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Preventive Action for Human Health
Tuesday 19 August
Workshop 4 - Full Day Workshop
Convenor : Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Co-Convenors : World Health Organization (WHO) and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)/Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)
Water and sanitation are at the core of the public health concept of prevention – which from economic, social and managerial perspectives is orders of magnitude better than a cure. Yet in terms of policy and action, certain areas under the water/sanitation/health umbrella remain underdeveloped. Four of these areas will be the focus of this workshop.
Sanitation has been in the shadow of efforts to expand drinking water supply for decades but is fi nally emerging as an item in its own right, largely in response to the MDG target. Water and sanitation in specific settings is another topic gaining ground because of the concrete opportunities to implement preventive action in schools, health care centres and other socia” environments. Thinking about drinking water safety, as well as about water quality issues linked to the safety of recreational water and the use of wastewater in agriculture, has undergone major changes with the health-based targets oriented risk assessment and management approaches promoted by WHO. Health impact assessment and public health management of water resources developments, including dams and irrigation schemes, are now recognised as key public health approaches.
How can we translate these concepts into action? What are the evidence gaps that need to be addressed? How can monitoring and evaluation efforts be mainstreamed for all water/sanitation related health issues in a common management format?
Workshop Details :
Chair: Dr. Jamie Bartram, WHO
Co-chairs: Dr. Robert Bos, WHO and Prof. Thor Axel Stenström,
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control/WHO
Commentators: Dr. John Barazzo, USAID and Prof. Ausaf
Rahman, University of California, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. Robert Bos, WHO
Co-rapporteur: Dr. Gunilla Brattberg, SEI, Sweden
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