Urban Health Assessment, News from BBIN Network, Honduras)
August
2002 (Improving
the Early Warning Report System in Nepal, Assessing Sanitation Policies,
Post-Mitch Activities in Nicaragua, African Sanitation and Hygiene
Conference)
June
2002 (West
Bank Environmental Health Assessment, New Publications)
March
2002
(E-Conference on Hygiene Improvement Framework, Latin America
and the Caribbean, Larva Control, Nicaragua, Africa Malaria Day)
January 2002
(New EHP Director; Benin; Monitoring Water, Sanitation, and
Hygiene Activities; Malaria and Vector Control)
November
2001 (EHP Handwashing Publication, West Bank, Asia
and the Near East, PAHO–EHP Partnership)
October
2001 (Benin, Sustainable Sanitation in Small Towns,
DR Congo, Peru Behavior Change)
August 2001 (India,
Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, BBIN Network, information
exchange network)
June 2001 (Mozambique,
Madagascar, Nepal, Dominican Republic, indoor air pollution consultation,
Nairobi SIMA Conference)
May
2001 (Central America handwashing initiative, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nepal, Bolivia)
March
2001 (Nicaragua,
Madagascar, Africa, DDT cost comparison)
January
2001 (EHP Activities, E-Newsletter,
National Malaria Control Programs in 4 African Countries, Congo,
Decentralization in Latin America, Peru, WSSCC Forum, Global WS&S
Assessment from WHO/UNICEF)
November 2000
(Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, Madagascar, SANICONN)
September
2000 (Nepal/Regional, EHP and
E-conferences)
July 2000 (Nicaragua,
Malaria Vaccine Development, "Water for the World")
May–June
2000 (Nicaragua, International
Consultation on Indoor Air Pollution)
April
2000 (Nicaragua, Madagascar,
Mozambique)
March
2000 (Benin, South Africa, Eritrea,
Madagascar)
February
2000 (Nicaragua, Paraguay, Ukraine,
Mozambique and Eritrea)
January
2000 (Nicaragua, EHP Lessons Learned)
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